for failing to include a disclosure side our an hang and one conduct code subsection for failing to include a disclosure section type size on a door hanger and each commissioner who participated must certificate on the record that he or she personally reviewed the evidence or otherwise the entire procedures. commissioners so certificates. vice chair commissioner renne >> so certified. commissioner keane. i so certificate the respondent is presumed to be innocent and subsequent hearing the executive director shall issue a statement for investigations for enforcement proceedings. at the regular meeting on the matter of ethics complaint you tell ethics commission made a desertion there's probable cause to building the following violations of the california government code was by the conduct code and the respondent melissa committed them one violation of the cool code for failing to file a campaign statement by the required deadline of january 31st and one violation of the government conduct code subsection a for failing to file a campaign statement by the required city council of july

required deadline of january 31st, 2013, and four one violation of the california government code subsection a for failing to file a campaign attempt by the required deadline of january 31st and 5 one violation of the government code section subsection a for failing to file a campaign statement of january 31st, 2014. each commissioner would participated in the discussion must certificate on the record they reviewed the buyer xeerdz >> commending. softly. commissioner hayon i certificate as well. the respondent is presumed to be innocent in a sunset hearing the executive director should issue an accusation with the ethics commission regulars is for investigation and enforcements proceeding. finally in its regular commission of monday, june 23, 2014, in the matter of ethics commission complainant number 20 dash plus the ethics commission made a determination there's probable cause to building the following violations of the california government code as incorporated by the san francisco campaign of governmental conducted code occurred one violation of the california government code subsection

for failing to include a disclosure side our an hang and one conduct code subsection for failing to include a disclosure section type size on a door hanger and each commissioner who participated must certificate on the record that he or she

for failing to include a disclosure side our an hang and one conduct code subsection for failing to include a disclosure section type size on a door hanger and each commissioner who participated must certificate on the record that he or she personally reviewed the evidence or otherwise the entire procedures. commissioners so certificates. vice chair commissioner renne >> so

section 628, the agency spess tied in subsection b -- -- specified in subsection b -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition in mr. crenshaw: i ask unanimous consent that the remainder of the bill through page 152, line 9, be considered as read, printed in the record and open to amendment at any point. the chair: is there an objection to the gentleman's request? seeing no objection, so ordered. is there an amendment to any ortions of the bill? the clerk will read. the clerk: page 152, line 10, spending reduction account, section 902, the amount by the committee under section 302-b of the congressional budget act of 1974 exceeds the amount proposed in budget authority is zero dollars. the chair: the clerk will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. crenshaw: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it, the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. c

american lesbian partners and one of the top lawyers in california which is status only to small subsection of our states attorneys among many other recognitions. i also want to highlight her background. she is selected for years working closely with terry stuart working with the san francisco's office which was a tremendous legal victory for our city. with that, i have no doubt that these are three individuals who will serve these bodies extremely well and with that, colleagues, i ask for your support and hopefully you will be able to move these individuals from this committee today onto the full board with full recommendation to the board next week. >> thank you. supervisor, did you want to speak before they come up? >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you very much. i'm very supportive of all of these three nominations. i want to thank president chiu on his very thoughtful and delivery process. coming up with the nominations and casting a very wide net in terms of soliciting input and making sure to solicit other information and i appreciate that process. these are very strong appointments

digging whether or not to initiate litigation and it says if the session is closed pursuant to subsection a the party shall state the identity of the litigation to be discussed unless the body says to do so will justices of the peace the agency ability to service of progress upon one or more parties or jeopardizes it's ability to include the settlement negotiations you're talking about settlement in the agenda item. i thought. oh, stimulation i'm sorry oh, the point has been made. thank you. >> commissioners, comments or questions. is there a motion to go into closed session with respect to agenda item 5? >> so moved. i'll second >> in favor i. opposed. hearing none. that motion passes. agenda item 6 discussion regarding the status and background of pending litigation with gross man and the san francisco ethics commission public comment? >> commissioners ray heart for open government api i've been wade for keen anticipation whether to handle this agenda item in full view of the public hell i'm curious whether you'll let the public have my opportunity to observe your discussion i'm good mo

subsection a it is the policy and city and county of san san francisco that all employees be compensated fairly. towards that end the mayor and board of supervisors shall study and review the feasibility of enacting conditional measures consistent with state law to enhance the agency enforcement tools to combat wage thefts and will take steps to ensure collaboration among all agencies and departments to enforce this chapter. this is the voters urging the mayor and board to consider future legislation not creating any new rules in this ballot measure which would then not be changeable by the board of supervisors in the future but to put the voters on record if this is going to pass, to put this on to prevent wage theft. this is the language proposed boo i the mayor and supervisor kim. other than that, sort of a non-binding policy and there are no other policies amendment that the mayor and kim are considering at this time. the partnership and leadership in this effort, the mayor did make the announcement back in december as i mentioned that he wanted to see the minimum wage increase and w

second whereas down, subsection 2 which currently reeds title and all transferable liability associated will transfer upon completion of the heavy lift operation. i'm inserting four words to that. it will now read title and all transfer from associated so that captions the idea that there may be some technical way of we still having liability, even though it presents zeros financial exposure to us. second is the first line of the first resolve clause. after waiver, the new language includes, "or administrative waivers from administrative departments." that's been a recent development [inaudible] through the board of supervisors. those are the two changes or two amendments and i'm open to any questions. thank you. >> for a motion and a second. >> so moved as amended. >> second. >> is there any public comment? any commissioners comment? >> the completion of lift operation, that's when it arrives or when the dry dock is lifted. >> when it's lifted out of the water so the heavy [inaudible] probably going to be a swan, they'll go to anchorage nine, will submerge itself down about 25 feet, dr

pages of initial fine print and search the data use policy at the bottom which takes you to six subsections, one is titled information you receive and how you use it. look at the fine print of that section and you will find this nugget of info. for internal operations including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and service improvement. so this is legal? yes, he says, as long as facebook keeps their findings internal. but since they decided to fub blik their work facebook needs to get informed consent as defined by the american psychological association which would warn you of potential risks, discomfort, or adverse affects, or don't they have to do that? >> it's still considered research but no requirement to get consent because the data is already collected for other purposes. it would make no sense for me to go back and say, by the way, you already have this data. you don't have to go through all that. >> in essence he says facebook has found a loophole because they already collected the data used for the report before they thought about printing it for public consumption.

initial fine print, then search the data use policy section at the bottom, which takes you to six subsections, one of which is titled, information we receive and how we use it. you look in the fine print of that section, you'll find this nugget about how your info is used, quote, for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and service improvement. so this is legal? yes, as long as facebook keeps their findings internal. but since they decided to publish their work, facebook needs to get your informed consent as defined by the american psychological association which would warn you of potential risks, discomfort or adverse effects. or don't they have to do that? >> it's still considered research. but there's no requirement that i get consent. the data is collected for other purposes. it wouldn't make sense to say, we already have this data. you don't have to go through all that. >> in essence, facebook has found a kind of loophole because they've already collected the data used for the report before they thought about printing it for public consumption.

second whereas down, subsection 2 which currently reeds title and all transferable liability associated will transfer upon completion of the heavy lift operation. i'm inserting four words to that. it will now read title and all transfer from associated so that captions the idea that there may be some technical way of we s

i work for the sfmta and myoofficial title is section leader with livable streets ~ subsection and we specialize in pedestrian, bicycle and traffic calming, though we talk a very complete streets approach to all of our projects. and i'm here today to share with you a new project for the embarcadaro. the embarcadaro enhancement project is a planning effort to improve safety and comfort for all of the travelers along the embarcadaro from, as dianne said, the bridge on third street in the south and to powell on the north end, and this project will develop a design concept and a cost estimate for a protected bikeway. the project includes a stakeholder participation and public process to generate ideas, review and comment on the alternative concepts, balance the costs with the trade-offs, and with the objective of a consensus driven project that is physically and financially feasible. this project, as dianne mentioned, is funded through a one bay area grant through the metropolitan transportation division and it is $500,000. we are joined in this project by our colleagues at the department

on page eight of the bill, under subsection two, the approval of an update, and we will not get intoer there should or the rule, or does the rule go far enough, etc.. theoes say upon determining plans described in paragraph one, cannot or should not be achieved, an explanation shall be submitted, an updated version of the directed policy rule to the controller of the united states and appropriate congressional committees. it goes on to say that if they then determined you are not in compliance with the new role, then you get audited. it does not say you cannot change the rule. it says you have to notify us and notify them. buff and i went back and did history. we got to where we are today because of the employment act of 1946, where congress felt it needed to lay out what that policy was. in the 70's, they felt congress felt it was too vague and therefore they created a bill that would strengthen and the 1946 act. it has three goals. congress.i-mandate by so, on page three of your paragraph second down, even after the committee and the purchases, the sizable holdings of longer-term s

i would commend for your review section 2e, subsection c of page 7 of the legislation entitled changing market conditions which reads in part nothing in this act should be construed that the plans with respect to the systematic quantitative adjustment of the target be implemented if the federal open market committee determines that such plans cannot or should not be achieved due to changing market conditions. i personally don't believe the language could have been any clearer. it is not the intent of the legislation and would certainly welcome any policy feedback from your experts to assure that it achieves that purpose. but i believe the language is about as clear as the language could possibly be. chairman yellen, let's talk a little bit about independence. larry summers in a famous paper in the journal of money credit and banking on central bank independence measures independence as quote, the institutional relationship between the central bank and the executive. the procedure to nominate and dismiss the head of the central bank. petroleum of government officials on the central bank

then see the bottom which takes you to six subsections, one of which is titled information we receive and how we use it. you'll find this nugget about how this info is used. quote, for internal operations, including data analysis, testing research and service improvement. so this is legal? yes, he says, as long as facebook keeps their findings internal. but since they decided to publish their work, facebook needs to get your informed consent as defined by the american psychological association which would warn you of risks or adverse effects, or don't they have to do that? >> it's still considered research. the data's already been collected for other purposes. so it would make no sense to go back to the user and say oh, by the way we already have this data. you don't have to go through all that. >> in essence, they have found a loophole because they've already collected the data used for the report before they thought about printing it for public consumption, they don't need your explicit permission. and here we get into another layer. the ethics argument. facebook had to get approval

i would commend for your review section 2e subsection c page 7 of the legislation entitled "changingconditions" reading in part, nothing in this act shall be con viewed to require plans with respect to the systematic quantitative adjustment of the policy instrument target described under subsection c be implemented if the federal open market committee determines such plans cannot or should not be achieved due to changing market conditions. i personally don't believe the language could have been any clearer. it is not the intent of the legislation. would certainly welcome any policy feedback from your experts to assure that it achieves that purpose, but i believe the language is about as clear as the language could possibly be. chair yellen, let's talk a little bit about independence. larry summers in a famous paper in the journal on money, credit, and banking on central bank independence measures independence as, quote, the institutional relationship between the central bank and the executive. the procedure to nominate and dismiss the head of the central bank. the role of the officia

b, the use of the proposed rule described in subsection a-1 or any substantially similar proposed rule or guidance as the basis for any rule making or any decision regarding the scope or enforcement of the federal water pollution control act shall be grounds for vacation of the final rule, decision or enforcement action." so, very simply, what we provide is that the i.r.s. cannot move forward with the proposed waters of the u.s. rule. and that's just appropriate, because, in essence, as my colleague from missouri just very accurately described, the e.p.a. has gone way beyond its jurisdiction on this rule. e.p.a. alleges that it is responding to confusion in regard to the waters of the -- proposed waters of the u.s. rule that it's getting from farmers and ranchers across our country. the fact is, that is not the case. what i.r.s. is doing is they are expanding their jurisdiction dramatically under an argument that the supreme court did not make but an argument, rather, that the e.p.a. is making that under what they call "significant nexus" they are empowered to regulate waters far beyon

determines that the unaccompanied alien child has not met the burden of proof required under the subsection, the judge should order the child removed. be so we've got some rigorous steps in this bill and they are going to be ordered to be removed unless of course if the alien claims an intention to apply for asylum or a fear of persecution that lets him sidestep some of those requirements. page 11, if the officer determines credible fear of persecution, the alien shall be held in the custody of the secretary of health and human services. and i thought that was one of the problems that had been created by prior law of giving custody to health and human services. let's leave custody with the people that are dealing with the immigration issue. let's leave it in homeland security. let's don't be transferring people to another department because we have seen what h.h.s. does, they transfer them all over the country and there are consequences there because now we find out that under a h.u.d. requirement, those people may be eligible for housing, which will allow the government to rezone your neig

b, the limitation in subsection a shall not apply to amounts under the headings national nuclear security administration, environmental and other defense activities, or defense nuclear facilities safety board. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 641, the gentleman from north carolina and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. hudson: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise this evening to offer an amendment to the energy and water appropriations bill that would prohibit funding for any program included that is not authorized by law. for far too long congress has continued to appropriate spending on government programs with little or no oversight. our country has essentially been on auto pilot toward the cliff of fiscal and economic disaster. this has resulted in a massive and out-of-control bureaucracy that is wasteful and inefficient. and this -- in this bill alone there are 23 unauthorized programs. some of these programs were last authorized in 1981 and there are others that have never been authorized. in total, these un

section 4103 subsection a said on the agency conversion date there shall be established a commission that shall by the operation of law the direct of the of the agency and further, it said the commission shall be composed of five members who shall be appointed by the president, with the advice of the senate. you sponsored that legislation and then you voted for that, correct? >> yes, i voted for that bill? >> thank you. >> gentleman yields back. the chair recognizing the gentleman from georgia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, let we say, chairman frank, we really mess your as well electricity intellect. in a moment of crisis. and throughout history, moments of greatness shine at their most brilliant. at moments of crisis. this nation was on the brink of a depression, unemployment was a are kwhrach itting ratcheting ut 12 and 13%. the worse economic conditions since the depression. and you were the right person at the right time doing the right job and we're grateful for that and america is grateful for that. and i want to say the folks in atlanta, georgia, are still talking about

also about me being actively involved and spending time with those who are responsible for the subsections of our budget. we have 19 budget submitting offices. i meet with them regularly. i bring them to me, i go to them, i go into the deck plates. i talk with the people who are actually making the transactions. you and i both know that you can tell by doing that walking around management whether you're ready or not, whether the tone and tenor is right. absolutely, from my past experience, i can tell you that the department of navy is there. the momentum -- the refusal speed, i think you called it, we are there, we're excited, we're ready to go. we're ready to take the lead as senator johnson described. it's time. it's time for us to do it. also, having a staff that is trained, this is one of the things that i spend time thinking about, and that is making sure that the government employees understand their particular individual role with audits, so their day-to-day duties are well understood about what their personal role is in audit successes. we're working on that, working on a fundament

the clerk: b, the prohibition in subsection a shall not apply with respect to rules, regulations, interpretive rules or general statement of policy under section 553-a doctor mr. reroe keita: i ask unanimous consent to waive further reading. the chair: is there objection to waiving the reading of the amendment? seeing none, the reading is waive. the gentleman from indiana and a member opposed each will control five minutes the chair reck mies -- recognizes the gentleman from indiana. mr. rokita: i understand my amendment is subject to a point of order due to scoring or budget concerns and while i intend to cooperate and withdraw the amendment i would i would like to acknowledge that this body has a history of waiving points of order on similar legislation that would result in substantive reforms which is what my amendment could accomplish. one would be the rains act, passed in this congress and passed in the last congress, hich would meaningingly -- the rules.y overhaul i would propose that this body hould waive points of order on things that would significantly alter our process to significan

b, the reduction in subsection a shall not apply with respect to the following accounts and programs. one, payment of government losses in shipment under department of the treasury, bureau of the -- mrs. blackburn: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. the chair: is there objection? without objection, the reading is dispensed with. pursuant to house resolution 661, the gentlelady from tennessee and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. chairman. and, first of all, i want to thank mr. crenshaw, who has done a wonderful job on bringing this bill to the floor. and as i did with all of the appropriations bills, it is -- i -- a focus of mine to come in and ask for an additional 1% cut on top of the great work that has already been done. and i think it's important to give credit to our appropriations committee. this is a $21 billion bill. and it is appropriating $566 million less than what was appropriated in fiscal year 2014. and it is $2.2 billion less than what the presiden

speaker, pursuant to clause 7, subsection c of rule 22, i hereby give notice of my intention to offer a motion to instruct conferees on h.r. 3230, the conference report of veterans' access and accountability. ms. brownley: the form of the motion is as follows. ms. brownley moves that the managers on the part of the house at the conference on disagreeing votes of the two houses on the house amendment to the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 3230, an act to improve the access of veterans to medical services from the department of veteran affairs and for other purposes. be instructed to, one, recede from disagreement with the title 5 of the senate amendment relating to health care, related to sexual trauma, and, two, receive from the house concur in the senate amendment in all instances. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's notice will appear in the record. ms. brownley: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5076. the speaker pro tempore: th