[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 21 (Monday, February 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D116-D119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 10 through February 13, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will be in a period of morning business until 
12:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: February 11, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water Development, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior, 
2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 10, to hold hearings to 
examine global challenges and the United States national security 
strategy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to receive a closed 
briefing on world-wide nuclear capabilities, 2:45 p.m., SVC-217.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to 
examine the retirement and compensation proposals of the Military 
Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, 3 p.m., SD-
G50.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Afghanistan; to be immediately followed by a closed 
hearing in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  February 12, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup S. 
165, to extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations with respect 
to the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 10, to 
hold hearings to examine regulatory relief for community banks and 
credit unions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  February 12, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine 
regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 11, to hold hearings to examine 
Social Security disability trust fund insolvency, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 10, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to examine 
keeping goods moving, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  February 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Internet, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 12, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 11, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) proposed carbon dioxide emissions rules from new, modified, 
and existing power plants, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 10, to hold hearings to examine tax 
reform, focusing on lessons Congress can learn from the Tax Reform 
Act of 1986, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 11, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an 
original bill relating to access and administration of the U.S. Tax 
Court; an original bill to remove alcohol bonding requirements for 
certain taxpayers; an original bill relating to modifications to 
alternative tax for certain small insurance companies; an original 
bill to modify the excise tax on cider; an original bill to truncate 
the collection period for taxpayers hospitalized for combat zone 
injuries; an original bill to provide special rules concerning 
charitable contributions to, and public charity status of, 
agricultural research organizations; an original bill to provide an 
exception to the private foundation excess business holdings rules 
for certain philanthropic business holdings; an original bill to 
clarify a special rules for certain governmental plans; an original 
bill to modify the treatment of income received under student work-
learning-service programs; an original bill for a waste-heat-to-
power investment tax credit; an original bill to allow enrolled 
agents who meet certain requirements to use specified designations; 
an original bill relating to real estate investment trusts (REITs), 
regulated investment companies (RICs) and the Foreign Investment in 
Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA); an original bill to exclude from 
gross income certain compensation received by public safety officers 
and their dependents; an original bill to convert the tax on 
liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas to an energy 
equivalent basis; an original bill to require the Internal Revenue 
Service to notify exempt organizations before revoking exempt status 
for failing to file information returns; an original bill to exclude 
from gross income certain clean coal power grants; and an original 
bill to create a military spouse job continuity credit, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 10, to receive a closed 
briefing on an update on Iran nuclear negotiations, 9:30 a.m., SVC-
217.
  February 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ending 
modern day slavery, focusing on the role of United States 
leadership, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  February 12, Full Committee, business meeting to markup S. Res. 
65, supporting efforts to bring an end to violence perpetrated by 
Boko Haram, and urging the Government of Nigeria to conduct 
transparent, peaceful, and credible elections, and an original 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the January 
24, 2015, attacks carried out by Russian-backed rebels on the 
civilian population in Mariupol, Ukraine, and the provision of 
lethal and non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine, 12 noon, S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 10, 
to hold hearings to examine the reemergence of vaccine-preventable 
diseases, focusing on exploring the public health successes and 
challenges, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  February 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) new election rule, focusing 
on employers and employees, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
11, to hold hearings to examine the Government Accountability 
Office's (GAO) 2015 list of high risk government programs, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 12, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Loretta E. Lynch, of

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New York, to be Attorney General, Daniel Henry Marti, of Virginia, 
to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Executive 
Office of the President, Michelle K. Lee, of California, to be Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alfred H. Bennett, George 
C. Hanks, Jr., and Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr., each to be a United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Jill N. 
Parrish, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Utah, and Nancy B. Firestone, of Virginia, Thomas L. Halkowski, of 
Pennsylvania, Patricia M. McCarthy, of Maryland, Jeri Kaylene 
Somers, of Virginia, and Armando Omar Bonilla, of the District of 
Columbia, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 12, business 
meeting to markup the Omnibus Budget resolution for Senate 
committees for the period March 1, 2015, through February 28, 2017, 
and an original resolution to amend Rule XXII of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 10, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 11, Full Committee, hearing to 
review the state of the rural economy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  February 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
Budget Views and Estimates Letter of the Committee on Agriculture 
for the agencies and programs under jurisdiction of the Committee 
for FY 2016 and other organizational matters, 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  February 12, Full Committee, hearing to review the 2015 Agenda for 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 11, Subcommittee on 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing on the Indian 
Health Service budget, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing 
on Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Works budget, 10:30 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, hearing on oversight of funding to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak, 10:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing 
on Bureau of Reclamation budget, 10:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on the 
Department of Agriculture, Office of the Inspector General budget, 
10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 11, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The FY16 Budget Request: A View from Outside Experts: 
`Alternative Budgets and Strategic Choices' '' 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Final Recommendations from the Military Compensation and 
Retirement Modernization Commission'', 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Update on Detainee Transfers from GTMO'', 3 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn. This hearing will close.
  February 13, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``What Is the State 
of Islamic Extremism: Key Trends, Challenges, and Implications for 
U.S. Policy'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 11, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 5, the ``Student Success Act'', 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and 
Secondary Education, hearing entitled ``How Emerging Technology 
Affects Student Privacy'', 11:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 11, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Federal Efforts on 
Mental Health: Why Greater HHS Leadership Is Needed'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining 
ICD-10 Implementation'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``The Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Energy Budget'', 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ethics, February 12, Full Committee, organizational 
meeting for the 114th Congress, 10 a.m., 1015 Longworth.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 11, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of 
the Federal Housing Administration'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 11, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled ``State 
Sponsor of Terror: The Global Threat of Iran'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  February 12, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Growing 
Strategic Threat of ISIS'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging 
Threats, hearing entitled ``Azerbaijan: U.S. Energy, Security, and 
Human Rights Interests'', 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; 
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, joint hearing entitled ``The Syrian 
Humanitarian Crisis: Four Years Later and No End in Sight'', 1:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, February 11, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Countering Violent Islamist Extremism: The Urgent 
Threat of Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Terror'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure 
Protection, and Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``Emerging 
Threats and Technologies to Protect the Homeland'', 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, February 11, Full Committee, 
hearing on committee funding for the 114th Congress, 11 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 11, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Federal Asset Forfeiture: Uses and Reforms'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, 
hearing on a bill to improve immigration law enforcement within the 
interior of the United States, and for other purposes; a bill to 
modify the treatment of unaccompanied alien children who are in 
Federal custody by reason of their immigration status, and for other 
purposes; and a bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the 
expedited removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not 
victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not 
have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last 
habitual residence, and for other purposes, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Consumers Shortchanged? Oversight 
of the Justice Department's Mortgage Lending Settlements'', 10:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and 
the Internet, hearing entitled ``Examining Recent Supreme Court 
Cases in the Patent Arena'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Religious Freedom Restoration 
Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act'', 
9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight And Government Reform, February 11, Full 
Committee, markup on the committee's oversight plan for the 114th 
Congress; hearing entitled ``GAO's High Risk Report: 25 Years of 
Problematic Practices'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 12, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``U.S. Secret 
Service: Identifying Steps to Restore the Protective Agency'', 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on National Security; and Subcommittee 
on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules, joint hearing 
entitled, ``The President's Executive Actions on Immigration and 
Their Impact on Federal and State Elections'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets; 
Subcommittee on Government Operations, joint hearing entitled ``D.C. 
Metro: Is There a Safety Gap?'' 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 12, 
Subcommittee on Environment; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint 
hearing entitled ``Bridging the Gap: America's Weather Satellites 
and Weather Forecasting'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Research and Technology; and 
Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``Can Americans 
Trust the Privacy and Security of Their Information on 
HealthCare.gov?'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 12, Full Committee, 
organizational meeting for the 114th Congress; hearing entitled 
``Contracting and the Industrial Base'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 11, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Surface Transportation Reauthorization 
Bill: Laying the Foundation for U.S. Economic Growth and Job 
Creation Part I'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 11, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget 
Request for Fiscal Year 2016'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 12, Full Committee, markup on pending legislation, 10:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 12, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget 
Request for the Department of Labor's Veteran Employment and 
Training Service'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 11, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, organizational meeting for the 114th Congress; hearing on 
the IRS's use of civil asset forfeiture laws to seize the bank 
accounts of law abiding small businesses, and the settlement tactics 
employed by the agency, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 11, Subcommittee on Human Resources, organizational 
meeting for the 114th Congress; hearing on challenges facing low-
income individuals and families in today's economy, 2 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 12, Full 
Committee, business meeting to consider member access requests and 
views and estimates, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This meeting will be closed.