[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D302-D303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 19, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal years 
2016 and 2017 for the Veterans Benefits Administration, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2016 for the United States Secret Service, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine U.S. 
Strategic Command, U.S. Transportation Command, and U.S. Cyber 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Air Force 
force structure and modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the regulatory regime for regional banks, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to continue to mark up 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, 10:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data 
Security, to hold hearings to examine the evolving cyber insurance 
marketplace, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine U.S. crude oil export policy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the Affordable 
Care Act at five years, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health Policy, to hold hearings to examine the United States-Africa 
leaders summit seven months later, focusing on progress and 
setbacks, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine Federal rulemaking challenges and areas of 
improvement within the existing regulatory process, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, 
Federal Rights and Federal Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
reining in amnesty, focusing on Texas v. United States and its 
implications, 3:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine patent reform, focusing on protecting innovation and 
entrepreneurship, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a 
closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 897, the 
``Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015'', 9:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing on Bureau of Land 
Management budget, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs, Office 
of the Inspector General oversight, 9:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on Department of 
Agriculture Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service budget, 10 a.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on United States European Command 
budget, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This hearing will be closed.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Transportation 
Security Administration budget, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on Consumer Product Safety Commission budget, 11 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Surface Transportation Programs budget, 
10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2016 Missile Defense Hearing'', 9 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2016 Ground Force Modernization and Rotorcraft 
Modernization Programs'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing on H.R. 906, to modify the efficiency standards for 
grid-enabled water heaters, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``FCC Reauthorization: Oversight of the Commission'', 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
of the SEC's Division of Enforcement'', 9 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Negotiations with Iran: Blocking or Paving Tehran's Path to 
Nuclear Weapons?'', 8:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing entitled 
``Agents of Opportunity: Responding to the Threat of Chemical 
Terrorism'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Child 
Exploitation Restitution Following the Paroline v. United States 
Decision'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands; and 
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, joint hearing entitled 
``Examining the Spending Priorities and Missions of the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration in the President's FY 2016 Budget Proposal'', 9:30 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of the Department of Homeland Security's 
Policies and Procedures for the Apprehension, Detention, and Release 
of Non-Citizens Unlawfully Present in the United States--Part II'', 
9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Contracting and the Industrial Base 
III: Reverse Auctions, Verification and the SBA's Role in Rule 
Making'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on H.R. 571, the ``Veterans Affairs 
Retaliation Prevention Act of 2015''; H.R. 593, the ``Aurora VA 
Hospital Financing and Construction Reform Act of 2015''; H.R. 1015, 
the ``Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 1016, the ``Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act 
of 2015''; H.R. 1017, the ``Veterans Information Security 
Improvement Act''; H.R. 1128, the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Cyber Security Protection Act''; and H.R. 1129, the ``Veterans' 
Whistleblower and Patient Protection Act of 2015'', 8 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Growing Cyber Threat and Its Impact on 
American Business'', 9 a.m., HVC-210.