[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 48 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D316-D318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 24, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine waters of the United States, focusing on 
stakeholder perspectives on the impacts of the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed rule, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Judiciary, 
10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United 
States Middle East policy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the regulatory regime for regional banks, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine capital formation and reducing small business 
burdens, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety 
and Security, to hold hearings to examine surface transportation 
reauthorization, focusing on performance, not prescription, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold 
hearings to examine unmanned aircraft systems, focusing on key 
considerations regarding safety, innovation, economic impact, and 
privacy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine management reforms to improve forest health and 
socioeconomic opportunities on the nation's forest system, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine continuing America's leadership, focusing on 
advancing research and development for patients, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine securing the border, focusing on assessing the 
impact of transnational crime, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Sally Quillian Yates, of Georgia, to be Deputy 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
Veterans Choice Act, focusing on exploring the distance criteria, 
2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing on examination 
of the costs and impacts of mandatory biotechnology laws, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, hearing 
on reauthorizing the CFTC: end-user views, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing for American Indian and 
Alaska Native public and outside witnesses, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on Department of 
Agriculture Research Agencies budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Missile Defense Agency budget, 
10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing on Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission budget, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Coast Guard budget, 
10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
hearing on National Labor Relations Board budget, 10 a.m., 2358-C 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Housing and Urban Development Programs 
budget, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on Federal Communications Commission budget, 11 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
hearing on Assistance to Central America budget, 2:30 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2016 Atomic Energy Defense Hearing'', 
3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 548, the ``Certainty in 
Enforcement Act of 2015''; H.R. 549, the ``Litigation Oversight Act 
of 2015''; H.R. 550, the ``EEOC Transparency and Accountability 
Act''; and H.R. 1189, the ``Preserving Employee Wellness Programs 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the 340B Drug Pricing Program'', 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``The Internet of Things: Exploring the Next Technology 
Frontier'', 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing on the 
``Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015'', 2 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, markup on the 
``Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015'', 5 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, markup on the 
``Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015'', immediately 
following the conclusion of opening statements for the Environment 
and Economy Subcommittee markup, 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the SEC's Agenda, Operations, and FY 2016 Budget 
Request'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Role in Operation 
Choke Point'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing entitled ``The U.S. Rebalance in South Asia: 
Foreign Aid and Development Priorities'', 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the State Department and Agency for International 
Development Funding Priorities for the Western Hemisphere'', 11 
a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``Iran's Noncompliance with Its International Atomic Energy Agency 
Obligations'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, hearing entitled ``After Paris and 
Copenhagen: Responding to the Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism'', 2:30 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``A Global Battleground: The Fight against Islamist Extremism at 
Home and Abroad'', 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 348, 
the ``Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 
2015''; H.R. 712, the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and 
Settlements Act of 2015''; H.R. 1155, the ``Searching for and 
Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 690, the ``Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 
2015''; and H.R. 889, the ``Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional 
Immunity Clarification Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Spending Priorities and Missions of 
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in the 
President's FY 2016 Budget Proposals'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Spending Priorities and Missions of the Bureau of 
Reclamation, the Power Marketing Administrations and USGS Water 
Division in the President's FY 2016 Budget Proposal'', 10:30 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Spending Priorities and Mission of the U.S. 
Geological Survey in the President's FY 2016 Budget Proposal'', 1 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 152, the ``Corolla Wild Horses 
Protection Act''; H.R. 308, the ``Keep the Promise Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 373, the ``Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act''; H.R. 404, 
to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of 
Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of 
Nebraska; H.R. 533, to revoke the charter of incorporation of the 
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 979, to designate a mountain in the John Muir 
Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as ``Sky Point''; H.R. 984, 
to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating 
the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1168, the ``Native American Children Safety Act''; 
and H.R. 1324, the ``Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act 
of 2015'', 4 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``USSS: Holding the Protectors Accountable'', 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Space, hearing entitled ``Searching for the Origins of the Universe: 
An Update on the Progress of the James Webb Space Telescope'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Department of Energy 
Oversight: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy'', 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Options for FAA Air Traffic Control 
Reform'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 456, the ``Reducing Barriers for 
Veterans Education Act of 2015''; H.R. 473, the ``Increasing the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability to Veterans Act of 
2015''; H.R. 474, the ``Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs 
Reauthorization Act of 2015''; H.R. 475, the ``GI Bill Processing 
Improvement Act of 2015''; H.R. 476, the ``GI Bill Education Quality 
Enhancement Act of 2015''; H.R. 643, the ``Veterans Education Survey 
Act of 2015''; H.R. 1038, the ``Ensuring VA Employee Accountability 
Act''; H.R. 1141, to amend title 38, United States Code, to consider 
certain time spent by members of reserve components of the Armed 
Forces while receiving medical care from the Secretary of Defense as 
active duty for purposes of eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational 
Assistance, and for other purposes; H.R. 1187, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to adjust certain limits on the guaranteed 
amount of a home loan under the home loan program of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 1313, the ``Service Disabled Veteran Owned 
Small Business Relief Act''; and H.R. 1382, the ``Boosting Rates of 
American Veteran Employment Act'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
the federal government's use of data analysis--particularly the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Fraud Prevention System 
(FPS)--to identify emerging trends, and stop Medicare fraud, 10 
a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Defense and Overhead Architecture, budget hearing, 2 p.m., HVC-304. 
This hearing will be closed.

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