[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 48 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D318-D321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 24 through March 27, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 11, Budget Resolution.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 24, 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: March 24, 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.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2016 for the Defense Health Program, 9 a.m., SD-192.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  March 26, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine diplomacy, development, and 
national security, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2016 for the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 24, to hold hearings to examine 
United States Middle East policy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 25, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 9 a.m., SR-222.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine the current state of readiness of U.S. 
forces in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine ballistic missile defense programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  March 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. Central 
Command, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Special Operations Command 
programs and budget in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the 
possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open 
session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 24, to 
hold hearings to examine the regulatory regime for regional banks, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 24, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, 
to hold hearings to examine capital formation and reducing small 
business burdens, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  March 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Financial 
Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) accountability, focusing on 
nonbank designations, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 24, 
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.
  March 24, 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.
  March 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 24, 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.
  March 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's Quadrennial Energy Review, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 25, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Paul A. Folmsbee, of Oklahoma, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, Mary Catherine Phee, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, Cassandra 
Q. Butts, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Commonwealth of The Bahamas, and Katherine Simonds Dhanani, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, all of 
the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 24, 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: March 24, 
to hold hearings to examine securing the border, focusing on 
assessing the impact of transnational crime, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine securing the 
border, focusing on understanding and addressing the root causes of 
Central American migration to the United States, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  March 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine securing the 
border, focusing on defining the current population living in the 
shadows and addressing future flows, 10 a.m., SD-342.

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  Committee on the Judiciary: March 24, 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.
  March 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 665, to 
encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the 
United States in order to disseminate information when a law 
enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of 
duty, is missing in connection with the officer's official duties, 
or an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to 
cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer is 
received, and S. 125, to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2020, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the Veterans Choice Act, focusing on exploring the distance 
criteria, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  March 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Veterans' 
Affairs opioid prescription policy, practice and procedures, 10 
a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 24, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 25, to hold hearings to examine 
the fight against Alzheimer's disease, focusing on a treatment by 
2025, 2:15 p.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 25, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Foreign Agriculture, hearing to examine the implications of 
potential retaliatory measures taken against the United States in 
response to meat labeling requirements, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit, 
hearing on reauthorizing the CFTC: market participant views, 1:30 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  March 26, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing on implementing the Agricultural Act of 2014: 
commodity policy and crop insurance, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 25, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, hearing on Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention budget, 8:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Intelligence 
Community and Global Threat budget, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol. This 
hearing will be closed (Members only).
  March 25, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing for American Indian and Alaska Native public and 
outside witnesses, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, hearing on Federal Railroad 
Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
budget, 9 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing on 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Nuclear Nonproliferation 
and Naval Reactors budget, 9:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Federal Bureau of Investigation budget, 1 p.m., 
H-309 Capitol.
  March 25, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, hearing for public and outside witnesses, 2 p.m., 2358-C 
Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, hearing on Judiciary budget, 2:30 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Department 
of Homeland Security budget, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Army budget, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Federal Investments in Neuroscience and 
Neurotechnology oversight, 10:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 25, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Stakeholder's Views on the Military 
Compensation Retirement Modernization Commission'', 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing entitled ``Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Strategy 
and the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Budget 
Request for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Chemical 
Biological Defense Program'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2016 National Security Space Hearing'', 5 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Defense's Readiness Posture'', 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Combat Aviation Modernization Programs and the Fiscal 
Year 2016 Budget Request'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing entitled ``Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2016 Science 
and Technology Programs: Laying the Groundwork to Maintain 
Technological Superiority'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 25, Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy, markup on the ``Improving Coal 
Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015'' (continued), 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
markup on the ``Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015'' 
(continued), 12 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Growing Problems of Prescription Drug and 
Heroin Abuse: State and Local Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  March 26, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Next Steps for Spectrum Policy'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 25, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 299, the ``Capital Access for Small Community Financial 
Institutions Act of 2015''; H.R. 601, the ``Eliminate Privacy Notice 
Confusion Act''; H.R. 650, the ``Preserving Access to Manufactured 
Housing Act of 2015''; H.R. 685, the ``Mortgage Choice Act of 
2015''; H.R. 1195, the ``Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 
Advisory Boards Act''; H.R. 1259, the ``Helping Expand Lending 
Practices in Rural Communities Act''; H.R. 1265, the ``Bureau 
Advisory Commission Transparency Act''; H.R. 1367, to amend the 
Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that 
Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands; H.R. 1408, 
the ``Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 1480, the ``SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement 
Act''; H.R. 1529, the ``Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 
2015''; and a resolution to establish the Task Force to Investigate 
Terrorism Financing, 9 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 25, Subcommittee on the 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, markup on H.R. 237, to 
authorize the revocation or denial of passports and passport cards 
to individuals affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations, and 
for other purposes, 1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Goldman Act to Return Abducted American Children: Reviewing Obama 
Administration Implementation'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 26, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Administration's 
Strategy to Confront ISIS'', 8:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 25, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``Risk-Based Security: 
Assessing the Path Forward for TSA PreTM'', 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 26, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Leadership Challenges 
at the Department of Homeland Security'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 25, Subcommittee on Courts, 
Intellectual Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Patent 
Reform: Protecting American Innovators and Job Creators from Abusive 
Patent Litigation'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Wrecking the Internet 
to Save It? The FCC's Net Neutrality Rule'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 25, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and 
Investigations, hearing on H.R. 707, the ``Restoration of America's 
Wire Act'', 4 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 25, 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'' 
(continued), 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Effect of the President's FY 2016 Budget and Legislative 
Proposals for the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest 
Service's Energy and Minerals Programs on Private Sector Job 
Creation, Domestic Energy and Minerals Production and Deficit 
Reduction'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 25, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 653, the ``FOIA Oversight and 
Implementation Act of 2015''; H.R. 901, the ``Eliminating 
Pornography from Agencies Act''; H.R. 1069, the ``Presidential 
Library Donation Reform Act of 2015''; the ``Federal Employee Tax 
Accountability Act of 2015''; the ``Contracting and Tax 
Accountability Act of 2015''; the ``Federal Employee 
Antidiscrimination Act of 2015''; and H.R. 651, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood 
Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, as the ``Sister Ann Keefe Post 
Office'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 25, Full 
Committee, markup on the ``Weather Research and Forecast Innovation 
Act of 2015'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 26, Subcommittee on Oversight; and Subcommittee on 
Environment, joint hearing entitled ``Destruction of Records at 
EPA--When Records Must Be Kept'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 25, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1481, the ``Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 
2015'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 25, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1058, the ``Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015''; H.R. 1152, 
to prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service 
from using personal email accounts to conduct official business; 
H.R. 1026, the ``Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act''; 
H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 
a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse 
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations; H.R. 
1295, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the 
process for making determinations with respect to whether 
organizations are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(4) of 
such Code; H.R. 709, the ``Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act''; H.R. 
1104, the ``Fair Treatment for All Donations''; and H.R. 1105, the 
``Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015'', 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 25, Subcommittee 
on NSA and Cybersecurity, budget hearing, 2 p.m., HVC-304. This 
hearing will be closed.
  March 26, Full Committee, markup on cyber legislation, 9 a.m., 
HVC-304. This markup will be closed.