[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 57 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D412-D415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 21 through April 24, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of S. 178, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
  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: April 21, to 
hold hearings to examine opportunities and challenges for 
agriculture trade with Cuba, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 21, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for 
the Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2016 for defense innovation and research, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2016 for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 2 
p.m., SD-138.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine the United States without nuclear power, 3 p.m., 
SD-192.
  April 23, 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 Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-
124.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for 
Department of Defense military construction and military family 
housing programs, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 21, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Peter Levine, of Maryland, to be Deputy Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold open and closed hearings to examine Department of Defense 
policy and programs to counter threats to the United States from 
terrorism and irregular warfare, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine reform of the defense acquisition system in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine Air Force and Navy nuclear programs and the implementation 
of nuclear enterprise review recommendations 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: April 21, to 
hold hearings to examine surface transportation reauthorization, 
focusing on building on the success of the Moving Ahead for Progress 
in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to deliver safe, efficient and 
effective public transportation services and projects, 10 a.m., SD-
538.

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  April 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine surface 
transportation reauthorization, focusing on building on the 
successes of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act 
(MAP-21) to deliver safe, efficient, and effective public 
transportation services and projects, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 21, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet, to hold hearings to examine advancing telehealth through 
connectivity, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine Federal Aviation 
Administration reauthorization, focusing on certification and U.S. 
aviation manufacturing competitiveness, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how to 
better communicate weather to enhance commerce and safety, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine Federal Aviation 
Administration reauthorization, focusing on airport issues and 
infrastructure financing, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 22, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of and potential reforms to the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 22, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Vanessa Lorraine Allen 
Sutherland, of Virginia, to be a Member and Chairperson of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 21, to resume hearings to examine 
Congress and United States tariff policy, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 995, to 
establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced 
consultation requirements for trade negotiations, to provide for 
consideration of trade agreements, an original bill relating to 
extension of the trade adjustment assistance program, and amending 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the credit 
for health insurance costs of certain eligible individuals, an 
original bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the 
Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment 
program for Haiti, and an original bill to reauthorize trade 
facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, 10:45 
a.m., SD-G50.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold hearings to examine 
the impact of the medical device tax on jobs, innovation, and 
patients, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Anne Elizabeth Wall, of Illinois, to be a Deputy 
Under Secretary of the Treasury, Brodi L. Fontenot, of Louisiana, to 
be Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, and Rafael 
J. Lopez, of California, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 21, Subcommittee on State 
Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and 
Bilateral International Development, to hold hearings to examine 
improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of 
State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine State 
Department reauthorization, focusing on ensuring effective United 
States diplomacy within a reasonable budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to hold 
hearings to examine the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 22, 
to hold hearings to examine securing the border, focusing on 
understanding threats and strategies for the northern border, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 22, to hold an oversight 
hearing on tribal transportation, focusing on pathways to safer 
roads in Indian country; to be immediately followed by a business 
meeting to consider S. 710, to reauthorize the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 21, to hold hearings to examine 
improving accountability and oversight of juvenile justice grants, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 993, to 
increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the 
criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, 
mental health treatment, and substance abuse systems, and the 
nominations of Sally Quillian Yates, of Georgia, to be Deputy 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, Kara Farnandez Stoll, of 
Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, 
and Roseann A. Ketchmark, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Missouri, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, 
to hold hearings to examine the Administration's Central American 
minors refugee/parole program, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 23, 
business meeting to consider S. 552, to amend the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 to provide for increased limitations on 
leverage for multiple licenses under common control, S. 957, to 
increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create 
jobs, S. 958, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for team 
and joint venture offers for certain contracts, S. 966, to extend 
the low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local Development 
Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration, S. 967, 
to require the Small Business Administration to make information 
relating to lenders making covered loans publicly available, S. 999, 
to amend the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small 
business development centers, S. 1001, to establish authorization 
levels for general business loans for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, 
and an original bill entitled, ``SCORE for Small Business Act of 
2015'', 10 a.m., SR-428A.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 21, to hold hearings to 
examine fulfilling the promise to women veterans, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 21, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 23, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 22, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review reauthorization 
of the U.S. Grain Standards Act, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, 
hearing to review reauthorization of the Livestock Mandatory 
Reporting Act, 1:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 22, Full Committee, markup on 
Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, FY 2016; Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, FY 2016; and Report on the 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2016, 10:45 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on United 
States Customs and Border Protection budget, 8 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, markup on 
appropriations bill, FY 2016, 9:30 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Federal 
Emergency Management Agency budget, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, hearing on programs supporting Native Americans budget, 
10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 22, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities, markup on H.R. 1735, the ``National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016'', 2:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Readiness, markup on H.R. 1735, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016'', 4 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, markup on 
H.R. 1735, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, markup on H.R. 1735, 
the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016'', 
9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, markup 
on H.R. 1735, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016'', 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup on H.R. 1735, 
the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016'', 12 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 22, Subcommittee 
on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Challenges Facing Native American 
Schools'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Protecting America's Workers: An Enforcement Update from the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration'', 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 22, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, markup on the ``Ratepayer Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
markup on the ``Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act'', 12 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``Title II: 21st Century Workforce'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and 
Academic Perspectives'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 22, Task Force to 
Investigate Terrorism Financing, hearing entitled ``A Survey of 
Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining Regulatory Burdens--Regulator 
Perspective'', 9:15 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Nuclear Agreement with Iran: Can't Trust, Can We 
Verify?'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled 
``Accountability and Transformation: Tier Rankings in the Fight 
Against Human Trafficking'', 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Poaching and Terrorism: A National Security 
Challenge'', 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 23, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 237, the ``FTO Passport 
Revocation Act of 2015''; H.R. 907, the ``United States-Jordan 
Defense Cooperation Act of 2015''; H.R. 1493, the ``Protect and 
Preserve International Cultural Property Act''; H.R. 1567, the 
``Global Food Security Act of 2015''; and H. Res. 50, calling for 
the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was 
captured by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine and has been held 
illegally in a Russian prison since July 2014, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``The U.S. Rebalance in East Asia: Budget Priorities for FY 2016'', 
1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 22, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing 
entitled ``Strategic Perspectives on the Bioterrorism Threat'', 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``Acquisition Oversight: How Effectively Is DHS 
Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars?'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, April 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Innovations in Safety Since the 2010 Macondo Incident'', 
9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``The Obama Administration's Part 83 
Revisions and How They May Allow the Interior Department To Create 
Tribes, not Recognize Them'', 4 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing entitled ``The 
Devastating Impacts of Wildland Fires and the Need to Better Manage 
our Overgrown, Fire-prone National Forests'', 9 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 22, 
Subcommittee on the Interior, hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Department of Energy's Excess Uranium Management Plan'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Enhancing 
Cybersecurity of Third-Party Contractors and Vendors'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 22, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 1806, the ``America COMPETES 
Reauthorization Act of 2015'', 10:15 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 23, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Hydraulic Fracturing: 
Banning Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of 
Probabilities'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Small Business, Big Threat: Protecting Small Businesses 
from Cyber Attacks'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 22, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers and Tennessee Valley 
Authority'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Philadelphia and Oakland: Systemic Failures and 
Mismanagement'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on draft legislation to 
improve reproductive treatment provided to certain disabled 
veterans; draft legislation to direct the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to submit an annual report on the Veterans Health 
Administration; H.R. 1769, the ``Toxic Exposure Research Act of 
2015''; H.R. 271, the ``COVER Act''; H.R. 627, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for 
purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs; H.R. 1369, the ``Veterans Access to Extended Care 
Act of 2015''; and H.R. 1575, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat 
settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the 
Armed Forces, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 22, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the 2015 tax filing season and general operations at the 
Internal Revenue Service, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 22, Full Committee, hearing on the expanding American trade 
with accountability and transparency, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 22, Subcommittee 
on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, 
hearing on USDI budget, 2 p.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be 
closed.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, hearing on Department 
of Energy and Department of Homeland Security budget, 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This hearing will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 23, to 
hold hearings to examine the Armenian genocide and the ongoing quest 
for justice, 2 p.m., 2175, Rayburn Building.