[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D432-D433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                              COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                                                APRIL 23, 2015

     (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                                        Senate

       Committee on Appropriations: 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.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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: 
     Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to 
     hold hearings to examine Federal Aviation Administration 
     reauthorization, focusing on airport issues and 
     infrastructure financing, 9:45 a.m., SR-253.
       Committee on Finance: 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.
       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: 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 the Judiciary: 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.
       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: 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.
       Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed 
     briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                                         House

       Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland 
     Security, hearing on United States Customs and Border 
     Protection budget, 8 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, markup on 
     appropriations bill, FY 2016, 11 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
       Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency budget, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
       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, 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.
       Subcommittee on Military Personnel, markup on H.R. 1735, 
     the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2016'', 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
       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.
       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, 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, Subcommittee on Energy 
     and Power, hearing entitled ``Title II: 21st Century 
     Workforce'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       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, Subcommittee on Financial 
     Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled 
     ``Examining Regulatory Burdens--Regulator Perspective'', 9:15 
     a.m., HVC-210.
       Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on 
     H.R. 237, the ``FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2015''; H.R. 
     500, the ``Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act''; 
     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''; 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; and 
     H. Con. Res 40, encouraging reunions of divided Korean 
     American families, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       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 Natural Resources, 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 Science, Space, and Technology, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Hydraulic Fracturing: Banning 
     Proven Technologies on Possibilities Instead of 
     Probabilities'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
     1891, to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the 
     Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty 
     treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes; H.R. 
     1890, the ``Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
     Accountability Act of 2015''; H.R. 1892, to extend the trade 
     adjustment assistance program, and for other purposes; H.R. 
     1907, to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement 
     functions and activities, and for other purposes, 9 a.m., 
     1100 Longworth.
       Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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: to hold 
     hearings to examine the Armenian genocide and the ongoing 
     quest for justice, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn Building.