[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D496-D497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 6, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine global 
health problems, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for 
the Department of Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel R. Elliott III, of 
Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, and Mario 
Cordero, of California, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Fish 
and Wildlife Service, and S. 1036, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to provide certain Western 
States assistance in the development of statewide conservation and 
management plans or the protection and recovery of sage-grouse 
species, S. 855, to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to 
permit Governors of States to regulate intrastate endangered species 
and intrastate threatened species, S. 736, to amend the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 to require disclosure to States of the basis of 
determinations under such Act, to ensure use of information provided 
by State, tribal, and county governments in decision making under 
such Act, S. 655, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of 
the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the 
northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, S. 
468, to provide a categorical exclusion under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to allow the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management and the Chief of the Forest Service to remove 
Pinyon-Juniper trees to conserve and restore the habitat of the 
greater sage-grouse and the mule deer, S. 293, to amend the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval 
of certain settlements, S. 292, to amend the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for 
determinations that species are endangered species or threatened 
species, S. 112, to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to publish and make available 
for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed 
rule to designate critical habitat is published, and S. 1081, to end 
the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge 
System, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Multilateral 
International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and 
International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine multilateral and bilateral 
international development programs and policies, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing 
on the role of consumer information in college choice, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 280, to improve the efficiency, management, 
and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process 
through reforms overseen by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, S. 1180, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the 
United States, S. 750, to achieve border security on certain Federal 
lands along the Southern border, S. 282, to provide taxpayers with 
an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of Government 
programs and areas of duplication among them, S. 1109, to require 
adequate information regarding the tax treatment of payments under 
settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies, S. 1172, to 
improve the process of presidential transition, S. 434, to 
strengthen the accountability of individuals involved in misconduct 
affecting the integrity of background investigations, to update 
guidelines for security clearances, to prevent conflicts of interest 
relating to contractors providing background investigation fieldwork 
services and investigative support services, H.R. 623, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of 
Homeland Security to establish a social media working group, S. 179, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in

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Chisholm, Minnesota, as the ``James L. Oberstar Memorial Post Office 
Building'', S. 994, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New 
Jersey, as the ``Staff Sergeant Joseph D'Augustine Post Office 
Building'', 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'', and the nominations 
of David Michael Bennett, of North Carolina, Mickey D. Barnett, of 
New Mexico, Stephen Crawford, of Maryland, and James C. Miller, III, 
of Virginia, each to be a Governor of the United States Postal 
Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine ensuring 
an informed citizenry, focusing on examining the Administration's 
efforts to improve open government, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Dale A. Drozd, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of California, Lawrence Joseph Vilardo, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of New York, and LaShann 
Moutique DeArcy Hall, and Ann Donnelly, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 2:15 p.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the impact of federal labor and safety laws on the U.S. 
seafood industry, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine aging in 
place, focusing on advances in technology that help seniors live 
independently, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.