[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 12, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 13, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2016 for the 
Bureau of Land Management, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: closed business meeting to markup the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
safeguarding American interests in the East and South China Seas, 
2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine securing the border, focusing on fencing, 
infrastructure, and technology force multipliers, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 986, 
to require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 
parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in 
the State of New Mexico; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine the Bureau of Indian Education, focusing on 
organizational challenges in transforming educational opportunities 
for Indian children, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine protecting 
the constitutional right to counsel for indigents charged with 
misdemeanors, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending benefits legislation, 3 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, 
Horticulture, and Research, hearing to review the federal 
coordination and response regarding pollinator health, 1:30 p.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill for FY 2016, 10:15 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``Discussion Drafts Addressing Hydropower 
Regulatory Modernization and FERC Process Coordination under the 
Natural Gas Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Stakeholder Perspectives on the IANA Transition'', 2 p.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Dodd-Frank Act and Regulatory 
Overreach'', 9:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Enhance 
Capital Formation and Reduce Regulatory Burdens, Part II'', 2 p.m., 
HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Ancient Communities Under Attack: ISIS's War on Religious 
Minorities'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Management Efficiency, markup on H.R. 1615, the ``DHS FOIA 
Efficiency Act of 2015''; H.R. 1626, the ``DHS IT Duplication 
Reduction Act of 2015''; H.R. 1633, the ``DHS Paid Administrative 
Leave Accountability Act of 2015''; H.R. 1640, the ``Department of 
Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 
2015''; and H.R. 1646, the ``Homeland Security Drone Assessment and 
Analysis Act'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Stakeholder 
Perspectives on ICANN: The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to 
Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet's Operation'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Obama Administration's CEQ Recently Revised Draft Guidance for 
GHG Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
markup on a bill to clarify the effective date of the Border Patrol 
Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014; and hearing entitled ``Transportation 
Security: Are Our Airports Safe?'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security; and Subcommittee on the 
Interior, joint hearing entitled ``The EMP Threat: The State of 
Preparedness Against the Threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) 
Event'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1735, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016'' 
(Amendment Consideration); and H.R. 1806, the ``America COMPETES 
Reauthorization Act of 2015'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing entitled ``Nuclear Energy Innovation and the 
National Labs'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on the ``Spurring Private Aerospace 
Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015''; H.R. 1508, the 
``Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015''; the 
``Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 2015''; and the ``Office of Space 
Commerce Act'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Bridging the Small Business Capital Gap: Peer-to-Peer Lending'', 
11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled 
``The 35th Anniversary of the Staggers Rail Act: Railroad 
Deregulation Past, Present, and Future'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Promise and Progress of the Choice Program'', 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.