[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 86 (Monday, June 1, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D620-D623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 2 through June 5, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 2048, USA 
FREEDOM Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill at 
10:30 a.m. The filing deadline for second-degree amendments to the bill 
is at 10 a.m.
  Upon disposition of H.R. 2048, USA FREEDOM Act, Senate will vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration 
of H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 2, to hold 
hearings to examine perspectives on the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 4, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 2, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet, to hold hearings to examine Lifeline, focusing on 
improving accountability and effectiveness, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Peter V. Neffenger, of Ohio, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of drought conditions throughout the 
western United States and actions states and others are taking to 
address them, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 3, to hold 
hearings to examine challenges and implications of EPA's proposed 
national ambient air quality standard for ground-level ozone, 
including S. 638, to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to 
exceptional event demonstrations, S. 751, to improve the 
establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards, and S. 640, 
to amend the Clean Air Act to delay the review and revision of the 
national ambient air quality standards for ozone, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 2, to hold hearings to examine Internal 
Revenue Service data theft affecting taxpayer information, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  June 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``Audit & Appeal Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in 
Medicare Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 2, to hold closed hearings to 
examine understanding Iran's nuclear program, 5 p.m., SVC-217.
  June 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine implications 
of the Iran nuclear agreement for United States policy in the Middle 
East, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to hold 
hearings to examine security assistance in Africa, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 3, to 
hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, 
focusing on ensuring college affordability, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 2, 
to hold hearings to examine the IRS data breach, focusing on steps 
to protect Americans' personal information, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  June 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine top government 
investigator positions left unfilled for years, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, 
to hold hearings to examine practical solutions to improve the 
federal regulatory process, 1:15 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 4, business meeting to consider 
S. 1137, to amend title 35, United States Code,

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and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and 
technical corrections, and 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, LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall, and Ann 
Donnelly, both to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York, John W. Huber, of Utah, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Utah for the term of four years, Eileen 
Maura Decker, of California, to be United States Attorney for the 
Central District of California for the term of four years, and Eric 
Steven Miller, of Vermont, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Vermont for the term of four years, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights 
and Federal Courts, to hold hearings to examine the process that led 
to the Affordable Care Act subsidy rule, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 3, business 
meeting to consider S. 1292, to amend the Small Business Act to 
treat certain qualified disaster areas as HUBZones and to extend the 
period for HUBZone treatment for certain base closure areas, an 
original bill entitled, ``Recovery Improvements for Small Entities 
(RISE) After Disaster Act of 2015'', an original resolution 
expressing the sense of the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate that the rule relating to the 
definition of the term ``waters of the United States'' under the 
Clean Water Act will have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities, the nomination of Douglas J. 
Kramer, of Kansas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 3, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 207, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use 
existing authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of 
Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 40 miles 
driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department 
that furnishes the care sought by the veteran, S. 297, to revive and 
expand the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 425, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide for a five-year extension to the homeless 
veterans reintegration programs and to provide clarification 
regarding eligibility for services under such programs, S. 471, to 
improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 684, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless 
veterans, and other pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 2, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 4, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Review of Agricultural Subsidies in Foreign Countries'', 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 3, Subcommittee on State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, markup on State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, FY 2016, 10:30 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, June 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Congressional Budget Office: Oversight Hearing'', 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 3, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Compulsory Unionization through Grievance Fees: 
The NLRB's Assault on Right-to-Work'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 3, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 2576, the ``TSCA Modernization Act of 2015''; and H.R. 2583, 
the ``Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015'' 
(continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``Discussion Draft on Accountability and Department of Energy 
Perspectives on Title IV: Energy Efficiency'', 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining H.R. 
2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``Discussion Draft on Accountability and Department of Energy 
Perspectives on Title IV: Energy Efficiency'' (continued), 10:15, 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Export-Import Bank's Reauthorization 
Request and the Government's Role in Export Financing'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 3, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and North Africa, hearing entitled ``U.S. Policy Towards ISIL 
After Terror Group Seizes Ramadi and Palmyra'', 12 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Future of U.S.-Zimbabwe Relations'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Terrorism Gone Viral: The Attack in Garland, Texas and 
Beyond'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, June 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``House Officer Priorities for 2016 and Beyond'', 1 p.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 3, Subcommittee on Federal 
Lands, hearing on a discussion draft entitled the ``Returning 
Resilience to our Overgrown, Fire-prone National Forests Act of 
2015'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 3, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ensuring Agency Compliance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 4, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``EPA Regulatory Overreach: Impacts on 
American Competitiveness'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Small Business, June 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Road Ahead: Small Businesses and the Need for a Long-
Term Surface Transportation Reauthorization'', 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``Sizing Up Small Business: SBA's Failure to Implement 
Congressional Direction'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 3, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Assessing VA's Ability to Promptly Pay Non-VA 
Providers'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 3, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Protecting the Safety Net from Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 4, Full 
Committee, markup on Intelligence Authorization Act, 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This markup will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 3, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment effects of the Affordable Care Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanyingreport. A total of 60 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 134 reports have been filed in the House.

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