[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 86 (Monday, June 1, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E808-E810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, June 02, 2015 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 JUNE 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         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.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine implications of the Iran 
           nuclear agreement for United States policy in the 
           Middle East.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Audit & Appeal Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in 
           Medicare Act of 2015''.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher 
           Education Act, focusing on ensuring college 
           affordability.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine top government investigator 
           positions left unfilled for years.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         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.
                                                           SR-428A
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         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.
                                                            SR-418
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the employment effects of the 
           Affordable Care Act.
                                                            SD-562

                                 JUNE 4
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Peter V. 
           Neffenger, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Homeland Security.
                                                               TBA
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1137, to amend title 35, 
           United States Code, 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.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Export-Import 
           Bank of the United States.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
         To hold hearings to examine security assistance in 
           Africa.
                                                            SD-419
     1:15 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
         To hold hearings to examine practical solutions to 
           improve the federal regulatory process.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       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.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                 JUNE 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 15, to amend the Mineral 
           Leasing Act to recognize the authority of States to 
           regulate oil and gas operations and promote American 
           energy security, development, and job creation, S. 454, 
           to amend the Department of Energy High-End Computing 
           Revitalization Act of 2004 to improve the high-end 
           computing research and development program of the 
           Department of Energy, S. 784, to direct the Secretary 
           of Energy to establish microlabs to improve regional 
           engagement with national laboratories, S. 1033, to 
           amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to 
           replace the current requirement for a biennial energy 
           policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review, S. 1054, 
           to improve the productivity and energy efficiency of 
           the manufacturing sector by directing the Secretary of 
           Energy, in coordination with the National Academies and 
           other appropriate Federal agencies, to develop a 
           national smart manufacturing plan and to provide 
           assistance to small-and medium-sized manufacturers in 
           implementing smart manufacturing programs, S. 1068, to

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           amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power 
           system from cyber security threats, S. 1181, to expand 
           the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program 
           to include commercial trucks and United States flagged 
           vessels, to return unspent funds and loan proceeds to 
           the United States Treasury to reduce the national debt, 
           S. 1187, to improve management of the National 
           Laboratories, enhance technology commercialization, 
           facilitate public-private partnerships, S. 1216, to 
           amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision 
           relating to civil penalties, S. 1218, to establish an 
           interagency coordination committee or subcommittee with 
           the leadership of the Department of Energy and the 
           Department of the Interior, focused on the nexus 
           between energy and water production, use, and 
           efficiency, S. 1221, to amend the Federal Power Act to 
           require periodic reports on electricity reliability and 
           reliability impact statements for rules affecting the 
           reliable operation of the bulk-power system, S. 1223, 
           to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve the 
           loan guarantee program for innovative technologies, S. 
           1229, to require the Secretary of Energy to submit a 
           plan to implement recommendations to improve 
           interactions between the Department of Energy and 
           National Laboratories, S. 1230, to direct the Secretary 
           of the Interior to establish a program under which the 
           Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter 
           into memoranda of understanding with States providing 
           for State oversight of oil and gas productions 
           activities, S. 1241, to provide for the modernization, 
           security, and resiliency of the electric grid, to 
           require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs 
           for research, development, demonstration, and 
           information-sharing for cybersecurity for the energy 
           sector, S. 1256, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
           establish an energy storage research program, loan 
           program, and technical assistance and grant program, S. 
           1258, to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a 
           distributed energy loan program and technical 
           assistance and grant program, S. 1259, to establish a 
           grant program to allow National Laboratories to provide 
           vouchers to small business concerns to improve 
           commercialization of technologies developed at National 
           Laboratories and the technology-driven economic impact 
           of commercialization in the regions in which National 
           Laboratories are located, S. 1263, to provide for the 
           establishment of a Clean Energy Technology 
           Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to assist 
           United States businesses with exporting clean energy 
           technology products and services, S. 1274, to amend the 
           National Energy Conservation Policy Act to reauthorize 
           Federal agencies to enter into long-term contracts for 
           the acquisition of energy, S. 1275, to establish a 
           Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program in the 
           Department of Energy to provide financial assistance to 
           promote energy efficiency and onsite renewable 
           technologies in manufacturing and industrial 
           facilities, S. 1277, to improve energy savings by the 
           Department of Defense, S. 1293, to establish the 
           Department of Energy as the lead agency for 
           coordinating all requirements under Federal law with 
           respect to eligible clean coal and advanced coal 
           technology generating projects, S. 1306, to amend the 
           Energy Policy Act of 2005 to use existing funding 
           available to further projects that would improve energy 
           efficiency and reduce emissions, S. 1310, to prohibit 
           the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or 
           natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico 
           under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person 
           that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order 
           to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas 
           prices are greater than or equal to specified price 
           thresholds, S. 1311, to amend the Federal Oil and Gas 
           Royalty Management Act of 1982 and the Outer 
           Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify certain penalties 
           to deter oil spills, S. 1312, to modernize Federal 
           policies regarding the supply and distribution of 
           energy in the United States, S. 1338, to amend the 
           Federal Power Act to provide licensing procedures for 
           certain types of projects, S. 1340, to amend the 
           Mineral Leasing Act to improve coal leasing, S. 1346, 
           to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an e-
           prize competition pilot program to provide up to 4 
           financial awards to eligible entities that develop and 
           verifiably demonstrate technology that reduces the cost 
           of electricity or space heat in a high-cost region, S. 
           1363, to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to 
           Congress a report assessing the capability of the 
           Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee 
           privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes 
           and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by 
           the Department of Energy, S. 1398, to extend, improve, 
           and consolidate energy research and development 
           programs, S. 1405, to require a coordinated response to 
           coal fuel supply emergencies that could impact electric 
           power system adequacy or reliability, S. 1407, to 
           promote the development of renewable energy on public 
           land, S. 1408, to provide for a program of research, 
           development, demonstration, and commercial application 
           in vehicle technologies at the Department of Energy, S. 
           1420, to amend the Department of Energy Organization 
           Act to provide for the collection of information on 
           critical energy supplies, to establish a Working Group 
           on Energy Markets, S. 1422, to require the Secretary of 
           Energy to establish a comprehensive program to improve 
           education and training for energy-and manufacturing-
           related jobs to increase the number of skilled workers 
           trained to work in energy and manufacturing-related 
           fields, S. 1428, to amend the USEC Privatization Act to 
           require the Secretary of Energy to issue a long-term 
           Federal excess uranium inventory management plan, S. 
           1432, to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a 
           study on the technology, potential lifecycle energy 
           savings, and economic impact of recycled carbon fiber, 
           S. 1434, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
           Policies Act of 1978 to establish an energy storage 
           portfolio standard, S. 1449, to amend the Energy 
           Independence and Security Act of 2007 to add certain 
           medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles to the advanced 
           technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program, 
           and H.R. 35, to increase the understanding of the 
           health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation.
                                                            SD-366
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
           Transportation Security Administration, focusing on 
           first-hand and government watchdog accounts of agency 
           challenges.
                                                            SD-342

                                JUNE 10
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 248, to clarify the 
           rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands 
           under the National Labor Relations Act; to be 
           immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine 
           addressing the need for victim services in Indian 
           County.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on National Parks
         To hold hearings to examine S. 145, to require the 
           Director of the National Park Service to refund to 
           States all State funds that were used to reopen and 
           temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System 
           during the October 2013 shutdown, S. 146, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to enter into agreements with States and 
           political subdivisions of States providing for the 
           continued operation, in whole or in part, of public 
           land, units of the National Park System, units of the 
           National Wildlife Refuge System, and units of the 
           National Forest System in the State during any period 
           in which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
           of Agriculture is unable to maintain normal level of 
           operations at the units due to a lapse in 
           appropriations, S. 319, to designate a mountain in the 
           State of Alaska as Mount Denali, S. 329, to amend the 
           Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
           segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in 
           the State of Connecticut as components of the National 
           Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 403, to revise the 
           authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
           Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail 
           into Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National 
           Scenic Trail, S. 521, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
           President Station in Baltimore, Maryland, S. 610, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
           special resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, 
           Maryland and for other purposes, S. 782, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to establish a bison 
           management plan for Grand Canyon National Park, and S. 
           873, to designate the wilderness within the Lake Clark 
           National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska as 
           the Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 11
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine accounts of current and 
           former federal agency whistleblowers.
                                                            SD-342


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                                JUNE 16
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jonathan 
           Elkind, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Energy (International Affairs), and Monica C. 
           Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Energy (Environmental Management).
                                                            SD-366

                                 JULY 9
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the back-end of the nuclear 
           fuel cycle and related legislation, including S. 854, 
           to establish a new organization to manage nuclear 
           waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear 
           waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing 
           nuclear waste.
                                                            SD-366