[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E835-E837]
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 Thursday, June 04, 2015 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 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 
           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

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           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 Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Department of Defense
         Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, 
           ``Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Defense 
           Appropriations.''
                                                            SD-192
       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
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine passenger rail safety, 
           focusing on accident prevention and on-going efforts to 
           implement train control technology.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine health information exchange, 
           focusing on a path towards improving the quality and 
           value of health care for patients.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Peter V. 
           Neffenger, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal regulatory system 
           to improve accountability, transparency and integrity.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
           Agencies
         Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, 
           ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Appropriations Act, 2016''.
                                                            SD-192
     1:30 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Luis Felipe 
           Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit 
           Judge for the Third Circuit.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the escalating threat of ISIL 
           in Central Asia.
                                                         RHOB-2175
     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, 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, and S. 1483, to 
           direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
           suitability and feasibility of designating the James K. 
           Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the 
           National Park System.
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       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency 
           Management
         To hold hearings to examine wasteful spending in the 
           Federal government, focusing on an outside perspective.
                                                            SD-342
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the proliferation of unwanted 
           calls.
                                                            SD-562

                                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

                                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