[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D672-D673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 10, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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'', 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  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, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 1140, to require the Secretary of the Army and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a 
regulation revising the definition of the term ``waters of the 
United States'', 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Anne Elizabeth Wall, of Illinois, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, 
and Brodi L. Fontenot, of Louisiana, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
both of the Department of the Treasury, and Rafael J. Lopez, of 
California, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services, Time to be announced, Room 
to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a closed briefing on 
verification and assessment, focusing on how to create a successful 
inspection regime, 5 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  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, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Peter V. Neffenger, of Ohio, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, and David S. 
Shapira, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2019, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency 
Management, to hold hearings to examine wasteful spending in the 
Federal government, focusing on an outside perspective, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  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, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal regulatory system to improve accountability, transparency 
and integrity, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Third Circuit, Travis Randall McDonough, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and 
Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Tennessee, 1:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
proliferation of unwanted calls, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Past, 
Present, and Future of SNAP: The Means to Climbing the Economic 
Ladder'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, markup on Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2016, 10:15 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the Rules and 
Regulations Implementing Federal Wage and Hour Standards'', 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, markup on H.R. 805, the ``Domain Openness Through 
Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa, hearing entitled ``Iran's Enduring Ballistic Missile 
Threat'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing entitled 
``Defense Support of Civil Authorities: A Vital Resource in the 
Nation's Homeland Security Missions'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular 
and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on H.R. 487, to allow the Miami 
Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands; H.R. 2212, to 
take certain Federal lands located in Lassen County, California, 
into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, and 
for other purposes; and H.R. 2387, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska 
Native veterans, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 387, the ``Economic Development 
Through Tribal Land Exchange Act''; H.R. 521, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain property to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health 
Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska; H.R. 1289, the ``John Muir 
National Historic Site Expansion Act''; H.R. 1992, the ``American 
Soda Ash Competitiveness Act''; H.R. 2295, the ``National Energy 
Security Corridors Act''; H.R. 2358, the ``Electricity Reliability 
and Forest Protection Act''; and H.R. 2647, the ``Resilient Federal 
Forests Act of 2015'', 4 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the 
Interior, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Executive Order 13658 on 
Public Land Guides and Outfitters'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Technology; and Subcommittee on 
Government Operations, joint hearing entitled ``The Federal 
Information Technology Reform Act's Role in Reducing IT Acquisition 
Risk'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 10, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2596, 
the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016'', 3 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2499, 
``Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2015''; H.R. 208, ``Superstorm 
Sandy Relief Act of 2015''; H.R. 1023, ``Small Business Investment 
Company Capital Act of 2015''; and H.R. 2670, ``Microloan 
Modernization Act of 2015'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``One Year 
Anniversary after Enactment: Implementation of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Prescription Mismanagement and 
the Risk of Veteran Suicide'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing on Obamacare 
implementation and the Department of Health and Human Services FY16 
Budget request, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the escalating threat of ISIL in Central Asia, 2 p.m., 
2175, Rayburn Building.