[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 95 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D705-D707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 16 through June 19, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 1735, National 
Defense Authorization Act. At 11:30 a.m., Senate will vote on or in 
relation to Feinstein (for McCain) Amendment No. 1889 (to Amendment No. 
1463). At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on or in relation to McCain (for 
Ernst/Boxer) Amendment No. 1549 (to Amendment No. 1463), and Reed (for 
Gillibrand) Amendment No. 1578 (to Amendment No. 1463), to be followed 
by the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on McCain Amendment No. 
1463. The filing deadline for second-degree amendments to the bill and 
to McCain Amendment No. 1463, will be at 12:15 p.m.
  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 Appropriations: June 16, Subcommittee on Department 
of Homeland Security, business meeting to mark up an original bill 
entitled, ``Fiscal Year 2016 Homeland Security Appropriations 
Bill.'', 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up an original bill 
entitled, ``Fiscal Year 2016 Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations.'', 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  June 18, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up an original 
bill entitled, ``Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016'', and 
an original bill entitled ``Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016'', 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Budget: June 17, to hold hearings to examine 
CBO's analysis of the Federal government's deepening fiscal 
challenges, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 17, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 16, 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), 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 593, to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit 
to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to 
manage its infrastructure assets, S. 982, to prohibit the 
conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the 
transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretaries 
of the Interior and Agriculture, and to require the Secretaries of 
the Interior and Agriculture to develop water planning instruments 
consistent with State law, S. 1305, to amend the Colorado River 
Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of 
the Fontenelle Reservoir, S. 1365, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to use designated funding to pay for construction of 
authorized rural water projects, S. 1291, to authorize early 
repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the 
Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska, S. 1552, to 
authorize the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System and the 
Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System in the State of Montana, and 
S. 1533, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate 
Federal and State permitting processes related to the construction 
of new surface water storage projects on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture and to designate the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead 
agency for permit processing, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 17, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
final rule to regulate disposal of coal combustion residuals from 
electric utilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 18, to hold hearings to examine 
challenges to the future of highway funding, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 16, Subcommittee on East 
Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold 
hearings to examine strategic implications of trade promotion and 
capacity-building in the Asia-Pacific region, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.

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  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Gayle Smith, of Ohio, to be Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 16, to 
hold hearings to examine health information technology, focusing on 
what providers and the Department of Health and Human Services can 
do to improve electronic health record user experience, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reauthorizing 
the Higher Education Act, focusing on evaluating accreditation's 
role in ensuring quality, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 16, 
to hold hearings to examine Federal real property reform, focusing 
on how cutting red tape and better management could achieve billions 
in savings, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine governing 
through goal setting, focusing on enhancing the economic and 
national security of America, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Carol Fortine Ochoa, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
General, General Services Administration, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management, to hold hearings to examine the EPA's management of the 
renewable fuel standard program, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 17, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine accessing capital in Indian Country, 2:15 p.m., SD-638.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 16, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:45 p.m., SH-219.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 17, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
2647, the ``Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015''; and H.R. 2620, 
to amend the United States Cotton Futures Act to exclude certain 
cotton futures contracts from coverage under such Act, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 17, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, markup on the Subcommittee 
on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations 
Bill, FY 2016, 9 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  June 17, Full Committee, markup on the Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Bill for FY 2016, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, markup on the 
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2016, 
10:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Middle East'', 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Capacity of U.S. Navy to Project Power with Large Surface 
Combatants'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Why Congress Must Balance the Budget'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 17, Subcommittee on 
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled 
``Restricting Access to Financial Advice: Evaluating the Costs and 
Consequences for Working Families and Retirees'', 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``A National 
Framework for the Review and Labeling of Biotechnology in Food'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 17, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 805, the ``Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight 
Matters Act of 2015'' (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``The Impact of the International Monetary Fund: Economic 
Stability or Moral Hazard?'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Assad's Abhorrent Chemical Weapons Attacks'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``China's Rise: The Strategic Impact of Its Economic and Military 
Growth'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing 
entitled ``The Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act: 
State Department's Non-Compliance'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Human 
Rights Abuses by Vietnamese Authorities'', 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``The Future of Property Rights in Cuba'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, June 17, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The State of the Smithsonian'', 10:30 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 17, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 2315, the ``Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification 
Act of 2015''; H.R. 1643, the ``Digital Goods and Services Tax 
Fairness Act of 2015''; and H.R. 2584, the ``Business Activity Tax 
Simplification Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and 
Investigations, hearing on H.R. 320, the ``Rapid DNA Act'', 9 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 17, Subcommittee on Indian, 
Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on

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H.R. 1157, the ``Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land 
Transfer Act of 2015; H.R. 2386, the ``Unrecognized Southeast Alaska 
Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act''; and H.R. 
2538, the ``Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2015'', 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Drones: The Next Generation of 
Commerce?'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on National Security; and Subcommittee on 
Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, joint hearing 
entitled ``A Review of the President's Executive Actions on 
Immigration'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 17, Subcommittee 
on Energy, hearing entitled ``Department of Energy Oversight: Energy 
Innovation Hubs'', 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Crude Intentions: The Untold Story of the Ban, the Oil 
industry, and America's Small Businesses'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Long-Term Financing of the Highway Trust Fund'', 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 17, to hold hearings to examine the 
economic exposure of Federal credit programs, 10 a.m., SH-216.