[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D785-D787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of July 8 through July 10, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 1177, Every 
Child Achieves 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 Appropriations: July 9, business meeting to markup an 
original bill entitled, ``State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2016'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 9, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, to be 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of the Financial Stability Board in the 
United States regulatory framework, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's international climate agenda and 
implications for domestic environmental policy, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 8, to receive a closed 
briefing on Department of Defense maritime activities and engagement 
in the South China Sea, 5 p.m., SVC-217.
  July 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Michele Thoren Bond, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), and Sarah 
Elizabeth Mendelson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 8, 
to hold hearings to examine stopping an avian influenza threat to 
animal and public health, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine understanding 
America's long-term fiscal picture, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 8, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine a path forward, focusing on trust modernization and 
reform for Indian lands, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 8, to hold hearings to examine 
going dark, focusing on encryption, technology, and the balance 
between public safety and privacy, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 8, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, to hold hearings to 
examine cyber crime, focusing on modernizing our legal framework for 
the information age, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  July 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1482, to 
improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the application of 
the antitrust laws to the award of need-based educational aid, S. 
1300, to amend the section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to provide relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees 
in certain situations, and 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  D785, July 7, 2015, the following language appears: S. 1300, to 
amend section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
provide relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa feeds in 
certain situations,
  
   Record has been corrected to read: S. 1300, to amend the 
section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in certain 
situations,


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 8, to hold hearings to 
examine counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and the challenges of 
``Going Dark'', 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 9, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Foreign Agriculture, hearing entitled ``U.S. International Food Aid 
Programs: Oversight and Accountability'', 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 9, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, markup on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY 2016, 
10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 9, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``H.R. 702, Legislation to Prohibit 
Restrictions on the Export of Crude Oil'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``H.R. 985, Concrete Masonry Products Research, 
Education, and Promotion Act of 2015'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 9, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More 
Stable?'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled 
``The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of HUD's Public and 
Indian Housing Programs'', 9:45 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 9, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  July 9, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing 
entitled ``The Gulf Cooperation Council Camp David Summit: Any 
Results?'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 9, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Africa's 
Displaced People'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 9, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing on the ``Financial 
Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 9, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, 
hearing entitled ``The State of Property Rights in America Ten Years 
After Kelo v. City of New London'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, July 9, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 487, to allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer 
certain lands; H.R. 959, the ``Medgar Evers House Study Act''; H.R. 
1554, the ``Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance 
Act of 2015''; H.R. 1937, the ``National Strategic and Critical 
Minerals Production Act of 2015''; H.R. 1949, the ``National Liberty 
Memorial Clarification Act of 2015''; H.R. 2223, the ``Crags, 
Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2015''; H.R. 2791, the ``Western 
Oregon Tribal Fairness Act''; H.R. 2898, the ``Western Water and 
American Food Security Act of 2015''; S. 501, the ``New Mexico Water 
Settlement Technical Corrections Act''; and H.R. 1138, the 
``Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness 
Additions Act'' (continued), 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 9, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Construction Costs and Delays at the 
U.S. Embassy in Kabul'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 9, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining EPA's Regulatory 
Overreach'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``The 
International Space Station: Addressing Operational Challenges'', 9 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 9, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, markup on H.R. 2214, the ``Disabled 
Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act''; H.R. 800, the 
``Express Appeals Act''; H.R. 1379, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to authorize the Board of Veterans' Appeals to develop 
evidence in appeal cases, and for other purposes; H.R. 1380, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for a 
medallion furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to signify 
the veteran status of a deceased individual; H.R. 2605, the 
``Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2015''; H.R. 1302, the ``VA 
Appeals Backlog Relief Act''; H.R. 1338, the ``Dignified Interment 
of Our Veterans Act of 2015''; H.R. 1384, the ``Honor America's 
Guard-Reserve Retirees Act''; and H.R. 2691, the ``Veterans' 
Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015'', 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 9, Full Committee, hearing on 
promoting work opportunities for Social Security Disability 
Insurance beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 75 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 189 reports have been filed in the House.

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