[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D798-D799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 9, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up an 
original bill entitled, ``State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2016'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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 Foreign Relations: 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: to hold 
hearings to examine understanding America's long-term fiscal 
picture, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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 =========================== 

  
   D798, July 8, 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,


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  Select Committee on Intelligence: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 
markup on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY 2016, 10 a.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Stable?'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``The Gulf Cooperation Council Camp David Summit: Any Results?'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing on the ``Financial Institution 
Bankruptcy Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Construction Costs and Delays at the U.S. Embassy 
in Kabul'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining EPA's Regulatory Overreach'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, Full Committee, hearing on promoting 
work opportunities for Social Security Disability Insurance 
beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.