[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D856-D857]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 22 through July 24, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider H.R. 22, Hire 
More Heroes Act, and any cleared legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: July 22, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, business meeting to markup an 
original bill entitled, ``Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2016'', 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  July 23, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill entitled, ``Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2016'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 23, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Robert B. Neller, USMC, to be 
General and Commandant of the Marine Corps, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 22, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council designation process, 10:15 a.m., SD-538.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine measuring the 
systemic importance of United States bank holding companies, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 22, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Marie Therese Dominguez, 
of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: July 23, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of W. Thomas Reeder, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of 
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Paul Wayne Jones, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Hans G. Klemm, of Michigan, to 
be Ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Ann Doherty, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, James Desmond Melville, Jr., 
of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, and 
Samuel D. Heins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Norway, all of the Department of State, and Thomas O. Melia, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Iran nuclear 
agreement review, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 22, to 
hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, 
focusing on exploring barriers and opportunities within innovation, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health 
information technology, focusing on information blocking and 
potential solutions, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 22, 
to hold hearings to examine protecting the electric grid from the 
potential threats of solar storms and electromagnetic pulse, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Denise Turner Roth, of North Carolina, to be 
Administrator of General Services, General Services Administration, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 22, business meeting to consider 
S. 1704, to amend the Indian Tribal Justice Act to secure urgent 
resources vital to Indian victims of crime, and S. 1776, to enhance 
tribal road safety; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine safeguarding the integrity of Indian gaming, 2:15 
p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 22, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of John Michael Vazquez, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Wilhelmina Marie 
Wright, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Minnesota, Paula Xinis, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maryland, and Cono R. Namorato, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights 
and Federal Courts, to hold hearings to examine Supreme Court 
activism and possible solutions, 1:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1169, to 
reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 23, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings to 
examine Dodd-Frank at five years, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 22, to hold 
hearings to examine targeted tax reform, focusing on solutions to 
relieve the tax compliance burden for America's small businesses, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 22, business meeting to 
markup pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 23, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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  Special Committee on Aging: July 22, to hold hearings to examine 
combating medicare provider enrollment fraud, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 23, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Examining the Costs and 
Consequences of the Administration's Overtime Proposal'', 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 23, Subcommittee on Health, 
markup on H.R. 1344, the ``Early Hearing Detection and Intervention 
Act''; H.R. 1462, the ``Protecting Our Infants Act''; H.R. 1725, the 
``National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting 
Reauthorization Act (NASPER''; and H.R. 2820, the ``Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 23, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Ending `Too Big to Fail': What is the Proper Role of 
Capital and Liquidity?'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``National Credit Union Administration 
Operations and Budget'', 9:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 23, Subcommittee on Asia and 
the Pacific, hearing entitled ``America's Security Role in the South 
China Sea'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, 
hearing entitled ``The Threat of Islamist Extremism: Possible U.S.-
Russia Cooperation?'', 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  July 23, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Implications of a 
Nuclear Agreement with Iran, Part III'', 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Pursuing North American Energy Independence: Mexico's Energy 
Reforms'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 23, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, markup on H.R. 3102, the ``Airport Access 
Control Security Improvement Act of 2015''; a Committee Print 
consisting of the ``Transportation Security Administration Reform 
and Improvement Act of 2015''; and the ``Partners for Aviation 
Security Act'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 23, Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Border Security, business meeting to request Department of 
Homeland Security departmental reports on the beneficiaries of H.R. 
422, for the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic; and H.R. 396, 
for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno 
Rojas; and hearing entitled ``Sanctuary Cities: a Threat to Public 
Safety'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 23, Subcommittee on Federal 
Lands, hearing entitled ``New and Innovative Ideas for the Next 
Century of Our National Parks'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 
564, the ``Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention 
Act''; H.R. 1772, the ``Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 
2015''; and H.R. 2168, the ``West Coast Dungeness Crab Management 
Act'', 10:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 23, 
Subcommittee on the Interior, hearing entitled ``Modernizing the 
National Park Service Concession Program'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 23, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Export-Import Bank: 
Update'', 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Information Technology; and Subcommittee 
on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``DATA Act 
Implementation'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 23, Subcommittee 
on Energy; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing entitled 
``The EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Mandate'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.


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  July 21, 2015, on page D857, the following appeared: Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology, June 23, Subcommittee on 
Energy; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing entitled 
``The EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Mandate'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, July 23, Subcommittee on Energy; 
and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``The EPA 
Renewable Fuel Standard Mandate'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.


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       Committee on Small Business, July 23, Subcommittee on 
     Health and Technology, hearing entitled ``Modern Tools in a 
     Modern World: How App Technology is Benefitting Small 
     Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
       Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 23, 
     Full Committee, markup on General Services Administration 
     Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; H.R. 
     2954, to designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut 
     Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ``Jacob Trieber Federal 
     Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court 
     House''; S. 261, to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 200 NW 4th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as 
     the William J. Holloway, Jr., United States Courthouse; a 
     bill to provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire 
     veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps 
     with curation and historic preservation activities, and for 
     other purposes; and other matters cleared for consideration, 
     10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
       Committee on Ways and Means, July 23, Subcommittee on 
     Oversight, hearing on the Internal Revenue Service's audit 
     selection process and internal controls within the Tax Exempt 
     and Government Entities division, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
       Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 23, 
     Subcommittee on Department of Defense Intelligence and 
     Overhead Architecture, hearing on ongoing intelligence 
     activities, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be closed.