[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1131-E1133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, 2015 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 29
     9 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher 
           Education Act, focusing on combating campus sexual 
           assault.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 284, to impose sanctions 
           with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross 
           violations of internationally recognized human rights, 
           S. 1632, to require a regional strategy to address the 
           threat posed by Boko Haram, and the nominations of 
           Michele Thoren Bond, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           State (Consular Affairs), and Sarah Elizabeth 
           Mendelson, to be Representative of the United States of 
           America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
           United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 
           an Alternate Representative of the United States of 
           America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
           United Nations, both of the District of Columbia, 
           Sheila Gwaltney, of

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           California, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, 
           Perry L. Holloway, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador 
           to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Laura 
           Farnsworth Dogu, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Nicaragua, and Peter F. Mulrean, of 
           Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Haiti, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to consider S. 1400, to amend the Small 
           Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of 
           Veterans Business Development to provide access to and 
           manage the distribution of excess or surplus property 
           to veteran-owned small businesses, S. 1756, to help 
           small businesses take advantage of energy efficiency, 
           S. 1857, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for 
           expanded participation in the microloan program, S. 
           1866, to establish the veterans' business outreach 
           center program, to improve the programs for veterans of 
           the Small Business Administration, an original bill 
           entitled, ``A Sense of the Committee on the Small 
           Business Tax Compliance Relief Act of 2015'', and an 
           original bill entitled, ``Veterans Entrepreneurial 
           Transition Act of 2015''.
                                                           SR-428A
     9:45 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the impacts of the Joint 
           Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on United States 
           interests and the military balance in the Middle East.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
           Protection
         To hold hearings to examine the role of bankruptcy reform 
           in addressing too-big-to-fail.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
           of Action.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Department of Homeland Security Border Security 
           Metrics Act of 2015'', an original bill entitled, 
           ``Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2015'', an 
           original bill entitled, ``EINSTEIN Act of 2015'', S. 
           1073, to amend the Improper Payments Elimination and 
           Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, including making 
           changes to the Do Not Pay initiative, for improved 
           detection, prevention, and recovery of improper 
           payments to deceased individuals, an original bill 
           entitled, ``Quarterly Financial Reporting 
           Reauthorization Act of 2015'', S. 1607, to affirm the 
           authority of the President to require independent 
           regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory analysis 
           requirements applicable to executive agencies, S. 1526, 
           to amend title 10 and title 41, United States Code, to 
           improve the manner in which Federal contracts for 
           construction and design services are awarded, to 
           prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and 
           construction services procurements, to amend title 31 
           and 41, United States Code, to improve the payment 
           protections available to construction contractors, 
           subcontractors, and suppliers for work performed, S. 
           1820, to require agencies to publish an advance notice 
           of proposed rule making for major rules, S. 1817, to 
           improve the effectiveness of major rules in 
           accomplishing their regulatory objectives by promoting 
           retrospective review, S. 1808, to require the Secretary 
           of Homeland Security to conduct a Northern Border 
           threat analysis, S. 779, to provide for Federal 
           agencies to develop public access policies relating to 
           research conducted by employees of that agency or from 
           funds administered by that agency, S. Res. 104, to 
           express the sense of the Senate regarding the success 
           of Operation Streamline and the importance of 
           prosecuting first time illegal border crossers, S. 708, 
           to establish an independent advisory committee to 
           review certain regulations, S. 1170, to amend title 39, 
           United States Code, to extend the authority of the 
           United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to 
           raise funds for breast cancer research, H.R. 1531, to 
           amend title 5, United States Code, to provide a pathway 
           for temporary seasonal employees in Federal land 
           management agencies to compete for vacant permanent 
           positions under internal merit promotion procedures, an 
           original bill to designate the facility of the United 
           States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in 
           Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the ``Lieutenant Colonel 
           James 'Maggie' Megellas Post Office'', S. 1596, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 2082 Stringtown Road in Grove City, 
           Ohio, as the ``Specialist Joseph W. Riley Post Office 
           Building'', and the nomination of Denise Turner Roth, 
           of North Carolina, to be Administrator of General 
           Services.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine wireless broadband and the 
           future of spectrum policy.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
         To hold hearings to examine the financial crisis in 
           Greece, focusing on implications and lessons learned.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights 
           and Federal Courts
         To hold hearings to examine IRS targeting, focusing on 
           progress of agency reforms and congressional options.
                                                            SD-106
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 383, to provide for 
           Indian trust asset management reform, and S. 732, to 
           amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the 
           authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land 
           into trust for Indian tribes, to be immediately 
           followed by an oversight hearing to examine the true 
           costs of alcohol and drug abuse in Native communities.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
         To hold hearings to examine best practices at public and 
           private shipyards.
                                                           SR-232A
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine ending veteran homelessness.
                                                            SR-418

                                JULY 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral 
           John M. Richardson, USN, to be Chief of Naval 
           Operations.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of the United 
           States tax code on the market for corporate control and 
           jobs.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine sanctions and the Joint 
           Comprehensive Plan of Action.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1814, to withhold certain 
           Federal funding from sanctuary cities, and S. 32, to 
           provide the Department of Justice with additional tools 
           to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
           and Related Agencies
         To hold hearings to examine whistleblower claims at the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-124
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Lucy 
           Tamlyn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Benin, Jeffrey J. Hawkins, Jr., of California, to be 
           Ambassador to the Central African Republic, David R. 
           Gilmour, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Togolese 
           Republic, and Daniel H. Rubinstein, of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, all of the 
           Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 4
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the back-end of the nuclear 
           fuel cycle and related legislation, including S. 854, 
           to establish a new organization to manage nuclear 
           waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear 
           waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing 
           nuclear waste.
                                                            SD-366

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     3 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 6
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JULY 29
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the North Korea threat and 
           United States policy.
                                                            SD-419