[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1245]
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                       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 Thursday, September 10, 2015 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 16
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the cause, 
           response, and impacts of EPA's Gold King Mine spill.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine achieving the promise of 
           health information technology, focusing on improving 
           care through patient access to their records.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine regulatory reform proposals.
                                                            SD-342
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine reforming the Electronic 
           Communications Privacy Act.
                                                            SD-226
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine EPA's Gold King 
           Mine disaster, focusing on the harmful impacts to 
           Indian country.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 290, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to improve the accountability of 
           employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 
           563, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
           establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans 
           program to seek to employ physicians at the Department 
           of Veterans Affairs on a without compensation basis in 
           practice areas and specialties with staffing shortages 
           and long appointment waiting times, S. 564, to amend 
           title 38, United States Code, to include licensed 
           hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in 
           the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs, S. 1450, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
           to modify the hours of employment of physicians and 
           physician assistants employed on a full-time basis by 
           the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1451, to amend 
           title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
           Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjudicate and pay 
           survivor's benefits without requiring the filing of a 
           formal claim, S. 1460, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education 
           Enhancement Program to cover recipients of the Marine 
           Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, S. 1693, 
           to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand 
           eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical 
           treatment to certain veterans that were unable to 
           receive care from the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
           the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of such 
           emergency treatment, S. 1856, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to provide for suspension and removal of 
           employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
           performance or misconduct that is a threat to public 
           health or safety and to improve accountability of 
           employees of the Department, S. 1938, to amend title 
           38, United States Code, to improve the approval of 
           certain programs of education for purposes of 
           educational assistance provided by the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs, and other pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-418

                              SEPTEMBER 17
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Adam J. 
           Szubin, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
           Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, 
           Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
         To hold hearings to examine biosimilar implementation, 
           focusing on a progress report from FDA.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1814, to withhold certain 
           Federal funding from sanctuary cities, S. 32, to 
           provide the Department of Justice with additional tools 
           to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, 
           and 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, and Paula 
           Xinis, to be United States District Judge for the 
           District of Maryland.
                                                            SD-226