[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D971-D973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 16 through September 18, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of H.J. Res. 61, Hire More Heroes 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 17, 
business meeting to consider H.R. 2051, to amend the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the livestock mandatory price 
reporting requirements, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 16, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the Food and Drug 
Administration's efforts to ensure the safety of the food supply and 
protect American consumers, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 16, to hold hearings to 
examine United States military operations to counter the Islamic 
State in Iraq and the Levant; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217, following the open session, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine maritime 
security strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 17, 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, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 17, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Sarah Elizabeth 
Feinberg, of West Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, 9:45 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 17, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of and potential reforms to the 
Federal Land Recreation Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 16, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine the cause, response, and impacts of 
EPA's Gold King Mine spill, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the United States role and strategy in the Middle East, 
focusing on Syria, Iraq, and the fight against ISIS, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  September 17, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
State Department processes in establishing tier rankings for the 
2015 trafficking in persons report, 11:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 16, 
to hold hearings to examine achieving the

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promise of health information technology, focusing on improving care 
through patient access to their records, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement 
Security, to hold hearings to examine biosimilar implementation, 
focusing on a progress report from FDA, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
16, to hold hearings to examine regulatory reform proposals, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 16, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine EPA's Gold King Mine disaster, focusing on the 
harmful impacts to Indian country, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 16, to hold hearings to 
examine reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 10:15 
a.m., SD-226.
  September 17, Full Committee, 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, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 16, 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, 
2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 17, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 17, Full Committee, 
markup on the ``North American Energy Security and Infrastructure 
Act of 2015''; and H.R. 702, to adapt to changing crude oil market 
conditions (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Infants: Ending Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers 
Who Violate the Law'', 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Improving 
the Medicaid Program for Beneficiaries'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 17, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More 
Free?'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Strengthening U.S. Leadership in a Turbulent Global 
Economy'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 17, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and North Africa, markup on H. Res. 277, honoring the 
Tunisian People for their democratic transition; and H. Res. 293, 
expressing concern over anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement 
within the Palestinian Authority; and hearing entitled ``Major 
Beneficiaries of the Iran Deal: IRGC and Hezbollah'', 1:45 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing 
entitled ``Challenges to Religious Freedom in the Americas'', 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, 
markup on H.R. 3490, the ``Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime 
Fighting Act''; H.R. 3493, the ``Securing the Cities Act of 2015''; 
the ``Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Strategy Act of 
2015''; and Committee Print of the ``DHS Science and Technology 
Reform and Improvements Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, 
markup on H.R. 3350, the ``Know the CBRN Terrorism Threats to 
Transportation Act''; H.R. 3361, the ``Department of Homeland 
Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2015''; H.R. 3503, the 
``Department of Homeland Security Support to Fusion Centers Act of 
2015''; a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve 
the management and administration of the security clearance 
processes throughout the Department of Homeland Security, and for 
other purposes; and Committee Print of the ``Fusion Center 
Enhancement Act of 2015'', 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.

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  September 17, Subcommittee on Transportation Security; and 
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, joint hearing 
entitled ``Safeguarding our Nation's Surface Transportation Systems 
Against Evolving Terrorist Threats'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``Making DHS More Efficient: Industry 
Recommendations to Improve Homeland Security'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 17, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 1428, the ``Judicial Redress Act of 2015''; H.R. 1755, to 
amend title 36, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
the congressional charter of the Disabled American Veterans; and 
H.R. 3449, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend 
honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted 
in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the 
United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, 
and for other purposes, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 17, Full 
Committee; and the House Committee on Natural Resources, joint 
hearing entitled, ``EPA's Animas Spill'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Federal Air 
Marshal Service: Oversight'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 18, 
Subcommittee on Research and Technology; and Subcommittee on 
Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``NEON Warning Signs: Examining 
the Management of the National Ecological Observatory Network'', 9 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, hearing entitled 
``Financing Main Street: How Dodd-Frank is Crippling Small Lenders 
and Access to Capital'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 17, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 3106, the ``Construction Reform Act of 2015''; H.R. 
3016, the ``VA Provider Equity Act''; H.R. 677, the ``American 
Heroes COLA Act of 2015''; H.R. 1338, the ``Dignified Interment of 
Our Veterans Act of 2015''; H.R. 1384, the ``Honor America's Guard-
Reserve Retirees Act''; H.R. 2360, the ``Career-Ready Student 
Veterans Act''; and H.R. 2915, the ``Female Veteran Suicide 
Prevention Act'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 17, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 2061, the ``EACH Act''; H.R. 1270, the ``Restoring Access to 
Medication Act of 2015''; H.R. 2940, the ``Educator Tax Relief Act 
of 2015''; H.R. 765, the ``Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth 
Act''; H.R. 2510, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
modify and make permanent bonus depreciation; H.R. 961, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F 
exemption for active financing income; and H.R. 1430, the 
``Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2015'', 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 18, 
Subcommittee on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead 
Architecture, hearing on the Defense Intelligence Agency and the 
Defense Clandestine Service, 9 a.m., HVC-304.