[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D980-D981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 Armed Services: 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: 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: 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: to hold hearings to 
examine reauthorization of and potential reforms to the Federal Land 
Recreation Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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: 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 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, 10:15 
a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
702, to adapt to changing crude oil market conditions, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Protecting Infants: 
Ending Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Who Violate the 
Law'', 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Free?'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Challenges to Religious Freedom in the Americas'', 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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

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``Securing the Cities Act of 2015''; H.R. 3510, 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.
  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''; H.R. 3505, the 
``Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and 
Administration Act''; and Committee Print of the ``Fusion Center 
Enhancement Act of 2015'', 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, Full Committee; and 
the House Committee on Natural Resources, joint hearing entitled, 
``EPA's Animas Spill'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Federal Air Marshal Service: 
Oversight'', 2 p.m., 2154 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, 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, 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.