[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 140 (Monday, September 28, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1376-E1378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Education 
           and student achievement.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Securities 
           Investor Protection Corporation.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Army Corps of 
           Engineers' participation in the development of the new 
           regulatory definition of ``Waters of the United 
           States''.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 799, to combat the rise 
           of prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence 
           syndrome, S. 1893, to reauthorize and improve programs 
           related to mental health and substance use disorders, 
           S. 481, to amend the Controlled Substances Act and the 
           Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
           drug scheduling recommendations by the Secretary of 
           Health and Human Services, and with respect to 
           registration of manufacturers and distributors

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           seeking to conduct clinical testing, and other pending 
           calendar business.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Brian R. 
           Martinotti, and Julien Xavier Neals, both to be United 
           States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, 
           Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., to be United States District 
           Judge for the District of Nebraska, and Edward L. 
           Stanton III, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Western District of Tennessee.
                                                            SD-226
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine financing higher education, 
           focusing on exploring current challenges and potential 
           alternatives.
                                                            SD-562
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold closed hearings to examine the economic crisis in 
           Ukraine.
                                                             S-116
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency 
           Management
         To hold hearings to examine end of the year spending.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael 
           Herman Michaud, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.
                                                            SR-418
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine pension advances.
                                                            SD-562

                               OCTOBER 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the procurement, acquisition, 
           testing, and oversight of the Navy's Gerald R. Ford-
           class aircraft carrier program.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, 
           ``American Crude Oil Export Equality Act''.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine improper payments in Federal 
           programs.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Scott 
           Allen, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the 
           European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ann 
           Calvaresi Barr, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
           United States Agency for International Development, 
           Barbara Lee, of California, and Christopher H. Smith, 
           of New Jersey, both to be a Representative of the 
           United States of America to the Seventieth Session of 
           the General Assembly of the United Nations, and Carolyn 
           Patricia Alsup, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of The Gambia, John L. Estrada, of Florida, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 
           David R. Gilmour, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
           Togolese Republic, Jeffrey J. Hawkins, Jr., of 
           California, to be Ambassador to the Central African 
           Republic, Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr., of Massachusetts, 
           to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, David 
           Malcolm Robinson, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization 
           Operations), and to be Coordinator for Reconstruction 
           and Stabilization, Daniel H. Rubinstein, of Virginia, 
           to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, Lucy 
           Tamlyn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Benin, Jennifer Ann Haverkamp, of Indiana, to be 
           Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and 
           International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and 
           Roberta S. Jacobson, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
           the United Mexican States, all of the Department of 
           State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
           examine the civil nuclear agreement in South Korea.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine achieving the promise of 
           health information technology.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1814, to withhold certain 
           Federal funding from sanctuary cities.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the significant costs and 
           related burdens for small businesses resulting from the 
           Gold King Mine waste water spill near Silverton, 
           Colorado.
                                                           SR-428A
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert 
           Porter Jackson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Ghana, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, 
           to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Julie 
           Furuta-Toy, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and Dennis B. Hankins, 
           of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Guinea, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
           Administration's FY 2016 refugee resettlement program, 
           including fiscal and security implications.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2031, to reduce 
           temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium 
           produced on Federal lands.
                                                            SD-366
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                               OCTOBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the situation in Afghanistan; 
           with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217, 
           following the open session.
                                                            SD-G50
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the potential modernization 
           of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and related energy 
           security issues.
                                                            SD-366

                               OCTOBER 7
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 817, to provide for the 
           addition of certain real property to the reservation of 
           the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon, S. 818, to 
           amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical 
           corrections, S. 1436, to require the Secretary of the 
           Interior to take land into trust for certain Indian 
           tribes, S. 1761, to take certain Federal land located 
           in Lassen County, California, into trust for the 
           benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, S. 1822, to 
           take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, 
           California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne 
           Band of Me-Wuk Indians, S. 1986, to provide for a land 
           conveyance in the State of Nevada, and H.R. 387, to 
           provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 
           benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
                                                            SD-628

                               OCTOBER 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine H.R. 2898, to provide drought 
           relief in the State of California, S. 1894, to provide 
           short-term water supplies to drought-stricken 
           California, S. 1936, to provide for drought 
           preparedness measures in the State of New Mexico, S. 
           1583, to authorize the expansion of an existing 
           hydroelectric project, and S. 2046, to authorize the 
           Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order 
           continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the 
           Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of 
           Alaska.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine S. 414, to provide for 
           conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and 
           development of renewable energy in the California 
           Desert Conservation Area, S. 872, to provide for the 
           recognition of certain Native communities and the 
           settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native 
           Claims Settlement Act, S. 1295 and H.R. 1324, bills to 
           adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, 
           Colorado, S. 1448, to designate the Frank Moore Wild 
           Steelhead Sanctuary in the State of Oregon, S. 1592, to 
           clarify the description of certain Federal land under 
           the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River 
           Basin Partnership Act of 2005 to include additional 
           land in the Kaibab National Forest, S. 1941 and H.R. 
           2223, bills to authorize, direct, expedite, and 
           facilitate a land exchange in El Paso and Teller 
           Counties, Colorado, S. 1942 and H.R. 1554, bills to 
           require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch 
           and the

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           White River National Forest in the State of Colorado, 
           S. 1955, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
           Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to 
           Alaska Native veterans, S. 1971, to expand the boundary 
           of the California Coastal National Monument, and S. 
           2069, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
           of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land 
           exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of 
           Oregon.
                                                            SD-366

                               OCTOBER 20
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cherry Ann 
           Murray, of Kansas, to be Director of the Office of 
           Science, and Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of 
           Illinois, to be Under Secretary, both of the Department 
           of Energy, and Mary L. Kendall, of Minnesota, to be 
           Inspector General, Suzette M. Kimball, of West 
           Virginia, to be Director of the United States 
           Geological Survey, and Kristen Joan Sarri, of Michigan, 
           to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of 
           the Interior.
                                                            SD-366

                               OCTOBER 27
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Office of 
           Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement's proposed 
           Stream Protection Rule.
                                                            SD-366