[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 142 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             OCTOBER 1, 2015

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting to 
markup an original bill entitled, ``American Crude Oil Export Equality 
Act'', 10 a.m., SD-538.
  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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine improper payments in 
Federal programs, 10 a.m., 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 with the Republic of South Korea, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, 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, and 
Linda I. Etim, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings 
to examine achieving the promise of health information technology, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on 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, 2 p.m., 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, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled 
``Improving Public Shipyards to More Effectively Meet Navy Operational 
Requirements'', 8 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Potential Ways to Improve the Medicare Program'', 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled 
``Transporting Nuclear Materials: Design, Logistics, and Shipment'', 
10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.