[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 145 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1054-D1057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of October 6 through October 9, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 12 p.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1735, National 
Defense Authorization Act. At 1 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany the bill.
  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 Appropriations: October 7, Subcommittee on 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the National 
Institutes of Health, focusing on investing in a healthier future, 
10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: October 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the situation in Afghanistan; with the possibility of a 
closed session in SVC-217, following the open session, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Iranian 
influence in Iraq and the case of Camp Liberty, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Russian 
strategy and military operations, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 7, to 
hold hearings to examine removing barriers to wireless broadband 
deployment, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, 
Insurance, and Data Security, to hold hearings to examine consumer 
product safety and the recall process, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 6, to hold 
hearings to examine the potential modernization of the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve and related energy security issues, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  October 8, Full Committee, 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, 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, and S. 2083, to extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  October 8, 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 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, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 7, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the United States role and strategy in the Middle East, 
focusing on Yemen and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  October 7, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and 
International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine the 
North Korea threat and United States policy, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  October 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1933, 
to establish a comprehensive United States Government policy to 
encourage the efforts of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop 
an appropriate mix of power solutions, including renewable energy, 
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broadly distributed electricity access in order to support poverty 
reduction, promote development outcomes, and drive economic growth, 
S. 1789, to improve defense cooperation between the United States 
and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the nominations of 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, both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 8, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, 
International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, 
to hold hearings to examine ensuring an efficient and effective 
diplomatic security training facility for the twenty-first century, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the National Labor Relations Board's joint 
employer decision, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
7, business meeting to consider S. 708, to establish an independent 
advisory committee to review certain regulations, S. 1607, to affirm 
the authority of the President to require independent regulatory 
agencies to comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable 
to executive agencies, S. 1818, to amend title 5, United States 
Code, to reform the rule making process of agencies, S. 1820, to 
require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule 
making for major rules, S. 1817, to improve the effectiveness of 
major rules in accomplishing their regulatory objectives by 
promoting retrospective review, S. 1873, to strengthen 
accountability for deployment of border security technology at the 
Department of Homeland Security, S. 2021, to prohibit Federal 
agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant 
for employment disclose criminal history record information before 
the applicant has received a conditional offer, S. Res. 104, to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the success of Operation 
Streamline and the importance of prosecuting first time illegal 
border crossers, S. 2093, to provide that the Secretary of 
Transportation shall have sole authority to appoint Federal 
Directors to the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority, H.R. 998, to establish the conditions under 
which the Secretary of Homeland Security may establish preclearance 
facilities, conduct preclearance operations, and provide customs 
services outside the United States, H.R. 322, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16105 
Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the ``Sgt. Zachary 
M. Fisher Post Office'', H.R. 323, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. 
Louis, Missouri, as the ``Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office'', H.R. 
324, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Lt. 
Daniel P. Riordan Post Office'', H.R. 558, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 55 South Pioneer 
Boulevard in Springboro, Ohio, as the ``Richard `Dick' Chenault Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 1442, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 90 Cornell Street in 
Kingston, New York, as the ``Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 1884, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 206 West Commercial Street 
in East Rochester, New York, as the ``Officer Daryl R. Pierson 
Memorial Post Office Building'', H.R. 3059, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4500 SE 28th 
Street, Del City, Oklahoma, as the James Robert Kalsu Post Office 
Building, an original bill entitled, ``Directing Dollars to Disaster 
Relief Act of 2015'', an original bill entitled, ``Inspector General 
Mandates Reporting Act of 2015'', and an original bill entitled, 
``Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., SD-342.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine threats to 
the homeland, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 7, business meeting to 
consider S. 1579, to enhance and integrate Native American tourism, 
empower Native American communities, increase coordination and 
collaboration between Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage 
and cultural tourism opportunities in the United States, and H.R. 
487, to allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer 
certain lands; to be immediately followed by a hearing 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, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: October 6, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, to hold hearings 
to examine how overregulation harms minorities, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine S. 2102, to amend the 
Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the 
Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to 
mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural 
manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  October 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1814, 
to withhold certain Federal funding from sanctuary cities, and S. 
2123, to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  October 8, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings to 
examine eminent domain ten years after Kelo v. City of New London, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: October 7, 
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Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a 
program to make loans to certain businesses, homeowners, and renters 
affected by Superstorm Sandy, S. 2116, to improve certain programs 
of the Small Business Administration to better assist small business 
customers in accessing broadband technology, S. 2126, to reauthorize 
the women's business center program of the Small Business 
Administration, an original bill entitled, ``Small Contractors 
Improve Competition Act of 2015'', an original bill entitled, 
``Small Business Subcontracting Transparency Act of 2015'', and an 
original bill entitled, ``Improving Small Business Innovative 
Research and Technologies Act of 2015'', 11 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 6, to hold hearings to 
examine pending health and benefits legislation; to be immediately 
followed by a business meeting to consider the nomination of Michael 
Herman Michaud, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans' Employment and Training, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 6, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:15 p.m., SH-219.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: October 7, to hold hearings to examine 
if the Federal Government is doing enough to protect seniors from 
identity theft, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 7, Full Committee, hearing to 
review the development of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 
9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, hearing to 
review the 2015 fire season and long-term trends, 10 a.m., 1302 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, October 7, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, hearing entitled ``Plutonium Disposition and the MOX 
Project'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 8, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``U.S. Strategy in 
Afghanistan'', 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Update on Military Suicide Prevention Programs'', 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 7, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Strengthening Head Start for Current 
and Future Generations'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Protecting America's Workers: An Enforcement Update from the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration'', 1 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  October 8, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the Juvenile 
Justice System and How It Serves At-Risk Youth'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 7, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``EPA's CO2 Regulations for New 
and Existing Power Plants'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Improving Federal Spectrum Systems'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Volkswagen Emissions Cheating Allegations: Initial 
Questions'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Legislative Proposals to Combat Our Nation's Drug Abuse Crisis'', 10:15 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing 
entitled ``E-manifest: An Update on Implementation'', 9 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 9, Subcommittee on 
Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``The Future of the 
Multilateral Development Banks'', 9:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Reforming Food Aid: Desperate Need to Do Better'', 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Food 
Security and Nutrition Programs in Africa'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Reviewing President Xi's State Visit'', 12:15 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis from the Ground, 
Part I'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, October 7, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Mission, Structure, and 
Reorganization Effort of the National Protection and Programs 
Directorate'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Maritime Facilities in the 21st Century: Are Our 
Nation's Ports at Risk for a Cyber-Attack?'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled 
``Reform and Improvement: Assessing the Path Forward for the 
Transportation Security Administration'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on the Security 
of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 8, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Planned Parenthood 
Exposed: Examining Abortion Procedures and Medical Ethics at the 
Nation's Largest Abortion Provider'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 7, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 974, the ``Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act''; H.R. 
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Reclamation Transparency Act''; H.R. 1452, to authorize Escambia 
County, Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part 
of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to 
Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance; 
H.R. 1820, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal 
preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made 
an affirmative commercial quantities determination, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2212, to take certain Federal lands located in Lassen 
County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville 
Indian Rancheria, and for other purposes; H.R. 2270, the ``Billy 
Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act''; H.R. 2406, the ``SHARE Act''; and 
H.R. 3382, the ``Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015'', 4 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  October 8, Full Committee, H.R. 974, the ``Yellowstone and Grand 
Teton Paddling Act''; H.R. 1107, the ``Bureau of Reclamation 
Transparency Act''; H.R. 1452, to authorize Escambia County, Florida, 
to convey certain property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island 
National Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to 
restrictions on use and reconveyance; H.R. 1820, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease 
applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial 
quantities determination, and for other purposes; H.R. 2212, to take 
certain Federal lands located in Lassen County, California, into trust 
for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2270, the ``Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story Act''; H.R. 
2406, the ``SHARE Act''; and H.R. 3382, the ``Lake Tahoe Restoration 
Act of 2015'' (continued), 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 9, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 10, the ``Scholarships for Opportunity and 
Results Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 3231, ``the Federal Intern 
Protection Act of 2015''; H.R. 2347, the ``Federal Advisory 
Committee Act Amendments of 2015''; S. 1172, the ``Edward `Ted' 
Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements 
Act of 2015''; S. 1576, the ``Representative Payee Fraud Prevention 
Act of 2015''; S. 1580, the ``Competitive Service Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 136, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, 
California, as the ``Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office''; 
H.R. 2928, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 201 B Street in Perryville, Arkansas, as the 
``Harold George Bennett Post Office''; H.R. 3082, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5919 Chef 
Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the ``Daryle Holloway 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 3274, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 4567 Rockbridge Road in Pine 
Lake, Georgia, as the ``Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office''; H.R. 
3601, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 7715 Post Road, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, as the 
``Melvoid J. Benson Post Office Building''; S. 1596, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2082 
Stringtown Road in Grove City, Ohio, as the ``Specialist Joseph W. 
Riley Post Office Building''; and S. 1826, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in 
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the Lieutenant Colonel James ``Maggie'' 
Megellas Post Office, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, October 7, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
538, the ``Native American Energy Act''; and H.R. 702, to adapt to 
changing crude oil market conditions, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, October 8, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 3033, the ``Research Excellence and 
Advancements for Dyslexia (READ) Act''; and H.R. 3293, the 
``Scientific Research in the National Interest Act'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``Deep Space 
Exploration: Examining the Impact of the President's Budget'', 9 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The EMV Deadline and What It Means for Small 
Businesses'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Regulations, hearing entitled ``The Consequences of DOL's One-Size-
Fits-All Overtime Rule for Small Businesses and their Employees'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 7, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Ensuring Aviation 
Safety in the Era of Unmanned Aircraft Systems'', 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``A Call for System-Wide Change: Evaluating the Independent 
Assessment of the Veterans Health Administration'', 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 7, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the rising costs of higher education and tax policy, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.