[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 145 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1422-E1424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, October 6, 2015 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               OCTOBER 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine Iranian influence in Iraq and 
           the case of Camp Liberty.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear 
           Regulatory Commission.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       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.
                                                            SD-124
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine removing barriers to wireless 
           broadband deployment.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         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

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           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''.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
       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.
                                                            SD-226
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to consider S. 1811, to require the 
           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''.
                                                           SR-428A
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
           Cybersecurity Policy
         To hold hearings to examine the North Korea threat and 
           United States policy.
                                                            SD-419
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine if the Federal Government is 
           doing enough to protect seniors from identity theft.
                                                            SD-562

                               OCTOBER 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine Russian strategy and military 
           operations.
                                                            SH-216
       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, 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.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, 
           Insurance, and Data Security
         To hold hearings to examine consumer product safety and 
           the recall process.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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, for more 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.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine threats to the homeland.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1814, to withhold certain 
           Federal funding from sanctuary cities, and S. 2123, to 
           reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on the Constitution
         To hold hearings to examine eminent domain ten years 
           after Kelo v. City of New London.
                                                            SD-226
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     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 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
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       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.
                                                            SD-419

                               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.
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                               OCTOBER 21
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine agriculture biotechnology, 
           focusing on Federal regulation and stakeholder 
           perspectives.
                                                            SD-106
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Government 
           Accountability Office report on Indian energy 
           development.
                                                            SD-628

                               OCTOBER 22
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine Puerto Rico, focusing on the 
           economy, debt, and options for Congress.
                                                            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