[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1104-D1105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine agriculture biotechnology, focusing on Federal 
regulation and stakeholder perspectives, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine a review of rural development in 21st 
century America, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
future of defense reform, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine reforming the 
Federal budget process, focusing on the need for action, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine regulatory impact analyses for 
Environmental Protection Agency regulations, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine ongoing migration from Central America, focusing 
on fiscal year 2015 apprehensions, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1419, 
to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska 
Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a 
Native American language grant program, S. 1436, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain Indian 
tribes, S. 1443, to amend the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate the ability 
of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related 
services from diverse Federal sources, 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, and 
H.R. 387, to provide for certain land to be taken into trust for the 
benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians; to be immediately 
followed by an oversight hearing to examine the Government 
Accountability Office report on Indian energy development, 2:15 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gary Richard Brown, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Rebecca Goodgame 
Ebinger, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Iowa, Leonard Terry Strand, of South Dakota, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, and 
Mark A. Young, to be United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine when 
computer tech support becomes a scam, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Foreign Subsidies: Jeopardizing Free Trade and Harming American 
Farmers'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining DOD Security Cooperation: When It Works and When It 
Doesn't'', 10:15 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, heating entitled 
``Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Protecting America's 
Workers: Reviewing Mine Safety Policies with Stakeholders'', 10 
a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Examining Ways to 
Improve Vehicle and Roadway Safety'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining the Medicare 
Part D Medication Therapy Management Program'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Legislative Proposals to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Main Street 
Job Creators'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled ``The 
Future of Housing in America: Federal Housing Reforms that Create 
Housing Opportunity'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing entitled ``Burma's Challenge: Democracy, Human 
Rights, Peace, and the Plight of the Rohingya'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Worldwide Threats and Homeland Security Challenges'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, markup on a 
committee resolution amending the Committee's regulations, and for 
other purposes, 10:15 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Secure Credentials Issued by the Government 
Publishing Office'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Technology, hearing entitled 
``Examining Law Enforcement Use of Cell Phone Tracking Devices'', 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy; and Subcommittee on Research and Technology, joint hearing 
entitled ``Cybersecurity for Power Systems'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The EMV Deadline and What It Means for Small Businesses: Part 
II'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``Abandoned Mines 
in the United States and Opportunities for Good Samaritan 
Cleanups'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, business meeting 
on motion to issue subpoenas to employees of Department of Veterans 
Affairs, to compel them to appear and provide testimony to the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the Inspector General's final 
report, entitled ``Inappropriate Use of Position and the Misuse of 
the Relocation Program and Incentives''; hearing entitled ``An 
Examination of the VA Office of Inspector General's Final Report on 
the Inappropriate Use of Position and the Misuse of the Relocation 
Program and Incentives'', 10:15 a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine three case studies on Russian violations of the rule of 
law, focusing on how the United States should respond, 2 p.m., 2255, 
Rayburn Building.