[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 157 (Monday, October 26, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 27, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United 
States military strategy in the Middle East, 9 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, Time to be announced, 
S-207, Capitol.
  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, 9 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the Internal 
Revenue Service's response to Committee recommendations contained in 
its August 5, 2015 report, 9 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a closed briefing on 
the Administration's response to the Syrian conflict, 9:30 a.m., 
SVC-217.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Nutrition, hearing 
entitled ``Past, Present, and Future of SNAP: Breaking the Cycle'', 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Shortening the Defense Acquisition Cycle'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing entitled 
``Game Changers--Undersea Warfare'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled 
``Improving Career and Technical Education to Help Students Succeed 
in the Workforce'', 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Common Carrier Regulation of the 
Internet: Investment Impacts'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled ``E-
manifest: An Update on Implementation'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``The Global Crisis of Religious Freedom'', 12:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis from the Ground, Part 
II'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, markup on a 
committee resolution amending Committee regulations to permit 
officially-sanctioned competitions, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3279, 
the ``Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act''; and H.R. 2834, to 
enact certain laws relating to the environment as title 55, United 
States Code, ``Environment'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Technology; and Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, joint 
hearing entitled ``VA and DoD IT: Electronic Health Records 
Interoperability'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of Progress by the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Maximizing Mentoring: How are the SBA 
and DoD Mentor-Protege Programs Serving Small Businesses?'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled 
``Prevention of and Response to the Arrival of a Dirty Bomb at a 
U.S. Port'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.