[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 157 (Monday, October 26, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1131-D1133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 27 through October 30, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. At 
approximately 11 a.m., Senate will vote on or in relation to a 
series of amendments to the bill. At 4 p.m., Senate will continue to 
vote on or in relation to amendments to the bill, followed by a vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill, and then a vote on 
final passage of 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 28, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine unmanned aircraft systems and the steps 
being taken to successfully integrate this technology into our 
National Airspace System, 10 a.m., SD-192.

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  October 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine realizing the potential of the Department of 
Energy national laboratories, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: October 27, to hold hearings to 
examine United States military strategy in the Middle East, 9 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
alternative approaches to defense strategy and force structure, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 28, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of rural banking, focusing on 
challenges and consequences, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 27, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, Time to be 
announced, S-207, Capitol.
  October 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel, of the District of Columbia, to 
be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 
five years from July 1, 2015, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 27, 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: October 27, 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.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine welfare 
and poverty in America, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 27, to receive a closed 
briefing on the Administration's response to the Syrian conflict, 
9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  October 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the United 
States role and strategy in the Middle East, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  October 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Peter William Bodde, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
Libya, Marc Jonathan Sievers, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Sultanate of Oman, Elisabeth I. Millard, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, and Kenneth Damian Ward, 
of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service 
as United States Representative to the Organization for the 
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, all of the Department of State, and 
John Morton, of Massachusetts, to be Executive Vice President of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Under 
Secretary of State (Political Affairs), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protocol 
Amending the Convention between the United States of America and the 
Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with 
Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington on October 2, 1996, 
signed on September 23, 2009, at Washington, as corrected by an 
exchange of notes effected November 16, 2010 and a related agreement 
effected by an exchange of notes on September 23, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 
112-01), protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government of the Grand Duchy 
of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and 
Capital, signed on May 20, 2009, at Luxembourg (the ``proposed 
Protocol'') and a related agreement effected by the exchange of 
notes also signed on May 20, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 111-08), convention 
between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Hungary for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes 
on Income, signed on February 4, 2010, at Budapest (the ``proposed 
Convention'') and a related agreement effected by an exchange of 
notes on February 4, 2010 (Treaty Doc. 111-07), the Convention 
between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Chile for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes 
on Income and Capital, signed in Washington on February 4, 2010, 
with a Protocol signed the same day, as corrected by exchanges of 
notes effected February 25, 2011, and February 10 and 21, 2012, and 
a related agreement effected by exchange of notes (the ``related 
Agreement'') on February 4, 2010 (Treaty Doc. 112-08), the Protocol 
Amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax 
Matters, done at Paris on May 27, 2010 (the ``proposed Protocol''), 
which was signed by the United States on May 27, 2010 (Treaty Doc. 
112-05), the Protocol Amending the Convention between the United 
States of America and the Kingdom of Spain for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and its Protocol, signed at Madrid on February 22, 
1990 (Treaty Doc. 113-04), the Convention between the United States 
of America and the Republic of Poland for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes 
on Income, signed on February 13, 2013, at Warsaw (Treaty Doc. 113-
05), and the Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of Japan for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with respect to Taxes on Income and a related agreement entered into 
by an exchange of notes (together the ``proposed Protocol''), both 
signed on January 24, 2013, at Washington, together with correcting 
notes exchanged March 9 and March 29, 2013 (Treaty Doc. 114-01), 
2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 28, 
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, to hold 
hearings to examine retirement plan options for small businesses, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine mental 
health and substance use disorders in America, focusing on 
priorities, challenges, and opportunities, 10 a.m., SD-430.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
28, to hold hearings to examine the state of our nation's 
biodefense, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 29, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 28, to hold hearings to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs mental health, focusing on 
ensuring access to care, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 27, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 28, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Big Data and Agriculture: Innovation and Implications'', 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, October 28, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Transition Assistance Program--A Unity 
of Effort'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing DOD's Assured Access to Micro-Electronics in 
Support of U.S. National Security Requirements'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, October 28, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Restoring the Trust for America's Most Vulnerable'', 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 28, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 3459, the ``Protecting Local Business 
Opportunity Act'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 28, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Breaking Down 
Barriers to Broadband Infrastructure Deployment'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing 
entitled ``Update on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Issues''; 
markup on S. 611, the ``Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water 
Systems Assistance Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, October 28, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Terror 
Inmates: Countering Violent Extremism in Prison and Beyond'', 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 28, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the United States Department of Justice'', 
9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 28, Subcommittee on 
Federal Lands, hearing on a discussion draft of the ``Federal Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native 
Affairs, hearing on H.R. 3764, the ``Tribal Recognition Act of 
2015'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing on 
H.R. 1219, the ``Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District 
Office Conveyance Act of 2015; H.R. 1296, to amend the San Luis Rey 
Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to clarify certain settlement 
terms, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3062, the ``Assuring Private 
Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land (APPROVAL) Act'', 2:30 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 28, 
Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled 
``Radicalization: Social Media and the Rise of Terrorism'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, October 28, 
Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``A Review 
of the Networking and Information Technology Research and 
Development (NITRD) Program'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.