[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 157 (Monday, October 26, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1538-E1539]
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 27, 2015 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               OCTOBER 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the United States role and 
           strategy in the Middle East.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       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.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
           Protection
         To hold hearings to examine the state of rural banking, 
           focusing on challenges and consequences.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
         To hold hearings to examine realizing the potential of 
           the Department of Energy national laboratories.
                                                            SD-138
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
         To hold hearings to examine retirement plan options for 
           small businesses.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the state of our nation's 
           biodefense.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Department of Veterans 
           Affairs mental health, focusing on ensuring access to 
           care.
                                                            SR-418
     3:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419

                               OCTOBER 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine alternative approaches to 
           defense strategy and force structure.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine welfare and poverty in 
           America.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Thomas A. 
           Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of 
           State (Political Affairs).
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine mental health and substance 
           use disorders in America, focusing on priorities, 
           challenges, and opportunities.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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

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           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).
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                               NOVEMBER 4
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the value of education 
           choices for low-income families, focusing on 
           reauthorizing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
                                                            SD-342