[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1148-D1149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 29, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
alternative approaches to defense strategy and force structure, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine welfare and 
poverty in America, 10 a.m., 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), and Laura S. H. Holgate, of 
Virginia, to be the Representative of the United States of America 
to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and to be Representative of the United States of America 
to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of 
Ambassador, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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

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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: to hold 
hearings to examine mental health and substance use disorders in 
America, focusing on priorities, challenges, and opportunities, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Brian R. Martinotti, and Julien Xavier Neals, both to 
be a United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, 
Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Nebraska, and Edward L. Stanton III, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.