[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 163 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1175-D1176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 4, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine reforming the 
Federal budget process, focusing on a biennial approach to better 
budgeting, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine how gagging honest reviews harms consumers and 
the economy, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy in North Africa, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Stuart F. Delery, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and 
Federal Courts, to hold hearings to examine the American victims of 
Iranian and Palestinian terrorism, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``American Agriculture and Our National Security'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, markup 
on H.R. 2017, the ``Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 2446, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
the use of electronic visit verification for personal care services 
furnished under the Medicaid program; H.R. 2646, the ``Helping 
Families in Mental Health Crisis Act''; H.R. 3014, the ``Medical 
Controlled Substances Transportation Act''; H.R. 3537, the 
``Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015''; H.R. 3716, the ``Ensuring 
Terminated Providers Are Removed from Medicaid and CHIP Act''; and 
H.R. 3821, the ``Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act'' (continued), 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1309, the ``Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 1478, the ``Policyholder Protection Act of 2015''; H.R. 1550, 
the ``Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 
2015''; H.R. 2209, to require the appropriate Federal banking 
agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2A liquid 
assets, and for other purposes; H.R. 3340, the ``Financial Stability 
Oversight Council Reform Act''; H.R. 3557, the ``FSOC Transparency 
and Accountability Act''; H.R. 3738, the ``Office of Financial 
Research Accountability Act of 2015''; the ``Small Business Credit 
Availability Act''; H.R. 3857, to require the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial 
Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under 
section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes; and hearing 
entitled ``Semi-Annual Testimony on the Federal Reserve's 
Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System'', 9 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Policy after Russia's Escalation in Syria'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Demanding 
Accountability: Evaluating the 2015 `Trafficking in Persons Report' 
'', 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, hearing 
entitled ``Challenge to Europe: The Growing Refugee Crisis'', 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and 
Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``A New Approach to Increase 
Trade and Security: An Examination of CBP's Public Private 
Partnerships'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2285, the ``Prevent Trafficking in 
Cultural Property Act''; H.R. 2795, the ``First Responder 
Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations Act''; H.R. 
3842, the ``Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and 
Improvement Act of 2015''; H.R. 3859, the ``HSA Technical 
Corrections Act''; H.R. 3875, the ``Department of Homeland Security 
CBRNE Defense Act of 2015''; H.R. 3869, the ``State and Local Cyber 
Protection Act of 2015''; and H.R. 3878, the ``Strengthening 
Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act 
of 2015'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 1815, the ``Eastern Nevada Implementation 
Improvement Act''; and H.R. 3342, to provide for the stability of 
title to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 
3843, the ``Locatable Minerals Claim Location and Maintenance Fees 
Act of 2015; and H.R. 3844, the ``Energy and Minerals Reclamation 
Foundation Establishment Act of 2015'', 10:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing 
on H.R. 2009, the ``Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act of 
2015''; H.R. 2719, the ``Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act''; and H.R. 
3079, to take certain Federal land located in Tuolumne County, 
California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne Band of Me-
Wuk Indians, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Technology; and Subcommittee on Government Operations, 
joint hearing entitled ``The Federal Information Technology Reform 
Act's (FITARA) Role in Reducing IT Acquisition Risk, Part II--
Measuring Agencies' FITARA Implementation'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations; and Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce of the 
House Committee on Small Business, joint hearing entitled ``An 
Examination of Continued Challenges in VA's Vets First Verification 
Process'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
presidential authority to waive anti-terror provisions in the tax 
code with respect to Iran, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine ensuring 
success for the Social Security Disability Insurance program and its 
beneficiaries, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.