[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 168 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1213-D1215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 17, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
Department of Defense reform, focusing on overcoming obstacles to 
effective management, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine past wildfire seasons to inform and improve future Federal 
wildland fire management strategies, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine physician owned 
distributors, focusing on whether they are harmful to patients and 
payers, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
options for reforming United States overseas broadcasting, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Robert McKinnon Califf, of 
South Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of 
Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Homeland Security 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency to examine 
ongoing challenges at the Secret Service and their government-wide 
implications, 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, 
Federal Rights and Federal Courts, to hold hearings to examine the 
relationship between the Federal government and state and local law 
enforcement, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Michael Joseph Missal, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine drug trafficking across the Southwest 
Border and oversight of U.S. counterdrug assistance to Mexico, 10 
a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture; and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation of the House Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, joint hearing entitled ``U.S. International Food Aid 
Programs: Transportation Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Regulation of Diagnostic Tests and 
Laboratory Operations'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission'', 10:15 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1321, the ``Microbead-Free Waters 
Act of 2015''; H.R. 2017, the ``Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure 
Act of 2015''; 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''; H.R. 3821, the ``Medicaid Directory of 
Caregivers Act''; H.J. Res. 71, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a 
rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to 
``Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, 
Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility 
Generating Units''; H.J. Res. 72, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a 
rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to 
``Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary 
Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units''; and S. 611, the 
``Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance 
Act'', 4 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Dodd-Frank Five Years Later: What Have 
We Learned from Conflict Minerals Reporting?'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Women and Technology: Increasing Opportunity and Driving 
International Development'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Terrorist Financing: Kidnapping, Antiquities Trafficking, 
and Private Donations'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats; and 
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, joint hearing entitled 
``Charting the Arctic: Security, Economic, and Resource 
Opportunities'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, hearing entitled ``Assessing TSA's Management and 
Implementation of the Screening Partnership Program'', 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the United States Department of Justice'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, 
hearing entitled ``The State of Competition in the Pharmacy Benefits 
Manager and Pharmacy Marketplaces'', 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Department of Education: Information 
Security Review'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1210, the 
``Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act''; and H.R. 3189, the 
``FORM Act of 2015'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Space; and Subcommittee on Environment, joint hearing entitled 
``Exploring Commercial Opportunities to Maximize Earth Science 
Investments'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``National Entrepreneurs' Day'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
H.R. 1319, the ``Ask Veterans Act''; H.R. 1603, the ``Military 
Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment Act''; H.R. 1904, the ``Wounded 
Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act''; H.R. 2639, the ``Marriage and 
Family Therapists for Veterans Act''; H.R. 3234, the ``Failing VA 
Medical Center Recovery Act''; H.R. 3471, the ``Veterans Mobility 
Safety Act of 2015''; H.R. 3549, the ``VA Billing Accountability 
Act''; draft of the ``Promoting Responsible Opioid Management and 
Incorporating Medical Expertise Act''; and the ``VA Purchased Health 
Care Streamlining and Modernization Act'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Moving America's

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Families Forward: Lessons Learned from Welfare Reforms in Other 
Countries'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management 
Efficiency to examine ongoing challenges at the Secret Service and 
their government-wide implications, 10 a.m., HVC-210.