[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 168 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1215-D1217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 17 through November 20, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will be in a period of 
morning business.
  On Wednesday, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2577, Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016.
  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 Armed Services: November 17, to hold hearings to 
examine Department of Defense reform, focusing on overcoming 
obstacles to effective management, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  November 18, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to receive a closed 
briefing on undersea critical infrastructure protection, 9:30 a.m., 
SVC-217.
  November 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Alissa M. Starzak, of New York, to be General Counsel 
of the Department of the Army, Franklin R. Parker, of Illinois, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, John Conger, of Maryland, to 
be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary, and Stephen P. Welby, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 18, 
business meeting to consider S. 571, to amend the Pilot's Bill of 
Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other certificates 
issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, to require the 
revision of the third class medical certification regulations issued 
by the Federal Aviation Administration, S. 1143, to make the 
authority of States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage 
Dungeness crab fishery permanent and for other purposes, S. 1518, to 
make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate 
the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in 
interstate or foreign commerce, S. 1685, to direct the Federal 
Communications Commission to extend to private land use restrictions 
on its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur service 
communications, S. 1886, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and 
Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 and for other purposes, S. 
1916, to include skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care 
provider under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934, S. 
2044, to prohibit the use of certain clauses in form contracts that 
restrict the ability of a consumer to communicate regarding the 
goods or services offered in interstate commerce that were the 
subject of the contract, S. 2206, to reduce the incidence of sexual 
harassment and assault at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, to reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and to 
reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, the 
nominations of Anthony Rosario Coscia, of New Jersey, to be a 
Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years 
(Reappointment), and Derek Tai-Ching Kan, of California, to be a 
Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, 
and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 17, to hold 
hearings to examine past wildfire seasons to inform and improve 
future Federal wildland fire management strategies, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  November 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 329, 
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of 
Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, S. 556, to protect and enhance opportunities for 
recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, S. 782, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a bison management plan for 
Grand Canyon National Park, S. 1583, to authorize the expansion of 
an existing hydroelectric project, S. 1592, to clarify the 
description of certain Federal land under the Northern Arizona Land 
Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005 to include 
additional land in the Kaibab National Forest, S. 1694, to amend 
Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin 
Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water 
management in the Yakima River basin, S. 1941 and H.R. 2223, bills 
to authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in El 
Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado, S. 1942 and H.R. 1554, bills to 
require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the White 
River National Forest in the State of Colorado, S. 2046, to 
authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order 
continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake 
hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, S. 2069, to amend the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions 
relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the 
State of Oregon, S. 2083, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project, H.R. 373, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite 
access to certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction 
of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, 
H.R. 1324, to

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adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and 
the nominations of Suzette M. Kimball, of West Virginia, to be 
Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the 
Interior, and Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of Illinois, to be 
Under Secretary, John Francis Kotek, of Idaho, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Cherry Ann Murray, of Kansas, to be 
Director of the Office of Science, all of Department of Energy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 18, to hold 
hearings to examine the international climate negotiations, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 17, 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: November 17, to hold hearings to 
examine options for reforming United States overseas broadcasting, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  November 19, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and 
International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine 
democratic transitions in southeast Asia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 17, 
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.
  November 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 
2820, to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 
2005, S. 1719, to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a 
National Family Caregiving Strategy, and the nominations of Victoria 
A. Lipnic, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2020 
(Reappointment), and Michael Herman Michaud, of Maine, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
17, 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.
  November 19, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine human trafficking, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  November 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine lessons 
from the Paris terrorist attacks, focusing on ramifications for the 
homeland and refugee resettlement, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 18, business meeting to 
consider S. 817, to provide for the addition of certain real 
property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of 
Oregon, and S. 818, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make 
technical corrections; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine S. 410, to strengthen Indian education, S. 1163, to amend 
the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide flexibility and 
reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of 
Native American languages, and S. 1928, to support the education of 
Indian children, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: November 17, 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.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine National 
Adoption Month, focusing on stories of success and meeting the 
challenges of international adoptions, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 247, 
to amend section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem 
specified activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of 
United States nationality, and S. 1318, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to provide for protection of maritime navigation and 
prevention of nuclear terrorism, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 17, 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.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 17, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  November 19, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
November 17, 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 Committees

  Committe on Agriculture, November 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Past, Present, and Future of SNAP: The National 
Commission on Hunger'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, November 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Outside Views on the Strategy for Iraq and Syria'', 1 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  November 19, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Effects 
of Reduced Infrastructure and Base Operating Support Investments on 
Readiness'', 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  November 19, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, 
hearing entitled ``Acquisition Efficiency and the Future Navy 
Force'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  November 19, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing entitled ``Advancing the Science and Acceptance of Autonomy 
for Future Defense Systems'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, November 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Does Biennial Budgeting Fit in a Rewrite of the Budget 
Process?'', 9:45 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy an Commerce, November 18, 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. 
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``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'' (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Public Health Preparedness for Seasonal Influenza: 
Has the Response Improved?'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  November 19, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``The Disrupter Series: The Fast-Evolving Uses and 
Economic Impacts of Drones'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 18, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the SEC's Agenda, Operations, and FY 
2017 Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council: 
Due Process and Transparency in Non-Bank SIFI Designations'', 9:15 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 19, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``The Goldman Act to Return Abducted American 
Children: Ensuring Administration Action'', 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 18, Full Committee; and 
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, joint hearing entitled ``The 
Rise of Radicalism: Growing Terrorist Sanctuaries and the Threat to 
the U.S. Homeland'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 19, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Border Security, hearing entitled ``The Syrian 
Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on the Security of the U.S. Refugee 
Admissions Program'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 18, Full Committee, 
hearing on discussion draft of the ``Protecting America's Recreation 
and Conservation Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 18, 
Subcommittee on Government Operations; and Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Training of the House Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, joint hearing entitled ``Federal Student Aid: 
Performance-Based Organization Review'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets; and 
Subcommittee on Information Technology, joint hearing entitled ``The 
Internet of Cars'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, November 18, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``The Administration's Empty Promises 
for the International Climate Treaty'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled 
``Recommendations of the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of 
the National Energy Laboratories'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, November 18, Subcommittee on 
Contracting and Workforce, hearing entitled ``Continuing Challenges 
for Small Contractors'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  November 19, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Improving Size Standards for Small Farmers and 
Ranchers'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 18, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Choice Consolidation: Assessing VA's Plan to 
Improve Care in the Community'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``Examining VA's On-the-Job Training and Apprenticeship 
Program'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 18, Full Committee, business 
meeting to consider changes to the Committee's rules, 9:30 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: November 18, to hold hearings to examine 
millennial voices on advancing the American dream, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Joint Hearing: November 17, 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.