[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 169 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1225-D1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower, to receive 
a closed briefing on undersea critical infrastructure protection, 
9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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,

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S. 1685, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to extend 
to private land use restrictions 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 Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the international climate negotiations, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a closed briefing on 
the aftermath of Paris, focusing on America's role, 10 a.m., SH-219.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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 Indian Affairs: 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 the Judiciary: 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 
2106, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and 
publish an action plan for improving the vocational rehabilitation 
services and assistance provided by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, S. 2134, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to 
certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and 
training as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for 
physician assistants of the Department, S. 2170, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the ability of health care 
professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, S. 
2253, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans 
affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and 
restoration of educational benefits, and an original bill entitled, 
``Veterans Affairs Patient Protection Act'', 2:30 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Past, 
Present, and Future of SNAP: The National Commission on Hunger'', 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Outside Views on the Strategy for Iraq and Syria'', 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Does 
Biennial Budgeting Fit in a Rewrite of the Budget Process?'', 9:45 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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'' (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the SEC's Agenda, Operations, and FY 2017 Budget 
Request'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2830, 
to make technical amendments to update statutory references to 
certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code; H.R. 
2831, to make technical amendments to update statutory references to 
provisions classified to chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47 of title 50,

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United States Code; H.R. 2832, to make technical amendments to 
update statutory references to certain provisions classified to 
title 52, United States Code; H.R. 3713, the ``Sentencing Reform Act 
of 2015''; H.R. 4002, the ``Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 4003, the ``Regulatory Reporting Act of 2015''; H.R. 4001, the 
``Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015''; and H.R. 4023, the ``Clean Up the 
Code Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, 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.
  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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Administration's Empty Promises for the 
International Climate Treaty'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Continuing Challenges for Small 
Contractors'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Choice Consolidation: Assessing VA's Plan to Improve Care in the 
Community'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  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, Full Committee, business meeting to 
consider changes to the Committee's rules, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 22, an act to authorize funds 
for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
programs, 10 a.m., 2167, Rayburn Building.
Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine millennial voices 
on advancing the American dream, 2 p.m., SD-106.
Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 1177, a bill to reauthorize the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every 
child achieves, 2:30 p.m., HVC-201AB.