[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 176 (Monday, December 7, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1282-D1285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of December 8 through December 11, 2015

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of the conference report to accompany S. 1177, Every 
Child Achieves Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
conference report to accompany the bill at 11:30 a.m.

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  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: December 8, to hold hearings to 
examine improving the Pentagon's development of policy, strategy, 
and plans, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the United 
States strategy to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 
and United States policy toward Iraq and Syria, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Marcel John Lettre, II, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Gabriel Camarillo, of Texas, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, John E. Sparks, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the date 
prescribed by law, and the following named officer for appointment 
in the United States Navy to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
position of importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., 
section 601: Vice Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, to be Admiral, all of the 
Department of Defense, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
increasing effectiveness of military operations, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: December 9, to hold hearings to examine 
moving to a stronger economy with a regulatory budget, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 8, 
Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, to hold 
hearings to examine promoting open inquiry in the debate over the 
magnitude of human impact on earth's climate, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  December 9, Full Committee, 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. 2276, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
provide enhanced safety in pipeline transportation, H.R. 2843, to 
require certain improvements in the Transportation Security 
Administration's PreCheck expedited screening program, S. 1886, to 
reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act 
of 2009, S. 1935, to require the Secretary of Commerce to undertake 
certain activities to support waterfront community revitalization 
and resiliency, S. 2058, to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
maintain and operate at least one Doppler weather radar site within 
55 miles of each city in the United States that has a population of 
more than 700,000 individuals, S. 2319, to amend the Communications 
Act of 1934, an original bill entitled, ``Airport Security 
Enhancement and Oversight Act'', the nomination of Jessica 
Rosenworcel, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 
1, 2015 (Reappointment), and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 8, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2257, to prepare the National Park Service 
for its Centennial in 2016 and for a second century of protecting 
our national parks' natural, historic, and cultural resources for 
present and future generations, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine terrorism and global oil markets, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 8, business meeting to 
consider S. Res. 189, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding 
the 25th anniversary of democracy in Mongolia, an original 
resolution celebrating the 135th Anniversary of the United States 
and Romania Diplomatic Relations, and routine lists in the Foreign 
Service; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation, focusing on lessons learned after 
a decade and outlook for the future, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
Nations peacekeeping and opportunities for reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to 
hold hearings to examine the political and security crisis in 
Burundi, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
independent South Sudan, focusing on a failure of leadership, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 8, 
to hold hearings to examine opioid abuse in America, focusing on 
facing the epidemic and examining solutions, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
9, business meeting to consider S. 2171, to reauthorize the 
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, S. 2127, to provide 
appropriate protections to probationary Federal employees, to 
provide the Special Counsel with adequate access to information, to 
provide greater awareness of Federal whistleblower protections, S. 
1915, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax 
vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response 
providers, S. 1492, to direct the Administrator of General Services, 
on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, to convey certain 
Federal property located in the State of Alaska to the Municipality 
of Anchorage, Alaska, H.R. 1557, to amend the Notification and 
Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to 
strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws enforced by the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission and expand accountability within 
the Federal government, an original bill entitled, ``Federal Asset 
Sale and Transfer Act'', an original bill entitled, ``Federal Real 
Property Management Reform Act of 2015'', and an original bill 
entitled, ``Administrative Leave Act of 2015'', 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management, to hold hearings to examine the importance of following 
through on GAO and OIG recommendations, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Judiciary: December 8, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, to

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hold hearings to examine the AB InBev/SABMiller merger and the state 
of competition in the beer industry, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Susan Paradise Baxter, Robert John Colville, and 
Marilyn Jean Horan, each to be a United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Pennsylvania, Mary S. McElroy, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, and John 
Milton Younge, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  December 10, 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, S. 1318, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to provide for protection of maritime navigation and 
prevention of nuclear terrorism, H.R. 1428, to extend Privacy Act 
remedies to citizens of certified states, S. 483, to improve 
enforcement efforts related to prescription drug diversion and 
abuse, S. 1890, to amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, 
to provide Federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, and 
the nominations of Dana J. Boente, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years, Robert 
Lloyd Capers, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District 
of New York for the term of four years, John P. Fishwick, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia for the 
term of four years, and Emily Gray Rice, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of New Hampshire for the term of four 
years, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: December 9, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Darryl L. DePriest, 
of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business 
Administration, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: December 9, business meeting to 
markup S. 290, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and S. 425, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a 
five-year extension to the homeless veterans reintegration programs 
and to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services 
under such programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 8, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: December 9, to hold hearings to 
examine sudden price spikes in off-patent drugs, focusing on 
perspectives from the front lines, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, December 9, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing entitled ``Commodity in 
Focus: Stress in Cotton Country'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and 
Research, hearing on oversight of USDA's use of Census of 
Agriculture authority to acquire farmers' personal financial 
information, 2 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, December 9, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Concurrent Receipt of Survivor Benefit 
Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)'', 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, 
hearing entitled ``Game Changing Innovations and the Future of 
Surface Warfare'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, December 9, Subcommittee 
on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``How the 
Administration's Regulatory Onslaught is Affecting Workers and Job 
Creators'', 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 9, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Examining Legislation to Improve Health 
Care and Treatment'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 9, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 1654, to authorize the direct provision of defense articles, 
defense services, and related training to the Kurdistan Regional 
Government, and for other purposes; H.R. 3654, the ``Combat 
Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015''; and H.R. 4154, the 
``Taiwan Naval Support Act'', H. Res. 346, condemning the use of 
toxic chemicals as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic; and H. Res. 
536, supporting freedom of the press in Latin America and the 
Caribbean and condemning violations of press freedom and violence 
against journalists, bloggers, and individuals exercising their 
right to freedom of speech, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  December 9, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing 
entitled ``Year in Review: U.S. Policy Toward a Changing Western 
Hemisphere'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled 
``Fulfilling the Humanitarian Imperative: Assisting Victims of ISIS 
Violence'', 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 9, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Border Security, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services'', 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, December 9, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Department of the Interior's Role in the 
EPA's Animas Spill'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 1838, 
the ``Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act''; 
and H.R. 3668, the ``California Minerals, Off-Road Recreation, and 
Conservation Act'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, December 9, Full 
Committee, markup on committee report entitled ``United States 
Secret Service: An Agency in Crisis''; H.R. 4180, to improve Federal 
agency financial and administrative controls and procedures to 
assess and mitigate fraud risks, and to improve Federal agencies' 
development and use of data analytics for the purpose of 
identifying, preventing, and responding to fraud, including improper 
payments; S. 1698, the ``Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics 
Compensation Act''; H.R. 1132, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1048 West Robinhood Drive in 
Stockton, California, as the ``W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 2458, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 5351 Lapalco Boulevard in Marrero, 
Louisiana, as the ``Lionel R. Collins, Sr. Post Office Building''; 
H.R. 3735, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North 
Carolina, as the ``Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office''; and H.R. 
4046, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wisconsin, as the 
Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office, 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  December 9, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Casino in Every 
Smartphone--Law Enforcement Implications'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on National Security; and Subcommittee 
on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules, joint hearing 
entitled ``Terrorism and the Visa Waiver Program'', 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, December 10, 
Subcommittee on Environment; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint 
hearing entitled ``An Overview of the Nation's Weather Satellite 
Programs and Policies'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, December 9, Subcommittee on 
Contracting and Workforce, hearing entitled ``Supporting Success: 
Empowering Small Business Advocates'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 9, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Fact Check: An End of Year Review of 
Accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs'', 10:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 10, Full 
Committee, meeting on Member access request, 9 a.m., HVC-304.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: December 11, to 
receive a briefing on human rights violations in Russian-occupied 
Crimea, 2 p.m., B318, Rayburn Building.