[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1293-D1295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget: 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: 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

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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 Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United 
Nations peacekeeping and opportunities for reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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: 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.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing entitled ``Commodity in Focus: Stress 
in Cotton Country'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  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, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing entitled ``Concurrent Receipt of Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) 
and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)'', 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  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, 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, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Legislation to Improve Health Care and 
Treatment'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
2187, the ``Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts 
Act''; H.R. 2205, the ``Data Security Act of 2015''; H.R. 2287, the 
``National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act''; 
H.R. 3700, the ``Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 
2015''; H.R. 3784, the ``SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 3791, to raise the consolidated assets threshold under the 
small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 4168, the ``Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act''; 
and Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing Resolution of 2016 
(continued), time to be determined, 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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''; 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.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``Year in 
Review: U.S. Policy Toward a Changing Western Hemisphere'', 2 p.m., 
2200 Rayburn.

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  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, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Department of the Interior's Role in the EPA's Animas Spill'', 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Casino in Every Smartphone--
Law Enforcement Implications'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Supporting Success: Empowering Small 
Business Advocates'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.