[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D42-D43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 20 through January 22, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 2:15 p.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 4038, 
American SAFE Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon, 
at 2:30 p.m.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: January 20, 
business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``Improving 
Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016'', 10 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: January 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Department of Justice's role in implementing new 
executive actions related to gun control, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: January 20, to hold hearings to 
examine United States strategy and policy in the Middle East, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  January 20, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine Task Force for Business and 
Stability Operations projects in Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  January 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Eric K. Fanning, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 20, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Thomas F. Scott Darling, 
III, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, 10:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of innovative technologies within the 
automotive industry, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 20, business 
meeting to consider S. 659, to protect and enhance opportunities for 
recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, S. 1024, to authorize 
the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, S. 1674, to amend and 
reauthorize certain

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provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and 
stewardship, S. 1724, to provide for environmental restoration 
activities and forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, 
S. 2143, to provide for the authority for the successors and assigns 
of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll 
bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, S. 2396, 
to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 121 Spring Street SE in Gainesville, Georgia, as the 
``Sidney Olsin Smith, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse'', and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: January 21, to hold hearings to examine 
healthcare co-ops, focusing on a review of the financial and 
oversight controls, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 20, to hold hearings to 
examine the Middle East after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
Action, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  January 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine political 
and economic developments in Latin America and opportunities for 
United States engagement, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 20, 
to hold hearings to examine improving the Federal response to 
challenges in mental health care in America, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
20, to hold hearings to examine understanding the goals and ideology 
of ISIS to better protect the homeland, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  January 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Michael Joseph Missal, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2:30 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  January 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine laying out 
the reality of the Postal Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 20, to hold hearings to 
examine the adequacy of criminal intent standards in Federal 
prosecutions, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  January 20, Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, 
to hold hearings to examine the biometric exit tracking system, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  January 21, 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, 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, S. 2040, to 
deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and the nominations of 
Mary S. McElroy, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Rhode Island, and Susan Paradise Baxter, and Marilyn Jean Horan, 
both to be a United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: January 21, to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' transformation strategy, 
focusing on examining the plan to modernize the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 20, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 11:30 a.m., SH-219.
  January 21, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.