[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D66-D67]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            JANUARY 28, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Lieutenant General John W. Nicholson Jr., USA, to be 
general and Commander, Resolute Support, and Commander, United 
States Forces-Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine helping 
Americans prepare for retirement, focusing on increasing access, 
participation and coverage in retirement savings plans, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider H.R. 
757, to improve the enforcement of sanctions against the Government 
of North Korea, H.R. 1493, to protect and preserve international 
cultural property at risk due to political instability, armed 
conflict, or natural or other disasters, S. 1882, to support the 
sustainable recovery and rebuilding of Nepal following the recent, 
devastating earthquakes near Kathmandu, S. 2426, to direct the 
Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status 
for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, S. 
Res. 347, honoring the memory and legacy of Anita Ashok Datar and 
condemning the terrorist attack in Bamako, Mali, on November 20, 
2015, the nominations of Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be the 
Representative of the United States of America to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office 
of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and Scot Alan 
Marciel, of California, to be Ambassador to the Union of Burma, 
Department of State, and lists in the Foreign Service, 10 a.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine generic drug user fee amendments, focusing on 
accelerating patient access to generic drugs, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Health and Human Services's placement of migrant 
children, focusing on vulnerabilities to human trafficking, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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, S. 524, to authorize 
the Attorney General to award grants to address the national 
epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, 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 Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation 
Research/Small Business Technology Transfer programs, focusing on 
the importance of small business innovation to national and economic 
security, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:15 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.