[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D130-D131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 11, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine emerging health threats and the Zika 
supplemental request, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
National Commission on the Future of the United States Army in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2017 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Karen Brevard Stewart, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Robert Annan Riley III, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, and 
Matthew John Matthews, of Oregon, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as United States Senior Official for the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, all of the Department of 
State, Swati A. Dandekar, of Iowa, to be United States Director of 
the Asian Development Bank, and Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine agency discretion in setting and enforcing 
regulatory fines and penalties, 9:30 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, S. 483, to improve enforcement efforts 
related to prescription drug diversion and abuse, 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 Elizabeth J. Drake, of Maryland, Jennifer Choe 
Groves, of Virginia, and Gary Stephen Katzmann, of Massachusetts, 
each to be a Judge of the United States Court of International 
Trade, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing to consider the 
impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency's actions on the 
rural economy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, hearing 
entitled ``Foot and Mouth Disease: Are We Prepared?'', 2 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, budget hearing on the Internal Revenue 
Service, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
oversight hearing entitled ``U.S. Engagement in Central America'', 
10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, budget hearing on 
Bureau of Reclamation, 1:30 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing entitled 
``Carrier Air Wing and the Future of Naval Aviation'', 3:30 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, markup on H.R. 2666, the ``No Rate Regulation of 
Broadband Internet Access Act''; H.R. 1301, the ``Amateur Radio 
Parity Act of 2015''; and the ``Small Business Broadband Deployment 
Act'' (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, markup on H.R. 3021, the ``AIR 
Survey Act of 2015''; H.R. 3797, the ``Satisfying Energy Needs and 
Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act''; the ``Blocking Regulatory 
Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act''; H.R. 4444, the ``EPS 
Improvement Act''; H.R. 2984, the ``Fair RATES Act''; H.R. 4427, to 
amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act; H.R. 4238, to amend the 
Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public Works 
Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms 
relating to minorities; H.R. 2080, to reinstate and extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
involving Clark Canyon Dam; H.R. 2081, to extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving 
the Gibson Dam; H.R. 3447, to extend the deadline for commencement 
of construction of a hydroelectric project; H.R. 4416, to extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric 
project; and H.R. 4434, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project (continued), 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``The Future of Housing in America: 
Examining the Health of the Federal Housing Administration'', 9:30 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 
hearing entitled ``Short-Term, Small Dollar Lending: The CFPB's 
Assault on Access to Credit and Trampling of State and Tribal 
Sovereignty'', 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Iran Nuclear Deal Oversight: Implementation and Its 
Consequences'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, markup on H. 
Res. 148, calling on the government of Iran to fulfill their 
promises of assistance in this case of Robert Levinson, the longest 
held United States civilian in our Nation's history; hearing 
entitled ``Jordan: A Key U.S. Partner'', 1:45 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``The 
Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism 
and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``The Future of Iranian Terror 
and Its Threat to the US Homeland'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and 
Communications, hearing entitled ``Improving the Department of 
Homeland Security's Biological Detection and Surveillance 
Programs'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 759, 
the ``Recidivism Risk Reduction Act''; and H.R. 2947, the 
``Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Is the Investor Visa Program an 
Underperforming Asset?'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Resolving Issues with Confiscated Property in 
Cuba, Havana Club Rum and Other Property'', 5 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 87, the ``Shiloh National Military Park Boundary 
Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act''; 
H.R. 295, to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Historic Preservation program; H.R. 1621, to modify the 
boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2817, the ``National 
Historic Preservation Amendments Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``IRS: Reviewing Its Legal Obligations, Document 
Preservation, and Data Security'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 4489, the ``FAA Leadership In Groundbreaking High-
Tech Research and Development Act'', 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Export Control Reform: Challenges for Small Business? (Part II)'', 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup on Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Views and Estimates of the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; H.R. 4441, the 
``Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act''; and other 
matters cleared for consideration, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Choice Consolidation: Improving VA Community Care Billing 
and Reimbursement'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing on President 
Obama's budget proposals for fiscal year 2017, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine an update on the Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe, focusing on religious freedom, anti-Semitism, 
and rule of law, 1 p.m., HVC-210.