[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 32 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D186-D189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 1 through March 4, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 524, Comprehensive Addiction and 
Recovery Act, post-cloture.
  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: March 1, 
business meeting to consider the Chairman's mark on biotechnology 
labeling solutions, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 1, Subcommittee on Department 
of Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the 
Transportation Security Administration, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of the farm economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-116.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and the Capitol Police, 3 p.m., 
SD-192.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department 
of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2017 for the Navy and Marine Corps, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Food and Drug Administration, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2017 for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department 
of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget

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estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department 
of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Commerce, 
10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 and fiscal 
year 2018 for the Veterans Health Administration and Veterans 
Benefits Administration, 11 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 1, to hold hearings to examine 
United States European Command, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Airland, to receive a closed briefing on 
the Air Force Long Range Strike-Bomber, 3 p.m., SVC-217.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the posture 
of the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 3, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine regulatory reforms to improve equity market 
structure, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 2, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications 
Commission, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  March 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2555, to 
provide opportunities for broadband investment, the nomination of 
Thomas F. Scott Darling, III, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 3, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 2, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2446, to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act to encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal 
combustion residuals and establish requirements for the proper 
management and disposal of coal combustion residuals that are 
protective of human health and the environment, S. 1479, to amend 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating to grants, and 
an original bill entitled, ``Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines 
Act of 2016'', 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 1, to hold hearings to examine the 
multiemployer pension plan system, focusing on recent reforms and 
current challenges, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine free trade 
agreement implementation, focusing on lessons from the past, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 1, Subcommittee on State 
Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and 
Bilateral International Development, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017 for the 
Department of State and the United States Agency for International 
Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the economic 
and geopolitical implications of low oil and gas prices, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the path 
forward in Libya, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 2, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Patrick Pizzella, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, 
and Julie Helene Becker, Steven Nathan Berk, and Elizabeth Carroll 
Wingo, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the dogs of 
the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on how canine programs 
contribute to homeland security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 3, 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. 2390, to provide adequate 
protections for whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, 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, and Clare E. Connors, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 3, to hold 
hearings to examine the impacts of Federal fisheries management on 
small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 2, to hold a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of multiple Veterans Service Organizations, 10 a.m., 
345, Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 1, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 3, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 2, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Past, Present, and Future of SNAP: Examining State 
Options'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

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  Committee on Appropriations, March 2, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, budget hearing 
on Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the Air Force, 
10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, budget hearing on Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, budget 
hearing on Department of Energy, Applied Energy, 10:30 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on Department of the Interior, 1 p.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, budget 
hearing on Department of Energy, Science, 1:30 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on 
House of Representatives officers, 1:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on 
Transportation Security Administration, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on Federal 
Aviation Administration, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the 
Library of Congress, 2:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, budget hearing on Installations, Environment, 
Energy and BRAC, 9:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the Army, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on the 
Coast Guard, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on Bureau of Land Management, 10 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on 
Department of Agriculture, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 10:15 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, Ocean Worlds, 10:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 2, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``World Wide Threats'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Ground Force Modernization Budget Request'', 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for Department of Defense Nuclear 
Forces'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``The Marine 
Corps 2017 Operation and Maintenance Budget Request and Readiness 
Posture'', 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.


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  February 29, 2016, on page D188, the following appeared: March 
3, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled `The Marine Corps 
2017 Operation and Maintenance Budget Request and Readiness 
Posture'', 10:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: March 3, 
Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled `The Marine Corps 2017 
Operation and Maintenance Budget Request and Readiness Posture'', 
10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.


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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 2, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2017 DOE Budget'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika 
Virus'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 2, Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, hearing entitled ``Bioethics and Fetal Tissue'', 10 a.m., 
HVC-210.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Disrupter Series: Wearable Devices'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 2, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 2121, the ``SAFE Transitional Licensing Act of 2015''; H.R. 
2896, the ``Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk 
Act of 2015''; H.R. 2901, the ``Flood Insurance Market Parity and 
Modernization Act''; H.R. 3798, the ``Due Process Restoration Act of 
2015''; H.R. 4096, the ``Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act''; 
H.R. 4139, the ``Fostering Innovation Act of 2015''; H.R. 4166, the 
``Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act''; H.R. 
4498, the ``Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act''; H.R. 4620, the 
``Preserving Access to CRE Capital Act of 2016''; and H.R. 4638, the 
``Main Street Growth Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 2, Full Committee, markup on 
H. Res. 269, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding the need for investigation and prosecution of war crimes 
and crimes against humanity, whether committed by officials of the 
Government of Syria or other parties to the civil war in Syria, and 
calling on the President to direct the United States representative 
to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to immediately promote the establishment of a Syrian war crimes 
tribunal, and for other purposes; and H. Con. Res. 75, expressing 
the sense of Congress that those who commit or support atrocities 
against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities, 
including Yezidis, Turkmen, Sabea-Mandeans, Kaka'e, and Kurds, and 
who target them specifically for ethnic or religious reasons, are 
committing, and are hereby declared to be committing, ``war 
crimes'', ``crimes against humanity'', and ``genocide'', 9:15 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Growing Threat of Cholera and Other Diseases in the Middle East'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, March 2, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``The Transportation 
Security Administration's FY2017 Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 2, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``The Impact of the 
President's FY 2017 Budget on the Energy and Mineral Leasing and 
Production Missions of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 2, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Geolocation Technology and Privacy'', 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``Firearms Lost: GSA's Administration of the Surplus Firearm 
Donation Program'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  February 29, 2016, on page D189, the following appeared: 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 2, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled `Geolocation Technology and Privacy'' 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. March 2, Subcommittee on Government 
Operations, hearing entitled `Firearms Lost: GSA's Administration 
of the Surplus Firearm Donation Program'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, March 2, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled `Geolocation Technology and Privacy'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn. March 2, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing 
entitled `Firearms Lost: GSA's Administration of the Surplus 
Firearm Donation Program'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.


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  Committee on Rules, March 2, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4557, 
the ``Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 
2016'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 2, Subcommittee 
on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Smart Health: 
Empowering the Future of Mobile Apps'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Energy; and Subcommittee on Oversight, 
joint hearing entitled ``Department of Energy Oversight: The DOE 
Loan Guarantee Program'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 2, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Commercializing on Innovation: Reauthorizing the Small 
Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer 
Programs'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 2, Full 
Committee, markup on General Services Administration Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program resolutions; H.R. 4487, the ``Public 
Buildings Reform and Savings Act of 2016''; H.R. 4465, the ``Federal 
Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016''; H.R. 3937, to designate the 
building utilized as a United States courthouse located at 150 Reade 
Circle in Greenville, North Carolina, as the ``Judge Randy D. Doub 
Courthouse''; H.R. 4618, to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in 
Gainesville, Georgia, as the ``Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse''; H. Con. Res. 119, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater 
Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 117, authorizing the use of 
the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service 
and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition; H. Con Res. 
120, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 3rd Annual 
Fallen Firefighters Congressional Flag Presentation Ceremony; H.R. 
223, the ``Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2015''; H.R. 
1684, the ``Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2015''; H.R. 3030, the 
``Baudette Coast Guard Housing Conveyance Act''; and possible other 
matters cleared for consideration, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 2, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on College 
Campuses'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 3, Full 
Committee, hearing on Fiscal Year 2017 ODNI Budget, 9 a.m., HVC-304. 
This hearing will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: March 2, to hold hearings to examine the 
Economic Report of the President, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 1, to hold 
hearings to examine Germany's chairmanship of the Organization for 
Security and Co-operation in Europe, focusing on priorities and 
challenges, 2 p.m., 334-CHOB.
  Joint Hearing: March 2, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of multiple Veterans Service Organizations, 10 a.m., 
345, Cannon Building.