[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D198-D201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 2, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Mary Katherine Wakefield, of North Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, Andrew LaMont Eanes, of Kansas, to be 
Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, and Elizabeth Ann Copeland, 
of Texas, and Vik Edwin Stoll, of Missouri, both to be a Judge of 
the United States Tax Court, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
economic and geopolitical implications of low oil and gas prices, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Past, 
Present, and Future of SNAP: Examining State Options'', 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, budget hearing 
on Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the Air Force, 10 a.m., 
H-140 Capitol.

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  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.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, budget hearing on 
Department of Energy, Applied Energy, 10:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
budget hearing on Department of the Interior, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, budget hearing on 
Department of Energy, Science, 1:30 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on House of 
Representatives officers, 1:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on 
Transportation Security Administration, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing on Federal Aviation Administration, 
2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the Library 
of Congress, 2:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``World Wide Threats'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled 
``Ground Force Modernization Budget Request'', 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 
2017 Budget Request for Department of Defense Nuclear Forces'', 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2017 DOE Budget'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus'', 
10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, hearing entitled ``Bioethics and Fetal Tissue'', 10 a.m., 
HVC-210.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Full Committee, markup on H. Con. 
Res. 121, expressing the sense of the Congress condemning the gross 
violations of international law amounting to war crimes and crimes 
against humanity by the Government of Syria, its allies, and other 
parties to the conflict in Syria, and asking the President to direct 
his Ambassador at the United Nations to promote the establishment of 
a war crimes tribunal where these crimes could be addressed; 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.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, hearing entitled ``The Transportation Security 
Administration's FY2017 Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Geolocation Technology and Privacy'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Firearms 
Lost: GSA's Administration of the Surplus Firearm Donation 
Program'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, 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, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Smart Health: Empowering 
the Future of Mobile Apps'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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

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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, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on College 
Campuses'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: 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.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the Economic 
Report of the President, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 18 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 54 reports have been filed in the House.

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