[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 36 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D221-D223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 8 through March 11, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 524, 
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: March 8, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for 
the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine measuring results and proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2017 for Customs and Border 
Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2:30 p.m., SD-
138.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional 
Budget Office, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  March 9, 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 Indian 
Health Service, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2017 for the Defense Health Program, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 9, 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 Department of Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 10, 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 Department of Veterans Affairs, 11 a.m., SD-124.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 8, to hold hearings to examine 
United States Central Command, United States Africa Command, and 
United States Special Operations Command, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
military personnel posture in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Air 
Force modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of General Joseph L. Votel, USA, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central 
Command, and Lieutenant General Raymond A. Thomas III, USA, to be 
general and Commander, United States Special Operations Command, 10 
a.m., SD-G50.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold closed hearings 
to examine military space threats and programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense security 
cooperation and assistance programs and authorities, 2:30 p.m., SR-
232A.
  March 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States Strategic Command, United States Northern Command, and United 
States Southern Command programs and budget in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session following 
the open session in SVC-217, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 8, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold hearings to examine the 
state of the United States maritime industry, focusing on the 
Federal role, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2017 for the Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 9, to hold 
hearings to examine cooperative federalism, focusing on state 
perspectives on Environmental Protection Agency regulatory actions 
and the role of states as co-regulators, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 10, to hold hearings to examine 
HealthCare.gov, focusing on a review of operations and enrollment, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 8, to hold hearings to 
examine State Department reauthorization, focusing on an opportunity 
to strengthen and streamline United States diplomacy, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  March 10, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1252, to 
authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for United States 
foreign assistance to developing countries to reduce global poverty 
and hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, promote inclusive, 
sustainable, agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional 
outcomes, especially for women and children, build

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resilience among vulnerable populations, S. Res. 375, raising 
awareness of modern slavery, S. Res. 368, supporting efforts by the 
Government of Colombia to pursue peace and the end of the country's 
enduring internal armed conflict and recognizing United States 
support for Colombia at the 15th anniversary of Plan Colombia, S. 
Res. 378, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
courageous work and life of Russian opposition leader Boris 
Yefimovich Nemtsov and renewing the call for a full and transparent 
investigation into the tragic murder of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov in 
Moscow on February 27, 2015, an original resolution that expresses 
profound concern over the prosecution and conviction of former 
President Mohamed Nasheed without due process and urges the 
Government of the Maldives to take all necessary steps to redress 
this injustice, release all political prisoners, and to ensure due 
process and freedom from political prosecution for all the people of 
the Maldives, and the nominations of Catherine Ann Novelli, of 
Virginia, to be Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, and Karen Brevard Stewart, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
Amos J. Hochstein, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Energy Resources), Robert Annan Riley III, of Florida, to 
be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, Matthew John 
Matthews, of Oregon, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as Senior Official for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
(APEC) Forum, and routine lists in the Foreign Service, all of the 
Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Stephen Michael Schwartz, of Maryland, to 
be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Kelly Keiderling-
Franz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of 
Uruguay, Elizabeth Holzhall Richard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Lebanese Republic, and Christine Ann Elder, of Kentucky, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, all of the Department of 
State, Mark Sobel, of Virginia, to be Executive Director of the 
International Monetary Fund for a term of two years, and R. David 
Harden, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 9, 
business meeting to consider S. 1878, to extend the pediatric 
priority review voucher program, S. 1077, to provide for expedited 
development of and priority review for breakthrough devices, S. 
1101, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide 
for the regulation of patient records and certain decision support 
software, S. 2055, to amend the Public Health Service Act and the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to national health 
security, S. 1767, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
with respect to combination products, S. 1597, to enhance patient 
engagement in the medical product development process, S. 2512, to 
expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program 
to encourage treatments for Zika virus, and the nomination of John 
B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 8, 
to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Homeland Security, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  March 10, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine the Affordable Care Act health insurance 
Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 9, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2017 for Indian Country, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 9, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
enforcement of the antitrust laws, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 10, 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, S. 2390, to provide adequate protections 
for whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, S. 2613, 
to reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child 
Protection and Safety Act of 2006, S. 2614, to amend the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, to reauthorize the 
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program, and to promote 
initiatives that will reduce the risk of injury and death relating 
to the wandering characteristics of some children with autism, 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 10, to 
hold hearings to examine the commercial applications of unmanned 
aircraft for small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 8, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 10, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.