[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D234-D235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 10, 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 proposed budget estimates and justification 
for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-
138.
  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.
  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.
  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: 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nomination of Adam J. Szubin, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, 
Department of the Treasury, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, S. Res. 388, supporting the goals of 
International Women's Day, S. Res. 383, recognizing the importance 
of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging 
new areas of cooperation, S. Res. 370, recognizing that for nearly 
40 years, the United States and the Association of South East Asian 
Nations (ASEAN) have worked toward stability, prosperity, and peace 
in Southeast Asia, 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, Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
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 Mark Sobel, of Virginia, to be Executive 
Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years, 
R. David Harden, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, and 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, 
Christine Ann Elder, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Liberia, and Adam H. Sterling, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Slovak Republic, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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 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. 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: to hold hearings 
to examine the commercial applications of unmanned aircraft for 
small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.