[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 40 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D248-D251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 15 through March 18, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the House message 
to accompany S. 764, National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act.
  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 Appropriations: March 15, Subcommittee on State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the United States Agency for International Development, 
2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol, 3 
p.m., SD-192.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2017 for the National Guard and Reserve, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2017 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  March 17, 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 Labor, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 15, Subcommittee on Readiness 
and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the current 
state of readiness of United States forces in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  March 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the posture 
of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine 
Army Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle and Air Force Remotely Piloted 
Aircraft Enterprises in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold closed hearings to examine the Department of Defense's global 
counterterrorism strategy, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  March 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense budget posture 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 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Matthew Rhett Jeppson, 
of Florida, to be Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury, 
and Lisa M. Fairfax, of Maryland, and Hester Maria Peirce, of Ohio, 
both to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of self-driving cars, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  March 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2658, to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for 
the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2016 through 
2017, S. 2644, to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission 
for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, and a routine list in the Coast 
Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 15, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the presidential memorandum issued on 
November 3, 2015 entitled, ``Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources 
from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment.'', 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  March 17, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2177 and H.R. 959, bills to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Medgar Evers 
House, located in Jackson, Mississippi, S. 651 and H.R. 1289, bills 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain land 
in Martinez, California, for inclusion in the John Muir National 
Historic Site, H.R. 1949, to provide for the consideration and 
submission of site and design proposals for the National Liberty 
Memorial approved for establishment in the District of Columbia, S. 
1329 and H.R. 2288, bills to remove the use restrictions on certain 
land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, H.R. 2880, to 
redesignate the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site 
in the State of Georgia, S. 1930 and H.R. 3371, bills to adjust the 
boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to 
include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, S. 119, to amend the 
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime 
National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-connected 
disability, S. 718, to modify the boundary of Petersburg National 
Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, S. 770, to authorize 
Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was 
formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was

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conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and 
reconveyance, S. 1577, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, 
Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 
1943, to modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park 
located in the State of Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish 
Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the 
National Park System, S. 1975, to establish the Sewall-Belmont House 
National Historic Site as a unit of the National Park System, S. 
1982, to authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War 
Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund 
the Wall of Remembrance, S. 1993, to establish the 21st Century 
Conservation Service Corps to place youth and veterans in the United 
States in national service positions to protect, restore, and 
enhance the great outdoors of the United States, S. 2039, to 
designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, 
Wyoming, as Devils Tower, S. 2061, to designate a National Memorial 
to Fallen Educators at the National Teachers Hall of Fame in 
Emporia, Kansas, S. 2309, to amend title 54, United States Code, to 
establish within the National Park Service the U.S. Civil Rights 
Network, S. 2608, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to place signage on Federal land along the 
trail known as the ``American Discovery Trail'', S. 2620, to 
facilitate the addition of park administration at the Coltsville 
National Historical Park, S. 2628, to authorize the National 
Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, 3 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the 2016 Water Resources Development Act, 
focusing on policies and projects, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 17, 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 15, to hold hearings to 
examine Ukrainian reforms two years after the Maidan Revolution and 
the Russian invasion, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's nuclear agenda, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 16, 
business meeting to consider S. 1455, to provide access to 
medication-assisted therapy, S. 2256, to establish programs for 
health care provider training in Federal health care and medical 
facilities, to establish Federal co-prescribing guidelines, to 
establish a grant program with respect to naloxone, S. 480, to amend 
and reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring program under 
section 399O of the Public Health Service Act, an original bill 
entitled, ``Mental Health Reform Act of 2016'', and an original bill 
entitled, ``Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act'', 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 15, 
to hold hearings to examine the security of United States visa 
programs, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Department 
of Homeland Security management and acquisition reform, 2 p.m., SD-
342.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management, to hold hearings to examine agency use of deference, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 15, to hold hearings to examine 
late-term abortion, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, 
to hold hearings to examine the impact of immigration on United 
States workers, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine preventing a 
fiscal crisis in America, focusing on a balanced budget amendment to 
the Constitution, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 17, 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 Veterans' Affairs: March 15, to hold hearings to 
examine pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., SR-418.
  March 16, 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., 
SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 15, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 17, to hold hearings to examine 
sudden price spikes in decades-old Rx drugs, 9:45 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Examining USDA Organization and Program Administration--
Part I'', 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  March 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining USDA 
Organization and Program Administration--Part II'', 9 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 16, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, budget

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hearing on the National Park Service, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on 
Department of Agriculture, Research, Education, and Economics, 10 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, budget hearing on the Department of the Treasury, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, budget hearing on the National Institutes of Health, 10 
a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on the National Science Foundation, 10:30 
a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on Indian Affairs; and oversight hearing on 
Bureau of Indian Education Schools, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, budget hearing on U.S. Agency for International 
Development, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing for American Indian and Alaska Native public and 
outside witnesses, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Defense, oversight hearing on U.S. 
Central Command, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This hearing will be 
closed.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on 
Department of Agriculture, Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service, 
10:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing for American Indian and Alaska Native public and 
outside witnesses, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing for American Indian and Alaska Native public and 
outside witnesses, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 18, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing for American Indian and Alaska Native public and 
outside witnesses, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 16, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization 
Budget Request from the Military Departments'', 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for U.S. Cyber 
Command: Preparing for Operations in the Cyber Domain'', 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Fiscal Year 2017 Army and Air Force Rotorcraft 
Modernization Programs'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Evaluating DOD Investments: Case Studies in Afghanistan 
Initiatives and U.S. Weapons Sustainment'', 4:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``The 
Department of the Navy 2017 Operation and Maintenance Budget Request 
and Readiness Posture'', 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 16, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities 
of the U.S. Department of Labor'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 16, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Disrupter 
Series: Digital Currency and Block Chain Technology'', 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare 
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: Examining 
Implementation of Medicare Payment Reforms'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Privatizing the Internet Assigned Number Authority'', 
10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 16, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The FDIC's Targeting of Refund Anticipation Loans'', 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 16, Full Committee, markup on 
H. Res. 343, expressing concern regarding persistent and credible 
reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-
consenting prisoners of conscience in the People's Republic of 
China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners and 
members of other religious and ethnic minority groups; and H.R. 
4678, to prohibit modification, abrogation, abandonment, or other 
related actions with respect to United States jurisdiction and 
control over United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
without congressional action, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 16, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``DHS in Today's Dangerous World: Examining the 
Department's Budget and Readiness to Counter Homeland Threats'', 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, March 16, Full Committee, 
markup on a resolution to amend the Committee regulations 
collectively known as the Guide to Outfitting and Maintaining an 
Office of the U.S. House of Representatives; a resolution to approve 
regulations pursuant to H. Res. 5 regarding Congressional Member 
Organizations; a resolution to amend the Committee regulations

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collectively known as the Members' Congressional Handbook; and a 
resolution to amend the Committee regulations collectively known as 
the Committee Handbook, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 16, Full Committee, markup on 
the ``Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act of 2016'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 16, Full Committee, markup 
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. 329, the ``Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2015''; H.R. 496, 
the ``Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act''; H.R. 
1621, to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in 
the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes; H.R. 1838, the 
``Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act''; H.R. 
2009, the ``Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act of 2015''; H.R. 
2733, the ``Nevada Native Nations Land Act''; H.R. 3070, the ``EEZ 
Clarification Act''; H.R. 3211, to provide for the addition of 
certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the 
State of Oregon; H.R. 3826, the ``Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land 
Exchange Clarification Act''; H.R. 4245, to exempt importation and 
exportation of sea urchins and sea cucumbers from licensing 
requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; H.R. 4579, 
the ``Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and 
Temporary Closure Act''; and H.R. 4680, to prepare the National Park 
Service for its Centennial in 2016 and for a second century of 
promoting and protecting the natural, historic, and cultural 
resources of our National Parks for the enjoyment of present and 
future generations, and for other purposes (continued), 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Implementation of the Department of the Interior's Law 
Enforcement Records System'', 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 16, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Rebuilding Afghanistan: Oversight of 
Defense Department Infrastructure Projects'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Information Technology, hearing entitled 
``VA Cybersecurity and IT Oversight'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on the Interior; and Subcommittee on Health 
Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules, joint hearing entitled 
``Examining the Renewable Fuel Standard'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining Federal 
Administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act in Flint, Michigan--
Part III'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, March 16, Full Committee, markup and hearing 
on a resolution authorizing the Speaker to appear as amicus curiae 
on behalf of the House of Representatives in the matter of United 
States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-674, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Tehnology, March 16, Subcommittee 
on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``An Overview of the 
Budget Proposal for the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology for Fiscal Year 2017'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 16, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``An 
Overview of the Budget Proposal for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration for Fiscal Year 2017'', 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``An Overview of 
the Budget Proposal for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for Fiscal Year 2017'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 16, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``SBA Management and Performance Challenges: The Inspector 
General's Perspective'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 17, Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and 
Regulations, hearing entitled ``Risky Business: Effects of New Joint 
Employer Standards for Small Firms'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs March 16, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity; and Subcommittee on Health, hearing on draft 
legislation to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 16, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Preserving and Strengthening Medicare'', 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  March 16, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4472, the ``Modernizing 
the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act''; H.R. 
4722, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
inclusion of the taxpayer's social security number to claim the 
refundable portion of the child tax credit; H.R. 4723, the 
``Protecting Taxpayers by Recovering Improper Obamacare Subsidy 
Overpayments Act; and H.R. 4724, the ``Reducing Duplicative and 
Ineffective Federal Funding Act'', 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 16, Subcommittee 
on Emerging Threats, hearing on FBI FY 2017 Budget, 2 p.m., HVC-304. 
This hearing will be closed.
  March 17, Subcommittee on NSA and Cybersecurity, hearing on NSA FY 
2017 Budget, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: March 16, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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., SD-G50.