[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 50 (Monday, April 4, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D323-D325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of April 5 through April 8, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 636, 
America's Small Business Tax Relief 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: April 5, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for 
the Federal Communications Commission, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine opportunities and benefits for military veterans in 
agriculture, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  April 6, 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 Forest 
Service, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold closed 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2017 for the national intelligence and military 
intelligence programs, 10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine research and development efforts at the 
Department of Homeland Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  April 7, 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 National Institutes of Health, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for 
Department of Defense military construction and family housing, 
10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 5, to hold hearings to examine 
United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program; 
with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217, following the 
open session, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine army 
modernization in review of the Defense

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Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine state and public shipyards to meet current 
mission needs and investment strategies to support future national 
security requirements in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  April 6, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2 
p.m., SR-222.
  April 6, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on the 
report of the Military Justice Review Group, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of the Army 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: April 5, to hold 
hearings to examine the effects of consumer finance regulations, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  April 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Jay Neal Lerner, of Illinois, to be Inspector 
General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Amias Moore Gerety, 
of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Matthew Rhett 
Jeppson, of Florida, to be Director of the Mint, both of the 
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; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-Annual 
Report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: April 6, to hold hearings to examine the 
unreliability of Federal financial data, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 6, to 
hold hearings to examine transportation security, focusing on 
protecting passengers and freight, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 5, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine issues facing U.S.-affiliated islands 
and S. 2360, to improve the administration of certain programs in 
the insular areas, S. 2360, to improve the administration of certain 
programs in the insular areas, S. 2610, to approve an agreement 
between the United States and the Republic of Palau, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the United States Geological Survey, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 6, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2017 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
role in keeping water and wastewater infrastructure affordable, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 5, to hold hearings to 
examine recent Iranian actions and implementation of the nuclear 
deal, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the strategic 
implications of the United States debt, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to hold 
hearings to examine a progress report on the West Africa Ebola 
epidemic, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 6, 
business meeting to consider S. 2700, to update the authorizing 
provisions relating to the workforces of the National Institutes of 
Health and the Food and Drug Administration, S. 185, to create a 
limited population pathway for approval of certain antibacterial 
drugs, S. 2713, to provide for the implementation of a Precision 
Medicine Initiative, an original bill entitled, ``NIH Strategic Plan 
and Inclusion in Clinical Research'', and an original bill entitled, 
``Promoting Biomedical Research and Public Health for Patients 
Act'', 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 5, 
to hold hearings to examine terror in Europe, focusing on 
safeguarding U.S. citizens at home and abroad, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 6, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 2304, to provide for tribal demonstration projects for the 
integration of early childhood development, education, including 
Native language and culture, and related services, for evaluation of 
those demonstration projects, S. 2468, to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to carry out a 5-year demonstration program to provide 
grants to eligible Indian tribes for the construction of tribal 
schools, S. 2580, to establish the Indian Education Agency to 
streamline the administration of Indian education, and S. 2711, to 
expand opportunity for Native American children through additional 
options in education, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: April 5, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine 
Section 5, focusing on methods of competition, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  April 7, 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.

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  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 6, to hold 
hearings to examine Federal disaster response and Small Business 
Administration implementation of the RISE Act, 2 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 5, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: April 6, to hold hearings to examine 
finding a cure, focusing on assessing progress toward the goal of 
ending Alzheimer's by 2025, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
April 5, to hold hearings to examine if the Department of Justice is 
adequately protecting the public from the impact of state 
recreational marijuana legalization, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.