[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 54 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D345-D349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 12 through April 15, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act (the 
legislative vehicle for the Federal Aviation Administration 
Reauthorization 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 14, 
business meeting to consider proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 12, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for 
the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 12, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine the causes and consequences of 
violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance, 2 p.m., SD-
192.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies, 10:15 a.m., 
SD-124.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2017 for the Missile Defense Agency, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, business 
meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 for energy and water development, 2:30 p.m., SD-
124.
  April 14, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for energy and water development 
for fiscal year 2017, proposed legislation making appropriations for 
military construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for 
fiscal year 2017, and 302(b) subcommittee allocations, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 12, Subcommittee on Readiness 
and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine military 
construction, environmental, energy, and base closure programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 12, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the strategy and implementation of the 
Department of Defense's technology offsets initiative in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 13, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 14, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, with the 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold joint hearings to examine 
current trends and changes in the fixed-income markets, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: April 13, to hold hearings to examine 
budgeting for outcomes to maximize taxpayer value, 10:30 a.m., SD-
608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 12, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of innovative technologies in 
advanced manufacturing, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  April 14, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
options for addressing the continuing lack of reliable emergency 
medical transportation for the isolated community of King Cove, 
Alaska, 9 a.m., SD-366.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of Land Management's 
proposed rule, entitled ``Waste Prevention, Production Subject to 
Royalties, and Resources Conservation,'' published in the Federal 
Register on February 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 12, Subcommittee 
on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine American small businesses perspectives on 
Environmental Protection Agency regulatory actions, 2:30 p.m., SD-
406.
  April 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of 
environmental policies on access to energy and economic opportunity, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 12, to hold hearings to examine 
cybersecurity and protecting taxpayer information, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the spread of ISIS and transnational terrorism, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  April 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ending 
sexual abuse in United Nations peacekeeping, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 12, to 
hold hearings to examine Every Student Succeeds Act implementation 
in states and school districts, focusing on perspectives from the 
Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 12, 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine improving the USAJOBS website, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  April 12, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency 
Management, to hold hearings to examine the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, focusing on assessing progress, performance, and 
preparedness, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  April 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine America's 
insatiable demand for drugs, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  April 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
perspective on the state of our nation's biodefense, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 13, business meeting to 
consider the issuance of a subpoena to Environmental Protection 
Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, to testify before the Senate 
Committee on Indian Affairs, on April 22, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona; 
to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 2205, to 
establish a grant program to assist tribal governments in 
establishing tribal healing to wellness courts, S. 2421, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council 
located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health 
Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, S. 2564, to modernize 
prior legislation relating to Dine College, S. 2643, to improve the 
implementation of the settlement agreement reached between the 
Pueblo de Cochiti of New Mexico and the Corps of Engineers, and S. 
2717, to improve the safety and address the deferred maintenance 
needs of Indian dams to prevent flooding on Indian reservations, 
2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 13, to hold hearings to examine 
EB-5 targeted employment areas, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 14, 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 nomination of Clare E. Connors, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Hawaii, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 12, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 14, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: April 13, business meeting to consider 
proceedings relating to Mr. J. Michael Pearson's failure to appear, 
2 p.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 13, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Energy and the Rural Economy: The Impacts of Oil and Gas 
Production'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  April 14, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing entitled ``Focus on the Farm Economy: Growing 
Farm Financial Pressure'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 13, Full Committee, markup on 
the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, 
FY 2017, and Interim Report on the Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for FY 2017, 11 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, markup on 
the Energy and Water Development

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Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, 1:30 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, markup on the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, 4 p.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Defense, oversight hearing on United 
States Pacific Command, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This hearing will be 
closed.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 13, Subcommittee on Seapower 
and Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``Building the Navy of the 
Future: A Look at Navy Force Structure'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled ``The 
Missile Defeat Posture and Strategy of the United States--the FY17 
President's Budget Request'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Evaluating DOD Investments: Case Studies in Afghanistan 
Initiatives and U.S. Weapons Sustainment'', 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 14, Subcommittee 
on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled 
``Innovations in Health Care: Exploring Free-Market Solutions for a 
Healthy Workforce'', 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 13, Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy; and Subcommittee on Health, joint 
hearing entitled ``Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons 
Learned'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
on seven communications bills, 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``NHTSA Oversight'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 4775, 
the ``Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Unlawful Reinsurance Payments: CMS Diverting $3.5 Billion 
from Taxpayers to Pay Insurance Companies'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 13, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 1486, the ``Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 
2015''; and a bill to repeal title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``The JOBS Act at Four: Examining Its 
Impact and Proposals to Further Enhance Capital Formation'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 13, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and North Africa, hearing entitled ``Assessing President 
Obama's Middle East and North Africa FY 2017 Budget Request'', 11:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Countering Extremism and the Threat of ISIS in Southeast Asia'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled 
``Peacekeepers: Allegations of Abuse and Absence of Accountability 
at the United Nations'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 13, Full Committee, markup on S. 
125, the ``Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2015''; and H.R. 699, the ``Email Privacy 
Act'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``International Trade Commission Patent 
Litigation'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, 
hearing on the ``Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016'', 
3 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 13, Full Committee, hearing 
on a discussion draft of the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, 
and Economic Stability Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing 
entitled ``Empowering States and Western Water Users Through 
Regulatory and Administrative Reforms'', 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 13, Full Committee, markup on the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, 
Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)'', 4 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  April 14, Full Committee, markup on the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, 
Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)'' (continued), 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 13, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Waste and Inefficiency in the Federal 
Government: GAO's 2016 Duplication Report'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets; and 
Subcommittee on Government Operations, joint hearing entitled 
``Examining the Safety and Service of D.C. Metro'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  April 14, Full Committee, markup on the ``Scholarships for 
Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act''; a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to expand law enforcement availability pay to 
employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine 
Operations; a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify 
the eligibility of employees of a land management agency in a time-
limited appointment to compete for a permanent appointment at any 
Federal agency, and for other purposes; the ``Ditto Act of 2016''; 
the ``Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible 
Efficiencies Act of 2016''; H.R. 4465, the ``Federal Assets Sale and 
Transfer Act of 2016''; H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 523 East Railroad Street in 
Knox, Pennsylvania, as the ``Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial 
Post Office''; H.R. 2607, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson 
Heights, New York, as the ``Jeanne and Jules

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Manford Post Office Building''; H.R. 4425, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 110 East Powerhouse 
Road in Collegeville, Minnesota, as the ``Eugene J. McCarthy Post 
Office''; H.R. 4761, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, 
California, as the ``Louis Van Iersel Post Office''; H.R. 4777, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1301 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama as the ``Amelia Boynton 
Robinson Post Office Building''; and H.R. 4877, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3130 Grants 
Lake Boulevard in Sugar Land, Texas, as the ``LCpl Garrett W. 
Gamble, USMC Post Office Building'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled 
``Connecting Veterans with PTSD with Service Dogs'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``The Taxpayer Advocate Annual Report to Congress'', 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, April 14, Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House, hearing on proposed reforms to Rule XXI 
and the modern authorization and appropriations process, 3 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 14, 
Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Can the 
IRS Protect Taxpayers' Personal Information?'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 13, Subcommittee on Economic 
Growth, Tax and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Keep It Simple: 
Small Business Tax Simplification and Reform, Main Street Speaks'', 
11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 13, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Keep It Simple: Small 
Business Tax Simplification and Reform, the Commissioner Responds'', 
2:30 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 14, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Regulation: The 
Hidden Small Business Tax'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 14, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Maritime Transportation Safety and Stewardship 
Programs'', 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
and Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``Blackout! Are We 
Prepared to Manage the Aftermath of a Cyber-Attack or Other Failure 
of the Electrical Grid?'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 13, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on H.R. 3936, 
the ``VET Act''; H.R. 4087, the ``Fair Treatment for Families of 
Veterans Act''; H.R. 4757, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
expand the eligibility for headstones, markers, and medallions 
furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for deceased 
individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor and are buried in 
private cemeteries; H.R. 4758, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to authorize the award of the Presidential Memorial 
Certificate to certain deceased members of the reserve components of 
the Armed Forces and certain deceased members of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps; H.R. 4759, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay 
costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to 
veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization; H.R. 
4782, the ``Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
2016''; H.R. 3715, the ``Final Farewell Act of 2015''; a draft of 
the ``Medal of Honor Legacy Act''; a draft of the ``Love Lives On 
Act of 2016''; a draft bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to improve the consideration of evidence by Board of Veterans' 
Appeals; and a draft bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
pay special compensation to certain veterans with the loss or loss 
of use of creative organs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Health; and Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``Evaluating VA IT: 
Scheduling Modernization and Choice Consolidation'', 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 
748, the ``GI Bill STEM Extension Act of 2015''; H.R. 2551, the 
``Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act''; H.R. 3286, the ``HIRE 
Vets Act''; H.R. 3419, the ``Support for Student Veterans with 
Families Act''; H.R. 4138, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to recoup relocation expenses paid to or on behalf of 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs; a draft bill to 
make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs relating to educational assistance, and for 
other purposes; a draft of the ``Veterans Success on Campus Act of 
2016''; a draft of the ``GI Bill Oversight Act of 2016''; and a 
draft bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a research 
program to evaluate the effectiveness of Transition Assistance 
Program in addressing needs of certain minority veterans, 2 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 13, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 3724, the ``Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 
2015''; H.R. 4890, to impose a ban on the payment of bonuses to 
employees of the Internal Revenue Service until the Secretary of the 
Treasury develops and implements a comprehensive customer service 
strategy; H.R. 4885, the ``IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending 
(OWES) Act of 2016; H.R. 1206, the ``No Hires for the Delinquent IRS 
Act'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Tax Policy, hearing on Member proposals 
relating to fundamental reform of the income tax system, 3:30 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  April 14, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Tax Treatment of 
Health Care'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Trade, organizational meeting; and 
hearing entitled ``Miscellaneous Tariff Bill: Helping U.S. 
Manufacturers through Tax Cuts'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 13, Subcommittee 
on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 4:30 p.m., 
HVC-304. This hearing will be closed.

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  April 14, Full Committee, hearing, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing 
will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies--2016: April 
13, organizational business meeting to consider an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations and 
committee's rules and procedure for the 114th Congress, 2:15 p.m., 
S-219, Capitol.