[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D365-D367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 14, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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 Energy and Natural Resources: 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.

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  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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the Federal perspective on the state of our 
nation's biodefense, 10 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 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: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, 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, 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.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``NHTSA Oversight'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 4775, the 
``Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services,  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 the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``International Trade 
Commission Patent Litigation'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4900, the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic 
Stability Act (PROMESA)'' (continued), 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 4901, the ``Scholarships for Opportunity and Results 
Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 4902, 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; H.R. 
4906, 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; H.R. 4921, the ``Ditto Act 
of 2016''; H.R. 4904, 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 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.
  Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Connecting 
Veterans with PTSD with Service Dogs'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, 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, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Can the IRS Protect 
Taxpayers' Personal Information?'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Regulation: The Hidden Small Business Tax'', 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled ``Maritime 
Transportation Safety and Stewardship Programs'', 10 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.

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  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, 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.
  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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Tax Treatment of Health Care'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``General Defense Intelligence Program Budget 
Hearing'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be closed.