[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 59 (Monday, April 18, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D387-D389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 19 through April 22, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of H.R. 636, Federal Aviation Administration 
Reauthorization Act, and vote on passage of the bill at 12 noon.
  Following disposition of H.R. 636, Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act. After a period of debate, 
Senate will vote on or in relation to a series of amendments and on 
passage of the bill.
  On Wednesday, Senate expects to begin consideration of H.R. 2028, 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 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 19, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, 
business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for transportation, housing and 
urban development, and related agencies, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 19, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for commerce, justice, science, 
and related agencies, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  April 20, 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 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2017 for Defense innovation and research, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 21, Full Committee, business meeting to markup proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for commerce, 
justice, science, and related agencies, and proposed legislation 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for transportation, 
housing and urban development, and related agencies, 10:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 19, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of General Vincent K. Brooks, USA, for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Commander, United Nations Command/
Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  April 19, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold closed hearings to examine cybersecurity and United States 
Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  April 20, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
the current state of research, diagnosis, and treatment for post-
traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, 2:30 p.m., SR-
222.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, USA, for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States European 
Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and General Lori J. 
Robinson, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be 
Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on the Budget: April 20, to hold hearings to examine 
restoring stability to government operations, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 20, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold hearings to examine the 
state of the United States maritime industry, focusing on 
stakeholder perspectives, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 21, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1167, to modify the boundaries of the Pole Creek Wilderness, the 
Owyhee River Wilderness, and the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness and to 
authorize the continued use of motorized vehicles for livestock 
monitoring, herding, and grazing in certain wilderness areas in the 
State of Idaho, S. 1423, to designate certain Federal lands in 
California as wilderness, S. 1510, to designate and expand 
wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of 
Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National 
Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1699, 
to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as 
wilderness and national recreation areas and to make additional wild 
and scenic river designations in the State of Oregon, S. 1777, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures 
for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, S. 2018, 
to convey, without consideration, the reversionary interests of the 
United States in and to certain non-Federal land in Glennallen, 
Alaska, S. 2223, to transfer administrative jurisdiction over 
certain Bureau of Land Management land from the Secretary of the 
Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the 
Black Hills National Cemetery, S. 2379, to

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provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by 
the city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes of economic development by 
conveyance of the Federal reversionary interest to the City, and S. 
2383, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land in the 
State of Utah from all forms of public appropriation, to provide for 
the shared management of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced 
weapons testing and pilot training, enhance public safety, and 
provide for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to 
provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and State land, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 19, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2017 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  April 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine new 
approaches and innovative technologies to improve water supply, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
hearings to examine enabling advanced reactors, including S. 2795, 
to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 20, business meeting to consider an 
original bill to prevent identity theft and tax refund fraud, and an 
original bill entitled, ``Taxpayer Protection Act of 2016'', 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Customs and Border Protection agency, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 19, to hold hearings to 
examine Central America and the Alliance for Prosperity, focusing on 
identifying United States priorities and assessing progress, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  April 20, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on an 
Administration update on the Mosul Dam, 5 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 19, 
to hold hearings to examine preventing drug trafficking through 
international mail, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
administrative state, focusing on an examination of Federal 
rulemaking, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be a Governor of the 
United States Postal Service, 9:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 20, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Inga S. Bernstein, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Stephanie A. Gallagher, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, 
Suzanne Mitchell, and Scott L. Palk, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Ronald G. 
Russell, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Utah, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: April 20, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be 
Librarian of Congress, 2:15 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 19, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 21, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 20, Subcommittee on Legislative 
Branch, markup on the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 
2017, 11:30 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on Intelligence 
Community, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol. This hearing will be closed.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 20, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, markup on the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017, 11:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, markup on 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 1:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, markup 
on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 3 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Readiness, markup on the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 9:30 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
markup on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup on the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 12 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 20, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power; and Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, joint 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2017 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Budget'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 20, Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, hearing entitled ``The Pricing of Fetal Tissue'', 10 
a.m., HVC-210.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``How Secure Are U.S. Bioresearch Labs? Preventing the Next 
Safety Lapse'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing 
entitled ``EPA's Brownfields Program: Empowering Cleanup and 
Encouraging Economic Redevelopment'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 21, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Continued Oversight of the SEC's Offices and Divisions'', 9:15 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 20, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1150, the ``Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act 
of 2015''; H.R. 3694, the ``Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ 
Trafficking Act''; H.R. 4939, the ``United States-Caribbean 
Strategic Engagement Act of 2016''; H. Con. Res. 88, reaffirming the 
Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances as the cornerstone of 
United States-Taiwan relations; S. 284, the ``Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act'';

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and S. 2143, to provide for the authority for the successors and 
assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate 
a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and 
for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 20, Full Committee, markup on S. 
1890, the ``Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016''; S. 125, the 
``Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 
2015''; H.R. 3380, the ``Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 
2015''; and a bill to amend the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 20, Subcommittee on Water, 
Power and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1869, the ``Environmental 
Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2015''; H.R. 2993, the ``Water 
Recycling Acceleration Act of 2015''; and H.R. 4582, the ``Save Our 
Salmon (SOS) Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing entitled 
``Exploring Current Natural Resource Research Efforts and the Future 
of America's Land-Grant Colleges and Universities'', 10:30 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 20, 
Subcommittee on Information Technology, hearing entitled ``Federal 
Cybersecurity Detection, Response, and Mitigation'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  April 20, Subcommittee on the Interior, hearing entitled 
``Barriers to Endangered Species Act Delisting, Part I'', 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on the Interior; and Subcommittee on 
Healthcare, Benefits and Administrative Rules, joint hearing 
entitled ``Barriers to Endangered Species Act Delisting, Part II'', 
9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 20, 
Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``An Overview of Fusion 
Energy Science'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Small Business and the Federal Government: How Cyber-
Attacks Threaten Both'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 20, Full 
Committee, markup on General Services Administration Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; a bill to designate the 
Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the 
District of Columbia as the ``Ariel Rios Federal Building''; H.R. 
4937, the ``Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
Safety Act of 2016''; and possible other matters cleared for 
consideration, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 20, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 2460, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
improve the provision of adult day health care services for 
veterans; H.R. 3956, the ``VA Health Center Management Stability and 
Improvement Act''; H.R. 3974, the ``Grow Our Own Directive: 
Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2015''; H.R. 
3989, the ``Support Our Military Caregivers Act''; draft legislation 
to ensure that each VA medical facility complies with requirements 
relating to scheduling veterans for health care appointments and to 
improve the uniform application of directives; and draft legislation 
to direct VA to establish a list of drugs that require an increased 
level of informed consent, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 20, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``A Review of Veterans Preference in Federal Government Hiring'', 
2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 20, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 4923, the ``American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 
2016'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: April 20, to hold hearings to examine 
our complex tax code and the economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 19, to 
hold hearings to examine anticipating and preventing deadly attacks 
on European Jewish communities, 1 p.m., 210 Cannon Building.