[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 63 (Monday, April 25, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D422-D425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 26 through April 29, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act. At 11 a.m., Senate will vote on or in 
relation to Merkley Amendment No. 3812; Reid Amendment No. 3805; and 
Flake Amendment No. 3820.
  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 27, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of 
Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 26, to hold hearings to examine 
the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine counter-ISIL 
(Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) operations and Middle East 
strategy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: April 27, to hold hearings to examine 
fixing the budget process, focusing on better budgets and better 
results, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 27, 
business meeting to consider S. 2644, to reauthorize the Federal 
Communications Commission for fiscal years 2017 and 2018, S. 421, to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for greater 
transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, S. 2607, to ensure appropriate 
spectrum planning and interagency coordination to support the 
Internet of Things, S. 2508, to reduce sports-related concussions in 
youth, S. 2829, to amend and enhance certain maritime programs of 
the Department of Transportation, S. 2325, to require the Secretary 
of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-
driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of 
efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, 
training, and best practices and to support collection of priority 
coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, 
regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, S. 
2817, to improve understanding and forecasting of space weather 
events, the nomination of Andrew J. Read, of North Carolina, to be a 
Member of the Marine Mammal Commission, and routine lists in the 
Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 26, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine challenges and opportunities for oil 
and gas development in different price environments, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to 
hold hearings to examine the impacts of invasive species on the 
productivity, value, and management of land and water resources; to 
conduct oversight on the National Invasive Species Council's new 
framework for early detection and rapid response; to examine 
improved cooperative tools for control and management, including S. 
2240, to improve the control and management of invasive species that 
threaten and harm Federal land under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 28, business 
meeting to consider S. 2848, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements 
to rivers and harbors of the United States, S. 2808, to amend the 
John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John 
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, S. 2824, to designate the 
Federal building housing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives Headquarters located at 99 New York Avenue N.E., 
Washington, D.C., as the ``Ariel Rios Federal Building'', Army Corps 
of Engineers Study Resolutions, and General Services Administration 
resolutions, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 26, to hold hearings to examine 
navigating business tax reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine mental 
health in America, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 26, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Global Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017 for the 
Department of State, focusing on a review of resources, priorities, 
and programs, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States-China relations, focusing on strategic challenges and 
opportunities, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2017 for the 
Department of State, and H.R. 2494, to support global anti-poaching 
efforts, strengthen the capacity of partner countries to counter 
wildlife trafficking, designate major wildlife trafficking 
countries, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 27, 
to hold hearings to examine government reform, focusing on ending 
duplication and holding Washington accountable, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 27, business meeting to 
consider S. 1928, to support the education of Indian children, S. 
2205, to establish a grant program to assist tribal governments in 
establishing tribal healing to wellness courts, 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. 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. 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. 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; to 
be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the 
Government Accountability Office report on ``Telecommunications: 
Additional Coordination and Performance Measurement Needed for High-
Speed Internet Access Programs on Tribal Lands.'', 2:15 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 26, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program, focusing on 
the need for more timeliness and transparency, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine counterfeits 
and their impact on consumer health and safety, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 28, 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. 2348, to implement the use of Rapid 
DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or 
detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes 
and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis 
backlogs, S. 2577, to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate 
the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence samples 
to improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of 
Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research 
and development of new testing technologies, to develop new training 
programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to 
provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the 
innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science 
laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and 
equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State 
capital cases, and S. 2840, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant 
funds for active shooter training, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 27, to 
hold hearings to examine S. 2812, to amend the Small Business Act to 
reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research 
Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, S. 2831, 
to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide 
priority for applicants for a license to operate as a small business 
investment company that are located in a disaster area, S. 2838, to 
improve the HUBZone program, an original bill entitled, ``Small 
Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016'', an original bill 
entitled ``Microloan Program Modernization Act of 2016'', and an 
original bill entitled, ``Prove It Act of 2016''; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the waters of the United States 
rule and the case for reforming the Renewable Fuels Association, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 26, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 27, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: April 27, to hold hearings to examine 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals' business model, focusing on the 
repercussions for patients and the health care system, 3:30 p.m., 
SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 27, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, 
Horticulture, and Research, hearing entitled ``Focus on the Farm 
Economy: Factors Impacting Cost of Production'', 10:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, 
hearing to review the impact of capital margin requirements on end-
users, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Nutrition, hearing entitled ``Focus on 
the Farm Economy: Food Prices and the Consumer'', 2 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 27, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 4909, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 27, Subcommittee 
on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``The 
Persuader Rule: The Administration's Latest Attack on Employer Free 
Speech and Worker Free Choice'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 28, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4843, the ``Improving 
Safe Care for the Prevention of Infant Abuse and Neglect Act'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 27, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 4978, the ``Nurturing and Supporting Healthy Babies Act''; 
H.R. 4641, to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task 
force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain 
management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes, 
as amended by the Subcommittee on Health; H.R. 3680, the ``Co-
Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2015'';

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H.R. 3691, the ``Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum 
Women Act''; H.R. 1818, the ``Veteran Emergency Medical Technician 
Support Act of 2015''; H.R. 4981, the ``Opioid Use Disorder 
Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act''; H.R. 3250, the ``DXM 
Abuse Prevention Act of 2015''; H.R. 4969, the ``John Thomas Decker 
Act of 2016''; H.R. 4586, the ``Lali's Law''; H.R. 4599, the 
``Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016''; H.R. 4976, the ``Opioid 
Review Modernization Act of 2016''; H.R. 4982, the ``Examining 
Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016''; H.R. 4889, the 
``Kelsey Smith Act of 2016''; H.R. 4167, the ``Kari's Law Act of 
2015''; H.R. 4111, the ``Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 
2015''; H.R. 4190, the ``Spectrum Challenge Prize Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 3998, the ``Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act''; 
H.R. 2031, the ``Anti-Swatting Act of 2015''; H.R. 2589, to amend 
the Communications Act of 1943 to require the Federal Communications 
Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to the rules 
of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption; H.R. 2592, 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to publish on the website of the 
Commission documents to be voted on by the Commission; H.R. 2593, to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require identification and 
description on the website of the Federal Communications Commission 
of items to be decided on authority delegated by the Commission; and 
the ``Pipeline Safety Act of 2016'' (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  April 28, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4978, the ``Nurturing and 
Supporting Healthy Babies Act''; H.R. 4641, to provide for the 
establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and 
update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain 
medication, and for other purposes, as amended by the Subcommittee 
on Health; H.R. 3680, the ``Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act 
of 2015''; H.R. 3691, the ``Improving Treatment for Pregnant and 
Postpartum Women Act''; H.R. 1818, the ``Veteran Emergency Medical 
Technician Support Act of 2015''; H.R. 4981, the ``Opioid Use 
Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act''; H.R. 3250, the 
``DXM Abuse Prevention Act of 2015''; H.R. 4969, the ``John Thomas 
Decker Act of 2016''; H.R. 4586, the ``Lali's Law''; H.R. 4599, the 
``Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016''; H.R. 4976, the ``Opioid 
Review Modernization Act of 2016''; H.R. 4982, the ``Examining 
Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016''; H.R. 4889, the 
``Kelsey Smith Act of 2016''; H.R. 4167, the ``Kari's Law Act of 
2015''; H.R. 4111, the ``Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 
2015''; H.R. 4190, the ``Spectrum Challenge Prize Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 3998, the ``Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act''; 
H.R. 2031, the ``Anti-Swatting Act of 2015''; H.R. 2589, to amend 
the Communications Act of 1943 to require the Federal Communications 
Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to the rules 
of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption; H.R. 2592, 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to publish on the website of the 
Commission documents to be voted on by the Commission; H.R. 2593, to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require identification and 
description on the website of the Federal Communications Commission 
of items to be decided on authority delegated by the Commission; and 
the ``Pipeline Safety Act of 2016'' (continued), 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 4979, 
the ``Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016'' and the 
``Nuclear Utilization of Keynote Energy Policies Act'', 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``The Pet Medication Industry: Issues and 
Perspectives'', 9:45 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 27, Subcommittee on 
Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``How Can the U.S. Make 
Development Banks More Accountable?'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 27, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and North Africa; and Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, 
joint hearing entitled ``Advancing U.S. Interests: Examining the 
President's FY 2017 Budget Proposal for Afghanistan and Pakistan'', 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Examining FY 2017 Funding Priorities in the Western Hemisphere'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``South 
Sudan's Prospects for Peace and Security'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``America as a Pacific 
Power: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 27, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``ISIS in the 
Pacific: Assessing Terrorism in Southeast Asia and the Threat to the 
Homeland'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``Transferring Guantanamo Bay Detainees to the 
Homeland: Implications for States and Local Communities'', 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  April 28, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1887, to amend certain 
appropriation Acts to repeal the requirement directing the 
Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property and 
assets that support the operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease 
Center in Plum Island, New York, and for other purposes; H.R. 4743, 
the ``National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2016''; 
and the ``Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Act of 
2016'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 27, Full Committee, markup on 
the ``Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016''; the 
``Opioid Program Evaluation Act''; H.R. 2137, the ``Federal Law 
Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015''; a bill to 
require a study by the Comptroller General of the United States on 
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overdoses, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3394, the ``Clarifying 
Amendment to Provide Terrorism Victims Equity (CAPTIVE) Act'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing on the ``Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 
2016'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the False Claims Act'', 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 27, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Bureau of Land 
Management's Regulatory Overreach into Methane Emissions 
Regulation'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing 
entitled ``Realizing the Potential of Hydropower as a Clean, 
Renewable and Domestic Energy Resource'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on a discussion 
draft of the ``Locally-elected Officials Cooperating with Agencies 
in Land Management Act'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Consequences of Federal Land Management along the 
U.S. Border to Rural Communities and National Security'', 2:30 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 27, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining Management Practices and 
Misconduct at TSA: Part I'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``The Best and Worst Places to Work in the Federal Government'', 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Criminal Aliens 
Released by the Department of Homeland Security'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, April 27, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
4901, the ``SOAR Reauthorization Act''; and H.J. Res. 88, 
disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating 
to the definition of the term ``Fiduciary'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 27, Full 
Committee, markup on the ``NSF Major Research Facility Reform Act of 
2016'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining EPA's 
Predetermined Efforts to Block the Pebble Mine, Part II'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``S is for Savings: Pro-Growth Benefits of Employee-Owned S 
Corporations'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 28, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on draft 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
appeals process of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Health, markup on pending legislation, 9 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 29, Full 
Committee, markup on FY 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act, 9 a.m., 
HVC-304. This markup will be closed.