[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 63 (Monday, April 25, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E578-E579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2016 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 27
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine government reform, focusing 
           on ending duplication and holding Washington 
           accountable.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine counterfeits and their impact 
           on consumer health and safety.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         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.
                                                           SR-428A
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Department of Defense
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department 
           of Defense.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on the Budget
         To hold hearings to examine fixing the budget process, 
           focusing on better budgets and better results.
                                                            SD-608
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine United States-China 
           relations, focusing on strategic challenges and 
           opportunities.
                                                            SD-419
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         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

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           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.''
                                                            SD-628
     3:30 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine Valeant Pharmaceuticals' 
           business model, focusing on the repercussions for 
           patients and the health care system.
                                                            SH-216

                                APRIL 28
     9 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         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.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine counter-ISIL (Islamic State 
           of Iraq and the Levant) operations and Middle East 
           strategy.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                             S-116
       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. 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.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine mental health in America.
                                                            SD-215
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       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.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 9
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Airland
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2017.
                                                           SR-232A

                                 MAY 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on SeaPower
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2017.
                                                           SR-232A
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Personnel
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall 
           under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
           National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
           2017.
                                                            SD-G50
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall 
           under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
           National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
           2017.
                                                            SD-G50
     3:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall 
           under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
           National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
           2017.
                                                            SD-G50
     5:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2017.
                                                           SR-232A

                                 MAY 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to continue to markup the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2017.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to continue to markup the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2017.
                                                            SR-222