[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D432-D433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 27, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 
10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on the Budget: 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: 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, 10:15 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United 
States-China relations, focusing on strategic challenges and 
opportunities, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine government reform, focusing on ending 
duplication and holding Washington accountable, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  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 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: to hold hearings to examine 
counterfeits and their impact on consumer health and safety, 10 
a.m., 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, 10 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine Valeant 
Pharmaceuticals' business model, focusing on the

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repercussions for patients and the health care system, 3:30 p.m., 
SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, 
Horticulture, and Research, hearing entitled ``Focus on the Farm 
Economy: Factors Impacting Cost of Production'', 10:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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, 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.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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; 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.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, 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.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Examining FY 2017 Funding Priorities in the Western Hemisphere'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5046, 
the ``Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016''; H.R. 5052, 
the ``Opioid Program Evaluation Act''; H.R. 2137, the ``Federal Law 
Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015''; H.R. 5048, to 
require a study by the Comptroller General of the United States on 
Good Samaritan laws that pertain to treatment of opioid overdoses, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 3394, the ``Clarifying Amendment to 
Provide Terrorism Victims Equity (CAPTIVE) Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Bureau of Land Management's Regulatory 
Overreach into Methane Emissions Regulation'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Management Practices and Misconduct at 
TSA: Part I'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``The Best 
and Worst Places to Work in the Federal Government'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, 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, Full Committee, 
markup on the ``NSF Major Research Facility Reform Act of 2016'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``S 
is for Savings: Pro-Growth Benefits of Employee-Owned S 
Corporations'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.