[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D441-D443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 28, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  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, 
9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine mental health in 
America, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2017 for the 
Department of State, 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. 2845, to extend the termination of sanctions with 
respect to Venezuela under the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and 
Civil Society Act of 2014, S. Res. 442, condemning the terrorist 
attacks in Brussels and honoring the memory of the United States 
citizens murdered in those attacks, and offering thoughts and 
prayers for all the victims, condolences to their families, resolve 
to support the Belgian people, and the pledge to defend democracy 
and stand in solidarity with the country of Belgium and all our 
allies in the face of continuing terrorist attacks on freedom and 
liberty, S. Res. 340, expressing the sense of Congress that the so-
called Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or Da'esh) is 
committing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, and 
calling upon the President to work with foreign governments and the 
United Nations to provide physical protection for ISIS' targets, to 
support the creation of an international criminal tribunal with 
jurisdiction to punish these crimes, and to use every reasonable 
means, including sanctions, to destroy ISIS and disrupt its support 
networks, S. Res. 418, recognizing Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, 
Yoani Sanchez, and Akanksha Hazari for their selflessness and 
dedication to their respective causes, S. Res. 394, recognizing the 
195th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating 
democracy in Greece and the United States, S. Res. 436, supporting 
the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, S. Res. 381, honoring the 
memory and legacy of Michael James Riddering and condemning the 
terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on January 15, 2016, 
and the nominations of Swati A. Dandekar, of Iowa, to be United 
States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of 
Ambassador, R. David Harden, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Christine Ann Elder, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Liberia, Kelly Keiderling-Franz, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Elizabeth 
Holzhall Richard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese 
Republic, Stephen Michael Schwartz, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Federal Republic of Somalia, Adam H. Sterling, of Virginia, to

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be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, and routine lists in the 
Foreign Service, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  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, 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, and the nomination of Patrick A. Burke, 
to be United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, 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 Commodity Exchanges, 
Energy, and Credit, hearing entitled ``To Review the Impact of 
Capital Margin Requirements on End-Users'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Nutrition, hearing entitled ``Focus on the Farm 
Economy: Food Prices and the Consumer'', 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce,  Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 4843, the ``Improving Safe Care for the Prevention of Infant 
Abuse and Neglect Act'', 11 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, 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 
H.R. 5050, the ``Pipeline Safety Act of 2016'' (continued), 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``America as a Pacific Power: Challenges and Opportunities in 
Asia'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  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 H.R. 5056, the ``Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security 
Act of 2016'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing on H.R. 5063, the ``Stop 
Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the False Claims Act'', 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Criminal Aliens Released by the Department of 
Homeland Security'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining EPA's Predetermined Efforts to Block 
the Pebble Mine, Part II'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3209, 
the ``Recovering Missing Children Act''; H.R. 5053, the ``Preventing 
IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act''; and H.R. 3832, the 
``Stolen Identify Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.