[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 77 (Monday, May 16, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D511-D513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 17, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 
business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, ``Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2017'', 4 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the status of advanced nuclear technologies, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 
2524, to insure adequate use and access to the existing Bolts Ditch 
headgate and ditch segment within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle 
County, Colorado, S. 2533, to provide short-term water supplies to 
drought-stricken California and provide for long-term investments in 
drought resiliency throughout the Western United States, S. 2616, to 
modify certain cost-sharing and revenue provisions relating to the 
Arkansas Valley Conduit, Colorado, S. 2902, to provide for long-term 
water supplies, optimal use of existing water supply infrastructure, 
and protection of existing water rights, and S. 2907, to amend the 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2015, to strike the termination date for funding for pilot 
projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine marine 
debris and wildlife, focusing on impacts, sources, and solutions, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine integrating the 
corporate and individual tax systems, focusing on the dividends paid 
deduction considered, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
War in Syria, focusing on next steps to mitigate the crisis, 11 
a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy, to receive a closed briefing on international 
cybersecurity strategy, 4 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine America's insatiable demand for drugs, focusing 
on assessing the Federal response, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine National 
Foster Care Month, focusing on supporting youth in the foster care 
and juvenile justice systems, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation and 
Forestry, hearing entitled ``Focus on the Farm Economy: Impacts of 
Environmental Regulations and Voluntary Conservation Solutions'', 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on the Defense 
Appropriations Bill for FY 2017; Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Bill for FY 2017; and the Revised Report on the Interim 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2017, 10:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Assessing the Department of 
Defense's Execution of Responsibilities in the U.S. Foreign Military 
Sales Program'', 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Helping Students Succeed by Strengthening the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``The Obama Administration's Medicare Drug Experiment: The 
Patient and Doctor Perspective'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4775, the ``Ozone Standards 
Implementation Act of 2016''; and H.R. 4979, the ``Advanced Nuclear 
Technology Development Act of 2016'', 5 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Interest on Reserves and the Fed's 
Balance Sheet'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Enhance 
Capital Formation, Transparency, and Regulatory Accountability'', 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled ``U.S. Department of 
State Counterterrorism Bureau: FY 2017 Budget'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Management Efficiency, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Federal 
Efforts to Address Electromagnetic Risks'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``Flying 
Blind: What are the security risks of resuming U.S. Commercial Air 
Service to Cuba?'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, markup on a 
resolution on the House Safe Program; a resolution to Amend the 
Voucher Documentation Standards; H.R. 5160, to amend title 40, 
United States Code, to include as part of the buildings and grounds 
of the National Gallery of Art any buildings and other areas within 
the boundaries of any real estate or other property interests 
acquired by the National Gallery of Art; H.R. 4511, the ``Gold Star 
Families Voices Act''; H.R. 4092, to reauthorize the sound recording 
and film preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 4733, to permit the United States Capitol 
Police to accept certain property from other Federal agencies and to 
dispose of certain property in its possession; H.R. 5227, to 
authorize the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped to provide playback equipment in all forms, to establish 
a National Collection Stewardship Fund for the processing and 
storage of collection materials of the Library of Congress, and to 
provide for the continuation of service of returning members of 
Joint Committee on the Library at beginning of a Congress; and H.R. 
4734, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit 
candidates for election for Federal office to designate an 
individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the 
authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of the 
death of the candidate, 10:45 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Safeguarding our Symbol of 
Democracy: U.S. Capitol Police's Management Plan for 2017 and 
Beyond'', 11:15 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Synthetic 
Drugs, Real Danger'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, 
hearing on H.R. 4768, the ``Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 
2016'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Power and 
Oceans, hearing entitled ``The Implications of President Obama's 
National Ocean Policy'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``White House Narratives on the Iran Nuclear 
Deal'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5233, the ``Clarifying 
Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016''; 
H.R. 24, the ``Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015''; H.R. 
5199, the ``Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 
2016''; H.R. 5226, the ``Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016''; S. 
1550, the ``Program Management Improvement Accountability Act''; 
H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 523 East Railroad Street in Knox, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office''; H.R. 
2607, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 7802 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, New York, as the 
``Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building''; H.R. 3218, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 836 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California as the ``Special 
Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis 'Lou' J. 
Langlais Post Office Building''; H.R. 3931, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Central 
Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, as the 
``Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown United States Post Office''; H.R. 
3953, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4122 Madison Street, Elfers, Florida, as the ``Private 
First Class Felton Roger Fussell Memorial Post Office''; H.R. 4010, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ``Ed 
Pastor Post Office''; H.R. 4425, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 110 East Powerhouse Road in 
Collegeville, Minnesota, as the ``Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office''; 
H.R. 4747, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6691 Church Street in Riverdale, Georgia, as the 
``Major Gregory E. Barney Post Office Building''; H.R. 4761, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 61 South Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, California, as the 
``Louis Van Iersel Post Office''; H.R. 4777, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1301 Alabama 
Avenue in Selma, Alabama as the ``Amelia Boynton Robinson Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 4877, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3130 Grants Lake Boulevard 
in Sugar Land, Texas, as the ``LCpl Garrett W. Gamble, USMC Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 4925, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 229 West Main Cross Street, 
in Findlay, Ohio, as the ``Michael Garver Oxley Memorial Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 4960, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, 
as the ``Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building''; H.R. 4975, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Petty 
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A. Nelson Post Office Building''; H.R. 4987, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3957 2nd 
Avenue in Laurel Hill, Florida, as the ``Sergeant First Class 
William 'Kelly' Lacey Post Office''; and H.R. 5028, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10721 E 
Jefferson Ave in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Mary Eleanora McCoy 
Post Office Building'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4909, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017'' 
[amendment consideration]; H.R. 4974, the ``Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017''; and H.R. 5243, the ``Zika Response Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2016'', 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``A Review of 
Recently Completed United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief's 
Reports'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Veterans in Tech: Innovative Careers 
for All Generations of Veterans'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, Member Day 
hearing entitled ``Tax-Related Proposals to Improve Health Care'', 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.