[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 19, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Farm Credit System, focusing on the 
outlook of the current economic climate, 10:15 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up an 
original bill entitled, ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017'', and an original bill entitled, ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2017'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
improving communities' and businesses' access to capital and 
economic development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's 2017-2022 OCS Oil 
and Gas Leasing Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
international Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and 
Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the 
United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States 
on November 1, 2002 (the ``Treaty'') (Treaty Doc. 110-19), and the 
Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of 
Securities Held with an Intermediary (the ``Convention''), done at 
The Hague on July 5, 2006, and signed by the United States on that 
same day (Treaty Doc. 112-06), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2942, to extend 
certain privileges and immunities to the Gulf Cooperation Council, 
an original resolution entitled, ``Commemorating the 100th 
anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, a seminal moment in the 
journey of Ireland to independence'', and routine lists in the 
Foreign Service, 11:30 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. 356, to improve the provisions 
relating to the privacy of electronic communications, and the 
nominations of Ronald G. Russell, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Utah, Inga S. Bernstein, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Stephanie A. 
Gallagher, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland, and Suzanne Mitchell, and Scott L. Palk, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, to hold 
hearings to examine the Administration's immigration policies, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Response 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Settling the Question: Did Bank 
Settlement Agreements Subvert Congressional Appropriations 
Powers?'', 9:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution and 
Civil Justice, hearing entitled ``Examining Legislation to Promote 
the Effective Enforcement of the ADA's Public Accommodation 
Provisions'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Examining Deficiencies in Transparency 
at the Department of the Interior'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Help Wanted: Small Business Providing Opportunities for All'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.