[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 81 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D563-D564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 24, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, business meeting to mark up an original bill entitled, 
``Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Defense Appropriations'', 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, business meeting 
to mark up an original bill entitled, ``Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2017'', 11 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine understanding the role of sanctions under the Iran Deal, 
10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the multistakeholder plan for transitioning the 
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine the 
implementation of the definition of Waters of the United States, 
2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine debt versus 
equity, focusing on corporate integration considerations, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United 
States-India relations, focusing on balancing progress and managing 
expectations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 
2919, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide greater 
flexibility to States in carrying out the Disabled Veterans' 
Outreach Program and employing local veterans' employment 
representatives, S. 2896, to eliminate the sunset date for the 
Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
expand eligibility for such program, and to extend certain operating 
hours for pharmacies and medical facilities of the Department, S. 
2888, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's review and 
publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans stationed 
at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family members, S. 2883, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the requirement of 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report on the capacity 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the specialized 
treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans, S. 2679, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs a center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, 
mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions 
relating to exposure to burn pits, S. 2520, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the care provided by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to newborn children, S. 2487, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care and 
suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in 
treating women veterans as part of the evaluation of such programs 
by the Secretary, S. 2049, to establish in the Department of 
Veterans Affairs a continuing medical education program for non-
Department medical professionals who treat veterans and family 
members of veterans to increase knowledge and recognition of medical 
conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, an 
original bill to reform the rights and processes relating to appeals 
of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, an original bill 
to make certain improvements in the provision of automobiles and 
adaptive equipment by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and an 
original bill to expand eligibility for hospital care and medical 
services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 to include veterans in receipt of health 
services under the pilot program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for rural veterans, 2:15 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing entitled ``Focus on the Farm Economy: A View 
from the Barnyard'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

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  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 
2017; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2017; and Report on the Revised 
Interim Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2017, 10:30 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Training, hearing entitled ``Demanding 
Accountability at the Corporation for National and Community 
Service'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Legislative Hearing on 
17 FTC Bills'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity: Combatting Improper 
Payments and Ineligible Providers'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Task Force to Investigate 
Terrorism Financing, hearing entitled ``Stopping Terror Finance: A 
Coordinated Government Effort'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled ``The U.S.-Saudi 
Arabia Counterterrorism Relationship'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications; and Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, 
joint hearing entitled ``Enhancing Preparedness and Response 
Capabilities to Address Cyber Threats'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, hearing entitled 
``Border Security Gadgets, Gizmos, and Information: Using Technology 
to Increase Situational Awareness and Operational Control'', 2 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner 
John Koskinen, Part I'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Task Force on Executive Overreach, hearing entitled ``The Federal 
Government on Autopilot: Delegation of Regulatory Authority to an 
Unaccountable Bureaucracy'', 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 3480, the ``Fort Frederica National Monument 
Boundary Expansion Act of 2015''; H.R. 4202, the ``Fort Ontario 
Study Act''; H.R. 4789, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to establish a structure for visitor services on the Arlington Ridge 
tract, in the area of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 5244, to provide for the establishment of a 
national memorial and national monument to commemorate those killed 
by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam on March 12, 1928, and for 
other purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 4366, the 
``San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act''; H.R. 5217, the ``San Luis 
Unit Drainage Resolution Act''; and a discussion draft of the 
``Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016'', 10:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Investigating the Culture of Corruption at the Department of the 
Interior'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5278, the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, 
Management, and Economic Stability Act'', 5 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, hearing entitled ``Guantanamo Bay: The Remaining 
Detainees'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Interior, hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Future of Recreation.gov'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on S. 2012, the 
``Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016''; and H.R. 5233, the 
``Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act 
of 2016'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
markup on the ``Networking and Information Technology Research and 
Development Modernization Act of 2016'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Sharing Economy: A Taxing Experience for New Entrepreneurs, 
Part I'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Improving the Safety and 
Reliability of the Washington Metro'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5273, 
the ``Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016''; H.R. 
2952, the ``Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act''; 
H.R. 5169, the ``What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs 
Act''; and a vote to release the transcript of the deposition taken 
by the Committee on Ways and Means on May 11, 2016, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Moving America's Families 
Forward: Setting Priorities for Reducing Poverty and Expanding 
Opportunity'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.