[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 81 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D564-D567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 24 through May 27, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will vote on adoption of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of H. J.Res. 88, disapproving 
the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the 
definition of the term ``Fiduciary''.
  Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act, with a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon.

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  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 26, to hold 
hearings to examine a review of the United States livestock and 
poultry sectors, focusing on marketplace opportunities and 
challenges, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 24, Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, 
``Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Defense Appropriations'', 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, business 
meeting to markup an original bill entitled, ``Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2017'', 11 a.m., 
SD-138.
  May 26, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill entitled, ``Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017'', 
and an original bill entitled, ``Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2017'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 24, to hold 
hearings to examine understanding the role of sanctions under the 
Iran Deal, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine understanding 
the role of sanctions under the Iran Deal, focusing on 
Administration perspectives, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 24, to 
hold hearings to examine the multistakeholder plan for transitioning 
the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, to hold hearings to examine improvements in hurricane 
forecasting and the path forward, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 24, 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: May 24, to hold hearings to examine debt 
versus equity, focusing on corporate integration considerations, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 24, to hold hearings to 
examine United States-India relations, focusing on balancing 
progress and managing expectations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 25, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine international 
cybersecurity strategy, focusing on deterring foreign threats and 
building global cyber norms, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 25, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
trafficking in persons, focusing on preparing the 2016 annual 
report, 4:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, 
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's 
Issues, to hold hearings to examine cartels and the United States 
heroin epidemic, focusing on combating drug violence and the public 
health crisis, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 25, 
business meeting to consider S. 2834, to improve the Governmentwide 
management of unnecessarily duplicative Government programs and for 
other purposes, S. 1378, to strengthen employee cost savings 
suggestions programs within the Federal Government, S. 2849, to 
ensure the Government Accountability Office has adequate access to 
information, S. 2480, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
protect unpaid interns in the Federal Government from workplace 
harassment and discrimination, S. 461, to provide for alternative 
financing arrangements for the provision of certain services and the 
construction and maintenance of infrastructure at land border ports 
of entry, S. 2852, to expand the Government's use and administration 
of data to facilitate transparency, effective governance, and 
innovation, H.R. 4902, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
expand law enforcement availability pay to employees of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations, S. 2465, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 15 Rochester Street in Bergen, New York, as the Barry G. Miller 
Post Office, S. 2891, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 525 North Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as 
the ``Kenneth M. Christy Post Office Building'', H.R. 136, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the 
``Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office'', H.R. 1132, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1048 West Robinhood Drive in Stockton, California, as the ``W. 
Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building'', H.R. 2458, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 5351 Lapalco Boulevard in Marrero, Louisiana, as the ``Lionel R. 
Collins, Sr. Post Office Building'', H.R. 2928, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 B Street 
in Perryville, Arkansas, as the ``Harold George Bennett Post 
Office'', H.R. 3082, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5919 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, 
Louisiana, as the ``Daryle Holloway Post Office Building'', H.R. 
3274, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4567 Rockbridge Road in Pine Lake, Georgia, as the 
``Francis Manuel Ortega Post Office'', H.R. 3601, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7715 Post 
Road, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, as the ``Melvoid J. Benson Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 3735, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston 
Salem, North Carolina, as the ``Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office'', 
H.R. 3866, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1265 Hurffville Road in Deptford Township, New 
Jersey, as the ``First Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 4046, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, 
Wisconsin, as the Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office, 
H.R. 4605, to designate the facility of the United States Postal

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Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the 
``Sgt. 1st Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building'', an 
original bill entitled, ``DHS Accountability Act of 2016'', an 
original bill entitled, ``Biodefense Strategy Act of 2016'', an 
original bill entitled, ``Disaster Management Act of 2016'', an 
original bill entitled, ``Office of Special Counsel Reauthorization 
Act of 2016'', an original bill entitled, ``GAO Mandates Revision 
Act of 2016'', an original bill entitled, ``District of Columbia 
Judicial Financial Transparency and Courts Improvement Act'', an 
original bill entitled, ``National Urban Search and Rescue Response 
System Act of 2016'', an original bill entitled, ``Grant Reform and 
New Transparency Act of 2016'', and an original bill entitled, 
``Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2016'', 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
America from the threat of ISIS, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 26, 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 S. 2944, 
to require adequate reporting on the Public Safety Officers' Benefit 
program, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 26, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine the Small Business Administration's 
7(a) loan guaranty program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 24, 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: May 24, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Food Waste from Field to Table'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 25, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, markup on Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, 9:30 a.m., 2358-C 
Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, markup on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, 11 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 26, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces; and Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing 
entitled ``Navy Force Structure and Readiness: Perspectives from the 
Fleet'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Reclaiming Congressional Authority Through the Power of the 
Purse'', 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 25, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Promoting Safe Workplaces 
Through Effective and Responsible Recordkeeping Standards'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 25, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Cybersecurity Responsibilities at 
HHS'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 25, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Iran Nuclear Deal Oversight: Implementation and Its 
Consequences, Part II'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing 
entitled ``Tunisia's Struggle for Stability, Security, and 
Democracy'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  May 26, Full Committee, markup on S. 1635, the ``Department of 
State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 
2016'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The ISIS 
Genocide Declaration: What Next?'', 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 25, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Long Lines, Short Patience: The TSA Airport Screening 
Experience'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled 
``Long Lines, Short Patience: Local Perspectives'', 9 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 25, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
5203, the ``Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016''; H.R. 3636, 
the ``O-VISA Act''; and H.R. 5283, the ``Due Process Act'', 10:15 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 25, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 5278, the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic 
Stability Act'' (continued), 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Exploring 21st Century Mining Safety, Environmental 
Control, and Technological Innovation'', 2:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 25, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Federal Agencies' Reliance on Outdated 
and Unsupported Information Technology: A Ticking Time Bomb'', 9 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 26, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Social Security 
Administration: Information Systems Review'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 25, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Science of Zika: The DNA of an 
Epidemic'', 10:15 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Impact of 
EPA's Clean Power Plan on States'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Sharing Economy: A Taxing Experience for New 
Entrepreneurs, Part II'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 25, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 5303, the ``Water Resources Development 
Act of 2016''; H. Con. Res. 131, authorizing the use of Capitol 
Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law 
Enforcement Torch Run; General Services Administration Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; and possible other 
matters cleared for consideration, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on protecting small businesses from IRS abuse, 9:30 a.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Tax Policy, hearing entitled 
``Perspectives on the Need for Tax Reform'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 25, to hold hearings to examine the 
transformative impact of robots and automation, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 25, to hold 
hearings to examine combating corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
2 p.m., SVC-212.