[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D877-D878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's proposal for a United Nations resolution on the 
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. Con. 
Res. 49, supporting efforts to stop the theft, illegal possession or 
sale, transfer, and export of tribal cultural items of Indians, 
Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the United States and 
internationally, S. 2711, to expand opportunity for Native American 
children through additional options in education, and S. 2959, to 
amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification 
Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement 
Fund; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 2285, to 
provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, 
S. 3234, to amend the Native American Business Development, Trade 
Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, the Indian 
Trader Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide 
industry and economic development opportunities to Indian 
communities, S. 3261, to establish a business incubators program 
within the Department of the Interior to promote economic 
development in Indian reservation communities, and H.R. 4685, to 
take certain Federal lands located in Tulare County, California, 
into trust for the benefit of the Tule River Indian Tribe, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Walter David Counts, III, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Karen Gren 
Scholer, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Texas, and E. Scott Frost, James Wesley Hendrix, and Irma 
Carrillo Ramirez, each to be a United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
Veterans Health Administration best practices, focusing on exploring 
the Diffusion of Excellence initiative, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine securing 
America's retirement future, focusing on the Bipartisan Policy 
Center's recommendations to boost savings, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 
hearing entitled ``Deferred Maintenance in the Nuclear Security 
Enterprise: Safety and Mission Risks'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Center 
for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Scoring Assumptions and Real-
World Implications'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``Federal Power Act: Historical 
Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Federal Reserve Districts: Governance, 
Monetary Policy, and Economic Performance'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``The Growing Crisis in South Sudan'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution and 
Civil Justice, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Judgment Fund: 
Iran, Big Settlements, and the Lack of Transparency'', 10:30 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
3764, the ``Tribal Recognition Act of 2015''; H.R. 4564, the 
``Robert Emmet Park Act of 2016''; H.R. 5032, to allow certain 
property in the town of Louisa, Virginia, to be used for purposes 
related to compliance with water quality standards, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 5259, the ``Certainty for States and Tribes 
Act'', 5 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Department of 
Defense Office of Inspector General's Military Whistleblower 
Reprisal Investigations'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Space, hearing entitled ``Commercial Remote Sensing: Facilitating 
Innovation and Leadership'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Ensuring Opportunities: Oversight of the HUBZone Program'', 11 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; and Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment, joint hearing entitled ``Federal Maritime 
Navigation Programs: Interagency Cooperation and Technological 
Change'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, business meeting 
on possible motions to subpoena information from the U.S. Department 
of Veterans Affairs; and hearing entitled ``From Tumult to 
Transformation: The Commission on Care and the Future of the VA 
Healthcare System'', 10:15 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Unemployment Insurance: An Overview of the 
Challenges and Strengths of Today's System'', 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``The Evolution of 
Quality in Medicare Part A'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.