[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D878-D880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 7 through September 9, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2848, 
Water Resources Development Act.
  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 Foreign Relations: September 7, 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.
  September 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Pakistan, 
focusing on challenges for United States interests, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
8, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to 
hold hearings to examine reviewing independent agency rulemaking, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 7, 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: September 7, 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.
  September 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2763, 
to provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs 
a fair opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or 
misappropriated by the Nazis, S. 3155, to amend chapter 97 of title 
28, United States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign 
sovereign immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title, S. 
3270, to prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the 
justice system's response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation 
cases, and the nominations of Danny C. Reeves, of Kentucky, and 
Charles R. Breyer, of California, both to be a Member of the United 
States Sentencing Commission, Kathleen Marie Sweet, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of New York, Lucy 
Haeran Koh, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit, and Florence Y. Pan, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Columbia, Time to be announced, S-216, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 7, to hold hearings to 
examine Veterans Health Administration best practices, focusing on 
exploring the Diffusion of Excellence initiative, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 8, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 7, 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 Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, September 8, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Views on H.R. 4298: Vietnam Helicopter 
Crew Memorial Act

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and H.R. 5458: Veteran's TRICARE Choice Act'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 8, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Examining Legislation to Improve Public 
Health'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 8, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``Rural Call Quality and Reliability'', 2 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  September 9, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``An 
Examination of Federal Mental Health Parity Laws and Regulations'', 
9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 8, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Fueling Terror: The 
Dangers of Ransom Payments to Iran'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Reforming the National Security Council: Efficiency and 
Accountability'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 8, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; and 
the Subcommittee on Energy of the House Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Eastern Mediterranean 
Energy: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regional Priorities'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 8, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing 
entitled ``Asia's Growing Hunger for Energy: U.S. Policy and Supply 
Opportunities'', 3 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 8, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``State and 
Local Perspectives on Federal Information Sharing'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 8, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 3438, the ``Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive 
Wishlists Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 8, 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'' (continued), 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 8, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining FOIA Compliance at the 
Department of State'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 9, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency's Response to the Baton Rouge Flood Disaster'', 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 8, Subcommittee on Economic 
Growth, Tax and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Struggling to 
Grow: Assessing the Challenges for Small Businesses in Rural 
America'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 8, Full Committee, markup 
on a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for 
Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 954, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to exempt from the individual mandate certain individuals who had 
coverage under a terminated qualified health plan funded through the 
Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: September 8, to hold hearings to examine 
Federal debt, focusing on direction, drivers, and dangers, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Conference: September 8, meeting of conferees on S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 103 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 321 reports have been filed in the House.

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