[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 7, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D888-D889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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: 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine reviewing independent agency rulemaking, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing entitled ``Views on H.R. 4298: Vietnam Helicopter Crew 
Memorial Act and H.R. 5458: Veteran's TRICARE Choice Act'', 3:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Legislation to Improve Public Health'', 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Rural Call Quality and Reliability'', 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Reforming the National Security Council: Efficiency and 
Accountability'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  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.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism 
and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``State and Local Perspectives on 
Federal Information Sharing'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining FOIA Compliance at the Department of 
State'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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: to hold hearings to examine Federal 
debt, focusing on direction, drivers, and dangers, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Conference: 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.