[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 137 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D907-D909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 13 through September 16, 2016

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Senate will continue 
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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 13, 
business meeting to consider H.R. 2647, to expedite under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest 
management activities on National Forest System lands, on public 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and 
on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone 
forested lands, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Christopher James Brummer, of the District of 
Columbia, and Brian D. Quintenz, of the District of Columbia, both 
to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 14, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water Development, to hold hearings to examine the future of 
nuclear power, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 13, to hold hearings to 
examine encryption and cyber matters; with the possibility of a 
closed session in SVC-217, following the open session, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
long-term budgetary challenges facing the military services and 
innovative solutions for maintaining our military superiority, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 13, to 
hold hearings to examine the National Flood Insurance Program, 
focusing on reviewing the recommendations of the Technical Mapping 
Advisory Council's 2015 Annual Report, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: September 14, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Congressional Budget Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-
608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 13, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security, to hold hearings to examine an original bill 
entitled, ``Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016'', 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Communications Commission, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 14, Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, to hold hearings 
to examine protecting girls, focusing on global efforts to end child 
marriage, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization expansion, focusing on the accession of 
Montenegro, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, focusing on United States policy and international 
commitments, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
reviewing the civil nuclear agreement with Norway, 2:15 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
15, to hold hearings to examine the state of health insurance 
markets, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 14, business meeting to 
consider S. 2796, to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to 
Indians; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 2636, 
to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to require mandatory approval of 
applications for land to be taken into trust if the land is wholly 
within a reservation, S. 3216, to repeal the Act entitled ``An Act 
to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed 
by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation'', S. 
3222, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess 
sanitation and safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs 
facilities that were constructed to provide treaty tribes access to 
traditional fishing grounds and expend funds on construction of 
facilities and structures to improve those conditions, and S. 3300, 
to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai 
Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize 
construction of a water project relating to those water rights 
claims, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: September 14, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, to hold hearings 
to examine protecting Internet freedom, focusing on the implications 
of ending United States oversight of the Internet, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 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 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: September 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the Federal response and resources for 
Louisiana flood victims, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 14, to hold hearings to 
examine the future of the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing 
on examining the Commission on Care report and the VA's response, 
2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 13, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 15, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 14, to hold hearings to 
examine maximizing Social Security benefits, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 14, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 470, the ``Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment 
Act of 2015''; H.R. 845, the ``National Forest System Trails 
Stewardship Act''; and H.R. 5883, the ``Technical and Clarifying 
Amendments to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 2016''; and hearing 
entitled ``American Agricultural Trade with Cuba'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 14, Subcommittee on 
Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``Next Generation 
Air Space Control--Ensuring Air Force Compliance by January 1, 
2020'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, September 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Growing Risks to the Budget and the Economy'', 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 14, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 5963, the ``Supporting Youth Opportunity 
and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 14, Subcommittee on 
Health; and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint 
hearing entitled ``The Affordable Care Act on Shaky Ground: Outlook 
and Oversight'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Disrupter Series: Advanced Robotics'', 10:30 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``The Department of Energy's Role in Advancing the National, 
Economic, and Energy Security of the United States'', 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 14, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 5931, the ``Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Eritrea: 
A Neglected Regional Threat'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging 
Threats, hearing entitled ``Turkey After the July Coup Attempt'', 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing 
entitled ``North Korea's Perpetual Provocations: Another Dangerous, 
Escalatory Nuclear Test'', 3 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
markup on H. Res. 220, condemning the Government of Iran's state-
sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued 
violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, 9:30 a.m., 
2255 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, markup on H. 
Res. 851, expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, 
economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the 
release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of 
constitutional and democratic processes; and H.R. 5708, the 
``Nicaragua Investment Conditionality Act of 2016''; and hearing 
entitled ``Nicaragua's Democratic Collapse'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 14, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Shutting Down Terrorist Pathways into America'', 
10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 14, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 5992, the ``American Job Creation and Investment Promotion 
Reform Act of 2016''; H.R. 5982, the ``Midnight Rules Relief Act of 
2016''; and H.R. 5801, the ``Protect and Grow American Jobs Act'', 
10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 14, Subcommittee on 
Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 5780, the ``Utah Public Lands 
Initiative Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 14, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining the Affordable Care Act's 
Premium Increases'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on National Security; and Subcommittee 
on Government Operations, joint hearing entitled ``Radicalization in 
the U.S. and the Rise of Terrorism'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 14, Subcommittee on Rules and 
Organization of the House, hearing entitled ``Members' Day Hearing 
on Proposed Rules Changes for the 115th Congress'', 10 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 14, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Affirming Congress'

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Constitutional Oversight Responsibilities: Subpoena Authority and 
Recourse for Failure to Comply with Lawfully Issued Subpoenas'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``A 
Solution in Search of a Problem: EPA's Methane Regulations'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``IRS Puts Small Businesses through Audit Wringer'', 11 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 14, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 5011, to designate the Federal building 
and United States courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in 
Shreveport, Louisiana, as the ``Tom Stagg Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse''; H.R. 5147, the ``Bathrooms Accessible in 
Every Situation (BABIES) Act''; H.R. 5873, to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 511 East San 
Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the ``R.E. Thomason Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse''; H.R. 5957, the ``Federal 
Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 
2016''; H.R. 5977, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of 
certain announcements, and for other purposes; H.R. 5978, the 
``Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016''; 
S. 546, the ``RESPONSE Act of 2016''; and possible other matters 
cleared for consideration, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of Recently Completed United States Army 
Corps of Engineers Chief's Reports'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 14, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``An Examination of VA's Misuse of Employee 
Settlement Agreements'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 14, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Exploring the Use of Technology and Innovation to 
Create Efficiencies, Higher Quality, and Better Access for 
Beneficiaries in Health Care'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 14, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3957, the ``Emergency 
Citrus Disease Response Act''; H.R. 5946, the ``United States 
Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act''; H.R. 5719, the 
``Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act''; H.R. 2285, the 
``Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act''; H.R. 5879, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for 
production from advanced nuclear power facilities; H.R. 5406, the 
``Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal 
Healthcare Act''; H.R. 5204, the ``Stop Taxing Death and Disability 
Act''; and H.R. 4220, the ``Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 
2015'', 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 15, Full 
Committee, business meeting on consideration of a Committee Report 
entitled ``Review of Unauthorized Disclosures by Former NSA 
Contractor Edward Snowden'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This meeting will be 
closed.