[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 53 (Monday, March 27, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D344-D347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 28 through March 31, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of T.D. 114-12, Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 
1949 on the Accession of Montenegro, post-cloture.
  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 Appropriations: March 29, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold hearings to examine a review of the defense 
health program and military medicine funding, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 29, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine civil society perspectives on 
Russia, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 28, to receive a closed 
briefing on Department of Defense worldwide policy and strategy and 
the Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Supplemental Budget Request, 2:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine Russian influence and unconventional 
warfare operations in the ``Grey Zone'', focusing on lessons from 
Ukraine, 10 a.m., SR-222.

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  March 29, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine on the health of the Department of Defense 
industrial base, and its role in providing readiness to the 
warfighter, 2:15 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Air 
Force modernization, 3:30 p.m., SR-222.
  March 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Heather Wilson, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of 
the Air Force, Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 28, to 
hold hearings to examine fostering economic growth, focusing on the 
role of financial companies, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 29, to 
hold hearings to examine closing the skills gap and boosting United 
States competitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 28, to hold 
hearings to examine the United States' increasing dependence on 
foreign sources of minerals and opportunities to rebuild and improve 
the supply chain in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine the 
cybersecurity threats to the United States electric grid and 
technology advancements to minimize such threats, including S. 79, 
to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to identify 
security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector, 
2:15 p.m., SD-366.
  March 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business and subcommittee assignments, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  March 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
potential for infrastructure improvements to create jobs and reduce 
the cost of living through all-of-the-above energy and mineral 
production in Alaska, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 28, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine S. 
518, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for 
technical assistance for small treatment works, S. 692, to provide 
for integrated plan permits, to establish an Office of the Municipal 
Ombudsman, to promote green infrastructure, and to require the 
revision of financial capability guidance, and S. 675, to amend and 
reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound 
restoration and stewardship, 2:15 p.m., SD-406.
  March 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine cleaning up 
our nation's Cold War legacy sites, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the view from Congress, focusing on United States policy on 
Iran, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, 
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's 
Issues, to hold hearings to examine United State-Mexico 
relationship, focusing on advancing security and prosperity on both 
sides of the border, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  March 29, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and 
International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine 
American leadership in the Asia-Pacific, focusing on security 
issues, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  March 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States interests, values, and the American people, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 30, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of R. Alexander Acosta, 
of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor, Time to be announced, SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 29, 
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management, 
to hold hearings to examine the effect of borrowing on Federal 
spending, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 29, business meeting to 
consider S. 304, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to 
allow the Indian Health Service to cover the cost of a copayment of 
an Indian or Alaska Native veteran receiving medical care or 
services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 343, to repeal 
certain obsolete laws relating to Indians, S. 381, 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. 607, to establish a business incubators program 
within the Department of the Interior to promote economic 
development in Indian reservation communities, and S. 669, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assess sanitation and 
safety conditions at Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities that were 
constructed to provide affected Columbia River Treaty tribes access 
to traditional fishing grounds and expend funds on construction of 
facilities and structures to improve those conditions; to be 
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine native 
youth, focusing on promoting diabetes prevention through healthy 
living, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 28, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting young athletes from sexual abuse, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 29, to 
hold hearings to examine how small businesses confront and shape 
regulations, 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 28, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:15 p.m., SH-219.
  March 28, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed 
business meeting to consider the Biennial Report, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 29, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 12 noon, SH-219.

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  March 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
disinformation, focusing on a primer in Russian active measures and 
influence campaigns, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the arc of Alzheimer's, focusing on preventing cognitive decline in 
Americans to assuring quality care for those living with the 
disease, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Review of the Farm Credit System'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 29, Subcommittee on Defense, 
hearing on U.S. European Command, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This 
hearing will be closed.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of 
Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, hearing for public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Military Assessment of the Security Challenges in the 
Greater Middle East'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; and Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications of the 
Committee on Homeland Security, joint hearing entitled ``Threats to 
Space Assets and Implications for Homeland Security'', 2 p.m., HVC-
210.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Military Pilot Shortage'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Readiness; and Subcommittee on Seapower 
and Projection Forces, joint hearing entitled ``The Current State of 
U.S. Transportation Command'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; and Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, joint hearing entitled ``Consequences and Context for 
Russia's Violations of the INF Treaty'', 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 29, Subcommittee 
on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing on H.R. 986, the 
``Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 29, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Realizing 
Nationwide Next-Generation 911'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Federal 
Energy Related Tax Policy and its Effects on Markets, Prices, and 
Consumers'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 29, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities, and Investment, hearing entitled ``Examining 
the Impact of the Volcker Rule on the Markets, Businesses, 
Investors, and Job Creators'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 29, Full Committee, markup on 
H. Res. 54, reaffirming the United States-Argentina partnership and 
recognizing Argentina's economic reforms; H. Res. 92, condemning 
North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic 
missiles, and for other purposes; H. Res. 137, ``Honoring the life 
of Shimon Peres''; H. Res. 145, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the fight against corruption in Central 
America; H.R. 390, the ``Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief 
and Accountability Act of 2017''; H.R. 479, the ``North Korea State 
Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017''; H.R. 672, the 
``Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017''; and H.R. 1644, the 
``Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act'', 10:45 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
hearing entitled ``Testing the Limits: Iran's Ballistic Missile 
Program, Sanctions, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 29, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Terrorism in 
North Africa: An Examination of the Threat'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 29, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1667, the ``Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 1695, the ``Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability 
Act of 2017''; H. Res. 184, a resolution of inquiry requesting the 
President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, 
respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives 
relating to communications with the government of Russia; and H. 
Res. 203, a resolution of inquiry requesting the President, and 
directing the Attorney General, to transmit, respectively, certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to certain 
communications by the President of the United States, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, 
hearing on H.R. 1689, the ``Private Property Rights Protection 
Act'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 29, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Federally Funded Cancer Research: 
Coordination and Innovation'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``WMATA After SafeTrack'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 29, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Climate Science: Assumptions, Policy 
Implications, and the Scientific Method'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Evaluating the Paperwork Reduction Act: Are Burdens Being 
Reduced?'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``SBA's Entrepreneurial Development Programs: Resources to 
Assist Small Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 29, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 1346, to repeal the rule issued by the 
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the Federal Transit Administration entitled ``Metropolitan Planning 
Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform''; H.R. 1726, the 
``Coast Guard Improvement and Reform Act of 2017''; H.R. 1093, to 
require the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Transit 
Authority to provide appropriate Congressional notice of safety 
audits conducted with respect to railroads and rail transit 
agencies; H.R. 1665, to ensure that Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency considers severe local impact in making 
a recommendation to the President for a major disaster declaration; 
H.R. 1678, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act concerning the statute of limitations for 
actions to recover disaster or emergency assistance payments, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1679, the ``FEMA Accountability, 
Modernization and Transparency Act of 2017''; H. Con. Res. 35, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace 
Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band 
Exhibition; H. Con. Res. 36, authorizing the use of the Capitol 
Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H.R. 455, to 
designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court 
Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``R. Jess Brown United States 
Courthouse''; and possible other matters cleared for consideration, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 29, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on draft of the ``Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act 
of 2017''; H.R. 91, the ``Building Supportive Networks for Women 
Veterans Act''; H.R. 95, the ``Veterans' Access to Child Care Act''; 
H.R. 467, the ``VA Scheduling Accountability Act''; H.R. 907, the 
``Newborn Care Improvement Act''; H.R. 918, the ``Veterans Urgent 
Access to Mental Health Care Act''; H.R. 1005, to improve the 
provision of adult day health care services for veterans; H.R. 1162, 
the ``No Hero Left Untreated Act''; H.R. 1545, to clarify VA's 
authority to disclose certain patient information to State 
controlled substance monitoring programs; and H.R. 1662, to prohibit 
smoking in any facility of the Veterans Health Administration, 8 
a.m., 334 Cannon.