[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D355-D357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 29, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Sonny Perdue, of Georgia, to 
be Secretary of Agriculture, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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: 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Air Force 
modernization, 3:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine closing the skills gap and boosting United 
States competitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  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 Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine cleaning up our nation's Cold War legacy sites, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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: 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 Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine how small businesses confront and shape regulations, 3 
p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 12 noon, SH-219.

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  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Review of the Farm Credit System'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on 
U.S. European Command, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This hearing will be 
closed.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing for public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Military Assessment of the Security Challenges in the Greater 
Middle East'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled ``Military 
Pilot Shortage'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Realizing Nationwide Next-
Generation 911'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  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, 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, 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. Res. 187, relating to efforts to respond to the famine 
in South Sudan; 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.
  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, 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, 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Federally Funded Cancer Research: Coordination 
and Innovation'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``WMATA 
After SafeTrack'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Climate Science: Assumptions, Policy 
Implications, and the Scientific Method'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Evaluating the Paperwork Reduction Act: Are Burdens Being 
Reduced?'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 1346, to repeal the rule issued by the Federal 
Highway Administration and 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 
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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, 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.