[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 73 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D467-D469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 1 through May 5, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Jay 
Clayton, of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination at 5:30 p.m.
  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: May 2, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine United States European Command, focusing on 
theater assessment and European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) 
progress; to be immediately following by a closed hearing in SVC-
217, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.

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  May 3, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to 
examine defense innovation and research funding, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine telemedicine in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on leveraging 
technology to increase access, improve health outcomes, and lower 
costs, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 2, to hold hearings to examine 
United States Transportation Command, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to hold 
hearings to examine Department of Defense laboratories and their 
contributions to military operations and readiness, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
building a flexible personnel system (F.A.S.T. Force) for a modern 
military, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States 
Special Operations Command, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the United States-European Union covered 
agreement, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization 
of the National Flood Insurance Program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: May 3, to hold hearings to examine the 
economy and private sector growth, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 3, to hold 
hearings to examine investing in America's broadband infrastructure, 
focusing on exploring ways to reduce barriers to deployment, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, 
to hold hearings to examine questions, answers, and perspectives on 
the current state of airline travel, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 2, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine federal payments to local governments 
provided through the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self 
Determination Act and the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program and the 
need to provide greater fiscal certainty for resource-dependent 
communities with tax-exempt federal lands, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the threat 
posed by electromagnetic pulse and policy options to protect energy 
infrastructure and to improve capabilities for adequate system 
restoration, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 3, to hold hearings 
to examine infrastructure project streamlining and efficiency, 
focusing on achieving faster, better, and cheaper results, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 2, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of China, Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, 
Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and 
Environmental Policy, to hold hearings to examine global 
philanthropy and remittances and international development, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine international 
development, focusing on value added through private sector 
engagement, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 2, to hold hearings to examine 
responses to the increase in religious hate crimes, 10:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  May 3, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 4, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science and Related Agencies, oversight hearing on the 2020 
Census, 10:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing for public witnesses, 10:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, hearing for Members of 
Congress and outside witnesses, 10 a.m., HT-2, Capitol.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and 
Related Agencies, hearing on the 2018 Veterans Affairs budget, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
oversight hearing on the Internal Revenue Service, 1 p.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 2, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities, hearing entitled ``Three Decades Later: A 
Review and Assessment of Our Special Operations Forces 30-Years 
After the Creation of U.S. Special Operations Command'', 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Overview of the Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at 
the Military Service Academies'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Littoral Combat Ships and the Transition to Frigate 
Class'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Failures of Fiscal Management: a View from the Comptroller 
General'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 2, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Improvements to the Regulation of 
Medical Technologies'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid's Personal 
Care Services Program'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  May 3, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Legislation 
Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization'', 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 2, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 10, the ``Financial CHOICE Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 2, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Winning the Fight Against Human Trafficking: The 
Frederick Douglass Reauthorization Act'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 3, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1625, the ``Targeted Rewards 
for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking Act''; H.R. 1677, 
the ``Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017''; and H.R. 2200, 
the ``Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 3, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 625, the ``Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in 
Response to Terrorism Act of 2017''; H.R. 1351, the ``Strengthening 
Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act''; H.R. 2131, the ``Fixing 
Internal Response to Misconduct Act''; H.R. 2132, the ``Traveler 
Redress Improvement Act of 2017''; H.R. 2169, the ``Improving Fusion 
Centers' Access to Information Act''; H.R. 2188, the ``Community 
Counterterrorism Preparedness Act''; H.R. 2190, the ``Streamlining 
DHS Overhead Act''; H.R. 2213, the ``Anti-Border Corruption 
Reauthorization Act of 2017''; the ``Department of Homeland Security 
Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act of 2017''; the 
``Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 
2017'', 10:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  May 3, Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United 
States, hearing entitled ``Denying Terrorists Entry to the United 
States: Examining Visa Security'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee On Natural Resources, May 2, Subcommittee on Federal 
Lands, hearing entitled ``Examining the Consequences of Executive 
Branch Overreach of the Antiquities Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing entitled 
``The Challenges of Keeping Hydropower Affordable and Opportunities 
for New Development'', 2:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,  May 2, Full 
Committee, markup on the ``Modernizing Government Technology Act of 
2017''; H.R. 2196, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow 
whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients; H.R. 
2195, the ``OSC Access Act''; and the ``All Circuit Review Act'', 
10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Management of Red Snapper Fishing 
in the Gulf of Mexico'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the FAFSA Data 
Breach'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative 
Rules; and Subcommittee on Government Operations, joint hearing 
entitled, ``Examining a Church's Right to Free Speech'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 1, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1180, 
the ``Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017'', 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 2, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 2105, the ``NIST Small Business 
Cybersecurity Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Oil and Gas 
Technology Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Empowering Small Businesses: The Accelerator Model'', 11 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 4, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce; and Subcommittee 
on Research and Technology of the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Improving the Small Business 
Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer 
Programs'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 2, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of U.S. Airline Customer 
Service'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing entitled ``Maritime Transportation Regulatory Issues'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 2, Full Committee, hearing on 
the ``Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017'', 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``VA Specialized 
Services: Lower Extremity Conditions'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 4, Full Committee, 
hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 1 p.m., HVC-304. This 
hearing will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 2, to 
receive a briefing on post-referendum Turkey, focusing on 
institutions and human rights, 10:30 a.m., 2255, Rayburn Building.