[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 125 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E630-E633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Monday, July 27, 2015 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine lifting the crude oil export 
           ban.
                                                            SD-538

     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider an original bill to provide 
           for the modernization of the energy policy of the 
           United States, S. 133, to approve and implement the 
           Klamath Basin agreements, to improve natural resource 
           management, support economic development, and sustain 
           agricultural production in the Klamath River Basin in 
           the public interest and the interest of the United 
           States, S. 145, to require the Director of the National 
           Park Service to refund to States all State funds that 
           were used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of 
           the National Park System during the October 2013 
           shutdown, S. 146, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 
           agreements with States and political subdivisions of 
           States providing for the continued operation, in whole 
           or in part, of public land, units of the National Park 
           System, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, 
           and units of the National Forest System in the State 
           during any period in which the Secretary of the 
           Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture is unable to 
           maintain normal level of operations at the units due to 
           a lapse in appropriations, S. 329, to amend the Wild 
           and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of 
           the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of 
           Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, S. 403, to revise the authorized 
           route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 
           northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into 
           Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National Scenic 
           Trail, S. 521, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
           President Station in Baltimore, Maryland, S. 583, to 
           establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and 
           to authorize various land conveyances involving 
           National Forest System land and Bureau of Land 
           Management land in central Idaho, S. 593, to require 
           the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a 
           report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to 
           manage its infrastructure assets, S. 610, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
           resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Maryland 
           and for other purposes,

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           S. 720, to promote energy savings in residential 
           buildings and industry, S. 873, to designate the 
           wilderness within the Lake Clark National Park and 
           Preserve in the State of Alaska as the Jay S. Hammond 
           Wilderness Area, S. 1103, to reinstate and extend the 
           deadline for commencement of construction of a 
           hydroelectric project involving Clark Canyon Dam, S. 
           1104, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
           construction of a hydroelectric project involving the 
           Gibson Dam, S. 1240, to designate the Cerro del Yuta 
           and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas in the State of 
           New Mexico, S. 1305, to amend the Colorado River 
           Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the active 
           capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir, S. 1483, to 
           direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
           suitability and feasibility of designating the James K. 
           Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the 
           National Park System, S. 1694, to amend Public Law 103-
           434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin 
           Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving 
           water management in the Yakima River basin, an original 
           bill to provide for reforms of the administration of 
           the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States, and 
           the nomination of Jonathan Elkind, of Maryland, to be 
           an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International 
           Affairs).
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the State Department's 
           proposal to construct a new diplomatic security 
           training facility.
                                                            SD-342
     11:30 a.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2 p.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine dynamic scoring, focusing on 
           how it will affect fiscal policymaking.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
                                JULY 29
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Vanessa 
           Lorraine Allen Sutherland, of Virginia, to be 
           Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
           Investigation Board for a term of five years, Kristen 
           Marie Kulinowski, of New York, to be a Member of the 
           Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a 
           term of five years, Gregory Guy Nadeau, of Maine, to be 
           Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, 
           Department of Transportation, and Eric Martin Satz, of 
           Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
           the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 
           18, 2018.
                                                               TBA
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to consider S. 1400, to amend the Small 
           Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of 
           Veterans Business Development to provide access to and 
           manage the distribution of excess or surplus property 
           to veteran-owned small businesses, S. 1756, to help 
           small businesses take advantage of energy efficiency, 
           S. 1857, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for 
           expanded participation in the microloan program, S. 
           1866, to establish the veterans' business outreach 
           center program, to improve the programs for veterans of 
           the Small Business Administration, an original bill 
           entitled, ``A Sense of the Committee on the Small 
           Business Tax Compliance Relief Act of 2015'', and an 
           original bill entitled, ``Veterans Entrepreneurial 
           Transition Act of 2015''.
                                                             S-216
     9 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher 
           Education Act, focusing on combating campus sexual 
           assault, including S. 590, to amend the Higher 
           Education Act of 1965, and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure 
           of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics 
           Act to combat campus sexual violence.
                                                            SH-216
     9:45 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the impacts of the Joint 
           Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on United States 
           interests and the military balance in the Middle East.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
           Protection
         To hold hearings to examine the role of bankruptcy reform 
           in addressing too-big-to-fail, including S. 1840, to 
           amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for the 
           liquidation, reorganization, or recapitalization of a 
           covered financial corporation.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 284, to impose sanctions 
           with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross 
           violations of internationally recognized human rights, 
           S. 1632, to require a regional strategy to address the 
           threat posed by Boko Haram, S. 1875, to support 
           enhanced accountability for United States assistance to 
           Afghanistan, and the nominations of Michele Thoren 
           Bond, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular 
           Affairs), and Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson, to be 
           Representative of the United States of America on the 
           Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with 
           the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate 
           Representative of the United States of America to the 
           Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 
           both of the District of Columbia, Sheila Gwaltney, of 
           California, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, 
           Perry L. Holloway, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador 
           to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Laura 
           Farnsworth Dogu, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Nicaragua, Peter F. Mulrean, of 
           Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Haiti, Gayle Smith, of Ohio, to be Administrator of the 
           United States Agency for International Development, 
           Kathleen Ann Doherty, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
           the Republic of Cyprus, James Desmond Melville, Jr., of 
           New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Estonia, Samuel D. Heins, of Minnesota, to be 
           Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, Hans G. Klemm, of 
           Michigan, to be Ambassador to Romania, Paul Wayne 
           Jones, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, and 
           Thomas O. Melia, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
           the United States Agency for International Development, 
           both of Maryland, and routine lists in the Foreign 
           Service, all of the Department of State; to be 
           immediately followed by a hearing to examine the Joint 
           Comprehensive Plan of Action.
                                                             S-116
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine wireless broadband and the 
           future of spectrum policy.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to continue consideration of an original 
           bill to provide for the modernization of the energy 
           policy of the United States, S. 133, to approve and 
           implement the Klamath Basin agreements, to improve 
           natural resource management, support economic 
           development, and sustain agricultural production in the 
           Klamath River Basin in the public interest and the 
           interest of the United States, S. 145, to require the 
           Director of the National Park Service to refund to 
           States all State funds that were used to reopen and 
           temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System 
           during the October 2013 shutdown, S. 146, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to enter into agreements with States and 
           political subdivisions of States providing for the 
           continued operation, in whole or in part, of public 
           land, units of the National Park System, units of the 
           National Wildlife Refuge System, and units of the 
           National Forest System in the State during any period 
           in which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
           of Agriculture is unable to maintain normal level of 
           operations at the units due to a lapse in 
           appropriations, S. 329, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
           Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
           Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of 
           Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, S. 403, to revise the authorized 
           route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 
           northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into 
           Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National Scenic 
           Trail, S. 521, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
           President Station in Baltimore, Maryland, S. 583, to 
           establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and 
           to authorize various land conveyances involving 
           National Forest System land and Bureau of Land 
           Management land in central Idaho, S. 593, to require 
           the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a 
           report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to 
           manage its infrastructure assets, S. 610, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
           resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Maryland 
           and for other purposes, S. 720, to promote energy 
           savings in residential buildings and industry, S. 873, 
           to designate the wilderness within the

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           Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in the State of 
           Alaska as the Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area, S. 1103, 
           to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement 
           of construction of a hydroelectric project involving 
           Clark Canyon Dam, S. 1104, to extend the deadline for 
           commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
           involving the Gibson Dam, S. 1240, to designate the 
           Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas in 
           the State of New Mexico, S. 1305, to amend the Colorado 
           River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the 
           active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir, S. 1483, 
           to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
           suitability and feasibility of designating the James K. 
           Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the 
           National Park System, S. 1694, to amend Public Law 103-
           434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin 
           Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving 
           water management in the Yakima River basin, and an 
           original bill to provide for reforms of the 
           administration of the Outer Continental Shelf of the 
           United States.
                                                            SD-366
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 1073, to amend the 
           Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement 
           Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do Not Pay 
           initiative, for improved detection, prevention, and 
           recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals, 
           S. 1607, to affirm the authority of the President to 
           require independent regulatory agencies to comply with 
           regulatory analysis requirements applicable to 
           executive agencies, S. 1526, to amend title 10 and 
           title 41, United States Code, to improve the manner in 
           which Federal contracts for construction and design 
           services are awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse 
           auctions for design and construction services 
           procurements, to amend title 31 and 41, United States 
           Code, to improve the payment protections available to 
           construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers 
           for work performed, S. 1820, to require agencies to 
           publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for 
           major rules, S. 1817, to improve the effectiveness of 
           major rules in accomplishing their regulatory 
           objectives by promoting retrospective review, S. 1808, 
           to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
           conduct a Northern Border threat analysis, S. 779, to 
           provide for Federal agencies to develop public access 
           policies relating to research conducted by employees of 
           that agency or from funds administered by that agency, 
           S. Res. 104, to express the sense of the Senate 
           regarding the success of Operation Streamline and the 
           importance of prosecuting first time illegal border 
           crossers, S. 708, to establish an independent advisory 
           committee to review certain regulations, S. 1170, to 
           amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the 
           authority of the United States Postal Service to issue 
           a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research, 
           H.R. 1531, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
           provide a pathway for temporary seasonal employees in 
           Federal land management agencies to compete for vacant 
           permanent positions under internal merit promotion 
           procedures, S. 1596, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 2082 Stringtown 
           Road in Grove City, Ohio, as the ``Specialist Joseph W. 
           Riley Post Office Building'', S. 1864, to improve 
           national security by developing metrics to measure the 
           effectiveness of security between ports of entry, at 
           points of entry, and along the maritime border, S. 
           1846, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
           secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic 
           threats, S. 1869, to improve federal network security 
           and authorize and enhance an existing intrusion 
           detection and prevention system for civilian federal 
           networks, S. 1868, to extend by 15 years the authority 
           of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly 
           financial report program, S. 1826, to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
           99 West 2nd Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the 
           Lieutenant Colonel James ``Maggie'' Megellas Post 
           Office, and the nomination of Denise Turner Roth, of 
           North Carolina, to be Administrator of General 
           Services.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
         To hold hearings to examine the financial crisis in 
           Greece, focusing on implications and lessons learned.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights 
           and Federal Courts
         To hold hearings to examine Internal Revenue Service 
           targeting, focusing on progress of agency reforms and 
           congressional options, including S. 273, to amend title 
           18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional 
           discrimination of a person or organization by an 
           employee of the Internal Revenue Service.
                                                            SD-106

     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 383, to provide for 
           Indian trust asset management reform, and S. 732, to 
           amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the 
           authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land 
           into trust for Indian tribes, to be immediately 
           followed by an oversight hearing to examine the true 
           costs of alcohol and drug abuse in Native communities.
                                                            SD-628

     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
         To hold hearings to examine best practices at public and 
           private shipyards.
                                                           SR-232A
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine ending veteran homelessness.
                                                            SR-418

                                JULY 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral 
           John M. Richardson, USN, to be Chief of Naval 
           Operations.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
           Permanent
       Subcommittee on Investigations
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of the United 
           States tax code on the market for corporate control and 
           jobs.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to continue consideration of an original 
           bill to provide for the modernization of the energy 
           policy of the United States, S. 133, to approve and 
           implement the Klamath Basin agreements, to improve 
           natural resource management, support economic 
           development, and sustain agricultural production in the 
           Klamath River Basin in the public interest and the 
           interest of the United States, S. 145, to require the 
           Director of the National Park Service to refund to 
           States all State funds that were used to reopen and 
           temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System 
           during the October 2013 shutdown, S. 146, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to enter into agreements with States and 
           political subdivisions of States providing for the 
           continued operation, in whole or in part, of public 
           land, units of the National Park System, units of the 
           National Wildlife Refuge System, and units of the 
           National Forest System in the State during any period 
           in which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
           of Agriculture is unable to maintain normal level of 
           operations at the units due to a lapse in 
           appropriations, S. 329, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
           Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
           Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of 
           Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, S. 403, to revise the authorized 
           route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 
           northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into 
           Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National Scenic 
           Trail, S. 521, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
           President Station in Baltimore, Maryland, S. 583, to 
           establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and 
           to authorize various land conveyances involving 
           National Forest System land and Bureau of Land 
           Management land in central Idaho, S. 593, to require 
           the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a 
           report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to 
           manage its infrastructure assets, S. 610, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
           resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Maryland 
           and for other purposes, S. 720, to promote energy 
           savings in residential buildings and industry, S. 873, 
           to designate the wilderness within the Lake Clark 
           National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska as 
           the Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area, S. 1103, to 
           reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
           construction of a hydroelectric project involving Clark 
           Canyon Dam, S. 1104, to extend the deadline for 
           commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
           involving the Gibson Dam, S. 1240, to designate the 
           Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas in 
           the State of New Mexico, S. 1305, to amend the Colorado 
           River Storage Project Act to authorize the use of the 
           active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir, S. 1483, 
           to

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           direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
           suitability and feasibility of designating the James K. 
           Polk Home in Columbia, Tennessee, as a unit of the 
           National Park System, S. 1694, to amend Public Law 103-
           434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin 
           Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving 
           water management in the Yakima River basin, and an 
           original bill to provide for reforms of the 
           administration of the Outer Continental Shelf of the 
           United States.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine sanctions and the Joint 
           Comprehensive Plan of Action.
                                                            SD-419
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
           and Related Agencies
         To hold hearings to examine whistleblower claims at the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-124
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Lucy 
           Tamlyn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Benin, Jeffrey J. Hawkins, Jr., of California, to be 
           Ambassador to the Central African Republic, David R. 
           Gilmour, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Togolese 
           Republic, Daniel H. Rubinstein, of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, and Carolyn 
           Patricia Alsup, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of The Gambia, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 3
     5 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold closed hearings to examine the verification and 
           assessment report.
                                                           SVC-217

                                AUGUST 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
           of Action (JCPOA) and the military balance in the 
           Middle East.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory 
           Oversight
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine litigation at the 
           Environmental Protection Agency and Fish and Wildlife 
           Service, focusing on impacts on the United States 
           economy, States, local communities, and the 
           environment.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine preserving families and 
           reducing the need for foster care.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
           of Action, focusing on non-proliferation, inspections, 
           and nuclear constraints.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of 
           Prisons, focusing on first-hand accounts of challenges 
           facing the Federal prison system.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ann 
           Calvaresi Barr, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
           United States Agency for International Development, and 
           David Malcolm Robinson, of Connecticut, to be an 
           Assistant Secretary (Conflict and Stabilization 
           Operations), and to be Coordinator for Reconstruction 
           and Stabilization, Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr., of 
           Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Suriname, John L. Estrada, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and Scott 
           Allen, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the 
           European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, all 
           of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     3 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the Joint Comprehensive Plan 
           of Action and the military balance in the Middle East.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the implications of sanctions 
           relief under the Iran agreement.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 1324, to require the 
           Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
           fulfill certain requirements before regulating 
           standards of performance for new, modified, and 
           reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
           generating units, S. 1523, to amend the Federal Water 
           Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National 
           Estuary Program, S. 1500, to clarify Congressional 
           intent regarding the regulation of the use of 
           pesticides in or near navigable waters, S. 722, to 
           extend the date after which interest earned on 
           obligations held in the wildlife restoration fund may 
           be available for apportionment, S. 1707, to designate 
           the Federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in 
           Helena, Arkansas, as the ``Jacob Trieber Federal 
           Building, United States Post Office, and United States 
           Court House'', S. 1147, to designate the Federal 
           building and United States courthouse located at 83 
           Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, as the 
           ``J. Waties Waring Judicial Center'', S. 124, to amend 
           the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to 
           deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area 
           Critical Restoration Project, H.R. 2559, to designate 
           the ``PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial 
           Highway'' in the State of Texas, and other pending 
           calendar business.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Finance
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business, S-211, to be immediately followed by a 
           business meeting to consider the nominations of Marisa 
           Lago, of New York, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
           Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and W. 
           Thomas Reeder, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of the 
           Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher 
           Education Act, focusing on opportunities to improve 
           student success.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Justice's 
           legal obligation to ensure Inspector General access to 
           all records needed for independent oversight.
                                                            SH-216
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the implications of the Joint 
           Comprehensive Plan of Action for United States policy 
           in the Middle East.
                                                            SD-419

                                AUGUST 6
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the 2015 Trafficking in 
           Persons Report.
                                                            SD-419

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                AUGUST 4
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the back-end of the nuclear 
           fuel cycle and related legislation, including S. 854, 
           to establish a new organization to manage nuclear 
           waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear 
           waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing 
           nuclear waste.
                                                            SD-366

                                AUGUST 5
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                               TBA

                                AUGUST 6
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JULY 29
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the North Korea threat and 
           United States policy.
                                                            SD-419