Armed Services - Readiness Subc.  On public shipyards’ role in meeting operational requirements. RADM Mark Whitney, US Navy. 2118 RHOB. (8:00-Open)

Energy - Health Subc. On potential ways to improve the Medicare program.  2322 RHOB. (10:00-Open); Environment and the Economy Subc. On transporting nuclear materials: design, logistics and shipment. 2123 RHOB. (10:15-Open)

Armed Services - Hearings to examine the procurement, acquisition, testing, and oversight of the Navy's Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier program. SD-G50 (09:30 AM)

Banking - Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, "American Crude Oil Export Equality Act". SD-538 (10:00 AM)

Energy - Hearings to examine S.2031, to reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands. SD-366 (02:30 PM)

Finance - Hearings to examine improper payments in Federal programs. SD-215 (10:00 AM)

Foreign Relations - Business meeting to consider the nominations of Scott Allen, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ann Calvaresi Barr, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, United States Agency for International Development, Barbara Lee, of California, and Christopher H. Smith, of New Jersey, both to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventieth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and Carolyn Patricia Alsup, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, John L. Estrada, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, David R. Gilmour, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, Jeffrey J. Hawkins, Jr., of California, to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, David Malcolm Robinson, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations), and to be Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Daniel H. Rubinstein, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, Lucy Tamlyn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Jennifer Ann Haverkamp, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and Roberta S. Jacobson, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the United Mexican States, all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the civil nuclear agreement with the Republic of South Korea. SD-419 (10:00 AM); Hearings to examine the nominations of Robert Porter Jackson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Julie Furuta-Toy, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, all of the Department of State, and Linda I. Etim, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. SD-419 (02:00 PM)

Health and Education - Hearings to examine achieving the promise of health information technology. SD-430 (10:00 AM)

Intelligence - Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. SH-219 (02:30 PM)

Judiciary - An oversight hearing to examine the Administration's FY 2016 refugee resettlement program, including fiscal and security implications. SD-226 (02:00 PM)

Small Business - Hearings to examine the significant costs and related burdens for small businesses resulting from the Gold King Mine waste water spill near Silverton, Colorado. SR-428A (10:00 AM)