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In the Committees - Thursday, April 23, 2015
House Committees:
- Appropriations - Homeland Security Subc. On the FY 2016 budget for the United States Customs and Border Protection. Dept. witnesses. B-308 RHOB. (8:00-Open) Homeland Security Subc. On the FY 2016 budget for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Craig Fugate, Administrator, FEMA. B-308 RHOB. (10:00-Open) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subc. On the FY 2016 budget for programs supporting Native Americans. Dept. and public witnesses. 2358-C RHOB. (10:00-Open) Legislative Branch Subc. Markup of H.R. ___ - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for FY 2016. HT-2 Capitol. (11:00-Open)
- Armed Services - Tactical Air and Land Forces Subc. Markup of H.R. 1735 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016. 2118 RHOB. (9:00-Open) Military Personnel Subc. Markup of H.R. 1735 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016. 2212 RHOB. (9:30-Open) Seapower and Projection Forces Subc. Markup of H.R. 1735 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016. 2118 RHOB. (10:30-Open) Strategic Forces Subc. Markup of H.R. 1735 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016. 2212 RHOB. (12:00-Open)
- Education - Workforce Protections Subc. On reviewing an enforcement update from the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dept. witnesses. 2175 RHOB. (9:00-Open)
- Energy - Energy and Power Subc. On H.R. ___ - Title II: 21st Century Workforce. Public witnesses. 2123 RHOB. (10:00-Open) Oversight and Investigations Subc. On discussing ways to combat the opioid abuse epidemic. Public witnesses. 2322 RHOB. (10:15-Open)
- Financial Services - Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subc. On discussing perspectives from government regulators about regulatory burdens. Dept. and public witnesses. HVC-210 Capitol. (9:15-Open)
- Foreign Affairs - Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 237 - FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2015, H.R. 500 - Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act, H.R. 907 - United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, H.R. 1493 - Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act, H.R. 1567 - Global Food Security Act of 2015, H.Res. 50 - Calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was captured by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine and has been held illegally in a Russian prison since July 2014, and H.Con.Res. 40 - Encouraging reunions of divided Korean American families. 2172 RHOB. (10:00-Open) Asia and the Pacific Subc. On the FY 2016 budget request from the Department of State and the Agency for International Development for activities in East Asia. Dept. witnesses. 2172 RHOB. (1:00-Open)
- Natural Resources - Federal Lands Subc. On discussing the need to better manage and protect national forests. Dept. and public witnesses. 1324 LHOB. (9:00-Open)
- Science, Space & Tech. - Full Committee. On discussing hydraulic fracturing. Public witnesses. 2318 RHOB. (9:00-Open)
- Veterans' Affairs - Health Subc. On H.R. ___ - To improve reproductive treatment provided to certain disabled veterans, H.R. ___ - To direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report on the Veterans Health Administration, H.R. 271 - COVER Act, H.R. 627 - To amend title 38, U.S. Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, H.R. 1369 - Veterans Access to Extended Care Act of 2015, H.R. 1575 - To amend title 38, U.S. Code, to make permanent the pilot program on counseling in retreat settings for women veterans newly separated from service in the Armed Forces, and H.R. 1769 - Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015. 334 CHOB. (10:00-Open)
- Ways and Means - Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 1891 - To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, H.R. 1890 - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, H.R. 1892 - To extend the trade adjustment assistance program, and H.R. 1907 - To reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities. 1100 LHOB. (9:00-Open)
- SELECT INTELLIGENCE - Emerging Threats Subc. On the FY 2016 budget for the Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security. HVC-304 Capitol. (9:00-Ex.)
Senate Committees:
- Appropriations - Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Health and Human Services. SD-124 (10:00 AM)
- Banking - Hearings to examine surface transportation reauthorization, focusing on building on the successes of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) to deliver safe, efficient, and effective public transportation services and projects. SD-538 (10:00 AM)
- Commerce - Hearings to examine Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization, focusing on airport issues and infrastructure financing. SR-253 (09:45 AM)
- Finance - Hearings to examine the impact of the medical device tax on jobs, innovation, and patients. SD-215 (10:00 AM) Hearings to examine the nominations of Anne Elizabeth Wall, of Illinois, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, Brodi L. Fontenot, of Louisiana, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, and Rafael J. Lopez, of California, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. SD-215 (02:00 PM)
- Foreign Relations - Hearings to examine the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). SD-419 (10:00 AM)
- Intelligence - To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. SH-219 (02:30 PM)
- Judiciary - Business meeting to consider S.993, to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment, and substance abuse systems, and the nominations of Sally Quillian Yates, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Kara Farnandez Stoll, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, and Roseann A. Ketchmark, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. SD-226 (10:00 AM) Hearings to examine the Administration's Central American minors refugee/parole program. SD-226 (02:30 PM)
- Small Business - Business meeting to consider S.552, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide for increased limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control, S.957, to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs, S.958, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for team and joint venture offers for certain contracts, S.966, to extend the low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local Development Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration, S.967, to require the Small Business Administration to make information relating to lenders making covered loans publicly available, S.999, to amend the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers, S.1001, to establish authorization levels for general business loans for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, and S.1000, to strengthen resources for entrepreneurs by improving the SCORE program. SR-428A (10:00 AM)
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe - Hearings to examine the Armenian genocide and the ongoing quest for justice. RHOB-2175 (01:30 PM)
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