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    In the Committees - Thursday, April 28, 2016

    House Hearings:
    • Agriculture - Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subc.  On reviewing the impact of capital and margin requirements on end-users.  Public witnesses.  1300 LHOB. (10:00-Open); Nutrition Subc.  On discussing factors impacting food prices and the consumer.  Public witnesses.  1300 LHOB. (2:00-Open)
    • Education - Full Committee.  Markup of H.R. 4843 – Improving Safe Care for the Prevention of Infant Abuse and Neglect Act.  2175 RHOB. (11:00-Open)
    • Energy - Full Committee.  Markup of H.R. 4889 – Kelsey Smith Act of 2016, H.R. 4167 – Kari’s Law Act of 2015, H.R. 4111 – Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2015, H.R. 4190 – Spectrum Challenge Prize Act of 2015, H.R. 3998 – Securing Access to Networks in Disaster Act, H.R. 2031 – Anti-Swatting Act of 2015, H.R. 2589 – To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to the rule of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption, H.R. 2592 – To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the FCC to publish on the website of the Commission documents to be voted on by the Commission, H.R. 2593 – To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require identification and description on the website of the FCC of items to be decided on authority delegated by the Commission, H.R. 4978 – Nurturing and Supporting Healthy Babies Act, H.R. 4641 – To provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, H.R. 3680 – Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2015, H.R. 3691 – Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act, H.R. 1818 – Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act, H.R. 4981 - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act, H.R. 3250 – DXM Abuse Prevention Act, H.R. 4969 – John Thomas Decker Act of 2016, H.R. 4586 – Lali’s Law, H.R. 4599 – Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016, , H.R. 4976 – Opioid Review Modernization Act, , and H.R. 4982 - Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016, and H.R. ___ - Pipeline Safety Act of 2016.  2123 RHOB. (10:00-Open)
    • Foreign Affairs - Full Committee.  On U.S. policy challenges and opportunities in Asia.  Dept. witnesses.  2172 RHOB. (10:00-Open); Middle East and North Africa Subc.  On discussing U.S. policy toward Lebanon.  Dept. and public witnesses.  2172 RHOB. (2:00-Open)
    • Homeland Security - Oversight and Management Efficiency Subc.  On discussing the implications for states and local communities with the transferring of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the homeland.  Public witnesses.  311 CHOB. (10:00-Open); Full Committee.  Markup of H.R. 1887 – To amend certain appropriations Acts to repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal property and assets that support the operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York, H.R. 4743 – National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2016, and H.R. 5056 - Airport Perimeter and Access Control Security Act of 2016.  311 CHOB. (2:00-Open)
    • Judiciary - Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law Subc.  On H.R. ___ - Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016.  Public witnesses.  2141 RHOB. (10:00-Open); Constitution and Civil Justice Subc.  On oversight of the False Claims Act.  Public witnesses.  2141 RHOB. (4:00-Open)
    • Natural Resources - Federal Lands Subc.  On H.R. ___ - Locally-elected Officials Cooperating with Agencies in Land Management Act.  Dept. and public witnesses.  1324 LHOB. (2:00-Open); Oversight and Investigations Subc.  On discussing the consequences of federal land management along the U.S. border to rural communities and national security.  Dept. and public witnesses.  1334 LHOB. (2:30-Open)
    • Oversight & Govt Reform - Full Committee.  On examining the Department of Homeland Security’s policies and procedures relating to the release of criminal aliens.  Dept. and public witnesses.  2154 RHOB. (9:30-Open)
    • Science, Space & Tech. - Full Committee.  On examining the EPA’s predetermined efforts to block the Pebble Mine.  Dept. witnesses.  2318 RHOB. (10:00-Open)
    • Ways and Means - Full Committee.  Markup of H.R. 3209 – Recovering Missing Children Act, H.R. 5053 – Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act, and H.R. 3832 – Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act of 2015.  1100 LHOB. (10:00-Open)
    Senate Hearings:
    • Armed Services - Hearings to examine counter-ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) operations and Middle East strategy. SH-216 (09:30 AM)
    • Energy - Hearings to examine the impacts of invasive species on the productivity, value, and management of land and water resources; to conduct oversight on the National Invasive Species Council's new framework for early detection and rapid response; to examine improved cooperative tools for control and management, including S.2240, to improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior. SD-366 (02:30 PM)
    • Environment - Business meeting to consider S.2848, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, S.2808, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, S.2824, to designate the Federal building housing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Headquarters located at 99 New York Avenue N.E., Washington, D.C., as the "Ariel Rios Federal Building", Army Corps of Engineers Study Resolutions, and General Services Administration resolutions. SD-406 (09:00 AM)
    • Finance - Hearings to examine mental health in America. SD-215 (02:00 PM)
    • Foreign Relations - Business meeting to consider proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of State, H.R.2494, to support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen the capacity of partner countries to counter wildlife trafficking, designate major wildlife trafficking countries, S.2845, to extend the termination of sanctions with respect to Venezuela under the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014, S.Res.442, condemning the terrorist attacks in Brussels and honoring the memory of the United States citizens murdered in those attacks, and offering thoughts and prayers for all the victims, condolences to their families, resolve to support the Belgian people, and the pledge to defend democracy and stand in solidarity with the country of Belgium and all our allies in the face of continuing terrorist attacks on freedom and liberty, S.Res.340, expressing the sense of Congress that the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or Da'esh) is committing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, and calling upon the President to work with foreign governments and the United Nations to provide physical protection for ISIS' targets, to support the creation of an international criminal tribunal with jurisdiction to punish these crimes, and to use every reasonable means, including sanctions, to destroy ISIS and disrupt its support networks, S.Res.418, recognizing Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, Yoani Sanchez, and Akanksha Hazari for their selflessness and dedication to their respective causes, S.Res.394, recognizing the 195th anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States, S.Res.436, supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, S.Res.381, honoring the memory and legacy of Michael James Riddering and condemning the terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on January 15, 2016, and the nominations of Swati A. Dandekar, of Iowa, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, R. David Harden, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and Christine Ann Elder, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, Kelly Keiderling-Franz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Elizabeth Holzhall Richard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic, Stephen Michael Schwartz, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Adam H. Sterling, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, and routine lists in the Foreign Service, all of the Department of State. S-116 (10:00 AM)
    • Intelligence - Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. SH-219 (02:00 PM)
    • Judiciary - Business meeting to consider S.247, to amend section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, S.2348, to implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs, S.2577, to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, S.2840, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for active shooter training, and the nomination of Patrick A. Burke, to be United States Marshal for the District of Columbia. SD-226 (10:00 AM)
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