Volume 161, No. 97 covering the 1st Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E918-E919 on June 17, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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 Thursday, June 18, 2015 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JUNE 2310 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies
Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled,
``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.
SD-138
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the National
Flood Insurance Program.
SD-538
Committee on the Budget
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine measuring the true cost of regulations, focusing on lessons from Great Britain and
Canada on implementing regulatory reforms.
SD-G50
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine an update on the recalls of defective Takata air bags and NHTSA's vehicle safety efforts.
SR-25311 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Atul
Keshap, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, and Alaina B.
Teplitz, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Federal
Democratic Republic of Nepal.
SD-4192 p.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
To hold hearings to examine the impacts of EPA's proposed carbon regulations on energy costs for American businesses, rural communities and families, including
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.
SD-4063 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled,
``Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.
SD-138
JUNE 2410 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 742, to appropriately limit the authority to award bonuses to employees, S.
1411, to amend the Act of August 25, 1958, commonly known as the ``Former Presidents Act of 1958'', with respect to the monetary allowance payable to a former
President, S. 1550, to amend title 31, United States
Code, to establish entities tasked with improving program and project management in certain Federal agencies, 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. 1580, to allow additional appointing authorities to select individuals from competitive service certificates, S.
1090, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide eligibility for broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, S. 1115, to close out expired, empty grant accounts, 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. 310, to prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal
Government, S. 991, to establish the Commission on
Evidence-Based Policymaking, H.R. 1626, to reduce duplication of information technology at the Department of Homeland Security, H.R. 1640, to direct the
Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress a report on the Department of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation project in the National
Capital Region, H.R. 728, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050
Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the ``Sergeant
First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office'', H.R.
891, to designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 141 Paloma Drive in
Floresville, Texas, as the ``Floresville Veterans Post
Office Building'', H.R. 1326, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000
Mulford Road in Mulberry, Florida, as the ``Sergeant
First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office'', H.R.
1350, to designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in
Bronx, New York, as the ``Herman Badillo Post Office
Building'', an original bill entitled, ``District of
Columbia Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
Act of 2015'', an original bill entitled, ``EINSTEIN
Act of 2015'', an original bill entitled,
``Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2015'', an original bill entitled, ``Saving Federal Dollars
Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel
Cards Act of 2015'', and an original to actively recruit members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border
Protection Officers, and the nominations of Carol
Fortine Ochoa, of Virginia, to be Inspector General,
General Services Administration, and Steven M. Wellner, and William Ward Nooter, both to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
SD-3422:15 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine demanding results to end Native youth suicides.
SD-6282:30 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine pending health care and benefits legislation.
SR-418
JUNE 2510 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine country of origin labeling and trade retaliation, focusing on what's at stake for
America's farmers, ranchers, businesses, and consumers.
SD-G50
JULY 710 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine highly pathogenic avian influenza, focusing on the impact on the United States poultry sector and protecting United States poultry flocks.
SR-328A
JULY 82:15 p.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
To hold hearings to examine cyber crime, focusing on modernizing our legal framework for the information age.
SD-226
JULY 910 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
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