09/16/15 2:30 PMLocation : SD-419
Hearings to examine the United States role and strategy in the Middle East, focusing on Syria, Iraq, and the fight against ISIS.
Location : SR-418
Hearings to examine S.290, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.563, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program to seek to employ physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs on a without compensation basis in practice areas and specialties with staffing shortages and long appointment waiting times, S.564, to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.1450, to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modify the hours of employment of physicians and physician assistants employed on a full-time basis by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.1451, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjudicate and pay survivor's benefits without requiring the filing of a formal claim, S.1460, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, S.1693, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment to certain veterans that were unable to receive care from the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of such emergency treatment, S.1856, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for suspension and removal of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety and to improve accountability of employees of the Department, S.1938, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the approval of certain programs of education for purposes of educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other pending calendar business.
09/16/15 2:15 PMLocation : SD-628
An oversight hearing to examine EPA's Gold King Mine disaster, focusing on the harmful impacts to Indian country.
09/16/15 2:00 PMLocation : SD-192
Hearings to examine the Food and Drug Administration's efforts to ensure the safety of the food supply and protect American consumers.
09/16/15 10:15 AMLocation : SD-226
Hearings to examine reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including S.356, to improve the provisions relating to the privacy of electronic communications.
09/16/15 10:00 AMLocation : SD-215
Business meeting to consider an original bill to prevent identity theft and tax refund fraud.
Location : SD-430
Hearings to examine achieving the promise of health information technology, focusing on improving care through patient access to their records.
Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine regulatory reform proposals, including S.708, to establish an independent advisory committee to review certain regulations, 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.1817, to improve the effectiveness of major rules in accomplishing their regulatory objectives by promoting retrospective review, S.1818, to amend title 5, United States Code, to reform the rule making process of agencies, and S.1820, to require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for major rules.
Location : SD-106
Hearings to examine United States military operations to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217, following the open session.
Location : SD-406
An oversight hearing to examine the cause, response, and impacts of EPA's Gold King Mine spill.
