11/18/15 Location : S-216
Business meeting to consider H.R.2820, to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, S.1719, to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Family Caregiving Strategy, and the nominations of Victoria A. Lipnic, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2020 (Reappointment), and Michael Herman Michaud, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.
11/18/15 2:30 PMLocation : HVC-201AB
Meeting of conferees on S.1177, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.
Location : SR-418
Hearings to examine S.2106, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and publish an action plan for improving the vocational rehabilitation services and assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2134, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, S.2170, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, S.2253, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans affected by closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of educational benefits, and S. 2291, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the processing of whistleblower complaints.
11/18/15 2:15 PMLocation : SD-628
Business meeting to consider S.817, to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon, and S.818, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S.410, to strengthen Indian education, S.1163, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and S.1928, to support the education of Indian children.
11/18/15 2:00 PMLocation : SD-106
Hearings to examine millennial voices on advancing the American dream.
11/18/15 11:00 AMLocation : SR-253
Business meeting to consider S.571, to amend the Pilot's Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other certificates issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, to require the revision of the third class medical certification regulations issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, S.1143, to make the authority of States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fishery permanent and for other purposes, S.1518, to make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce, S.1685, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to extend to private land use restrictions its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications, S.1916, to include skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care provider under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934, S.2044, to prohibit the use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict the ability of a consumer to communicate regarding the goods or services offered in interstate commerce that were the subject of the contract, S.2206, to reduce the incidence of sexual harassment and assault at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, the nominations of Anthony Rosario Coscia, of New Jersey, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years (Reappointment), Derek Tai-Ching Kan, of California, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, and routine lists in the Coast Guard.
11/18/15 10:00 AMLocation : SD-226
Hearings to examine National Adoption Month, focusing on stories of success and meeting the challenges of international adoptions.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine United States refugee resettlement and the intersection of foreign and domestic policy.
Location : SD-430
Business meeting to consider H.R.2820, to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, S.1719, to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a National Family Caregiving Strategy, and the nominations of Victoria A. Lipnic, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2020 (Reappointment), and Michael Herman Michaud, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training.
Location : SH-219
To receive a closed briefing on the aftermath of Paris, focusing on America's role.
