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This Week in Congress, June 1-5

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Congress is back in session today after a week long recess. This week the House is expected to consider Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations beginning Tuesday at noon and floor consideration of Transportation-HUD Appropriations may begin as early as Thursday. The Senate is expected to continue consideration of a bill that would extend provisions of the Patriot Act and overhaul domestic surveillance authorities.

Here are a few committee hearings we’re watching this week.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2

House Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE
10:15 a.m., 2359 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

House Judiciary
PUBLIC COLLEGES AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3

Senate HELP
COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY
10 a.m., 430 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

THURSDAY, JUNE 4

Senate Judiciary
PATENT OVERHAUL AND JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS
9:30 a.m., 226 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

This Week in Congress, May 18-22

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There’s lots to keep an eye on in committee this week! We’re paying particularly close attention to the 21st Century Cures markup in House Energy & Commerce, the CJS markup in House Appropriations, and the Higher Education Act hearing in Senate HELP.

As always, committee work can be live-streamed on each committee’s website and select hearings can be viewed on one of C-SPAN’s channels.

 

TUESDAY, MAY 19

Senate Appropriations
FY2016 ENERGY & WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
2:30 p.m., 138 Dirksen Bldg.
Subcommittee Markup

House Energy & Commerce
21ST CENTURY CURES ACT
5:00 p.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

House Transportation & Infrastructure
PACIFIC NORTHWEST EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS
10:00 a.m., 2167 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Markup

House Homeland Security
EXAMINING DHS ENGAGEMENT WITH ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY
10:00 a.m., 311 Cannon Bldg,

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
HEA Act Reauthorization: Institutional Risk Sharing
10:00 a.m., 430 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

House Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE-JUSTICE-SCIENCE
10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

House Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE
9:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol Bldg.
Subcommittee Markup

House Energy & Commerce
21ST CENTURY CURES ACT
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

This Week in Congress, April 27 – May 1

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It’s another busy week on Capitol Hill. Here are some of the hearings we’re paying attention to this week.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28

Senate HELP
MEDICAL INNOVATION FOR PATIENTS
10 a.m., 430 Dirksen Bldg.
Full Committee Hearing

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

Senate Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE
9 a.m., 192 Dirksen Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

Senate Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR-ENVIRONMENT
2:30 p.m., 124 Dirksen Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

House Armed Services
FISCAL 2016 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 30

Senate Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION
10 a.m., 124 Dirksen Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

House Education & the Workforce
COLLEGE ACCESS ISSUES
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

House Energy & Commerce
21ST CENTURY CURES BILL
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

House Science, Space & Technology
NASA REAUTHORIZATION
11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

 

FRIDAY, MAY 1

House Science, Space & Technology
BATTERY STORAGE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

This Week in Congress, April 20-24

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Here are the committee hearings we’re monitoring this week.

MONDAY, APRIL 20

Conferences Committee Meetings
FISCAL 2016 BUDGET
3 p.m. April 20, 106 Dirksen Bldg.
Senate-House Budget Conference meeting to consider the Senate- and House-passed fiscal 2016 budget bills.

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 21

Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation
TELEHEALTH EXPANSION
10 a.m., 253 Russell Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

Senate Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE
10:30 a.m., 192 Dirksen Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

Senate Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: TRANSPORTATION-HUD
10 a.m., 138 Dirksen Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

House Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: 302(B) ALLOCATIONS
10:45 a.m., 2359 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

House Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: ENERGY-WATER
10:45 a.m., 2359 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

House Science, Space & Technology
AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT
10:15 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Bldg.
Full Committee Markup

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

Senate Appropriations
FISCAL 2016 APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION
10 a.m., 124 Dirksen Bldg.
Subcommittee Hearing

ED Accepting Applications for Fulbright-Hays

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The 2015 grant competition for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant Program (DDRA) has begun! DDRA provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months.

Who may apply:

  • Institutions of Higher Education
  • Graduate students in doctoral programs in the fields of foreign languages and area studies must apply through the institutions in which they are enrolled.

A student is eligible to receive a fellowship if s/he:

  • Is a citizen or national of the United States or is a permanent resident of the United States;
  • Is a graduate student in good standing at an institution of higher education in the United States who, when the fellowship begins, is admitted to candidacy in a doctoral program in modern foreign languages and area studies at that institution;
  • Is planning a teaching career in the United States upon graduation; and
  • Possesses adequate skills in the language(s) necessary to carry out the dissertation project.

For more information and to apply please go to the Office of Postsecondary Education’s website: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/applicant.html