(3) encourages ORWH to continue to focus on ensuring that NIH supports biomedical research that considers sex as a biological variable across the research spectrum; and
(4) encourages the Director of the NIH to continue to consult and involve ORWH on all matters related to the influence of sex and gender on health, especially those matters pertaining to the consideration of sex as a biological variable in research with vertebrate animals and humans.

SA 2664. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Ms. COLLINS) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 242, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health; as follows:

In the eighteenth whereas clause, strike ‘‘CDC’’ and insert ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’’.

SA 2665. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Ms. COLLINS) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 242, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health; as follows:

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A resolution celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health.’’.

AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 10 a.m.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD–406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of the Cause, Response, and Impacts of EPA’s Gold King Mine Spill.’’

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