Scheduling

The House starts at 10 a.m., and in the afternoon, it will begin work on a bill to authorize the construction of the northern leg of the Keystone pipeline.

Members will start with the rule for the bill, which is H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act. Once the rule is approved in the early afternoon, the House will hold 90 minutes of debate, followed by consideration of up to 10 amendments.

The House meets at 10 a.m., and in the afternoon it will consider several suspension bills aimed at helping veterans, just days before Congress breaks for its Memorial Day recess.

One veterans bill, the Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act (H.R. 1412), would increase job training and apprenticeship programs for veterans. Another, the American Heroes COLA Act (H.R. 570), would provide for automatic cost-of-living adjustments for veterans' disability payments.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Monday that there was unanimous consent to take up a Senate resolution that would strengthen enforcement of sanctions against Iran.

Reid said the Senate would debate S.Res. 65 and proceed to a vote on Wednesday afternoon.

The House meets at noon, and in the afternoon, will take up two suspension bills, including one making it a crime to lie about receiving military medals.

The Stolen Valor Act, H.R. 258, is similar to a bill the House passed last year in a 410-3 vote. The House should be able to easily pass it again this year.

Congress is hoping to make progress next week on the Keystone pipeline, student loans and the farm bill before leaving for the Memorial Day break.

House Republicans are looking to end the work session with a vote pressuring the Obama administration on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The GOP has said for years now that the administration has had plenty of time to approve the pipeline, which they say will create jobs and help make the U.S. more energy independent.

The House will finish out the week by passing a bill that would force the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to more closely examine its regulations and their effect on the economy.

Members will consider H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. This bill requires the SEC to conduct more detailed cost-benefit analyses of their regulations, and to make sure the benefits of each rule outweigh the costs.

By early Thursday evening, the House is expected to pass legislation that would repeal the 2010 healthcare law known as ObamaCare.

The vote will be the third time the House has called for the repeal of the law since Republicans took over the House in 2011. But just like in the last Congress, the vote will not have any substantive meaning, as the Senate will ignore it and the Obama administration has said it would veto the bill.

The House meets for speeches at 10 a.m., and amid several more angry speeches about the IRS and Justice Department scandals, members will consider five suspension bills throughout the day.

One of these, H.R. 384, is a Democratic bill that would create an advocate for homeless veterans in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Homes for Heroes Act was passed last year by the House, but ignored by the Senate.

The Senate reached an agreement Tuesday to hold the final passage vote on a water infrastructure bill.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and ranking member David Vitter (R-La.) introduced the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). S. 601 would authorize Army Corp of Engineer projects related to flood and storm risk reduction, coast and inland navigation, and ecosystem restoration.

The House starts work at noon, and in the afternoon it will consider up to three suspension bills, including one aimed at reaffirming that the government — or any international collection of governments — should not control the Internet.

The bill, H.R. 1580, says various proposals for more government control "could undermine the current multistakeholder model that has enabled the Internet to flourish and under which the private sector, civil society, academia and individual users play an important role in charting its direction."