convenes at 12:30 p.m. to consider measures under suspension of the rules, including three-month extension (HR 3540) of FAA operating authority.

convenes at 2 p.m. to consider the conference report on the Water Resources Development Act (HR 1495), which would authorize about $21 billion for more than 900 Army Corps of Engineers projects for flood control, navigation and environmental restoration; vote expected at 5:45 p.m.

makes a statement on the budget; meets with President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the Palestinian Authority at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City; meets with the Quartet Representative, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; participates in a Leaders Dinner on climate change at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Allen Weinstein, the Archivist of the United States, hosts an “American Conversation” with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Lonnie Bunch, director of the National Museum on African American History and Culture, will moderate the discussion of the Caucus’ past, present and future. 7 p.m., William G. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue at 7th Street, N.W.