[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D105-D106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary 
of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by former Senator 
Lieberman, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine private sector experience with the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework, focusing on 
building a more secure cyber future, after receiving testimony from 
Charles H. Romine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; 
Ann M. Beauchesne, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Paul Smocer, BITS/
Financial Services Roundtable, and James A. Lewis, Center for Strategic 
and International Studies, all of Washington, DC; and Jeff England, 
Silver Star Communications, Freedom, Wyoming.
IMPACTS OF VESSEL DISCHARGE REGULATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the impacts of vessel discharge regulations on shipping and 
fishing industries, after receiving testimony from Claudia Copeland, 
Specialist in Resources and Environmental Policy, Resources Science and 
Industry Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; 
James F. Farley, Kirby Offshore Marine, LLC, Houston, Texas; James H. 
I. Weakley, Lake Carriers' Association, Rocky River, Ohio; and Robert 
F. Zales, II, Bob Zales Charters, Panama City, Florida, on behalf of 
the National Association of Charterboat Operators.
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED EXPANSION OF WATER REGULATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
to examine state and local impacts of Administration's proposed 
expansion of water regulations, after receiving testimony from Jo-Ellen 
Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of 
Defense; Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; 
E. Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma Attorney General, Oklahoma City; Adam H. 
Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, Tallahassee; Lemuel M. 
Srolovic, Office of New York State Attorney General, Bureau Chief of 
the Environmental Protection Bureau, New York; Sallie Clark, El Paso 
County Commissioner, Colorado Springs, Colorado, on behalf of the 
National Association of Counties; and Timothy Mauck, Clear Creek County 
Commissioner, Idaho Springs, Colorado.
PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016, after 
receiving testimony from Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
ENDING MODERN SLAVERY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine ending modern slavery, focusing on the best way forward, after 
receiving testimony from Gary Haugen, International Justice Mission, 
Arlington, Virginia; Shawna Bader-Blau, Solidarity Center, and David S. 
Abramowitz, Humanity United, both of Washington, DC; James Kofi Annan, 
Challenging Heights, Accra, Ghana; and Shandra Woworuntu, Mentari, New 
York, New York.
DEFERRED ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine deferred action on immigration, focusing 
on implications and unanswered questions, after receiving testimony 
from Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration; 
Eileen J. O'Connor, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Luke Peter 
Bellocchi, Wasserman, Mancini and Chang, PC, and Bo Cooper, Fragomen, 
Del Ray, Bernsen and Loewy LLP, all of Washington, DC; and Shawn Moran, 
National Border Patrol Council, Solana Beach, California.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 184, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence 
Prevention Act to require background checks before foster care 
placements are ordered in tribal court proceedings;
  S. 209, to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-
Determination Act of 2005;
  S. 246, to establish the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff 
Commission on Native Children, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 286, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes.
LOAN LEVERAGING IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine loan leveraging in Indian country, after receiving testimony 
from Sami Jo Difuntorum, National American Indian Housing Council, 
Washington, DC; Carol Gore, Cook Inlet Housing Authority, Anchorage, 
Alaska; and Robert Gauthier, United Native American Housing 
Association, Ronan, Montana.
INTELLIGENCE
  Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
COMBATING FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
combating financial exploitation of vulnerable seniors, after receiving 
testimony from Judith M. Shaw, Maine Securities Administrator, Augusta; 
Page Ulrey, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, Washington; 
Philip C. Marshall, Roger Williams University, South Dartmouth, 
Massachusetts; and Kathleen M. Quinn, National Adult Protective 
Services Association, Fredericksburg, Virginia.