[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 42 (Thursday, March 12, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D268-D269]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS, AND 
CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Secretary of the Senate, the 
Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the Capitol Police, after receiving 
testimony from Julie E. Adams, Secretary of the Senate; Frank J. 
Larkin, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and Kim C. Dine, 
Chief of Police, United States Capitol Police.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Margaret Hamburg, 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, AND BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, 
FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded open and closed hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2016 for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives, after receiving testimony from James B. Comey, Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Stacia A. Hylton, Director, U.S. 
Marshals Service, Michele Leonhart, Administrator, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, and B. Todd Jones, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, all of the Department of Justice.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Admiral William E. 
Gortney, USN, Commander, U.S. Northern Command, and Commander, North 
American Aerospace Defense Command, and General John F. Kelly, USMC, 
Commander, U.S. Southern Command, both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces received 
a closed briefing on missile defense programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years Defense 
Program from Vice Admiral James D. Syring, USN, Director, Missile 
Defense Agency, and M. Elaine Bunn, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, both of the Department of Defense.
NASA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Space, Science, and Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016 for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
BIPARTISAN SPORTSMEN'S ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 556, to protect and enhance opportunities for 
recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, after receiving testimony 
from Steve Ellis, Deputy Director, Operations, Bureau of

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Land Management, Department of the Interior; Leslie Weldon, Deputy 
Chief for National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; and Jeff Crane, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, and 
Whit Fosburgh, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, both of 
Washington, D.C.
PROTECTING TAXPAYERS FROM SCHEMES AND SCAMS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting taxpayers from schemes and scams during the 2015 tax filing 
season, after receiving testimony from Caroline Ciraolo, Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice; 
Timothy P. Camus, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury; 
Mike Alley, Indiana Department of Revenue Commissioner, Indianapolis; 
John L. Valentine, Utah State Tax Commission Chairman, Salt Lake City; 
and Ellen Klem, Oregon Department of Justice Office of the Attorney 
General Director of Consumer Outreach and Education, Portland.
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Visa Waiver Program, focusing on 
implications for United States national security, after receiving 
testimony from Mark Koumans, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
International Affairs, Office of Policy, and Maureen Dugan, Deputy 
Executive Director, National Targeting Center, Office of Field 
Operations, Customs and Border Protection, both of the Department of 
Homeland Security; Edward J. Ramotowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
State for Visa Services; Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland 
Security, The Chertoff Group, and Marc E. Frey, former Director, Visa 
Waiver Program, Department of Homeland Security, Steptoe and Johnson 
LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; and Brian Michael Jenkins, RAND 
Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled ``Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 
2015''.
AMERICANS' PREPAREDNESS FOR RETIREMENT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
how prepared Americans are for retirement, after receiving testimony 
from Jean Chatzky, NBC Today, Briarcliff Manor, New York; Alicia H. 
Munnell, Boston College Center for Retirement Research, Chestnut Hill, 
Massachusetts; Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Washington University in St. 
Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and Rob Carmichael, Maine Savings Federal 
Credit Union, Bangor.