[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D459-D461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the National Guard and Reserve, 
after receiving testimony from General Frank J. Grass, Chief of the 
National Guard, Lieutenant General

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Stanley E. Clarke III, Director of the Air National Guard, Major 
General Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the Army National Guard, 
Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, Chief of the Army Reserve, Vice 
Admiral Robin R. Braun, Chief of the Navy Reserve, Lieutenant General 
James Jackson, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, and Lieutenant General 
Richard P. Mills, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, all of the 
Department of Defense.
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine the Department of Housing and Urban Development's efforts to 
prevent and end youth homelessness, after receiving testimony from 
Jennifer Ho, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; Cyndi Lauper, True Colors Fund, New York, New York; 
Deborah Shore, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Washington, D.C.; and Brittany 
Dixon, Auburn, Maine.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Homeland 
Security, after receiving testimony from Jeh Johnson, Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2016 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony 
from Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
open and closed hearings to examine military space programs in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Deborah 
Lee James, Executive Agent for Space, Secretary of the Air Force, 
General John E. Hyten, Commander, Air Force Space Command, both of the 
Department of Defense; and Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Acquisition 
and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office.
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine opportunities for private investment in public 
infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Calvin E. Hollis, Los 
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Countywide 
Planning and Development Managing Executive Officer, Pasadena, 
California; Colleen Campbell, Infrastructure Ontario Board of Directors 
Member, Montreal, Canada; and Jane F. Garvey, Meridian Infrastructure 
Fund, North America, New York, New York.
FIVE YEARS AFTER DEEPWATER HORIZON
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine five years after Deepwater Horizon, focusing on 
improvements and challenges in prevention and response, after receiving 
testimony from Charles Williams II, Center for Offshore Safety, 
Houston, Texas; Nancy E. Kinner, University of New Hampshire, Durham; 
Christopher M. Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, 
Massachusetts; and Samantha B. Joye, University of Georgia, Athens.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 653, to amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to 
reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research 
regarding the water resources research and technology institutes 
established under that Act;
  S. 611, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize technical 
assistance to small public water systems;
  S. 612, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the 
``George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse'';
  S. 261, to designate the United States courthouse located at 200 NW 
4th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the William J. Holloway, Jr. 
United States Courthouse;
  S. 1034, to designate the United States courthouse located at 501 
East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``Charles Clark 
United States Courthouse''; and
  The nomination of Mark Scarano, of New Hampshire, to be Federal 
Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 335, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Jeh C. Johnson, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
152, to prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian land in Arizona 
until the expiration of certain gaming compacts.
TRIBAL LABOR SOVEREIGNTY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 248, to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian 
lands under the National Labor Relations Act, after receiving testimony 
from Richard F. Griffin, Jr., General Counsel, National Labor Relations 
Board; Robert J. Welch, Jr., Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, Alpine, 
California; E. Paul Torres, Pueblo of Isleta, Isleta, New Mexico; Keith 
B. Anderson, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Prior Lake, 
Minnesota; and Richard Guest, Native American Rights Fund, Washington, 
D.C.
KING VS. BURWELL AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the King vs. Burwell Supreme Court case and 
congressional action that can be taken to protect small businesses and 
their employees, after receiving testimony from Michael F. Cannon, Cato 
Institute, Linda J. Blumberg, The Urban Institute Health Policy Center, 
and Jeffrey H. Anderson, The 2017 Project, all of Washington, D.C.
GAO HIGH RISK LIST AND THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Government Accountability Office's High Risk List and the 
Veterans Health Administration, after receiving testimony from Debra A. 
Draper, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; and 
John D. Daigh, Jr., Assistant Inspector General, Office of Healthcare 
Inspections, and Carolyn M. Clancy, Interim Under Secretary for Health, 
Veterans Health Administration, both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.