[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 64 (Thursday, April 30, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D473-D475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2016 for the National Institutes of Health, after receiving 
testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, Anthony Fauci, Director, 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Douglas Lowy, 
Acting Director, National Cancer Institute, Gary Gibbons, Director, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Jon Lorsch, Director, 
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and Tom Insel, 
Director, National Institute of Mental Health, all of the National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Peter Levine, of Maryland, to be Deputy Chief Management 
Officer of the Department of Defense, and 361 nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States European Command programs and budget in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2016 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Philip M. 
Breedlove, USAF, Commander, U.S. European Command, and Supreme Allied 
Commander, Europe, Department of Defense.
INSURANCE CAPITAL RULES AND FSOC PROCESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance, and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
insurance capital rules and Financial Stability Oversight Council 
(FSOC) process, including S. 798, to provide for notice to, and input 
by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company 
to serve as a source of financial strength or when the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation places a lien against an insurance company's 
assets, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Falzon, Prudential 
Financial, Newark, New Jersey, on behalf of the American Council of 
Life Insurers and the American Insurance Association; Kurt Bock, 
COUNTRY Financial, Bloomington, Illinois, on behalf of the National 
Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Property Casualty 
Insurers Association of America; and Daniel Schwarcz, University of 
Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 703, to reauthorize the weatherization and State 
energy programs, S. 720, to promote energy savings in residential 
buildings and industry, S. 858, to amend the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act to encourage the increased use of performance 
contracting in Federal facilities, S. 523, to coordinate the provision 
of energy retrofitting assistance to schools, S. 600, to require the 
Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot 
program, S. 723, to amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
to provide guidance on utility energy service contracts used by Federal 
agencies, S. 869, to improve energy performance in Federal buildings, 
S. 878, to establish a State residential building energy efficiency 
upgrades loan pilot program, S. 886, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 to provide for a smart energy and water efficiency pilot program, 
S. 888, to promote Federal-State partnerships for developing regional 
energy strategies and plans to mitigate risks in changing energy 
systems, S. 893, to establish an Energy Productivity Innovation 
Challenge (EPIC) to assist energy policy innovation in the States to 
promote the goal of doubling electric and thermal energy productivity 
by January 1, 2030, S. 939, to require the evaluation and consolidation 
of duplicative green building programs within the Department of Energy, 
S. 1029, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit 
the Secretary of Energy from prescribing a final rule amending the 
efficiency standards for residential non-weatherized gas furnaces or 
mobile home furnaces until an analysis has been completed, S. 1038, to 
clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of a 
disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star 
program, S. 1039, to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of 
data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization 
plans to achieve energy cost savings, S. 1044, to enhance consumer 
access to electricity information and allow for the adoption of 
innovative products and services to help consumers manage their energy 
usage, S. 1046, to accelerate the adoption of smart building 
technologies in the private sector and key Federal agencies, S. 1047, 
to require the Secretary of Energy to review rulemaking proceedings of 
other Federal agencies for the potential to cause an adverse effect on 
the cost, time, or difficulty of complying with energy efficiency 
regulations, guidelines, or standards, S. 1048, to remove the authority 
of the Secretary of Energy to amend or issue new energy efficiency 
standards for ceiling fans, S. 1052, to require a study on the impact 
of State and local performance benchmarking and disclosure policies for 
commercial and multifamily buildings, to provide for competitive awards 
to utilities, States, and units of local government, S. 1053, to amend 
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to promote alternative 
fueled vehicle fleets and infrastructure, and S. 1063, to amend title 
VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a 
Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural 
gas suppliers, after receiving testimony from Kathleen Hogan, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Gene Therriault, Alaska Energy 
Authority, Anchorage, on behalf of the National Association of State 
Energy Officials; Tony Crasi, The Crasi Company, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 
on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders; and Ted Gayer, 
Brookings Institution, and Steven

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Nadel, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, both of 
Washington, D.C.
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine the Bureau of 
Land Management's final rule on hydraulic fracturing, after receiving 
testimony from Neil Kornze, Director, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior; Mark Watson, Wyoming Oil and Gas 
Conservation Commission State Oil and Gas Supervisor, Casper; Bruce 
Baizel, Earthworks, Durango, Colorado; and Kathleen Sgamma, Western 
Energy Alliance, Denver, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
993, to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the 
criminal justice, juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental 
health treatment, and substance abuse systems.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.