[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D538-D540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
END-USERS AND MARKET LIQUIDITY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine regulatory issues impacting end-users and market 
liquidity, after receiving testimony from Timothy G. Massad, Chairman, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group 
Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Bruce Barber, ADM, Forsyth, Illinois, on 
behalf of Commodity Markets Council; Jeffrey L. Walker, Alliance for 
Cooperative Energy Services Power Marketing LLC, Carmel, Indiana; 
Michael D. Bopp, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., on 
behalf of the Coalition for Derivatives End-Users; and Sean O. Cota, 
Commodity Markets Oversight Coalition, Bellows Falls, Vermont.

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APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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 and 
justification for fiscal year 2016 for the National Labor Relations 
Board, after receiving testimony from Mark Pearce, Chairman, and 
Richard Griffin, General Counsel, both of the National Labor Relations 
Board.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill entitled, ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016''.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 411, to authorize the approval of natural gas 
pipelines and establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain 
natural gas gathering lines on Federal land and Indian land, S. 485, to 
prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out certain projects, S. 
1017, to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the siting of 
interstate electric transmission facilities, S. 1037, to expand the 
provisions for termination of mandatory purchase requirements under the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, S. 1196, to amend the 
Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant 
rights-of-ways on Federal land, S. 1201, to advance the integration of 
clean distributed energy into electric grids, S. 1202, to amend the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to assist States in 
adopting updated interconnection procedures and tariff schedules and 
standards for supplemental, backup, and standby power fees for projects 
for combined heat and power technology and waste heat to power 
technology, S. 1207, to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a 
grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to eligible 
partnerships to provide for the transformation of the electric grid by 
the year 2030, S. 1210, to provide for the timely consideration of all 
licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law with 
respect to oil and gas production and distribution, S. 1213, to amend 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and the Federal 
Power Act to facilitate the free market for distributed energy 
resources, S. 1217, to establish an Interagency Rapid Response Team for 
Transmission, to establish an Office of Transmission Ombudsperson, S. 
1219, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to 
provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed 
resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net 
metering, S. 1220, to improve the distribution of energy in the United 
States, S. 1225, to improve Federal land management, resource 
conservation, environmental protection, and use of Federal real 
property, by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop a 
multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying 
inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, S. 
1227, to require the Secretary of Energy to develop an implementation 
strategy to promote the development of hybrid micro-grid systems for 
isolated communities, S. 1228, to require approval for the 
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural 
gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at the national 
boundary of the United States for the import or export of oil, natural 
gas, or electricity to or from Canada or Mexico, S. 1231, to require 
congressional notification for certain Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
operations and to determine options available for the continued 
operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, S. 1232, to amend the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to modify provisions 
relating to smart grid modernization, S. 1233, to amend the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to expand the electric rate-
setting authority of States, S. 1237, to amend the Natural Gas Act to 
limit the authority of the Secretary of Energy to approve certain 
proposals relating to export activities of liquefied natural gas 
terminals, S. 1242, to amend the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission to consider regional constraints in 
natural gas supply and whether a proposed LNG terminal would benefit 
regional consumers of natural gas before approving or disapproving an 
application for the LNG terminal, and S. 1243, to facilitate 
modernizing the electric grid, after receiving testimony from Brian P. 
Kalk, North Dakota Public Service Commissioner, Bismarck; and Erica 
Bowman, America's Natural Gas Alliance, Jonathan M. Weisgall, Berkshire 
Hathaway Energy, Amy Ericson, Alstom Inc., Greg Dotson, Center for 
American Progress, and James L. Hunter, International Brotherhood of 
Electrical Workers Utility Department, all of Washington, D.C.
IMPROVING CARE FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a 
pathway to improving care for Medicare patients with chronic 
conditions, after receiving testimony from Patrick Conway, Acting 
Principal Deputy Administrator, Deputy Administrator for Innovation and 
Quality, and Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Department of Health and Human Services; and Mark E.

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Miller, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, D.C.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
cybersecurity, focusing on setting the rules for responsible global 
cyber behavior, after receiving testimony from Christopher M. E. 
Painter, Coordinator for Cyber Issues, Department of State; James A. 
Lewis, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 
D.C.; and Michael Greenberger, University of Maryland Center for Health 
and Homeland Security, Baltimore.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.