[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D638-D639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EPA'S PROPOSED NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR GROUND-LEVEL 
OZONE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine challenges and implications of EPA's proposed 
national ambient air quality standard for ground-level ozone, including 
S. 638, to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to exceptional event 
demonstrations, S. 751, to improve the establishment of any lower 
ground-level ozone standards, and S. 640, to amend the Clean Air Act to 
delay the review and revision of the national ambient air quality 
standards for ozone, after receiving testimony from Senators Thune and 
Flake; Representative Olson; Kanathur Srikanth, Metropolitan Washington 
Council of Governments, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Association 
of Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Michael McKee, Uintah County 
Commission Chairman, Vernal, Utah; Gary Moore, Boone County Judge/
Executive, Burlington, Kentucky, on behalf of the National Association 
of Regional Councils; Larry Greene, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality 
Management District, Sacramento, California; and Gregory B. Diette, 
American Thoracic Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled, ``Audit and Appeal Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in 
Medicare Act of 2015''.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine implications of the Iran nuclear agreement for United States 
policy in the Middle East, after receiving testimony from James F. 
Jeffrey, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Martin 
Indyk, Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATOR POSITIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine top government investigator positions 
left unfilled for years, after receiving testimony from Michael E. 
Horowitz, Inspector General, Department of Justice; and Danielle Brian, 
Project on Government Oversight, and Daniel Z. Epstein, Cause of 
Action, both of Washington, D.C.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, 
focusing on ensuring college affordability, after receiving testimony 
from Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University Teachers College, New 
York, New York; Elizabeth Akers, Brookings Institution, and Michael 
Mitchell, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, both of Washington, 
D.C.; F. King Alexander, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; and 
James Kennedy, Indiana University, Bloomington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1292, to amend the Small Business Act to treat certain qualified 
disaster areas as HUBZones and to extend the period for HUBZone 
treatment for certain base closure areas;
  S. 1470, to amend the Small Business Act to provide additional 
assistance to small business concerns for disaster recovery, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Douglas J. Kramer, of Kansas, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
PENDING HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 297, to revive and expand the Intermediate Care Technician 
Pilot Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 425, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension to 
the homeless veterans reintegration

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programs and to provide clarification regarding eligibility for 
services under such programs, S. 471, to improve the provision of 
health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
S. 684, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision 
of services for homeless veterans, and other pending calendar business, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas Lynch, Assistant Deputy Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health Clinical Operations, Veterans 
Health Administration; Adrian M. Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, 
and Thomas J. Snee, Fleet Reserve Association, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Fred Benjamin, Medicalodges, Inc., Coffeyville, Kansas; and 
Victor Medina, El Paso, Texas.