[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D803-D804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill entitled, ``State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2016''.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, to be Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Michele Thoren Bond, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), and 
Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the

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United Nations, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
UNDERSTANDING AMERICA'S LONG TERM FISCAL PICTURE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine understanding America's long-term fiscal 
picture, after receiving testimony from Keith Hall, Director, 
Congressional Budget Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.1482, to improve and reauthorize provisions relating to the 
application of the antitrust laws to the award of need-based 
educational aid;
  S.1300, to amend the section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to provide relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in 
certain situations; and


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   D804, July 9, 2015, the following language appears: S. 1300, to 
amend the section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
provide relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa feeds in 
certain situations; and
  
   Record has been corrected to read: S. 1300,to amend the section 
221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide relief for 
adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in certain situations; 
and


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  The nominations of Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Travis Randall 
McDonough, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Tennessee, and Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.