[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 126 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D937-D938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the military balance in the 
Middle East, after receiving testimony from Walter Russell Mead, The 
Hudson Institute, and Richard Nephew, Columbia University Center on 
Global Energy Policy, both of New York, New York; and Michael Singh, 
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ray Takeyh, and 
Philip Gordon, both of the Council on Foreign Relations, all of 
Washington, D.C.
IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT SANCTIONS RELIEF
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the implications of sanctions relief under the Iran 
agreement, after receiving testimony from Wendy Sherman, Under 
Secretary of State; Adam J. Szubin, Acting Under Secretary of Treasury 
for Terrorism and

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Financial Intelligence; Nicholas Burns, Harvard Kennedy School, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Juan C. Zarate, and Mark Dubowitz, both 
of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Center on Sanctions and 
Illicit Finance, and Matthew Levitt, The Washington Institute for Near 
East Policy, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1324, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of 
performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired 
electric utility generating units;
  S. 1523, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the National Estuary Program;
  S. 1500, to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of 
the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters;
  S. 1707, to designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut 
Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ``Jacob Trieber Federal Building, 
United States Post Office, and United States Court House'';
  H.R. 2131, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 83 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, 
as the ``J. Waties Waring Judicial Center'';
  H.R. 2559, to designate the ``PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor 
Memorial Highway'' in the State of Texas; and
  General Services Administration resolutions.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The committee's report on the IRS handling of tax exempt status under 
Internal Revenue Code 501 (c)(4); and
  The nominations of Marisa Lago, of New York, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and W. Thomas 
Reeder, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation.
JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the implications of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for 
United States policy in the Middle East, after receiving testimony from 
Michael Singh, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and 
Kenneth M. Pollack, The Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, 
focusing on opportunities to improve student success, after receiving 
testimony from Stan Jones, Complete College America, Indianapolis, 
Indiana; Scott Ralls, North Carolina Community College System, Raleigh; 
Timothy Renick, Georgia State University, Atlanta; Lashawn Richburg-
Hayes, MDRC, New York, New York.
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of Justice's legal obligation to ensure Inspector 
General access to all records needed for independent oversight, after 
receiving testimony from Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, Kevin 
L. Perkins, Associate Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
and Carlos Uriarte, Associate Deputy Attorney General, all of the 
Department of Justice; David Smith, Acting Inspector General, Office of 
Inspector General, Department of Commerce; Danielle Brian, Project on 
Government Oversight, and Brian D. Miller, former Inspector General, 
General Services Administration, Navigant Consulting, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Paul C. Light, New York University Robert F. 
Wagner School of Public Service, New York, New York.