[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1069-D1071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
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 the National Institutes of Health, 
focusing on investing in a healthier future, after receiving testimony 
from Francis Collins, Director, Douglas Lowy, Acting Director, National 
Cancer Institute, Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Walter J. Koroshetz, 
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Jon 
R. Lorsch, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 
and Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, all of 
the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN IRAQ AND CAMP LIBERTY CASE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Iranian influence in Iraq and the case of Camp Liberty, after receiving 
testimony from former Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Yeshiva University; 
General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft 
Center on International Security, former National Security Advisor; and 
Colonel Wesley Martin, USA (Ret.), U.S. Foundation for Liberty, former 
Commander, Forward Operating Base Ashraf.
WIRELESS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine removing barriers to wireless broadband 
deployment, after receiving testimony from Douglas Kinkoph, Associate 
Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information 
Applications, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Jonathan Adelstein, PCIA--The 
Wireless Infrastructure Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Mayor Gary 
Resnick, Wilton Manors, Florida, on behalf of the National League of 
Cities and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and 
Advisors; Cory J. Reed, Deere and Company, Moline, Illinois; and Bruce 
Morrison, Ericsson Inc., Bellevue, Washington.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Stephen G. Burns, Chairman, and Kristine 
Svinicki, William Ostendorff, and Jeffrey Baran, each a Commissioner, 
all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
the North Korea threat and United States policy, after receiving 
testimony from Robert L. Gallucci, Director, John W. Kluge Center, 
Library of Congress; Jay Lefkowitz, former Special Envoy for Human 
Rights in North Korea, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, New York,

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New York; and Victor D. Cha, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1607, to affirm the authority of the President to require 
independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory analysis 
requirements applicable to executive agencies, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1818, to amend title 5, United States Code, to reform the rule 
making process of agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1820, to require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed 
rule making for major rules, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1817, to improve the effectiveness of major rules in accomplishing 
their regulatory objectives by promoting retrospective review, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2109, to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to develop an integrated plan to reduce 
administrative costs under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1873, to strengthen accountability for deployment of border 
security technology at the Department of Homeland Security, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2128, to require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity 
and Efficiency to submit to Congress a report on Inspector General 
mandates;
  S. 2133, to improve Federal agency financial and administrative 
controls and procedures to assess and mitigate fraud risks, and to 
improve Federal agencies' development and use of data analytics for the 
purpose of identifying, preventing, and responding to fraud, including 
improper payments;
  S. 2021, to prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from 
requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history 
record information before the applicant has received a conditional 
offer, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2093, to provide that the Secretary of Transportation shall have 
sole authority to appoint Federal Directors to the Board of Directors 
of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority;
  H.R. 998, to establish the conditions under which the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may establish preclearance facilities, conduct 
preclearance operations, and provide customs services outside the 
United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 322, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 16105 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield, Missouri, 
as the ``Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office'';
  H.R. 323, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the 
``Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office'';
  H.R. 324, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 11662 Gravois Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the 
``Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office'';
  H.R. 558, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 55 South Pioneer Boulevard in Springboro, Ohio, as 
the ``Richard `Dick' Chenault Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1442, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 90 Cornell Street in Kingston, New York, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1884, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 206 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, New 
York, as the ``Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office 
Building''; and
  H.R. 3059, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4500 SE 28th Street, Del City, Oklahoma, as the 
James Robert Kalsu Post Office Building.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
   S. 1579, to enhance and integrate Native American tourism, empower 
Native American communities, increase coordination and collaboration 
between Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural 
tourism opportunities in the United States; and
  H.R. 487, to allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer 
certain lands.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
pending Indian Affairs legislation, including S. 817, to provide for 
the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz 
Tribe in the State of Oregon, S. 818, to amend the Grand Ronde 
Reservation Act to make technical corrections, S. 1436, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for certain Indian 
tribes, S. 1761, to take certain Federal land located in Lassen County, 
California, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian 
Rancheria, S. 1822, to take certain Federal land located in

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Tuolumne County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tuolumne 
Band of Me-Wuk Indians, S. 1986, to provide for a land conveyance in 
the State of Nevada, and H.R. 387, to provide for certain land to be 
taken into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, 
after receiving testimony from Michael R. Smith, Deputy Director, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Glenn Casamassa, 
Associate Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; 
Arlan D. Melendez, Reno Sparks Indian Colony, Reno, Nevada; Robert 
Martin, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Banning, California; and 
Darren Daboda, Moapa Band of Paiutes, Moapa, Nevada.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine S. 2102, to 
amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide 
that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect 
to mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural 
manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority, after 
receiving testimony from Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade 
Commission; Deborah A. Garza, Covington and Burling LLP, David A. 
Clanton, Baker and McKenzie LLP, and Abbott B. Lipsky, Jr., Latham and 
Watkins LLP, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan M. Jacobson, Wilson 
Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1811, to require the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to establish a program to make loans to certain 
businesses, homeowners, and renters affected by Superstorm Sandy, with 
amendments;
  S. 2116, to improve certain programs of the Small Business 
Administration to better assist small business customers in accessing 
broadband technology, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2126, to reauthorize the women's business center program of the 
Small Business Administration;
  S. 2136, to establish the Regional SBIR State Collaborative 
Initiative Pilot Program, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2138, to amend the Small Business Act to improve the review and 
acceptance of subcontracting plans; and
  S. 2139, to amend the Small Business Act to prohibit the use of 
reverse auctions for the procurement of covered contracts, with an 
amendment.
PROTECTING SENIORS FROM IDENTITY THEFT
  Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
if the Federal Government is doing enough to protect seniors from 
identity theft, after receiving testimony from Sean Cavanaugh, Deputy 
Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services, and Gary Cantrell, Deputy Inspector General for 
Investigations, Office of Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Health and Human Services; Betty Balderston, Legal Services for the 
Elderly, Winthrop, Maine; and Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy 
Information Center, Washington, D.C.