[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 148 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1079-D1081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RUSSIAN STRATEGY AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Russian strategy and military operations, after receiving testimony 
from General John M. Keane, USA (Ret.), former Vice Chief of Staff of 
the Army, Institute for the Study of War; General James L. Jones, USMC 
(Ret.), former National Security Advisor, Atlantic Council Brent 
Scowcroft Center on International Security; Heather Conley, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies Europe Program; and Stephen 
Sestanovich, Council on Foreign Relations.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY AND THE RECALL PROCESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security 
concluded a hearing to examine consumer product safety and the recall 
process, after receiving testimony from Elliot F. Kaye, Chairman, and 
Ann Marie Buerkle, Commissioner, both of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission; Frederick Locker, National Association of Manufacturers 
CPSC Coalition, New York, New York; Jonathan Gold, National Retail 
Federation, and Cheryl A. Falvey, Crowell and Moring LLP, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Nancy A. Cowles, Kids in Danger, Chicago, 
Illinois.
WATER AND HYDROELECTRIC LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine H.R. 2898, to provide drought relief in the State of 
California, S. 1894, to provide short-term water supplies to drought-
stricken California, S. 1936, to provide for drought preparedness 
measures in the State of New Mexico, S. 1583, to authorize the 
expansion of an existing hydroelectric project, S. 2046, to authorize 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a 
stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric 
project in the State of Alaska, and S. 2083, to extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Feinstein and Boxer; Representative 
Valadao; Michael L. Connor, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Jeffrey 
Kightlinger, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los 
Angeles; Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls, Oregon; 
Richard M. Frank, University of California School of Law California 
Environmental Law and Policy Center, Davis; Adrian Oglesby, Middle Rio 
Grande Conservancy District, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Sarah Woolf, 
Clovis, California.
PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MINING LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 414, to 
provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and 
development of renewable energy in the California Desert Conservation 
Area, S. 872, to provide for the recognition of certain Native 
communities

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and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, S. 1295 and H.R. 1324, bills to adjust the boundary of 
the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, S. 1448, to designate the Frank 
Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary in the State of Oregon, S. 1592, to 
clarify the description of certain Federal land under the Northern 
Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005 to 
include additional land in the Kaibab National Forest, S. 1941 and H.R. 
2223, bills to authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land 
exchange in El Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado, S. 1942 and H.R. 
1554, bills to require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch 
and the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado, S. 1955, 
to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for 
equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans, S. 1971, to 
expand the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, and S. 
2069, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify 
provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood 
Wilderness in the State of Oregon, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Feinstein and Sullivan; Glenn Casamassa, Associate Deputy 
Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Steven A. Ellis, Deputy Director, Operations, Bureau of 
Land Management, Department of the Interior; Leo Barlow, Southeast 
Alaska Landless Corporation, Anchorage; Buck Lindekugel, Southeast 
Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau; Robert Lovingood, County of San 
Bernardino, Victorville, California; and Frazier Haney, Mojave Desert 
Land Trust, Joshua Tree, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2152, to establish a comprehensive United States Government policy 
to encourage the efforts of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop 
and appropriate mix of power solutions, including renewable energy, for 
more broadly distributed electricity access in order to support poverty 
reduction, promote development outcomes, and drive economic growth, 
with amendments;
  S. 1789, to improve defense cooperation between the United States and 
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;
  S. Res. 274, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the peaceful and 
democratic reunification of Germany;
  S. Res. 278, welcoming the President of the Republic of Korea on her 
official visit to the United States and celebrating the United States-
Republic of Korea relationship;
  S. Res. 148, condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored 
persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the 
International Covenants on Human Rights; and
  The nominations of Robert Porter Jackson, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Julie Furuta-Toy, of 
Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and 
Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea, all of the Department of State.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the economic and political future of Ukraine, after receiving 
testimony from Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European 
and Eurasian Affairs, and Clifford G. Bond, United States Assistance 
Coordinator in Ukraine, both of the Department of State; and Paula J. 
Dobriansky, Harvard University JFK Belfer Center for Science and 
International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY TRAINING FACILITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and 
USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International 
Development concluded a hearing to examine ensuring an efficient and 
effective diplomatic security training facility for the twenty-first 
century, after receiving testimony from Gregory B. Starr, Assistant 
Secretary of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; Michael J. Courts, 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability 
Office; and Connie L. Patrick, Director, Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers, Department of Homeland Security.
THREATS TO THE HOMELAND
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine threats to the homeland, after receiving 
testimony from Jeh Charles Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security; 
James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department 
of Justice; and Nick Rasmussen, Director, National Counterterrorism 
Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Edward L. Gilmore, of Illinois, to be United States 
Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois for the term of four 
years, Department of Justice.

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EMINENT DOMAIN
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine eminent domain ten years after Kelo v. City of New 
London, after receiving testimony from Clemente Casillas, Community 
Youth Athletic Center, National City, California; Dan Alban, Institute 
for Justice, Arlington, Virginia; and David A. Dana, Northwestern 
University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.