[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 173 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1257-D1259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. STRATEGY FOR SYRIA AND IRAQ AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION
Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``U.S. Strategy for Syria and Iraq and its Implications for the 
Region''. Testimony was heard from Ashton B. Carter, Secretary of 
Defense;

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and General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
ACQUISITION EFFICIENCY AND THE FUTURE NAVY FORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection 
Forces held a hearing entitled ``Acquisition Efficiency and the Future 
Navy Force''. Testimony was heard from Ronald O'Rourke, Specialist in 
Naval Affairs, Congressional Research Service; and Eric J. Labs, Senior 
Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons, Congressional Budget Office.
RUSSIAN ARMS CONTROL CHEATING: VIOLATION OF THE INF TREATY AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSES ONE YEAR LATER
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; and the 
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the House 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, held a joint hearing entitled ``Russian 
Arms Control Cheating: Violation of the INF Treaty and the 
Administration's Responses One Year Later''. Testimony was heard from 
Rose E. Gottemoeller, Under Secretary for Arms Control and 
International Security, Department of State; and Brian P. McKeon, 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of 
Defense.
OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission''. Testimony was heard from the following Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission officials: Norman C. Bay, Chairman; Cheryl A. 
LaFleur, Commissioner; Tony Clark, Commissioner; and Colette D. 
Honorable, Commissioner.
THE DISRUPTER SERIES: MOBILE PAYMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``The Disrupter 
Series: Mobile Payments''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 699, 
the ``Email Privacy Act''. Testimony was heard from Andrew J. Ceresney, 
Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission; 
Richard W. Littlehale, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Criminal 
Investigation Division, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; and public 
witnesses.
EXAMINING INVASIVE SPECIES POLICY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on the 
Interior held a hearing entitled ``Examining Invasive Species Policy''. 
Testimony was heard from Jamie Reaser, Executive Director, National 
Invasive Species Council, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 2015; 
CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENT SUCCESS ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8, the 
``North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015'' 
[amendment consideration]; and conference report to accompany S. 1177, 
the ``Student Success Act''. The committee granted, by voice vote, a 
structured rule for further consideration of H.R. 8. The rule provides 
no further general debate. The rule makes in order as original text for 
purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-36 and provides 
that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule 
makes in order only those further amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule 
waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the 
report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. In section 2, the rule provides for consideration of the 
conference report to accompany S. 1177. The rule waives all points of 
order against the conference report and against its consideration. The 
rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. 
The rule provides that the previous question shall be considered as 
ordered without intervention of any motion except one hour of debate 
and one motion to recommit if applicable. The rule states that debate 
on the conference report is divided pursuant to clause 8(d) of rule 
XXII. Testimony was heard from Chairman Kline, and Representatives 
Schakowsky, Burgess, Polis, Barton, Jackson Lee, DeSantis, Swalwell of 
California, Palmer, Poliquin, Scott of Virginia, and Rokita.

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PITFALLS OF UNILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS AT THE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE 
CONFERENCE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Pitfalls of Unilateral Negotiations at the Paris 
Climate Change Conference''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OECD BEPS PROJECT FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND ITS EFFECT ON WORLDWIDE 
AMERICAN COMPANIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Tax Policy held a hearing 
on the OECD BEPS Project final recommendations and its effect on 
worldwide American companies. Testimony was heard from Robert B. Stack, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs, Department of 
the Treasury; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
RESCUING TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission received a 
briefing on best practices for rescuing trafficking victims from 
Yaroslaba Garcia, Southwest Florida Regional Human Trafficking 
Coalition, Bonita Springs; Kimberly Chang, Asian Health Services 
Community Health Clinic, Oakland, California; and Jordan Greenbaum, 
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Stephanie Blank Center for Safe and 
Healthy Children, Atlanta, Georgia.