[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1291-D1293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE: AMERICAN AND FOREIGN DEVELOPMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing entitled ``Prompt Global Strike: American and Foreign 
Developments''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AN OVERDUE CHECKUP PART II: EXAMINING THE ACA'S STATE INSURANCE 
MARKETPLACES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``An Overdue Checkup Part II: 
Examining the ACA's State Insurance Marketplaces''. Testimony was heard 
from Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services.
OVERSIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council''. Testimony 
was heard from Mary Jo White, Chair, Securities and Exchange 
Commission; Timothy G. Massad, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission; S. Roy Woodall, Jr., Independent Member with Insurance 
Expertise, Financial Stability Oversight Council; Debbie Matz, 
Chairwoman, National Credit Union Administration; Melvin L. Watt, 
Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency; Martin J. Gruenberg, 
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

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Richard Cordray, Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; and 
Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency, Office of the Comptroller 
of the Currency.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
2187, the ``Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts 
Act''; H.R. 2205, the ``Data Security Act of 2015''; H.R. 2287, the 
``National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act''; H.R. 
3700, the ``Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 3784, the ``SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015''; H.R. 3791, 
to raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding 
company policy statement, and for other purposes; H.R. 4168, the 
``Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act''; and Task Force to 
Investigate Terrorism Financing Resolution of 2016.
CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH PAKISTAN: PROSPECTS AND CONSEQUENCES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``Civil Nuclear 
Cooperation with Pakistan: Prospects and Consequences''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS: THE NEXT GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS?
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
entitled ``Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: The Next Global Health 
Crisis?''. Testimony was heard from Tom Frieden, Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention; Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
EXAMINING TSA'S GLOBAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE HOMELAND FROM AVIATION 
THREATS AND ENHANCE SECURITY AT LAST POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORTS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security 
held a hearing entitled ``Examining TSA's Global Efforts to Protect the 
Homeland from Aviation Threats and Enhance Security at Last Point of 
Departure Airports''. Testimony was heard from Joseph P. Terrell, 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Global Strategies, 
Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland 
Security.
ENSURING CERTAINTY FOR ROYALTY PAYMENTS ON FEDERAL RESOURCE PRODUCTION
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing entitled ``Ensuring Certainty for Royalty 
Payments on Federal Resource Production''. Testimony was heard from 
Gregory Gould, Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, 
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and 
Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 3764, the ``Tribal 
Recognition Act of 2015'' (Part II). Testimony was heard from Sean D. 
Reyes, Attorney General, State of Utah; Nicholas H. Mullane II, 
Selectman, Town of North Stonington, Connecticut; and public witnesses.
REVIEW OF THE NEW LONDON EMBASSY PROJECT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Review of the New London Embassy Project''. 
Testimony was heard from the following Department of State officials: 
Lydia Muniz, Director, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations; Gregory 
B. Starr, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; Steve A. 
Linick, Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General.-
EXAMINING THE STREAM PROTECTION RULE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on the 
Interior; and Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative 
Rules, held a joint hearing entitled ``Examining the Stream Protection 
Rule''. Testimony was heard from Janice Schneider, Assistant Secretary 
for Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior.
MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Public Assets held a hearing entitled ``Moving Ahead 
for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Program Consolidation''. 
Testimony was heard from Carlos Swonke, Director, Environmental 
Affairs, Texas Department of Transportation; Thomas G. Echikson, Chief 
Counsel, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; 
and a public witness.

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RED RIVER PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2130, the 
``Red River Private Property Protection Act''. The committee granted, 
by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 2130. The rule provides one 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Natural Resources now printed in the bill 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 that it shall be in order at any time through the calendar day 
of December 13, 2015, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the 
House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or his designee shall 
consult with the Minority Leader or her designee on the designation of 
any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives McClintock, Polis, and Cole.
THE FUTURE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY: SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND 
MANUFACTURING
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Research 
and Technology held a hearing entitled ``The Future of Biotechnology: 
Solutions for Energy, Agriculture and Manufacturing''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on H.R. 3262, to provide for the conveyance of land of the Illiana 
Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Danville, 
Illinois; H.R. 3484, the ``Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 
2015''; H.R. 4056, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, 
and interest of the United States to the property known as ``The 
Community Living Center'' at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs 
Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida; draft of a bill to amend the 
Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991 to authorize VA to 
sell Pershing Hall; and VA's legislative proposal regarding fiscal year 
2016 construction projects. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Shimkus; Ted Lieu of California; Mica; McNerney; and Coffman; Stella S. 
Fiotes, Director of the Office of Construction and Facilities 
Management, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.