[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D71-D72]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General John W. Nicholson Jr., USA, to be 
general and Commander, Resolute Support, and Commander, United States 
Forces--Afghanistan, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Kirk, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine helping 
Americans prepare for retirement, focusing on increasing access, 
participation and coverage in retirement savings plans, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas A. Barthold, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on 
Taxation; Alicia H. Munnell, Boston College Center for Retirement 
Research, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; and John J. Kalamarides, 
Prudential Retirement, Hartford, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  H.R. 757, to improve the enforcement of sanctions against the 
Government of North Korea, with amendments;
  H.R. 1493, to protect and preserve international cultural property at 
risk due to political instability, armed conflict, or natural or other 
disasters, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1882, to support the sustainable recovery and rebuilding of Nepal 
following the recent devastating earthquakes near Kathmandu, with 
amendments;
  S. 2426, to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to 
obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police 
Organization;
  S. Res. 347, honoring the memory and legacy of Anita Ashok Datar and 
condemning the terrorist attack in Bamako, Mali, on November 20, 2015; 
and
  The nominations of Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be the 
Representative of the United States of America to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of 
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Scot Alan Marciel, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Union of Burma, Department of 
State, and lists in the Foreign Service.
HHS PLACEMENT OF MIGRANT CHILDREN
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations

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concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Health and Human 
Services' placement of migrant children; after receiving testimony from 
Mark Greenberg, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children 
and Families, and Robert Carey, Director, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Jennifer Justice, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Columbus; 
Tiffany Nelms, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Kimberly Haynes, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee 
Service, Baltimore, Maryland.
GENERIC DRUG USER FEE AMENDMENTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine generic drug user fee amendments, 
focusing on accelerating patient access to generic drugs, after 
receiving testimony from Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
   H.R. 1428, to extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of certified 
states, with an amendment;
  S. 1890, to amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, to 
provide Federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2040, to deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Mary S. McElroy, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Rhode Island, and Susan Paradise Baxter and 
Marilyn Jean Horan, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania.
SBIR/STTR REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation 
Research/Small Business Technology Transfer programs, focusing on the 
importance of small business innovation to national and economic 
security, after receiving testimony from Robert Smith, Director, 
Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR Programs, Office of Naval Research, 
Department of Defense; John Williams, Director of Innovation and 
Technology, Office of Investment and Innovation, Small Business 
Administration; Robert J. Kline-Schoder, Creare LLC, Hanover, New 
Hampshire; and Jere W. Glover, National Small Business Association 
Small Business Technology Council, Annapolis, Maryland.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.