[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D124-D125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Air Force, after receiving 
testimony from Deborah Lee James, Secretary, and General Mark A. Welsh 
III, Chief of Staff, both of the Air Force, Department of Defense.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the importance of enacting a new Water 
Resources Development Act, after receiving testimony from Robert W. 
Portiss, Tulsa Port of Catoosa, Catoosa, Oklahoma; John Swearingen, 
Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Findlay, Ohio; Rob Roberson, Nucor 
Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; Norma Jean Mattei, American 
Society of Civil Engineers, Washington, D.C.; and Kyle Makarios, North 
Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, St. Paul, Minnesota.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017, after 
receiving testimony from Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017, after 
receiving testimony from John A. Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal 
Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 99, calling on the Government of Iran to fulfill its promises 
of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United 
States civilian in our Nation's history, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 361, urging robust funding for humanitarian relief for Syria, 
with amendments; and
  S. Res. 330, congratulating the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet 
for winning the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.
U.S. POLICY IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy in Central Africa, focusing on the 
imperative of good governance, after receiving testimony from Linda 
Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, and 
Thomas Perriello, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes of Africa, both of 
the Department of State; Roger Meece, former Ambassador and former 
United Nations Special Representative to the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, Seattle, Washington; and Sarah Margon, Human Rights Watch, 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
   S. 2517, to require a report on United States strategy to combat 
terrorist use of social media, with an amendment;
  H.R. 1656, to provide for additional resources for the Secret 
Service, and to improve protections for restricted areas, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2509, to improve the Government-wide management of Federal 
property, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2522, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to build 
partnerships to prevent violence by extremists, with an amendment;
  S. 1526, to amend title 10 and title 41, United States Code, to 
improve the manner in which Federal contracts for construction and 
design services are awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions 
for design and construction services procurements, to amend title 31 
and 41, United States Code, to improve the payment protections 
available to construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers 
for work performed, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 236, to amend the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to create an expedited 
procedure to enact recommendations of the Government Accountability 
Office for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 1411, to amend the Act of August 25, 1958, commonly known as the 
``Former Presidents Act of 1958'', with respect to the monetary 
allowance payable to a former President, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 795, to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and 
grantee employees, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2450, to amend title 5, United States Code, to address 
administrative leave for Federal employees, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2418, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
university labs for student-developed technology-based solutions for 
countering online recruitment of violent extremists, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2340, to require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to issue a directive on the management of software licenses, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 3361, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the Insider Threat Program, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. Res. 104, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the success 
of Operation Streamline and the importance of prosecuting first time 
illegal border crossers;
  An original resolution directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring 
civil action to enforce a subpoena of the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations; and
  The nomination of Beth F. Cobert, of California, to be Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management.
MENTAL HEALTH AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
mental health and the justice system, including S. 2002, to strengthen 
our mental health system and improve public safety, after receiving 
testimony from William M. Ward, Minnesota Public Defender, Minneapolis; 
W. David Guice, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Division of 
Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, Raleigh; Susan Pamerleau, Bexar 
County Sheriff, San Antonio, Texas; Fred C. Osher, The Council of State 
Governments Justice Center, Johns Island, South Carolina; and Pete 
Earley, Fairfax, Virginia.
NEW SCAMS TARGETING SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a 
new scam by global drug traffickers perpetrated against our nation's 
seniors, after receiving testimony from Alan Scott Brown, Acting 
Assistant Director for Investigative Programs, Homeland Security 
Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of 
Homeland Security; Jill Steinberg, Senior Counsel to the Deputy 
Attorney General, Department of Justice; Andy Martin, Henderson, 
Nevada; and Daniel Seibert, Green Valley, Arizona.