[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D265-D267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the National Guard and Reserve, 
after receiving testimony from General Frank J. Grass, Chief of the 
National Guard, Major General Brian Neal, Acting Director of the Air 
National Guard, Lieutenant General Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the 
Army National Guard, Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, Chief of the 
Army Reserve, Vice Admiral Robin R. Braun, Chief of the Navy Reserve, 
Lieutenant General James Jackson, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, and 
Lieutenant General Rex C. McMillian, Commander of the Marine Forces 
Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant 
General Frank G. Klotz, USAF (Ret.), Under Secretary for Nuclear 
Security, and Administrator, Brigadier General Stephen L. Davis, USAF, 
Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Applications, 
Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, and Admiral James F. Caldwell Jr., USN, Deputy 
Administrator for Naval Reactors, all of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Department of Transportation, after receiving testimony 
from Anthony Foxx, Secretary, and Calvin Scovel, Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle and Air Force 
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Enterprises in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from General David G. Perkins, USA, 
Commanding General, Army Training and Doctrine Command, and General 
Herbert J. Carlisle, USAF, Commander, Air Combat Command, both of the 
Department of Defense; and Brenda S. Farrell, Director, Defense 
Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office.
GLOBAL COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a closed hearing to examine the Department of 
Defense's global counterterrorism strategy, after receiving testimony 
from Theresa M. Whelan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, Office of the Secretary, and 
Brigadier General Michael E. Kurilla, USA, Deputy Director for Special 
Operations, J-37, Joint Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2658, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize 
appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 
2016 through 2017, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the 2016 Water Resources Development Act, focusing 
on policies and projects, after receiving testimony from Jo-Ellen 
Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), and Lieutenant 
General Thomas Bostick, Chief of Engineers, both of the Department of 
Defense.
DHS MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Department of Homeland Security 
management and acquisition reform, including H.R. 3572, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform, streamline, and make 
improvements to the Department of Homeland Security and support the 
Department's efforts to implement better policy, planning, management, 
and performance, after receiving testimony from Russell C. Deyo, Under 
Secretary for Management, Charles H. Fulghum, Deputy Under Secretary 
for Management and Chief Financial Officer, and John Roth, Inspector 
General, all of the Department of Homeland Security; and Rebecca 
Gambler, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, and Michele Mackin, 
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, both of the Government 
Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1455, to provide access to medication-assisted therapy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2256, to establish programs for health care provider training in 
Federal health care and medical facilities, to establish Federal co-
prescribing guidelines, to establish a grant program with respect to 
naloxone, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 480, to amend and reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring 
program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2680, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
comprehensive mental health reform, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute; and
  S. 2687, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to 
improve plans of safe care for infants affected by illegal substance 
abuse or withdrawal symptoms, or a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON U.S. WORKERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and the 
National Interest concluded a hearing to examine the impact of 
immigration on United States workers, after receiving testimony

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from Peter Kirsanow, United States Commission on Civil Rights; George 
J. Borjas, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Benjamin 
Johnson, American Immigration Lawyers Association, and Steven A. 
Camarota, Center for Immigration Studies, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
David Dyssegaard Kallick, Fiscal Policy Institute Immigration Research 
Initiative, New York, New York.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
preventing a fiscal crisis in America, focusing on a balanced budget 
amendment to the Constitution, including S.J. Res. 2, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the 
Federal budget be balanced, and S.J. Res. 6, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch and Durbin; and Douglas 
Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget 
and Policy Priorities, Stephen Moore, FreedomWorks, Alan B. Morrison, 
George Washington University Law School, and Ilya Shapiro, Cato 
Institute, all of Washington, D.C.