[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 6, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D334-D335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Rural Development and Energy concluded a hearing to examine Department 
of Agriculture rural development programs and their economic impact 
across America, after receiving testimony from Lisa Mensah, Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development; Craig Hill, Iowa Farm 
Bureau Federation, Milo; Monte Shaw, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, 
Johnston; and Cris Somerville, Dakota Turbines, Cooperstown, North 
Dakota, on behalf of the Distributed Wind Energy Association.
APPROPRIATIONS: USFS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2017 for the Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Tom 
Tidwell, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a closed hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the National Intelligence and 
Military Intelligence programs, after receiving testimony from James 
Clapper, Director of National Intelligence; and Marcel Lettre, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
DHS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine research and development 
efforts at the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving 
testimony from Reginald Brothers, Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology, Kathryn H. Brinsfield, Assistant Secretary for Health 
Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, and Huban A. Gowadia, Director for 
the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, all of the Department of 
Homeland Security.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development, and Acquisition, Vice 
Admiral Joseph P. Mulloy, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Integration of Capabilities and Resources (N8), and Lieutenant General 
Robert S. Walsh, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and 
Integration, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development 
Command, all of the Department of Defense.
MILITARY JUSTICE REVIEW GROUP
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the report of the Military Justice Review Group from Andrew S. Effron, 
Director, Military Justice Review Group, and Dwight H. Sullivan, Senior 
Associate Deputy General Counsel for Military Justice Personnel Policy, 
both of the Department of Defense.
UNRELIABILITY OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL DATA
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
unreliability of Federal financial data, including the need to address 
the government's remaining financial management challenges and long-
term fiscal path, after receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability 
Office.
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine transportation security, focusing on protecting 
passengers and freight, after receiving testimony from Peter Neffenger, 
Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
Homeland Security.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2017 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

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after receiving testimony from Stephen G. Burns, Chairman, and Kristine 
Svinicki, William Ostendorff, and Jeffrey Baran, each a Commissioner, 
all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE U.S. DEBT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the strategic implications of the United States debt, after 
receiving testimony from Richard N. Haass, Council on Foreign 
Relations, New York, New York; and Neera Tanden, Center for American 
Progress, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2700, to update the authorizing provisions relating to the 
workforces of the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug 
Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 185, to create a limited population pathway for approval of 
certain antibacterial drugs, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2713, to provide for the implementation of a Precision Medicine 
Initiative, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2745, to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote the 
inclusion of minorities in clinical research, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  S. 2742, to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act regarding 
the national research institutes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2304, to provide for tribal demonstration projects for the 
integration of early childhood development, education, including Native 
language and culture, and related services, for evaluation of those 
demonstration projects, S. 2468, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out a 5-year demonstration program to provide grants 
to eligible Indian tribes for the construction of tribal schools, S. 
2580, to establish the Indian Education Agency to streamline the 
administration of Indian education, and S. 2711, to expand opportunity 
for Native American children through additional options in education, 
after receiving testimony from Lawrence S. Roberts, Acting Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Arizona State Senator 
Carlyle W. Begay, Phoenix; Patricia Whitefoot, National Indian 
Education Association, Washington, D.C.; and Sandra Boham, Salish 
Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana.
FEDERAL DISASTER RESPONSE
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Federal disaster response and Small Business 
Administration implementation of the RISE Act, after receiving 
testimony from Douglas Kramer, Deputy Administrator, Small Business 
Administration; and Elizabeth A. Zimmerman, Associate Administrator, 
Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
finding a cure, focusing on assessing progress toward the goal of 
ending Alzheimer's by 2025, after receiving testimony from Ronald C. 
Petersen, Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Rochester, 
Minnesota; Polly Bradley, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, Scarborough; 
Lisa Baron, Memory Care Home Solutions, St. Louis, Missouri; and David 
Hyde Pierce, New York, New York.