[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D360-D362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration an original bill entitled, ``Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017''.
APPROPRIATIONS: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Missile Defense Agency, 
after receiving testimony from Vice Admiral J.D. Syring,

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USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
entitled, ``Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2017''.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Thomas P. Dee, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Expeditionary Programs and 
Logistics Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Research, Development, and Acquisition, and Lieutenant General Robert 
S. Walsh, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and 
Integration, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development 
Command, both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Brian 
P. McKeon, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, Admiral William 
E. Gortney, USN, Commander, United States Northern Command and 
Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Vice Admiral J.D. 
Syring, USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, and Lieutenant General 
David L. Mann, USA, Commanding General, Army Space and Missile Defense 
Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component 
Command for Integrated Missile Defense, all of the Department of 
Defense.
BUDGETING TO MAXIMIZE TAXPAYER VALUE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
budgeting for outcomes to maximize taxpayer value, after receiving 
testimony from Paul L. Posner, George Mason University School of 
Policy, Government and International Affairs, and Maurice P. McTigue, 
George Mason University Mercatus Center, both of Arlington, Virginia; 
and Roy T. Meyers, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the role of environmental policies on access to 
energy and economic opportunity, after receiving testimony from Alex 
Epstein, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, Laguna Beach, California; 
Reverend Robert A. Sirico, Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and 
Michael Breen, Truman Project and Truman Center, Reverend J. Herbert 
Nelson II, Presbyterian Church Office of Public Witness, and Major 
General (Ret.), Robert Scales, all of Washington, D.C.
ENDING SEXUAL ABUSE IN U.N. PEACEKEEPING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine ending sexual abuse in United Nations peacekeeping, after 
receiving testimony from Isobel Coleman, Representative to the United 
Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, Tracey Jacobson, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs, and 
Major General Michael Rothstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, 
Programs, and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, all of 
the Department of State; Peter Yeo, Better World Campaign, Washington, 
D.C.; and Miranda Brown, Geneva, Switzerland.
AMERICA'S DEMAND FOR DRUGS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine America's insatiable demand for drugs, 
after receiving testimony from General John F. Kelly, USMC (Ret.), 
former Combatant Commander, United States Southern Command, Department 
of Defense, Woodbridge, Virginia; Jonathan P. Caulkins, Carnegie Mellon 
University's Heinz College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cheryl G. 
Healton, New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, 
New York; Tony Sgro, EdVenture Partners, Orinda, California; and Robert 
J. Budsock, Integrity House, Newark, New Jersey.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2205, to establish a grant program to assist tribal governments in 
establishing tribal healing to wellness courts, S. 2421, to provide for 
the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located 
in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation 
located in Dillingham, Alaska, S. 2564, to modernize prior legislation 
relating to Dine College, S. 2643, to improve the implementation of the 
settlement agreement reached between the Pueblo de Cochiti of New

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Mexico and the Corps of Engineers, and S. 2717, to improve the safety 
and address the deferred maintenance needs of Indian dams to prevent 
flooding on Indian reservations, after receiving testimony from Michael 
Black, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; 
Nicholas Garcia, Pueblo de Cochiti, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico; Paul 
Day, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Cass Lake, Minnesota; Martn Miguel 
Ahumada, Din, College, Tsaile, Arizona; Julie Roberts-Hyslop, Tanana 
Tribal Council, Tanana, Alaska; and Robert J. Clark, Bristol Bay Area 
Health Corporation, Dillingham, Alaska.
EB-5 TARGETED EMPLOYMENT AREAS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
EB-5 targeted employment areas, after receiving testimony from 
Representatives Goodlatte, Conyers, and Amodei; Daniel J. Healy, 
Civitas Capital Group, Dallas, Texas; Timothy J. Whipple, Iowa Economic 
Development Authority, Des Moines; Peter D. Joseph, Invest In the USA, 
Washington, D.C.; and Gary Friedland, New York University Stern School 
of Business, New York, New York.