[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D407-D410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a 
markup on the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2017. The 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2017, was forwarded to the 
full committee, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
markup on H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
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2017. H.R. 4909 was forwarded to the full committee, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces held a markup on H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017. H.R. 4909 was forwarded to the full 
committee, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection 
Forces held a markup on H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017. H.R. 4909 was forwarded to the full 
committee, as amended.
FISCAL YEAR 2017 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power; and 
Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, held a joint hearing 
entitled ``Fiscal Year 2017 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget''. 
Testimony was heard from the following Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
officials: Stephen Burns, Chairman; Jeff Baran, Commissioner; William 
Ostendorff, Commissioner; and Kristine Svinicki, Commissioner.
THE PRICING OF FETAL TISSUE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Select Investigative Panel of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing entitled ``The Pricing 
of Fetal Tissue''. Testimony was heard from Senators Shaheen and Sasse; 
and public witnesses.
HOW SECURE ARE U.S. BIORESEARCH LABS? PREVENTING THE NEXT SAFETY LAPSE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``How Secure Are U.S. 
Bioresearch Labs? Preventing the Next Safety Lapse''. Testimony was 
heard from Major General Brian C. Lein, Commanding General, Department 
of Defense; Steve Monroe, Associate Director for Laboratory Science and 
Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; John Neumann, 
Director, Government Accountability Office; Segaran Pillai, Director, 
Food and Drug Administration; and Lawrence A. Tabak, Principal Deputy 
Director, National Institutes of Health.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a markup 
on H.R. 4978, the ``Nurturing and Supporting Healthy Babies Act''; H.R. 
4641, to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to 
review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and 
prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes; H.R. 3680, the 
``Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2015''; H.R. 3691, the 
``Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act''; H.R. 
1818, the ``Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act''; the 
``Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act''; H.R. 
3250, the ``DXM Abuse Prevention Act''; H.R. 4969, the ``John Thomas 
Decker Act of 2016''; H.R. 4586, ``Lali's Law''; H.R. 4599, the 
``Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016''; H.R. 4976, the ``Opioid 
Review Modernization Act''; and the ``Examining Opioid Treatment 
Infrastructure Act of 2016''. The following bills were forwarded to the 
full committee, as amended: H.R. 4641, H.R. 3680, H.R. 4969, H.R. 4586, 
H.R. 4599, and the ``Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and 
Modernization Act''. The following bills were forwarded to the full 
committee, without amendment: H.R. 4978, H.R. 3691, H.R. 1818, H.R. 
3250, H.R. 4976, and the ``Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure 
Act of 2016''.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 
1150, the ``Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 
2015''; H.R. 3694, the ``Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking 
Act''; H.R. 4939, the ``United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement 
Act of 2016''; H. Con. Res. 88, reaffirming the Taiwan Relations Act 
and the Six Assurances as the cornerstone of United States-Taiwan 
relations; and S. 2143, to provide for the authority for the successors 
and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate 
a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and 
for other purposes. The following legislation was ordered reported, as 
amended: H.R. 1150, H.R. 3694, and H. Con. Res. 88. The following 
legislation was ordered reported, without amendment: H.R. 4939 and S. 
2143.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a markup on S. 1890, 
the ``Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016''; S. 125, the ``Bulletproof 
Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015''; H.R. 
3380, the ``Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015''; and H.R. 
4985, to amend the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act to protect 
classified information in Federal court challenges. The following bills 
were ordered reported, without amendment: S. 1890, S. 125, H.R. 3380, 
and H.R. 4985.

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LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans 
held a hearing on H.R. 1869, the ``Environmental Compliance Cost 
Transparency Act of 2015''; H.R. 2993, the ``Water Recycling 
Acceleration Act of 2015''; and H.R. 4582, the ``Save Our Salmon (SOS) 
Act''. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gosar and Matsui; Tom 
Iseman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Water and Science, Department of 
the Interior; and public witnesses.
EXPLORING CURRENT NATURAL RESOURCE RESEARCH EFFORTS AND THE FUTURE OF 
AMERICA'S LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a 
hearing entitled ``Exploring Current Natural Resource Research Efforts 
and the Future of America's Land-Grant Colleges and Universities''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND MITIGATION
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Information Technology held a hearing entitled ``Federal Cybersecurity 
Detection, Response, and Mitigation''. Testimony was heard from Sanjeev 
Bhagowalia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems and 
Chief Information Officer, Department of the Treasury; Steven C. 
Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Department of State; Andy Ozment, 
Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, Department of 
Homeland Security; and a public witness.
BARRIERS TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT DELISTING, PART I
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on the 
Interior held a hearing entitled ``Barriers to Endangered Species Act 
Delisting, Part I''. Testimony was heard from Joel Bousman, Chairman, 
Board of County Commissioners, Sublette County, Wyoming; and public 
witnesses.
AN OVERVIEW OF FUSION ENERGY SCIENCE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy 
held a hearing entitled ``An Overview of Fusion Energy Science''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: HOW CYBER ATTACKS THREATEN 
BOTH
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Small Business and the Federal Government: How Cyber-Attacks Threaten 
Both''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
markup on General Services Administration Capital Investment and 
Leasing Program Resolutions; H.R. 4957, to designate the Federal 
building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of 
Columbia as the ``Ariel Rios Federal Building''; H.R. 4937, the 
``Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act 
of 2016''; and H.R. 4231, to direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain 
a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia 
and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the 
seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of 
Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. The following bills were ordered 
reported, as amended: H.R. 4937 and H.R. 4231. H.R. 4957 was ordered 
reported, without amendment. The General Services Administration 
Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions were approved.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on H.R. 2460, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
provision of adult day health care services for veterans; H.R. 3956, 
the ``VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act''; H.R. 
3974, the ``Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and 
Education Act of 2015''; H.R. 3989, the ``Support Our Military 
Caregivers Act''; draft legislation to ensure that each VA medical 
facility complies with requirements relating to scheduling veterans for 
health care appointments and to improve the uniform application of 
directives; and draft legislation to direct VA to establish a list of 
drugs that require an increased level of informed consent. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Zeldin; Bost; Kuster; Stefanik; and 
Walorski; Maureen McCarthy, M.D., Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for 
Health for Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
A REVIEW OF VETERANS PREFERENCE IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HIRING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity 
held a hearing entitled ``A Review of Veterans Preference in Federal 
Government Hiring''. Testimony was heard from Michael H. Michaud, 
Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 
Department of Labor; Carin M. Otero, Associate Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Human Resources Policy and Planning, Office of

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Human Resources and Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; 
Mark D. Reinhold, Associate Director for Employee Services, Office of 
Personnel Management; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 4923, 
the ``American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016''. H.R. 4923 
was ordered reported, as amended.

Joint Meetings
TAX CODE COMPLEXITY AND THE ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
code complexity and the economy, after receiving testimony from Arthur 
B. Laffer, Laffer Associates, Nashville, Tennessee; Scott A. Hodge, Tax 
Foundation, and Jared Bernstein, Center on Budget and Policy 
Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.; and Joe Grossbauer, GGNET 
Technologies, Chesterton, Indiana, on behalf of the National Federation 
of Independent Business.