[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D436-D438]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense, after 
receiving testimony from Ash Carter, Secretary, and General Joseph 
Dunford Jr., USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense.
THE BUDGET PROCESS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
fixing the budget process, focusing on better budgets and better 
results, after receiving testimony from James C. Capretta, Ethics and 
Public Policy Center, and Stan Collender, Qorvis MSLGROUP, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Barry Anderson, Bethesda, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2644, to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission for 
fiscal years 2017 and 2018, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 421, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for 
greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2607, to ensure appropriate spectrum planning and interagency 
coordination to support the Internet of Things, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2508, to reduce sports-related concussions in youth;
  S. 2829, to amend and enhance certain maritime programs of the 
Department of Transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2325, to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital 
information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data 
with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to 
support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and 
improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the 
coastal region, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2817, to improve understanding and forecasting of space weather 
events, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  The nomination of Andrew J. Read, of North Carolina, to be a Member 
of the Marine Mammal Commission; and
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States-China relations, focusing on strategic challenges 
and opportunities,

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after receiving testimony from Antony J. Blinken, Deputy Secretary of 
State.
GOVERNMENT REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine government reform, focusing on ending 
duplication and holding Washington accountable, after receiving 
testimony from former Senator Tom Coburn; and Gene L. Dodaro, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability 
Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1928, to support the education of Indian children, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2205, to establish a grant program to assist tribal governments in 
establishing tribal healing to wellness courts;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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. 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, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  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 Mexico and the Corps of 
Engineers, with an amendment; and
  S. 2717, to improve the safety and address the deferred maintenance 
needs of Indian dams to prevent flooding on Indian reservations, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the Government Accountability Office report on 
``Telecommunications: Additional Coordination and Performance 
Measurement Needed for High-Speed Internet Access Programs on Tribal 
Lands.'', after receiving testimony from Brandon McBride, Rural 
Utilities Service Administrator, Department of Agriculture; Gigi B. 
Sohn, Counselor to the Chairman, Office of the Chairman, Federal 
Communications Commission; Mark Goldstein, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; Julie Kitka, Alaska 
Federation of Natives, Anchorage; and Godfrey Enjady, National Tribal 
Telecommunications Association, Mescalero, New Mexico.
COUNTERFEITS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
counterfeits and their impact on consumer health and safety, after 
receiving testimony from Bruce Foucart, Director, National Intellectual 
Property Rights Coordination Center, Homeland Security Investigations, 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; 
Conrad W. Wong, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Policy and International 
Affairs, Patent and Trademark Office; David Hirschmann, U.S. Chamber of 
Commerce, Washington, D.C.; Shelley Duggan, The Procter and Gamble 
Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Gregory Maguire, Revision Military, 
Essex Junction, Vermont.
WOTUS RULE AND REFORMING THE RFA
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the waters of the United States rule and the case 
for reforming the Regulatory Flexibility Act, including S. 1536, to 
amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential 
impacts on small entities of rules, S. 2847, to require greater 
transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small 
businesses, S. 1817, to improve the effectiveness of major rules in 
accomplishing their regulatory objectives by promoting retrospective 
review, and S. 708, to establish an independent advisory committee to 
review certain regulations, after receiving testimony from Darryl L. 
DePriest, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration; 
Elizabeth Milito, National Federation of Independent Business Small 
Business Legal Center, and Rosario Palmieri, National Association of 
Manufacturers, both of Washington, D.C.; and Frank Knapp, Jr., South 
Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Columbia.
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals' business model, focusing on the repercussions 
for patients and the health care system, after receiving testimony from 
Frederick Askari, University of Michigan Wilson Disease Center of 
Excellence, Ann Arbor; Richard I. Fogel, St. Vincent, Indianapolis, 
Indiana; William A. Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., 
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Michael Pearson, and Howard B. Schiller, both of Valeant 
Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and Berna 
Heyman, Williamsburg, Virginia.