[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 66 (Thursday, April 28, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D447-D448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COUNTER-ISIL OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
counter-ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) operations and 
Middle East strategy, after receiving testimony from Ash Carter, 
Secretary, and General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
INVASIVE SPECIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine the impacts 
of invasive species on the productivity, value, and management of land 
and water resources, to conduct oversight on the National Invasive 
Species Council's new framework for early detection and rapid response, 
and to examine improved cooperative tools for control and management, 
including S. 2240, to improve the control and management of invasive 
species that threaten and harm Federal land under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, after 
receiving testimony from Glenn Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Mike Pool, Acting Deputy 
Director for Operations,

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Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Doug Miyamoto, 
Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne; George Beck, Colorado 
State University, Fort Collins, on behalf of the Healthy Habitats 
Coalition; and Faith T. Campbell, Center for Invasive Species 
Prevention, Springfield, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 2848, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, with an amendment;
  S. 2808, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize 
appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;
  S. 2824, to designate the Federal building housing the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Headquarters located at 99 
New York Avenue N.E., Washington, D.C., as the ``Ariel Rios Federal 
Building'';
  Army Corps of Engineers Study Resolutions; and
  General Services Administration resolutions.
MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine mental 
health in America, after receiving testimony from Doug Thomas, Utah 
Department of Human Services Division of Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Director, Salt Lake City; Brandon Marshall, PROJECT 375, 
Chicago, Illinois; Maggie Bennington-Davis, Health Share of Oregon, 
Tualatin; and Linda Rosenberg, National Council for Behavioral Health, 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Department of State Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2017'';
  H.R. 2494, to support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen the 
capacity of partner countries to counter wildlife trafficking, 
designate major wildlife trafficking countries, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2845, to extend the termination of sanctions with respect to 
Venezuela under the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society 
Act of 2014, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 442, condemning the terrorist attacks in Brussels and 
honoring the memory of the United States citizens murdered in those 
attacks, and offering thoughts and prayers for all the victims, 
condolences to their families, resolve to support the Belgian people, 
and the pledge to defend democracy and stand in solidarity with the 
country of Belgium and all our allies in the face of continuing 
terrorist attacks on freedom and liberty;
  S. Res. 340, expressing the sense of Congress that the so-called 
Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or Da'esh) is committing 
genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, and calling upon the 
President to work with foreign governments and the United Nations to 
provide physical protection for ISIS' targets, to support the creation 
of an international criminal tribunal with jurisdiction to punish these 
crimes, and to use every reasonable means, including sanctions, to 
destroy ISIS and disrupt its support networks, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 418, recognizing Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, Yoani Sanchez, 
and Akanksha Hazari for their selflessness and dedication to their 
respective causes;
  S. Res. 394, recognizing the 195th anniversary of the independence of 
Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States;
  S. Res. 436, supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day;
  S. Res. 381, honoring the memory and legacy of Michael James 
Riddering and condemning the terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina 
Faso on January 15, 2016; and
  The nominations of Swati A. Dandekar, of Iowa, to be United States 
Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, R. 
David Harden, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, and Christine Ann 
Elder, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, Kelly 
Keiderling-Franz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Oriental 
Republic of Uruguay, Elizabeth Holzhall Richard, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic, Stephen Michael Schwartz, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Adam H. 
Sterling, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, and 
routine lists in the Foreign Service, all of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Patrick A. Burke, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Columbia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.