[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D520-D521]
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 Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
approved for full committee consideration an original bill entitled, 
``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017''.
STATUS OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the status of advanced nuclear technologies, after 
receiving testimony from Mark Peters, Director, Idaho National 
Laboratory, Department of Energy; Jacob DeWitte, Oklo Inc., Sunnyvale, 
California; John Gilleland, TerraPower, Bellevue, Washington; John L. 
Hopkins, NuScale Power, Portland, Oregon; and Stephen E. Kuczynski, 
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
WATER AND POWER LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 2524, to insure adequate use 
and access to the existing Bolts Ditch headgate and ditch segment 
within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle County, Colorado, S. 2533, to 
provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California and 
provide for long-term investments in drought resiliency throughout the 
Western United States, S. 2616, to modify certain cost-sharing and 
revenue provisions relating to the Arkansas Valley Conduit, Colorado, 
S. 2902, to provide for long-term water supplies, optimal use of 
existing water supply infrastructure, and protection of existing water 
rights, and S. 2907, to amend the Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to strike the termination 
date for funding for pilot projects to increase Colorado River System 
water in Lake Mead, after receiving testimony from Senators Feinstein 
and McCain; Estevan Lopez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior; Leslie Weldon, Deputy Chief, National 
Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Thomas 
Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources Director, Phoenix; 
Bill Long, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Pueblo; 
Timothy Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies, Sacramento; 
Laura Ziemer, Trout

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Unlimited, Bozeman, Montana; and Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance, 
Klamath Falls, Oregon.
MARINE DEBRIS AND WILDLIFE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Water, and Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine marine debris and 
wildlife, focusing on impacts, sources, and solutions, after receiving 
testimony from Jim Kurth, Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior; Chris Pallister, Gulf of Alaska Keeper, 
Anchorage; Jenna R. Jambeck, University of Georgia College of 
Engineering, Athens; Nicholas J. Mallos, Ocean Conservancy Trash Free 
Seas, Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan Stone, Save The Bay, Providence, 
Rhode Island.
INTEGRATING THE CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL TAX SYSTEMS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
integrating the corporate and individual tax systems, focusing on the 
dividends paid deduction considered, after receiving testimony from 
Michael J. Graetz, Columbia Law School, New York, New York; Judy A. 
Miller, American Retirement Association, Arlington, Virginia; Steven M. 
Rosenthal, Urban Institute and Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center, 
Washington, D.C.; and Bret Wells, University of Houston Law Center, 
Houston, Texas.
WAR IN SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the War in Syria, focusing on next steps to mitigate the 
crisis, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Ford, Middle East 
Institute, Nancy Lindborg, United States Institute of Peace, and Tamara 
Cofman Wittes, Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Policy, all 
of Washington, D.C.
INTERNATIONAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy received a closed briefing on 
international cybersecurity strategy from Christopher Painter, 
Coordinator for Cyber Issues, and Judith Strotz, Director, Office of 
Cyber Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, both of the 
Department of State.
AMERICA'S DEMAND FOR DRUGS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine America's insatiable demand for drugs, 
focusing on assessing the Federal response, after receiving testimony 
from Michael P. Botticelli, Director of National Drug Control Policy; 
Kana Enomoto, Principal Deputy Administrator, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and Diana C. Maurer, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, 
Government Accountability Office.
FOSTER CARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
National Foster Care Month, focusing on supporting youth in the foster 
care and juvenile justice systems, after receiving testimony from Lisa 
Nelson, Iowa 3rd Judicial District Juvenile Court Services, Sioux City; 
Jeffrey Lind, Beltrami County Health and Human Services, Bemidji, 
Minnesota; Macon Stewart, Georgetown University McCourt School of 
Public Policy Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Washington, D.C.; and 
Sonya Brown, New Orleans, Louisiana.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.