[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D535-D537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Telephone Consumer Protection Act at 25, 
focusing on effects on consumers and business, after receiving 
testimony from Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, Indianapolis; 
Becca Wahlquist, Snell and Wilmer L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, on 
behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform; 
Margot Saunders, National Consumer Law Center, and Monica Desai, Squire 
Patton Boggs, both of Washington, D.C.; and Richard Lovich, American 
Association of Healthcare Administrative Management, Burbank, 
California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 2816, to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction program;
  S. 2795, to modernize the regulation of nuclear energy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1479, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating 
to grants;
  S. 921, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
nonregulatory program to build on and

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help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 
4-State Delaware River Basin region;
  H.R. 3114, to provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with 
curation and historic preservation activities;
  S. 2754, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 300 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, as 
the ``Tom Stagg Federal Building and United States Courthouse'', with 
amendments;
  General Services Administration resolutions; and
  The nomination of Jane Toshiko Nishida, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine assessing the security of critical 
infrastructure, focusing on threats, vulnerabilities, and solutions, 
after receiving testimony from Major General Donald P. Dunbar, 
Wisconsin Adjutant General, Madison; Thomas L. Farmer, Partnership for 
Critical Infrastructure Security Cross-Sector Council, and Scott I. 
Aaronson, Edison Electric Institute, on behalf of the Electricity 
Subsector Coordinating Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and Ted 
Koppel, Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the 
Aftermath, Potomac, Maryland.
EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Every Student Succeeds Act 
implementation, focusing on perspectives from education stakeholders, 
after receiving testimony from Tony Evers, Wisconsin State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Madison; Lily Eskelsen Garcia, 
National Education Association, Randi Weingarten, American Federation 
of Teachers, Nora E. Gordon, Georgetown University McCourt School of 
Public Policy, and Janet Murguia, National Council of La Raza, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Thomas Ahart, Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, 
Iowa; and Denise Marshall, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, 
Towson, Maryland.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2785, to protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian 
country, S. 2916, to provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease 
for 99 years certain restricted land, and S. 2920, to amend the Tribal 
Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to 
provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian 
communities, after receiving testimony from Michael Black, Director, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Tracy Toulou, 
Director, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice; Michael 
Chavarria, Santa Clara Pueblo, Espanola, New Mexico; Dana Buckles, 
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, 
Montana; and Alfred L. Urbina, Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, Tucson.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Donald Karl Schott, of Wisconsin, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senator Baldwin, Paul Lewis Abrams, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California, Stephanie A. Finley, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 
Claude J. Kelly III, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana, and Winfield D. Ong, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, who was introduced 
by Senators Coats and Donnelly, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
RANSOMWARE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine ransomware, focusing on understanding 
the threat and exploring solutions, including S. 2931, to amend title 
18, United States Code, to protect Americans from cybercrime, after 
receiving testimony from Richard W. Downing, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice; Charles C. Hucks, Jr., Horry 
County Schools, Conway, South Carolina; Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike, Inc., 
Washington, D.C.; and Charles Blauner, Citigroup, Inc., Warren, New 
Jersey, on behalf of the American Bankers Association.
SMALL BUSINESS AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine small business and the Affordable Care Act, 
including S. 1697, to provide an exception from certain group health 
plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to 
assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual health 
insurance market, S. 379, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of 
small employers, S. 1099, to amend the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act to provide States with flexibility in determining

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the size of employers in the small group market, and S. 1996, to 
streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the 
eligibility verification process for the premium assistance tax credit 
and cost-sharing subsidy, after receiving testimony from Richard Frank, 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and 
Evaluation; Tom Kunkel, Full House Marketing and Print, Edgewood, 
Maryland; Mike Brey, Hobby Works, Laurel, Maryland; and Kevin Kuhlman, 
National Federation of Independent Business, Washington, D.C.