[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D571-D572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
approved for full committee consideration an original bill entitled, 
``Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Defense Appropriations''.
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
entitled, ``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, Fiscal 
Year 2017''.
IRAN DEAL SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine understanding the role of sanctions under the Iran 
Deal, after receiving testimony from Juan C. Zarate, Financial 
Integrity Network, Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for Defense of Democracies 
Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, Michael Elleman, The 
International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Elizabeth Rosenberg, 
Center for a New American Security, all of Washington, D.C.
INTERNET ASSIGNED NUMBERS AUTHORITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the multistakeholder plan for transitioning the 
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, after receiving testimony from 
David A. Gross, former Coordinator for International Communications and 
Information Policy, Department of State, Michael Beckerman, Internet 
Association, Steve DelBianco, NetChoice, and Brett D. Schaefer, The 
Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Richard Manning, 
Americans for Limited Government, Fairfax, Virginia; and Andrew 
Sullivan, Internet Architecture Board, Manchester, New Hampshire.
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Water, and Wildlife concluded a hearing to examine the implementation 
of the definition of Waters of the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Don Parrish, American Farm Bureau Federation, and 
William W. Buzbee, Georgetown University Law Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Damien Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, 
California; Valerie Wilkinson, The ESG Companies, Virginia Beach, 
Virginia; and Scott Kovarovics, Izaak Walton League of America, 
Gaithersburg, Maryland.
DEBT VERSUS EQUITY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine debt 
versus equity, focusing on corporate integration considerations, after 
receiving testimony from John L. Buckley, former Chief Tax Counsel, 
House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, D.C.; 
Jody K. Lurie, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
John D. McDonald, Baker and McKenzie LLP, Chicago, Illinois; and Alvin 
C. Warren, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States-India relations, focusing on balancing progress 
and managing expectations, after receiving testimony from Nisha Desai 
Biswal, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian 
Affairs; and Sadanand Dhume, American Enterprise Institute, and Alyssa 
Ayres, Council on Foreign Relations, both of Washington, D.C.
VETERANS AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 2919, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
greater flexibility to States in carrying out the Disabled Veterans' 
Outreach Program and employing local veterans' employment 
representatives, S. 2896, to eliminate the sunset date for the Veterans 
Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand 
eligibility for such program, and to extend certain operating hours for 
pharmacies and medical facilities of the Department, S. 2888, to amend 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry's review and publication of illness and 
conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North 
Carolina, and their family members, S. 2679, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish 
within the Department of Veterans Affairs a center of excellence in the 
prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of 
health conditions relating to exposure to burn pits, S. 2520, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve the care provided by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children, S. 2487, to direct 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care and 
suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating 
women veterans as part of the evaluation of such programs by

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the Secretary, S. 2049, to establish in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs a continuing medical education program for non-Department 
medical professionals who treat veterans and family members of veterans 
to increase knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to 
veterans and family members of veterans, an original bill to reform the 
rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims 
for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, an original bill to make certain improvements in the provision 
of automobiles and adaptive equipment by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and an original bill to expand eligibility for hospital care 
and medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, 
and Accountability Act of 2014 to include veterans in receipt of health 
services under the pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for rural veterans, after receiving testimony from Senators McCain, 
Boxer, and Klobuchar; Sloan Gibson, Deputy Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs; Michael H. Michaud, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service; Carlos Fuentes, Veterans of Foreign 
Wars of the United States, Louis J. Celli, Jr., The American Legion, 
Adrian M. Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, Carl Blake, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, and Diane Boyd Rauber, National Organization of 
Veterans' Advocates, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; and Master Sergeant 
J. M. Ensminger, (Ret.), USMC, Elizabethtown, North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled, ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017''.