[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D574-D577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOCUS ON THE FARM ECONOMY: A VIEW FROM THE BARNYARD
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture held a hearing entitled ``Focus on the Farm Economy: A View 
from the Barnyard''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a markup on the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill 
for FY 2017; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2017; and Report on the Revised 
Interim Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2017. The Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2017 
and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related

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Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2017 were ordered reported, as 
amended. The Report on the Revised Interim Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for FY 2017 passed.
DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Training held a hearing entitled ``Demanding 
Accountability at the Corporation for National and Community Service''. 
Testimony was heard from Wendy Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, 
Corporation for National and Community Service; and Deborah Jeffrey, 
Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community Service.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Hearing 
on 17 FTC Bills''. Testimony was heard from Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, 
Federal Trade Commission; and public witnesses.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAM INTEGRITY: COMBATTING IMPROPER PAYMENTS 
AND INELIGIBLE PROVIDERS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Program 
Integrity: Combatting Improper Payments and Ineligible Providers''. 
Testimony was heard from Shantanu Agrawal, Deputy Administrator and 
Director, Center for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Seto J. 
Bagdoyan, Director, Audit Services, Forensic Audits and Investigative 
Service, Government Accountability Office; and Ann Maxwell, Assistant 
Inspector General, Office of Evaluation and Inspections, Office of 
Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.
STOPPING TERROR FINANCE: A COORDINATED GOVERNMENT EFFORT
Committee on Financial Services: Task Force to Investigate Terrorism 
Financing held a hearing entitled ``Stopping Terror Finance: A 
Coordinated Government Effort''. Testimony was heard from Jennifer 
Shasky Calvery, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 
Department of the Treasury; and Larry McDonald, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Technical Assistance, Department of the Treasury.
THE U.S.-SAUDI ARABIA COUNTERTERRORISM RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade held a hearing entitled ``The U.S.-Saudi 
Arabia Counterterrorism Relationship''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
ENHANCING PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES TO ADDRESS CYBER 
THREATS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, 
Response, and Communications; and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, held a joint 
hearing entitled ``Enhancing Preparedness and Response Capabilities to 
Address Cyber Threats''. Testimony was heard from Mark Ghilarducci, 
Director, Emergency Services, Office of the Governor of California; 
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Cooney, Assistant Deputy Superintendent, 
Office of Counter Terrorism, New York State Police; Robert Galvin, 
Chief Technology Officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; 
and public witnesses.
BORDER SECURITY GADGETS, GIZMOS, AND INFORMATION: USING TECHNOLOGY TO 
INCREASE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border and Maritime 
Security held a hearing entitled ``Border Security Gadgets, Gizmos, and 
Information: Using Technology to Increase Situational Awareness and 
Operational Control''. Testimony was heard from Ronald Vitiello, Acting 
Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, Department of Homeland Security; Major 
General Randolph D. ``Tex'' Alles (Retired, USMC), Executive Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of Air and Marine Operations, Customs and Border 
Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Mark Borkowski, Assistant 
Commissioner and Chief Acquisition Executive, Office of Technology 
Innovation and Acquisition, Customs and Border Protection, Department 
of Homeland Security; and Rebecca Gambler, Director, Homeland Security 
and Justice, Government Accountability Office.
EXAMINING THE ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST IRS COMMISSIONER JOHN 
KOSKINEN, PART I
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John 
Koskinen, Part I''. Testimony was heard from Chairman Chaffetz and 
Representative DeSantis.

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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON AUTOPILOT: DELEGATION OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY 
TO AN UNACCOUNTABLE BUREAUCRACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Task Force on Executive Overreach held a 
hearing entitled ``The Federal Government on Autopilot: Delegation of 
Regulatory Authority to an Unaccountable Bureaucracy''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a 
hearing on H.R. 3480, the ``Fort Frederica National Monument Boundary 
Expansion Act of 2015''; H.R. 4202, the ``Fort Ontario Study Act''; 
H.R. 4789, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
structure for visitor services on the Arlington Ridge tract, in the 
area of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 5244, to provide for the establishment of a national memorial and 
national monument to commemorate those killed by the collapse of the 
Saint Francis Dam on March 12, 1928, and for other purposes. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Carter of Georgia; Katko; Beyer; and 
Knight; Bill Shaddox, Acting Associate Director for Park Planning, 
Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service; Brian Ferebee, Associate 
Deputy Chief, U.S. Forest Service; and a public witness.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans 
held a hearing on H.R. 4366, the ``San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution 
Act''; H.R. 5217, the ``San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act''; and a 
discussion draft of the ``Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 
2016''. Testimony was heard from Representatives Valadao; Costa; and 
Zinke; John Bezdek, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, Department 
of the Interior; and public witnesses.
INVESTIGATING THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Investigating the Culture of 
Corruption at the Department of the Interior''. Testimony was heard 
from Edward Keable, Deputy Solicitor for General Law, Office of the 
Solicitor, Department of the Interior; and Mary Kendall, Deputy 
Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of the 
Interior.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
5278, the ``Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability 
Act''.
GUANTANAMO BAY: THE REMAINING DETAINEES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security held a hearing entitled ``Guantanamo Bay: The Remaining 
Detainees''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXAMINING THE FUTURE OF RECREATION.GOV
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on the 
Interior held a hearing entitled ``Examining the Future of 
Recreation.gov''. Testimony was heard from Joe Mead, Director of 
Recreation and Heritage Areas, U.S. Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; and Rick DeLappe, Recreation.gov Program Manager, National 
Park Service, Department of Interior.
ENERGY POLICY MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2016; CLARIFYING CONGRESSIONAL 
INTENT IN PROVIDING FOR DC HOME RULE ACT OF 2016
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on S. 2012, the 
``Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016''; and H.R. 5233, the 
``Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 
2016''. The committee granted, by voice vote, a closed rule for S. 
2012. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided among and 
controlled by the chairs and ranking minority members of the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Natural Resources. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 
the text of Rules Committee Print 114-55 shall be considered as adopted 
and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives 
all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The 
rule provides one motion to commit with or without instructions. The 
rule provides that if S. 2012, as amended, is passed, then it shall be 
in order for the chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or his 
designee to move that the House insist on its amendment to S. 2012 and 
request a conference with the Senate thereon. Additionally, the rule 
grants a closed rule for H.R. 5233. The rule provides one hour of 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and 
provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives

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all points of order against provisions in the bill. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit. In section 4, the rule provides that on any 
legislative day during the period from May 27, 2016, through June 6, 
2016: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be 
considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House 
adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in 
declaring the adjournment. In section 5, the rule provides that the 
Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the 
duration of the period addressed by section 4. Lastly, the Committee 
adopted, by voice vote, a resolution expressing the gratitude of the 
Committee on Rules to Mr. Miles M. Lackey, the Committee's Democratic 
staff director, for his service to the Committee, the House, and the 
Nation on the occasion of his retirement from the House of 
Representatives. Testimony was heard from Representatives Meadows and 
Norton.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
markup on the ``Networking and Information Technology Research and 
Development Modernization Act of 2016''. The ``Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 
2016'' was ordered reported, as amended.
THE SHARING ECONOMY: A TAXING EXPERIENCE FOR NEW ENTREPRENEURS, PART I
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The Sharing Economy: A Taxing Experience for New Entrepreneurs, Part 
I''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF THE WASHINGTON METRO
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing entitled ``Improving the Safety and 
Reliability of the Washington Metro''. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Hoyer; Delaney; and Connolly; Carolyn Flowers, Acting 
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration; and public witnesses.
MOVING AMERICA'S FAMILIES FORWARD: SETTING PRIORITIES FOR REDUCING 
POVERTY AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Moving America's Families Forward: Setting Priorities for Reducing 
Poverty and Expanding Opportunity''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 5273, 
the ``Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016''; H.R. 2952, 
the ``Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act''; H.R. 
5169, the ``What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act''; and 
a vote to release the transcript of the deposition taken by the 
Committee on Ways and Means on May 11, 2016. The following bills were 
ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 5273, H.R. 2952, and H.R. 5169.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.