[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 14, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration an original bill entitled, ``Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 
2017''.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
including S. 2867, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
establish an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital 
Formation and a Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, 
after receiving testimony from Mary Jo White, Chair, Securities and 
Exchange Commission.
OIL AND GAS PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine oil and gas pipeline infrastructure and the 
economic, safety, environmental, permitting, construction, and 
maintenance considerations associated with that infrastructure, after 
receiving testimony from Paul W. Parfomak, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; Andrew J. Black, Association of Oil Pipe 
Lines, Ross Eisenberg, National Association of Manufacturers, and Sean 
McGarvey, North America's Building Trades Unions, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and N. Jonathan Peress, Environmental Defense Fund, Boston, 
Massachusetts.
EPA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's progress in 
implementing Inspector General and Government Accountability Office 
recommendations, after receiving testimony from Alfredo Gomez, 
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability 
Office; and Alan S. Larsen, Counsel to the Inspector General, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
ENERGY TAX POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine energy 
tax policy in 2016 and beyond, after receiving testimony from Benjamin 
Zycher, American Enterprise Institute, and Karen Harbert, U.S. Chamber 
of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Steve Miller, Bulk Handling Systems and Zero Waste Energy, LLC, 
Eugene, Oregon; and Susan Kennedy, Advanced Microgrid Solutions, San 
Francisco, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.