[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D661-D663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government approved for full committee consideration an 
original bill entitled, ``Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2017''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
   S. 2283, to ensure that small business providers of broadband 
Internet access service can devote resources to broadband deployment 
rather than compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1490, to establish an advisory office within the Bureau of 
Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud 
targeting seniors;
  S. 3038, to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Rear Adm. Marshall B. Lytle III, and Vice Adm. 
Fred M. Midgette, both to be Vice Admiral, USCG, Rebecca F. Dye, of 
North Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, and Blair 
Anderson, of California, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Policy.

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COAST GUARD'S INCREASING DUTIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine assessing the Coast Guard's increasing duties, focusing on drug 
and migrant interdiction, after receiving testimony from Admiral Paul 
F. Zukunft, Commandant, Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 2839 and H.R. 3004, bills to 
amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act to extend the 
authorization for the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor 
Commission, H.R. 3036, to designate the National September 11 Memorial 
located at the World Trade Center site in New York City, New York, as a 
national memorial, H.R. 3620, to amend the Delaware Water Gap National 
Recreation Area Improvement Act to provide access to certain vehicles 
serving residents of municipalities adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap 
National Recreation Area, H.R. 4119, to authorize the exchange of 
certain land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson County, 
Mississippi, between the National Park Service and the Veterans of 
Foreign Wars, S. 211, to establish the Susquehanna Gateway National 
Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, S. 630, to establish the 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area, S. 1007, to amend 
the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to rename a site 
of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, S. 1623, to 
establish the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in the State 
of Washington, S. 1662, to include Livingston County, the city of 
Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson 
County, Illinois, to the Lincoln National Heritage Area, S. 1690, to 
establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the 
State of Washington, S. 1696 and H.R. 482, bills to redesignate the 
Ocmulgee National Monument in the State of Georgia, to revise the 
boundary of that monument, S. 1824, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility 
of designating certain land as the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area, 
S. 2087, to modify the boundary of the Fort Scott National Historic 
Site in the State of Kansas, S. 2412, to establish the Tule Lake 
National Historic Site in the State of California, S. 2548, to 
establish the 400 Years of African-American History Commission, S. 
2627, to adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve, S. 2807, 
to amend title 54, United States Code, to require State approval before 
the Secretary of the Interior restricts access to waters under the 
jurisdiction of the National Park Service for recreational or 
commercial fishing, S. 2805, to modify the boundary of Voyageurs 
National Park in the State of Minnesota, S. 2923, to redesignate the 
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the ``Saint-Gaudens National 
Park for the Arts'', S. 2954, to establish the Ste. Genevieve National 
Historic Site in the State of Missouri, S. 3020, to update the map of, 
and modify the acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant 
Fossil Beds National Monument, S. 3027, to clarify the boundary of 
Acadia National Park, and S. 3028, to redesignate the Olympic 
Wilderness as the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness, after receiving testimony 
from Stephanie Toothman, Associate Director, Cultural Resources, 
Partnerships, and Science, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. BUSINESS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
challenges and opportunities for United States business in the digital 
age, after receiving testimony from Bruce Foucart, Assistant Director, 
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, Homeland 
Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
Department of Homeland Security; Norman T. Schenk, UPS, Washington, 
D.C.; and Tom Triggs, Belkin International, Inc., Playa Vista, 
California.
BARRIERS TO EDUCATION GLOBALLY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine barriers to 
education globally, focusing on getting girls in the classroom, after 
receiving testimony from Cathy Russell, Ambassador-at-Large for Global 
Women's Issues, Department of State; Susan Markham, Senior Coordinator 
for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, United States Agency for 
International Development; Linda Hiebert, World Vision International, 
and Meighan Stone, The Malala Fund, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Kakenya Ntaiya, Kakenya Center for Excellence, Narok County, Kenya.
U.S. POLICY IN LIBYA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy in Libya, after receiving testimony from 
Jonathan M. Winer, Special Envoy for Libya, Department of State.
AMERICA'S DEMAND FOR DRUGS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine

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America's insatiable demand for drugs, focusing on examining solutions, 
after receiving testimony from D. Scott MacDonald, Providence Crosstown 
Clinic, Vancouver, British Columbia; Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy 
Alliance, New York, New York; David Murray, Hudson Institute, 
Washington, D.C.; and Chief of Police Frederick Ryan, Arlington, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Police Assisted Addiction Recovery 
Initiative.
CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Child Care Development Block Grant Act 
of 2014, focusing on perspectives of stakeholders, after receiving 
testimony from Linda Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for Early Childhood Development, Administration for 
Children and Families; Myra Jones-Taylor, Connecticut Office of Early 
Childhood Commissioner, Hartford; Sheila Hoyle, Southwestern Child 
Development Commission, Webster, North Carolina; Margaret Williams, 
Maryland Family Network, Baltimore; and Le'Vaughn Westbrook, Falls 
Church, Virginia.
INNOVATIONS TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL SECURITY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
innovations to promote Americans' financial security, after receiving 
testimony from Catherine Collinson, Transamerica Center for Retirement 
Studies, Los Angeles, California; Timothy Flacke, Doorways to Dreams 
Fund, Allston, Massachusetts; Aron Szapiro, Morningstar, Washington, 
D.C.; and Brian K. Plum, Blue Ridge Bank, Luray, Virginia.