[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 101 (Thursday, June 23, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D707-D709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BANK CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine bank capital and liquidity regulation, focusing on 
industry perspectives, including S. 927, to provide regulatory relief 
for certain financial institutions, S. 1816, to provide relief to 
community banks, to promote access to capital for community banks, and 
H.R. 3791, to raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small 
bank holding company policy statement, after receiving testimony from 
Rebeca Romero Rainey, Centinel Bank of Taos, Taos, New Mexico, on 
behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America;

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Wayne A. Abernathy, American Bankers Association, and Greg Baer, The 
Clearing House Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jennifer 
Taub, Vermont Law School, South Royalton.
WILDFIRE BUDGETING, RESPONSE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an original bill entitled, ``Wildfire Budgeting, 
Response and Forest Management Act of 2016'', after receiving testimony 
from Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural 
Resources and Environment; Bryan Rice, Director, Office of Wildland 
Fire, Department of the Interior; Peter Goldmark, Washington State 
Department of Natural Resources Commissioner of Public Lands, Olympia; 
Ken Pimlott, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection 
State Forester, Sacramento, on behalf of the National Association of 
State Foresters; Julia Altemus, Montana Wood Products Association, 
Missoula, on behalf of the Federal Forest Resource Coalition; Becky 
Humphries, National Wild Turkey Federation, Edgefield, South Carolina; 
Peter Nelson, Defenders of Wildlife, Bozeman, Montana; and Eric 
Nichols, Alcan Forest Products and Evergreen Timber, Ketchikan, Alaska.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2201, to promote international trade, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1605, to amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize 
concurrent compacts for purposes of regional economic integration and 
cross-border collaborations, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. Res. 506, expressing the sense of the Senate in support of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the NATO summit to be held in 
Warsaw, Poland from July 8-9, 2016, and in support of committing NATO 
to a security posture capable of deterring threats to the Alliance, 
with amendments;
  S. Res. 505, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding compliance 
enforcement of Russian violations of the Open Skies Treaty;
  S. Res. 432, supporting respect for human rights and encouraging 
inclusive governance in Ethiopia;
  S. Res. 482, urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its 
entirety as a terrorist organization and to increase pressure on the 
organization and its members to the fullest extent possible;
  S. Res. 503, recognizing June 20, 2016, as ``World Refugee Day'';
  S. Res. 501, expressing the sense of the Senate on Russian military 
aggression;
  S. Res. 504, recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright 
Program;
  S. Con. Res. 38, reaffirming the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six 
Assurances as cornerstones of United States-Taiwan relations;
  International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and 
Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the 
United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on 
November 1, 2002 (the ``Treaty'') (Treaty Doc. 110-19);
  The Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of 
Securities Held with an Intermediary (the ``Convention''), done at The 
Hague on July 5, 2006, and signed by the United States on that same day 
(Treaty Doc. 112-6);
  Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Dominican Republic (the ``Treaty''), 
signed at Santo Domingo on January 12, 2015 (Treaty Doc. 114-10);
  Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Republic of Chile (Treaty Doc. 113-6);
  Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of 
Kazakhstan on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at 
Washington on February 20, 2015 (Treaty Doc. 114-11);
  Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on Mutual 
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Algiers on April 7, 
2010 (Treaty Doc. 114-3);
  Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Mutual Legal 
Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on October 1, 2013 
(Treaty Doc. 114-4); and
  The nominations of Geeta Pasi, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Chad, Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador, Anne S. Casper, of Nevada, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, and routine lists in the 
Foreign Service, all of the Department of State.
NATO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, focusing on reviewing 
the agenda and assessing the potential outcomes of the Warsaw summit, 
after receiving testimony from Derek Chollet, The German Marshall Fund 
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and Ian J. Brzezinski, Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft Center on 
International Security, both of Washington, D.C.
CABLE AND SATELLITE TELEVISION CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BILLING PRACTICES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine customer 
service and billing practices in the cable and satellite television 
industry, after receiving testimony from Tom Karinshak, Comcast Cable, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; John Keib, Time Warner Cable Inc., New 
York, New York; Kathleen Mayo, Charter Communications, Inc., Stamford, 
Connecticut; Rasesh Patel, AT&T Entertainment Group, El Segundo, 
California; and Kathleen Schneider, DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, 
Colorado.
SUPREME COURT KINGDOMWARE DECISION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine ramifications of the Supreme Court Kingdomware 
decision, after receiving testimony from Thomas J. Leney, Executive 
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; A. John Shoraka, Associate 
Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business 
Development, Small Business Administration; LaTonya Barton, Kingdomware 
Technologies, Inc., Waldorf, Maryland; Michael Phipps, Advisory 
Committee on Veterans Business Affairs, Reston, Virginia; and Jonathan 
T. Williams, Piliero Mazza, Washington, D.C.
PERSON-CENTERED CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ensuring person-centered care for individuals with serious illness, 
including S. 3096, to establish a pilot program promoting an 
alternative payment model for person-centered care for Medicare 
beneficiaries with advanced illnesses, after receiving testimony from 
Atul Gawande, Ariadne Labs, Boston, Massachusetts; Kate M. Lally, Care 
New England Health System, Providence, Rhode Island; and Amy Berman, 
The John A. Hartford Foundation, New York, New York.