[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D785-D786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Susan S. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of 
the National Reconnaissance Office, Department of Defense, Gail H. 
Marcus, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board, Dimitri Frank Kusnezov, of California, to be Deputy 
Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy, and 141 nominations in the Army, 
Navy, and Air Force.
NATIONAL SECURITY CYBER AND ENCRYPTION CHALLENGES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a closed hearing to 
examine national security cyber and encryption challenges, after 
receiving testimony from Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, Commander, 
United States Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency, and 
Chief, Central Security Services.
FCC PRIVACY REGULATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission's proposed 
privacy regulations, focusing on how they affect consumers and 
competition, after receiving testimony from Jon Leibowitz, 21st Century 
Privacy Coalition, Dean C. Garfield, Information Technology Industry 
Council, and Paul Ohm, Georgetown University Law Center, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Matthew M. Polka, American Cable Association, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Peter Swire, Georgia Institute of 
Technology Scheller College of Business, Atlanta.
FAST ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine the FAST Act, the economy, and 
our nation's transportation system, after receiving testimony from 
Major Jay Thompson, Arkansas Highway Police, Little Rock, on behalf of 
the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance; Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, Kansas 
City Southern, Kansas City, Missouri; David Eggermann, BASF 
Corporation,

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Florham Park, New Jersey, on behalf of the American Chemistry Council; 
and Stephen J. Gardner, Amtrak, Washington, D.C.
ENERGY DISRUPTIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded a hearing to examine protections designed to guard against 
energy disruptions, including S. 3018, to provide for the establishment 
of a pilot program to identify security vulnerabilities of certain 
entities in the energy sector, after receiving testimony from Patricia 
Hoffman, Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability, and Brent J. Stacey, Associate Laboratory Director, 
National and Homeland Security, Idaho National Laboratory, both of the 
Department of Energy; Duane D. Highley, Arkansas Electric Cooperative 
Corporation, Little Rock, on behalf of the National Rural Electric 
Cooperative Association; and Robin Manning, Electric Power Research 
Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina.
THE STARK LAW
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Stark Law, focusing on current issues and opportunities, after 
receiving testimony from Troy A. Barsky, Crowell and Moring, LLP, 
Washington, D.C.; Ronald A. Paulus, Mission Health System, Asheville, 
North Carolina; and Peter B. Mancino, The Johns Hopkins Health System 
Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland.
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report, after receiving 
testimony from Susan Coppedge, Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN FOREIGN AID
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and 
USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International 
Development concluded a hearing to examine public-private partnerships 
in foreign aid, focusing on leveraging United States assistance for 
greater impact and sustainability, after receiving testimony from Eric 
G. Postel, Associate Administrator, United States Agency for 
International Development; Daniel F. Runde, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies Project on Prosperity and Development, 
Washington, D.C.; and Michael Goltzman, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, 
Georgia.
FOIA AT FIFTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Freedom of Information Act at fifty, focusing on whether the 
Sunshine Law's promise has been fulfilled, after receiving testimony 
from Miriam Nisbet, Founding Director, Office of Government Information 
Services, National Archives and Records Administration; Rick Blum, 
Sunshine in Government Initiative, Washington, D.C.; David Cuillier, 
University of Arizona School of Journalism, Tucson, on behalf of the 
Society of Professional Journalists Freedom of Information Committee; 
and Margaret B. Kwoka, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 
Denver, Colorado.
INTELLIGENCE
  Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.