[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 7, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D884-D885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Administration's proposal for a United Nations resolution 
on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, after receiving testimony 
from Stephen G. Rademaker, The Podesta Group, and Michael Krepon, The 
Stimson Center, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2711, to expand opportunity for Native American children through 
additional options in education, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2959, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights 
Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT 
Settlement Fund, with an amendment; and
  S. Con. Res. 49, supporting efforts to stop the theft, illegal 
possession or sale, transfer, and export of tribal cultural items of 
Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the United States and 
internationally, with an amendment.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2285, to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North 
Carolina, S. 3234, to amend the Native American Business Development, 
Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, the 
Indian Trader Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to

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provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian 
communities, S. 3261, to establish a business incubators program within 
the Department of the Interior to promote economic development in 
Indian reservation communities, and H.R. 4685, to take certain Federal 
lands located in Tulare County, California, into trust for the benefit 
of the Tule River Indian Tribe, after receiving testimony from Cheryl 
Andrews-Maltais, Senior Policy Advisor, Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; Harvey J. Godwin Jr., Lumbee Tribe 
of North Carolina, Pembroke; Kenneth McDarment, Tule River Tribe of 
California, Porterville; and Derrick Watchman, The National Center for 
American Indian Enterprise Development, Mesa, Arizona.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Walter David Counts, III, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Karen Gren Scholer, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 
and E. Scott Frost, James Wesley Hendrix, and Irma Carrillo Ramirez, 
each to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Texas, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Veterans Health Administration best practices, focusing on 
exploring the Diffusion of Excellence initiative, after receiving 
testimony from Carolyn Clancy, Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Organizational Excellence, Veterans Health Administration.
SECURING AMERICA'S RETIREMENT FUTURE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
securing America's retirement future, focusing on the Bipartisan Policy 
Center's recommendations to boost savings, after receiving testimony 
from former Senator Kent Conrad, and James B. Lockhart III, both of the 
Bipartisan Policy Center Commission on Retirement Security and Personal 
Savings, Washington, D.C.