[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 20 (Monday, February 6, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D133-D135]
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 Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original resolution (S. Res. 52) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee; and adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Cornyn (Chair), Grassley, Roberts, Isakson, 
Thune, Heller, Casey, Stabenow, Nelson, and McCaskill.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Portman (Chair), 
Crapo, Roberts, Enzi, Cornyn, Thune, Burr, Isakson, Toomey, Scott, 
Warner, Carper, Cardin, McCaskill, Menendez, Bennet, Casey, and 
Cantwell.
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Toomey (Chair), Grassley, 
Roberts, Enzi, Thune, Burr, Isakson, Portman, Heller, Cassidy, 
Stabenow, Menendez, Cantwell, Carper, Cardin, Brown, Warner, and Wyden.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure: 
Senators Heller (Chair), Grassley, Crapo, Enzi, Cornyn, Burr, Scott, 
Cassidy, Bennet, Cantwell, Nelson, Menendez, Carper, and Warner.
  Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: Senators 
Scott (Chair), Hatch, and Wyden.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: 
Senators Cassidy (Chair), Portman, Crapo, Toomey, Brown, and Casey.

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  Senators Hatch and Wyden are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
(Committees not listed did not meet)
(Calendar Day Tuesday, February 7, 2017)
RECENT YEMEN OPERATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the recent Yemen operation from Theresa Whelan, performing the duties 
of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and J-3 Lieutenant General 
John L. Dolan, USAF, Joint Staff Director for Operations, both of the 
Department of Defense.
CYBER THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
cyber threats from Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, Commander, Cyber 
Command, Director, National Security Agency, Chief, Central Security 
Services, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 53) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee for the 115th Congress.
THE PLAN TO DEFEAT ISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the plan to defeat ISIS, focusing on key decisions and 
considerations, after receiving testimony from James F. Jeffrey, 
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Jeremy Bash, Beacon 
Global Strategies, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of David J. Shulkin, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
(Committees not listed did not meet)
(Calendar Day Wednesday, February 8, 2017)
CURRENT READINESS OF U.S. FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine the current readiness of United 
States forces, after receiving testimony from General Daniel B. Allyn, 
USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Admiral William F. Moran, USN, 
Vice Chief of Naval Operations, General Glenn M. Walters, USMC, 
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, and General Stephen W. 
Wilson, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, all of the 
Department of Defense.
INSPECTOR GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine Inspector General recommendations for improving 
Federal agencies, after receiving testimony from Peggy E. Gustafson, 
Inspector General, Department of Commerce; John Roth, Inspector 
General, Department of Homeland Security; Calvin L. Scovel III, 
Inspector General, Department of Transportation; and Allison C. Lerner, 
Inspector General, National Science Foundation.
MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine modernizing our nation's infrastructure, 
after receiving testimony from William T. Panos, Wyoming Department of 
Transportation, Cheyenne; Anthony Pratt, Delaware Department of Natural 
Resources and Environmental Control, Dover, on behalf of the American 
Shore and Beach Preservation Association; Shailen Bhatt, Colorado 
Department of Transportation, Denver; Michael W. McNulty, Putnam Public 
Service District, Scott Depot, West Virginia, on behalf of the West 
Virginia and National Rural Water Associations; and Cindy Bobbitt, 
Grant County Commissioner, Medford, Oklahoma, on behalf of the National 
Association of Counties.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 39, to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians of Montana;
  S. 63, to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian 
lands under the National Labor Relations Act;
  S. 91, to amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services 
Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate the ability of Indian tribes to 
integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse 
Federal sources;
  S. 140, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights 
Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT 
Settlement Fund;
  S. 245, to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self 
Determination Act of 2005;
  S. 249, to provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 
years certain restricted land;

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  S. 254, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide 
flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing 
vitality of Native American languages;
  S. 269, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay 
Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska; and
  S. 302, to enhance tribal road safety.
FEMA'S FEDERAL-TRIBAL RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine emergency management in Indian Country, focusing on 
improving the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Federal-tribal 
relationship with Indian tribes, after receiving testimony from Alex 
Amparo, Assistant Administrator, Recovery Directorate, and Milo Booth, 
National Tribal Affairs Advisor, Office of External Affairs, both of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security; Russell Begaye, The Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; J. 
Michael Chavarria, Santa Clara Pueblo, Espanola, New Mexico; and Cody 
Desautel, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, 
Washington.