[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D204-D206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
THE NEXT FARM BILL: CONSERVATION POLICY
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry 
held a hearing entitled ``The Next Farm Bill: Conservation Policy''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE NEXT FARM BILL: INTERNATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture held a hearing entitled ``The Next Farm Bill: International 
Market Development''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held an 
oversight hearing on the Farm Credit Administration. Testimony was 
heard from Dallas P. Tonsager, Chairman and CEO, Farm Credit 
Administration; and Jeffery S. Hall, Member of the Board, Farm Credit 
Administration.
MEMBERS' DAY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ``Members' Day''. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Biggs, Cicilline, Cohen, 
Costa, Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Dingell, Donovan, Faso, Fitzpatrick, 
Graves of Missouri, Jackson Lee, Knight, Larson of Connecticut, Meehan, 
Moore, Panetta, Pascrell, Pittenger, Poe of Texas, Polis, Posey, 
Reichert, and Schneider.


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  February 28, 2017 on Page D204 the following appeared: Committee 
on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ``Members' Day''. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Biggs, Cohen, Dingell, 
Donovan, Faso, Fitzpatrick, Jackson Lee, Knight, Meehan, Moore, 
Panetta, Pascrell, Pittenger, Poe of Texas, Polis, Posey, 
Reichert, Schneider, and Sewell of Alabama.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Committee on 
Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ``Members' Day''. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Biggs, Cicilline, Cohen, 
Costa, Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Dingell, Donovan, Faso, 
Fitzpatrick, Graves of Missouri, Jackson Lee, Knight, Larson of 
Connecticut, Meehan, Moore, Panetta, Pascrell, Pittenger, Poe of 
Texas, Polis, Posey, Reichert, and Schneider.


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MEMBERS' DAY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ``Members' Day''. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Chaffetz, and Representatives Adams, Cleaver, 
Gosar, Higgins of New York, Jackson Lee, LaMalfa, Panetta, Plaskett, 
Posey, Price of North Carolina, Radewagen, Francis Rooney of Florida, 
Sewell of Alabama, Slaughter, Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Westerman.


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  February 28, 2017 on Page D204 the following appeared: Committee 
on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing entitled ``Members' Day''. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Chaffetz, and Representatives 
Adams, Cicilline, Cleaver, Gosar, Griffith, Higgins of New York, 
Jackson Lee, LaMalfa, Panetta, Plaskett, Posey, Price of North 
Carolina, Radewagen, Francis Rooney of Florida, Sewell of Alabama, 
Slaughter, Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Westerman.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Committee on 
Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies held a hearing entitled ``Members' Day''. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Chaffetz, and Representatives Adams, Cleaver, 
Gosar, Higgins of New York, Jackson Lee, LaMalfa, Panetta, 
Plaskett, Posey, Price of North Carolina, Radewagen, Francis 
Rooney of Florida, Sewell of Alabama, Slaughter, Thompson of 
Pennsylvania, and Westerman.


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ``INVESTIGATION ON 
ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO USCENTCOM INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS''
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Department of Defense 
Inspector General Report `Investigation on Allegations Relating to 
USCENTCOM Intelligence Products' ''. Testimony

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was heard from Glenn Fine, Acting Inspector General, Department of 
Defense; Major General James Marrs, Director, Intelligence, Joint 
Staff; Major General Mark Quantock, Director, Intelligence, U.S. 
Central Command; Jacques Grimes, Director, Defense Analysis, Office of 
the Under Secretary of Intelligence; and Neil Wiley, Director, Defense 
Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency.
PROVIDING MORE STUDENTS A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS BY STRENGTHENING CAREER 
AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing entitled 
``Providing More Students a Pathway to Success by Strengthening Career 
and Technical Education''. Testimony was heard from Janet Goble, 
Director of Career and Technical Education, Canyons School District, 
Sandy, Utah; and public witnesses.
WAYS TO IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DOPING SYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Ways to Improve and Strengthen 
the International Anti-Doping System''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a markup on the 
committee's views and estimates on the budget for fiscal year 2018; and 
a motion to authorize the release of excerpts, with certain redactions, 
of the transcript of the deposition of Patrick Pinschmidt. The 
committee adopted its views and estimates on the budget for fiscal year 
2018 and voted in favor of releasing the excerpts, with certain 
redactions, of the transcript of the deposition of Patrick Pinschmidt.
ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere 
held a hearing entitled ``Issues and Opportunities in the Western 
Hemisphere''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHECKING CHINA'S MARITIME PUSH
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing entitled ``Checking China's Maritime Push''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
THE FUTURE OF COUNTERTERRORISM: ADDRESSING THE EVOLVING THREAT TO 
DOMESTIC SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence held a hearing entitled ``The Future of Counterterrorism: 
Addressing the Evolving Threat to Domestic Security''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
THE FUTURE OF FEMA: RECOMMENDATIONS OF FORMER ADMINISTRATORS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, 
Response, and Communications held a hearing entitled ``The Future of 
FEMA: Recommendations of Former Administrators''. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 372, 
the ``Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017''; H.R. 1215, the 
``Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017''; and H. Res. 111, directing 
the Attorney General to transmit certain documents to the House of 
Representatives relating to the financial practices of the President. 
The following legislation was ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 372, 
H.R. 1215, and H. Res. 111.
OIRA INSIGHT, REFORM, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; REGULATORY INTEGRITY ACT 
OF 2017
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1009, the 
``OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act''; and H.R. 1004, the 
``Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017''. The committee granted, by record 
vote of 7-3, a structured rule for H.R. 1004. The rule provides one 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The 
rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part A of the 
Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule 
waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of 
the report. The rule provides one motion

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to recommit with or without instructions. Additionally, the rule grants 
a structured rule for H.R. 1009. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 115-4 and provides that it shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those further 
amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in part B of the report. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Mitchell and Connolly.
AT WHAT COST? EXAMINING THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Environment; and Subcommittee on Oversight, held a joint hearing 
entitled ``At What Cost? Examining the Social Cost of Carbon''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
markup on the Fiscal Year 2018 budget views and estimates of the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; H.R. 1214, the 
``Disaster Simplified Assistance Value Enhancement Act''; H.R. 654, the 
``Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2017''; H.R. 1174, 
the ``Fairness for Breast Feeding Mothers Act of 2017''; H.R. 1117, to 
require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to 
applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or 
disaster; H.R. 375, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 719 Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee, as the 
``Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; 
General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program 
Resolutions. The committee adopted its Fiscal Year 2018 budget views 
and estimates and General Services Administration Capital Investment 
and Leasing Program Resolutions. H.R. 654 and H.R. 1117 were ordered 
reported, as amended. The following bills were ordered reported, 
without amendment: H.R. 1214, H.R. 1174, and H.R. 375.

Joint Meetings
DAV LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, after 
receiving testimony from David W. Riley, Disabled American Veterans, 
Mobile, Alabama.