[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 23, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D566-D567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR CENTRAL AMERICA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine United States 
assistance for Central America, after receiving testimony from John 
Negroponte, McLarty Associates, Eric Farnsworth, Council of the 
Americas, John Wingle, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Adriana 
Beltran, Washington Office on Latin America, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
(Comptroller), Elaine McCusker, of Virginia, and Kari A. Bingen, of 
Virginia, both to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Robert Daigle, 
of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, 
Robert Story Karem, of the District of Columbia, and Kenneth P. 
Rapuano, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and routine 
lists in the Army, Navy,

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Air Force, and Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from former Senator Daniel 
R. Coats, Director of National Intelligence; and Lieutenant General 
Vincent R. Stewart, USMC, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
CYBER POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a 
hearing to examine the cyber posture of the Services, after receiving 
testimony from Vice Admiral Marshall B. Lytle III, USCG, Director, 
Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber and Chief 
Information Officer, Joint Staff, J-6, Vice Admiral Michael M. Gilday, 
USN, Commander, United States Fleet Cyber Command, Commander, United 
States Tenth Fleet, Lieutenant General Paul M. Nakasone, USA, 
Commanding General, United States Army Cyber Command, Major General 
Christopher P. Weggeman, USAF, Commander, Twenty-fourth Air Force, 
Commander, Air Forces Cyber, and Major General Loretta E. Reynolds, 
USMC, Commander, Marine Forces Cyberspace Command, all of the 
Department of Defense.
NAVY READINESS CHALLENGES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower received a closed 
briefing on Navy readiness challenges, emerging threats, and the 
requirements underpinning the 355 ship force structure objective from 
Bradley F. Herbert, Director of Executive Support, Deputy Chief of 
Naval Operations for Information Dominance/Director of Naval 
Intelligence, Rear Admiral (lower half) Jesse A. Wilson, Jr., USN, 
Director, Assessment Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 
and Captain John E. Gumbleton, USN, Director, Financial Operations 
Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, all of the 
Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Mira Radielovic Ricardel, of 
California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration, and Sigal Mandelker, of New York, to be Under Secretary 
for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, and Heath P. 
Tarbert, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the 
Department of the Treasury.
OUTER SPACE TREATY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Space, Science, and Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine 
reopening the American frontier, focusing on exploring how the Outer 
Space Treaty will impact American commerce and settlement in space, 
after receiving testimony from James E. Dunstan, Mobius Legal Group, 
PLLC, Nokesville, Virginia; Laura Montgomery, Ground Based Space 
Matters, Potomac, Maryland; Matthew P. Schaefer, University of Nebraska 
College of Law Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law Program, 
Lincoln; Robert Richards, Moon Express, Inc., Cape Canaveral, Florida; 
Peter Marquez, Planetary Resources, Washington, D.C.; Mike Gold, Space 
Systems Loral, Chevy Chase, Maryland; and Pamela A. Melroy, Arlington, 
Virginia.
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine making implementation 
of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone 
attainable, including S. 263, to facilitate efficient State 
implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and S. 452, to amend 
the Clean Air Act to delay the enforcement and implementation of the 
2015 national ambient air quality standards for ozone, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Flake; Misael Cabrera, Director, Arizona 
Department of Environmental Quality, Phoenix; Shawn M. Garvin, Delaware 
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Dover; Ahron 
Hakimi, Kern Council of Governments, Bakersfield, California; Kyle 
Zeringue, Baton Rouge Area Chamber, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Monica 
Kraft, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, on behalf of 
the American Thoracic Society.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Border Security and 
Immigration concluded a hearing to examine building America's trust 
through border security, focusing on progress on the southern border, 
after receiving testimony from Ronald D. Vitiello, Acting Deputy 
Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.