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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D232-D234 on March 9, 2016.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Indian Health Service, after receiving testimony from Mary Smith, Principal Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Defense Health Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Nadja West, Surgeon General of the Army, Vice Admiral C. Forrest Faison III, Surgeon General of the Navy, Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, and Chris Miller, Program Executive Officer of the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Ernest J. Moniz, Secretary of Energy.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of General Joseph L. Votel, USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central Command, and Lieutenant General Raymond A. Thomas III, USA, to be general and Commander, United States Special Operations Command, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DOD SECURITY COOPERATION, ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND AUTHORITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Defense security cooperation and assistance programs and authorities, after receiving testimony from Commander Jeff Eggers, USN (Ret.), New America, Melissa Dalton, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Michael J. McNerney, RAND Corporation, all of Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded a closed hearing to examine military space threats and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2017 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General John E. Hyten, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command, and Douglas L. Loverro, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space Policy, both of the Department of Defense; and Troy E. Meink, Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Systems and Resource Analyses.
EPA REGULATORY ACTIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine cooperative federalism, focusing on state perspectives on Environmental Protection Agency regulatory actions and the role of states as co-regulators, after receiving testimony from Steven Pirner, South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Pierre; Becky Keogh, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, North Little Rock; Randy C. Huffman, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Charleston; Deb Markowitz, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Montpelier; and Ali Mirzakhalili, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Air Quality, Dover.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1878, to extend the pediatric priority review voucher program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1077, to provide for expedited development of and priority review for breakthrough devices, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1101, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of patient records and certain decision support software, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2055, to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to national health security, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1767, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to combination products, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1597, to enhance patient engagement in the medical product development process, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2512, to expand the tropical disease product priority review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nomination of John B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education.
INDIAN COUNTRY BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2017 for Indian Country, after receiving testimony from Karol V. Mason, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Lawrence S. Roberts, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Lourdes Castro Ramirez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing; Mary Smith, Principal Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; and Aaron Payment, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.
DOJ OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
ANTITRUST LAWS OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights concluded an oversight hearing to examine the enforcement of the antitrust laws, including S. 2102, to amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority, after receiving testimony from Bill Baer, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission.
