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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1079-D1081 on Oct. 8, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RUSSIAN STRATEGY AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Russian strategy and military operations, after receiving testimony from General John M. Keane, USA (Ret.), former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Institute for the Study of War; General James L. Jones, USMC
(Ret.), former National Security Advisor, Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security; Heather Conley, Center for Strategic and International Studies Europe Program; and Stephen Sestanovich, Council on Foreign Relations.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY AND THE RECALL PROCESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security concluded a hearing to examine consumer product safety and the recall process, after receiving testimony from Elliot F. Kaye, Chairman, and Ann Marie Buerkle, Commissioner, both of the Consumer Product Safety Commission; Frederick Locker, National Association of Manufacturers CPSC Coalition, New York, New York; Jonathan Gold, National Retail Federation, and Cheryl A. Falvey, Crowell and Moring LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; and Nancy A. Cowles, Kids in Danger, Chicago, Illinois.
WATER AND HYDROELECTRIC LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine H.R. 2898, to provide drought relief in the State of California, S. 1894, to provide short-term water supplies to drought-
stricken California, S. 1936, to provide for drought preparedness measures in the State of New Mexico, S. 1583, to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project, S. 2046, to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and S. 2083, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project, after receiving testimony from Senators Feinstein and Boxer; Representative Valadao; Michael L. Connor, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Jeffrey Kightlinger, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles; Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls, Oregon; Richard M. Frank, University of California School of Law California Environmental Law and Policy Center, Davis; Adrian Oglesby, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Sarah Woolf, Clovis, California.
PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MINING LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 414, to provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the California Desert Conservation Area, S. 872, to provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 1295 and H.R. 1324, bills to adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, S. 1448, to designate the Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary in the State of Oregon, S. 1592, to clarify the description of certain Federal land under the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005 to include additional land in the Kaibab National Forest, S. 1941 and H.R. 2223, bills to authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in El Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado, S. 1942 and H.R. 1554, bills to require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado, S. 1955, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans, S. 1971, to expand the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, and S. 2069, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon, after receiving testimony from Senators Feinstein and Sullivan; Glenn Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Steven A. Ellis, Deputy Director, Operations, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Leo Barlow, Southeast Alaska Landless Corporation, Anchorage; Buck Lindekugel, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau; Robert Lovingood, County of San Bernardino, Victorville, California; and Frazier Haney, Mojave Desert Land Trust, Joshua Tree, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 2152, to establish a comprehensive United States Government policy to encourage the efforts of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop and appropriate mix of power solutions, including renewable energy, for more broadly distributed electricity access in order to support poverty reduction, promote development outcomes, and drive economic growth, with amendments;
S. 1789, to improve defense cooperation between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;
S. Res. 274, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the peaceful and democratic reunification of Germany;
S. Res. 278, welcoming the President of the Republic of Korea on her official visit to the United States and celebrating the United States-
Republic of Korea relationship;
S. Res. 148, condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights; and
The nominations of Robert Porter Jackson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Julie Furuta-Toy, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, all of the Department of State.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the economic and political future of Ukraine, after receiving testimony from Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, and Clifford G. Bond, United States Assistance Coordinator in Ukraine, both of the Department of State; and Paula J. Dobriansky, Harvard University JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY TRAINING FACILITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development concluded a hearing to examine ensuring an efficient and effective diplomatic security training facility for the twenty-first century, after receiving testimony from Gregory B. Starr, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; Michael J. Courts, Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office; and Connie L. Patrick, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, Department of Homeland Security.
THREATS TO THE HOMELAND
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine threats to the homeland, after receiving testimony from Jeh Charles Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security; James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Nick Rasmussen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Edward L. Gilmore, of Illinois, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois for the term of four years, Department of Justice.
EMINENT DOMAIN
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded a hearing to examine eminent domain ten years after Kelo v. City of New London, after receiving testimony from Clemente Casillas, Community Youth Athletic Center, National City, California; Dan Alban, Institute for Justice, Arlington, Virginia; and David A. Dana, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.
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.
