Volume 162, No. 100 covering the 2nd Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D697-D698 on June 22, 2016.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PATHWAYS TOWARD NAAQS COMPLIANCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine pathways towards compliance of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground-
level ozone, including S. 2882, to facilitate efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and S. 2072, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan, after receiving testimony from Mark Raymond, Uintah County Commission, Vernal, Utah; Kurt Karperos, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento; Glenn Hamer, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Phoenix; Andrew Chesley, San Joaquin Council of Governments, Stockton, California; and Mary B. Rice, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Thoracic Society.
SECURITY ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a closed hearing to examine security assistance, focusing on cutting through a tangled web of authorities, after receiving testimony from Tina S. Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political-
Military Affairs; and Vice Admiral Joseph W. Rixey, Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine renewing communities and providing opportunities through innovative solutions to poverty, after receiving testimony from Robert L. Woodson, Sr., Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution, on behalf of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Olivia Golden, Center for Law and Social Policy, all of Washington, D.C.; and Peter L. Ochs, Capital III, Hutchinson, Kansas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S.2785, to protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country, with amendments;
S.2920, to amend the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for advancements in public safety services to Indian communities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S.3014, to improve the management of Indian forest land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine accessing Department of Agriculture rural development programs in native communities, after receiving testimony from Lillian Salerno, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development; Lafe Haugen, Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority, Lame Deer, Montana; and Timothy Tisru Schuerch, Maniilaq Association, Kotzebue, Alaska.
DEA OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Drug Enforcement Administration, after receiving testimony from Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, and Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, both of the Department of Justice; and Diana C. Maurer, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT THE VA
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the progress in modernizing information technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the need for sustained management attention to address numerous information technology challenges, after receiving testimony from David Shulkin, Undersecretary of Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Valerie C. Melvin, Director, Information Technology, Government Accountability Office.
Alerts Sign-up