Volume 161, No. 126 covering the 1st 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 D937-D938 on Aug. 5, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the military balance in the Middle East, after receiving testimony from Walter Russell Mead, The Hudson Institute, and Richard Nephew, Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, both of New York, New York; and Michael Singh, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ray Takeyh, and Philip Gordon, both of the Council on Foreign Relations, all of Washington, D.C.
IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT SANCTIONS RELIEF
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the implications of sanctions relief under the Iran agreement, after receiving testimony from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State; Adam J. Szubin, Acting Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; Nicholas Burns, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Juan C. Zarate, and Mark Dubowitz, both of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, and Matthew Levitt, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1324, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to fulfill certain requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units;
S. 1523, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program;
S. 1500, to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters;
S. 1707, to designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ``Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House'';
H.R. 2131, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 83 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, as the ``J. Waties Waring Judicial Center'';
H.R. 2559, to designate the ``PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway'' in the State of Texas; and
General Services Administration resolutions.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The committee's report on the IRS handling of tax exempt status under Internal Revenue Code 501 (c)(4); and
The nominations of Marisa Lago, of New York, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and W. Thomas Reeder, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the implications of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for United States policy in the Middle East, after receiving testimony from Michael Singh, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Kenneth M. Pollack, The Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
REAUTHORIZING THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing on opportunities to improve student success, after receiving testimony from Stan Jones, Complete College America, Indianapolis, Indiana; Scott Ralls, North Carolina Community College System, Raleigh; Timothy Renick, Georgia State University, Atlanta; Lashawn Richburg-
Hayes, MDRC, New York, New York.
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Justice's legal obligation to ensure Inspector General access to all records needed for independent oversight, after receiving testimony from Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, Kevin L. Perkins, Associate Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Carlos Uriarte, Associate Deputy Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice; David Smith, Acting Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of Commerce; Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight, and Brian D. Miller, former Inspector General, General Services Administration, Navigant Consulting, both of Washington, D.C.; and Paul C. Light, New York University Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York, New York.
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