Coats Committees Assignments 

On Coats' senate page there a statement pointing out why Coats decided to return to the senate. Meet Dan stated that "Dan Coats returned to the U.S. Senate in January 2011 to focus on cutting wasteful spending, reducing the national debt and promoting a pro-growth economic policy to put Hoosiers and Americans back to work. Dan has proved that he plans to tackle these issues with the committees he's found himself on. As of the start of the 114th congress Coats sits on the Finance, Select Intelligence, and Joint Economic Committee.

 

Joint Economic Committee

- Coats is the Chairman of this bicameral committee. 

- The Joint Economic Committee consists of ten members from both chambers. 

- According to the committees' website it was established by the the Employment Act of 1946 to deal with issues that relate to the United States economy. Joint Economic Committee

- Recently Coats, acting as the chairman, released the annual Joint Economic Report. During his report Coats stated that "Despite good intentions. many of the policies that the administration details in the Economic Report of the President would do very little to promote the economic well-being of our economy unless the president words cooperatively with Congress to enact sensible policy changes...... my hope is that we can find ways to jump-start our economy, particularly through tax reform, new trade agreements and increased energy production."

- The Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers must issue an annual Economic Report of the President. The Joint Economic Committee is required by law to response to the report. In the 2015 report the Joint Economic Committee went through and pointed out issues they believed the Council ignored. Dan Coats

- On March 27th Dan Coats voted for a senate resolution that would balance the budget in ten years. This resolution included two amendments introduced by Dan Coats. Coats Supports Senates Budget Resolution

Extra Info on the Committee
Joint Economic response to the Council of Economic Advisers. Dan Coats

Employment act of 1946 Employment Act of 1946

Other Joint Economic Committee Hearings Joint Economic Committee

Select Intelligence Committee 

- Chairman Republic Richard Burr
- Established in 1976 as a committee to 'oversee and make continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs of the United States Government.' The president is required to keep the members 'fully and currently informed.' The fifteen members meet 1-2 times a week.Intelligence Committee
- A list of laws and issues that the committee has dealt with in past years is listed on the committee's webpage. Select Intelligence Committee
- The committee recently published a study of the CIA's Detention and Integration program.
The committee made a number of findings first being that 'The CIA's use of its enhanced interrogation techniques was not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining cooperation from detainees.' Read the rest of the findings on the committees website listed above. 

- In March the committee introduced the Cybersecurity Bill. The bill is intended to 'create additional incentives to increase sharing of cybersecurity threat information while protecting individual privacy and civil liberties interests and offering liability protection to the private sector.'

Fiance Committee 

-Chairman Orrin G. Hatch 

- Established in 1816 during the second session of the 14th congress. 

- The Committee has an upcoming hearing to be held on the 14th of April. Creating a More Efficient and Level Playing Field: Audit and Appeals Issues in Medicare, is the official name of the hearing. The witness list is yet to be released.The United States Senate Committee on Fiance

- Hire more Hero's Act has passed through the House and is now in consideration by the Fiance Committee. The act is a 'bill to amend the Internal Revenue Cold of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Hire More Hero ACt 

- Coats has buddy up with 26 other senators to try and repeal the Federal Estate Tax, aka the death tax. These senators hope that their bill, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015, will permanently repeal the death tax. 

- In February of this year Coats was successful in getting the NOTICE Act through the Fiance Committee. The NOTICE Act is a bill that requires a timely notice to non-profits that their tax exempt status is being revoked. If the notice is not done in a timely matter the organization is automatically reinstated as a tax exempt organization.Dan Coats

Coats Fiance Subcommittees

-  Taxation and IRS Oversight
- Subcommittee for Heath Care
- Coat is in favor of repealing Obamacare, on March 23rd Coats released this statement about the five-year anniversary of Obamacare. “The effects of Obamacare are clear—costs are rising, choices are reduced and family budgets are strained. On top of the massive load of job-killing regulations Obamacare has imposed on businesses, the president’s signature law has not delivered on its promises. It remains an unpopular, massive intrusion of the federal government into the individual lives of Hoosiers. As the Senate considers a budget plan this week, we have an excellent opportunity to set up a framework to repeal and replace this disastrous law once and for all.” Dan Coats