[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 76 (Thursday, May 24, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D521-D522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``Agriculture, Reform, 
Food, and Jobs Act of 2012'', with clarifying modifications.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill (S. 3241) making appropriations for Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill entitled ``National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013'';
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013'';
  An original bill entitled ``Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013''; and
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Energy National Security 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013''.
RESPONSIBLE HOMEOWNER REFINANCING ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 3085, to provide for the expansion of affordable 
refinancing of mortgages held by the Federal National Mortgage 
Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, after 
receiving testimony from Bill Emerson, Quicken Loans, Inc., Detroit, 
Michigan; Christopher Papagianis, e21, New York, New York;

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Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Malvern, Pennsylvania; and Moe Veissi, 
National Association of Realtors, Miami, Florida.
POACHING IN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the global implications of poaching in Africa, focusing on 
ivory and insecurity, including S. 1483, to ensure that persons who 
form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners 
of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting 
United States corporations in ways that threaten homeland security, to 
assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing 
terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving United 
States corporations, and S. 2318, to authorize the Secretary of State 
to pay a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for 
information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international 
criminal tribunals, after receiving testimony from Iain Douglas-
Hamilton, Save the Elephants, Nairobi, Kenya; Tom Cardamone, Global 
Financial Integrity, Washington, DC.; and John E. Scanlon, Convention 
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES), Geneva, Switzerland.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPENDING REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
efforts to reform information technology spending, focusing on 
innovating with less, after receiving testimony from Steven VanRoekel, 
Federal Chief Information Officer, Administrator for E-Government and 
Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget; David A. 
Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; George DelPrete, Grant Thornton LLP, Alexandria, 
Virginia, on behalf of TechAmerica; Molly O'Neill, CGI Federal Inc., 
Baltimore, Maryland; Nick Combs, EMC Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; 
and Jennifer Morgan, SAP Public Services, Arlington, Virginia.
NATIVE VETERANS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine programs and services for native veterans, after receiving 
testimony from Stephanie Elaine Birdwell, Director, Office of Tribal 
Government Relations, Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Randy Grinnell, Deputy Director, Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Kevin Gover, 
Director, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian 
Institution; Wayne Burke, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada, Nixon; 
Kelly McKaughan, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant; Cheryl A. Causley, 
National American Indian Housing Council, Washington, D.C.; and D. 
Noelani Kalipi, TiLeaf Group, Hilo, Hawaii.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2076, to improve security at State and local courthouses, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2370, to amend title 11, United States Code, to make bankruptcy 
organization more efficient for small business debtors; and
  The nomination of Charles Thomas Massarone, of Kentucky, to be a 
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission.
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.