[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D664-D666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL PARKS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 1897, to amend Public Law 101-
377 to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park 
to include the Gettysburg Train Station, S. 2158, to establish the Fox-
Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area, S. 2229, to 
authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas 
pipelines in Glacier National Park, S. 2267, to reauthorize the Hudson 
Valley National Heritage Area, S. 2272, to designate a mountain in the 
State of Alaska as Mount Denali, S. 2273, to designate the Talkeetna 
Ranger Station in Talkeetna, Alaska, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna 
Ranger Station, S. 2286, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in 
the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, S. 2316, to designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at 
the Cape Cod National Seashore as the ``Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt 
Pond Visitor Center'', S. 2324, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
to designate a segment of the Neches River in the State of Texas for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic River System, S. 
2372, to authorize pedestrian and motorized vehicular access in Cape 
Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, S. 3078, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to install

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in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a 
suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President 
Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United States on June 6, 1944, 
the morning of D-Day, and S. 3300, to establish the Manhattan Project 
National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, after receiving testimony from Herbert 
Frost, Associate Director, Natural Resources Stewardship and Science, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Ingrid Kolb, 
Director, Office of Management, Department of Energy; Mayor Thomas L. 
Beehan, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on behalf of the Energy Communities 
Alliance; Warren Judge, Dare County Board of Commissioners, Manteo, 
North Carolina; and Derb S. Carter, Jr., Southern Environmental Law 
Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Derek J. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Union of Burma, Department of State, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Syria from national security briefers.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of New York, who was introduced by 
Senator Schumer, Fernando M. Olguin, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California, and Charles R. Breyer, of 
California, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, 
who were both introduced by Senator Feinstein, and Malachy Edward 
Mannion, and Matthew W. Brann, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, who were both introduced 
by Senators Casey and Toomey, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
HEALTH AND BENEFITS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine health and benefits legislation, including S. 3340, to improve 
and enhance the programs and activities of the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding suicide prevention and 
resilience and behavioral health disorders for members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans, S. 3336, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project lease for a 
Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic at Ewa Plain, Oahu, 
Hawaii, S. 3324, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
award grants to nonprofit organizations for the construction of 
facilities for temporary lodging in connection with the examination, 
treatment, or care of a veteran under laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 3316, to require the Secretary of 
Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing veterans with access at 
One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job 
searches, S. 3313, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women 
veterans, to improve health care furnished by the Department, S. 3309, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the assistance 
provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to homeless veterans, S. 
3308, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the furnishing 
of benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents, 
S. 3282, to amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the 
Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education, S. 3270, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were 
recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value 
when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension, 
S. 3238, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community 
based outpatient clinic in Mansfield, Ohio, as the David F. Winder 
Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, S. 
3206, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the 
authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or 
competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of 
appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide 
assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc., S. 3202, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to ensure that deceased veterans with no known 
next of kin can receive a dignified burial, S. 3084, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reorganize the Veterans Integrated 
Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration, S. 3052, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide veterans, when such veterans electronically 
file claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, with 
notice that relevant services may be available to the veterans from 
veterans service organizations, S. 3049, to amend title 39, United 
States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes 
of benefits under the

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laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 2320, to 
direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to provide for the 
ongoing maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Republic of the 
Philippines, S. 2259, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 
2012, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 2244, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist in the identification of 
unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains 
are eligible for burial in a national cemetery, S. 2045, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require judges of the United States Court of 
Appeals for Veterans Claims to reside within fifty miles of the 
District of Columbia, S. 1849, to require a five-year strategic plan 
for the Office of Rural Health of the Veterans Health Administration of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for improving access to, and the 
quality of, health care services for veterans in rural areas, S. 1838, 
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot 
program on service dog training therapy, S. 1806, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of 
tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund, S. 1799, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain 
requirements relating to the immunization of veterans, S. 1755, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the 
beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities 
rehabilitation, S. 1707, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as 
adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes, S. 1705, to 
designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Spokane, 
Washington, as the ``Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center'', S. 1631, to authorize the establishment in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs of a center for technical assistance for 
non-Department health care providers who furnish care to veterans in 
rural areas, S. 1391, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or 
mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and S. 
1264, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter 
registration agencies, after receiving testimony from Senators Boxer, 
Portman, Ayotte, Wyden, Franken, and Heller; Madhulika Agarwal, Deputy 
Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services, Veterans Health 
Administration, and Thomas Murphy, Director, Compensation Service, 
William Schoenhard, Deputy Under Secretary for Health Operations and 
Management, and Richard Hipolit, Assistant General Counsel, all of the 
Veterans Benefits Administration, all of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, and Heather L. 
Ansley, VetsFirst, both of Washington, DC.; Mark T. Edney, American 
Urological Association Legislative Affairs Committee, Salisbury, 
Maryland; and Tracy Keil, Parker, Colorado.