[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 154 (Tuesday, December 4, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1000-D1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TERRORIST EXPLOITATION OF REFUGEE PROGRAMS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence held a hearing entitled ``Terrorist Exploitation of 
Refugee Programs.'' Testimony was heard from Lawrence Bartlett, 
Director of the Refugee Admissions Office, Bureau of Population, 
Refugees, and Migration, Department of State; Barbara Strack, Chief, 
Refugee Affairs Division, United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, Department of Homeland Security; and Dawn Scalici, Deputy 
Undersecretary, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department of 
Homeland Security.
BARONA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS LAND TRANSFER CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2012
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 
Native Affairs held a hearing on S. 3193, the ``Barona Band of Mission 
Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012.'' Testimony was heard 
from Representative Hunter; Michael Black, Director, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; and a public witness.
REVIEW OF THE PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE 
SANDY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``A Review of the Preparedness, Response To and 
Recovery From Hurricane Sandy.'' Testimony was heard from W. Craig 
Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Fred 
Tombar, Senior Advisor to the

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Secretary for Disaster Recovery, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; Major General Michael Walsh, Deputy Commanding General, 
Civil and Emergency Operations, Army Corps of Engineers; Robert R. 
Latham, Jr., Executive Director Mississippi Emergency Management 
Agency; Mark Riley, Deputy Director, Governor's Office of Homeland 
Security and Emergency Preparedness, State of Louisiana; and David 
Popoff, Emergency Management Coordinator, Galveston County, Texas.
CHALLENGES OF TRANSITIONING VETERANS RECORDS TO PAPERLESS TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs held a hearing entitled ``Wading through 
Warehouses of Paper: The Challenges of Transitioning Veterans Records 
to Paperless Technology.'' Testimony was heard from Jim Neighbors, 
Director of DoD/VA Collaboration Office, Department of Defense; Scott 
Levins, Director of the National Personnel Records Center, National 
Archives and Records Administration; Alan Bozeman, Director, Veterans 
Benefits Management System, Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.