[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 37 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D218-D219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUDGET: 2014
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported a 
concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2023.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 23, to designate as wilderness certain land and inland water 
within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of 
Michigan;
  S. 25, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah 
Valley Electric Service District;
  S. 26, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the 
Central Utah Project;
  S. 112, to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of 
Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt 
River as wild and scenic rivers;
  S. 130, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the State of Wyoming;
  S. 157, to provide for certain improvements to the Denali National 
Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska;
  S. 222, to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the 
authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation 
projects and acid mine remediation programs;
  S. 230, to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to 
establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs;
  S. 244, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot 
Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project;
  S. 247, to establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in 
Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National 
Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, 
with an amendment;
  S. 276, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls 
Reservoir;
  S. 304, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 
State of Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of 
the Natchez Trace Parkway;
  S. 311, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower 
Mississippi River Area in the State of Louisiana as a unit of the 
National Park System, with an amendment;
  S. 347, to establish the First State National Historical Park in the 
State of Delaware, with an amendment;
  S. 352, to provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase 
Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson 
and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild rivers;
  S. 354, to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument;
  S. 383, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 
segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component 
of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
  S. 393, to designate additional segments and tributaries of White 
Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component 
of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and
  S. 459, to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National 
Historic Site in the State of South Dakota.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine border security, focusing on measuring 
progress and addressing challenges, after receiving testimony Doris 
Meissner, Migration Policy Institute, and Edward Alden, Council on 
Foreign Relations, both of Washington, D.C.; and David A. Shirk, 
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of San Diego Trans-Border Institute, San Diego, California.
INDEXING THE MINIMUM WAGE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine keeping up with a changing economy, 
focusing on indexing the minimum wage, after receiving testimony from 
Brad Avakian, Oregon Labor Commissioner, Portland; Arindrajit Dube, 
University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Lew Prince, Vintage Vinyl, St. 
Louis, Missouri; Melvin Sickler, Auntie Anne's Pretzels and Cinnabon, 
Williamstown, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Restaurant 
Association; David Rutigliano, SBC Restaurant Group, Trumbull, 
Connecticut, on behalf of the Connecticut Restaurant Association; and 
Carolle Fleurio, Jonesboro, Georgia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
150, to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and 
bear arms is not unlimited, with amendments.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND DISASTER RECOVERY
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine helping small businesses weather economic challenges 
and natural disasters, focusing on a review of legislative proposals on 
access to capital and disaster recovery, including S. 289, to extend 
the low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local Development 
Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration, S. 415, to 
clarify the collateral requirement for certain loans under section 7(d) 
of the Small Business Act, to address assistance to out-of-State small 
business concerns, S. 511, to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
of 1958 to enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program, S. 
537, to require the Small Business Administration to make information 
relating to lenders making covered loans publicly available, S. 550, to 
amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide for 
increased limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common 
control, after receiving testimony from John Needham, Assistant 
Inspector General for Audit, Office of the Inspector General, James 
Rivera, Associated Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance, and 
Jeanne Hulit, Associate Administrator, Office of Capital Access, all of 
the United States Small Business Administration; James L. King, New 
York State Small Business Development Center, Albany; Ralph Hardt, 
Jagemann Stamping Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Howard Kunreuther, and 
Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, both of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton 
School Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Philadelphia; 
Ashley Fingarson, National Federation of Independent Business, and 
David B. Muhlhausen, The Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Sengal Selassie, Brightwood Capital Advisors, LLC, New York, New York; 
and Jim Rich, Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, Beaumont, Texas.
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.