[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D251-D252]
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 Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Frederick Vollrath, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, Eric K. Fanning, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, and 41 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
SPACE THREATS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science 
and Space concluded a hearing

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to examine assessing the risks, impacts, and solutions for space threats, 
after receiving testimony from James Green, Director, Planetary Science 
Division, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Edward T. Lu, B612 Foundation, Mountain View, California; 
Richard DalBello, Intelsat, Bethesda, Maryland; and Joan Johnson-Freese, 
Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 601, to provide for the conservation and development of water 
and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, with amendments.
CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID INNOVATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reforming the 
delivery system, focusing on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid 
Innovation, after receiving testimony from Richard J. Gilfillan, Director, 
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
COUNTERTERRORISM POLICIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
counterterrorism policies and priorities, focusing on addressing the 
evolving threat, after receiving testimony from former Representative Jane 
Harman, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Kenneth L. 
Wainstein, Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Michael E. Leiter, former Director, National Counterterrorism Center, 
and Palantir Technologies, McLean, Virginia.
HURRICANE SANDY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine Hurricane Sandy, focusing on getting the recovery right 
and the value of mitigation, after receiving testimony from W. Craig Fugate, 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security; Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Jo-
Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of 
Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee 
Reauthorization Act of 2013'', and
  S. 330, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish safeguards and 
standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected 
with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.
FUTURE OF DRONES IN AMERICA
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
future of drones in America, focusing on law enforcement and privacy 
considerations, after receiving testimony from Benjamin Miller, Mesa County 
Sheriff's Office Unmanned Aircraft Program, Mesa County, Colorado, on behalf 
of the Airborne Law Enforcement Association; Amie Stepanovich, Electronic 
Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C.; Michael Toscano, Association 
for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Arlington, Virginia; and Ryan 
Calo, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle.
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
building an immigration system worthy of American values, after receiving 
testimony from Ahilan T. Arunlanantham, American Civil Liberties Union of 
Southern California, Los Angeles; Michael W. Cutler, Senior Special Agent 
(Ret.), Immigration and Naturalization Service, New York, New York; Jan C. 
Ting, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
Pamela A. Stampp, The Castro Firm, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; and Paul 
Grussendorf, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
VETERANS AFFAIRS MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Veterans Affairs mental health care, focusing on ensuring timely access to 
high-quality care, after receiving testimony from Robert A. Petzel, Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health, Veterans Health Administration; 
Colonel Rebecca I. Porter, Chief, Behavioral Health Division, Office of the 
Surgeon General, United States Army, Department of Defense; Lieutenant 
Colonel Kenny Allred, USA (Ret.), National Alliance on Mental Illness 
Veterans and Military Council, Rockwood, Tennessee; Jacob Wood, Team 
Rubicon, Los Angeles, California; Andre Wing, The Vermont Veterans Outreach 
Program, South Burlington; Kimberly Ruocco, Tragedy Assistance Program for 
Survivors, Newbury, Massachusetts; and Barbara Van Dahlen, Give an Hour, 
Washington, D.C.