[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 42 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D262-D263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--MEMBER AND OUTSIDE WITNESS DAY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and 
Science, and Related Agencies held a hearing for Members of Congress 
and outside witnesses. Testimony was heard from Representatives Meehan; 
Keating; Larsen (WA); Farr; Peters (CA); and Reed.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development held a hearing on Federal Transit Administration 
Oversight. Testimony was heard from Peter Rogoff, Administrator, 
Federal Transit Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS--USDA INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, FDA, and Related Agencies held a hearing on USDA Inspector 
General Oversight. Testimony was heard from the following Department of 
Agriculture officials: Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General; Karen Ellis, 
Assistant Inspector General for Investigations; and Gil Harden, 
Assistant Inspector General for Audit.
UPDATE ON MILITARY SUICIDE PREVENTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on an Update on Military Suicide Prevention. Testimony was 
heard from Lieutenant General Howard B. Bromberg, USA, Deputy Chief of 
Staff G-1, United States Army; Jacqueline Garrick, Acting Director of 
the Defense Suicide Prevention Office, Department of Defense; Brigadier 
General Robert F. Hedelund, USMC, Director, Marine and Family Programs, 
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Corps; Lieutenant General Darrell D. Jones, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff 
for Manpower, Personnel and Services, United States Air Force; Jerry 
Reed, Jr., Director, Suicide Prevention Resource Center; and Vice 
Admiral Scott R. Van Buskirk, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 
Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education, United States Navy.
OUR NATION OF BUILDERS: THE STRENGTH OF STEEL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on ``Our Nation of Builders: 
The Strength of Steel''. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Murphy (PA); and Visclosky; and public witnesses.
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES: ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES ON 
INNOVATION AND REGULATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Health Information 
Technologies: Administration Perspectives on Innovation and 
Regulation''. Testimony was heard from Farzad Mostashari, National 
Coordinator, Health Information Technology, Department of Health and 
Human Services; and Christy Foreman, Director, Office of Device 
Evaluation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug 
Administration.
CYBER ATTACKS: AN UNPRECEDENTED THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats held a hearing entitled ``Cyber Attacks: An 
Unprecedented Threat to U.S. National Security''. Testimony was heard 
from Christopher Painter, Coordinator, Office of the Coordinator for 
Cyber Issues, Department of State; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, 
Oceans and Insular Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 910, the ``Sikes Act 
Reauthorization Act of 2013''; and H.R. 1080, to amend the Sikes Act to 
promote the use of cooperative agreements under such an Act for land 
management related to Department of Defense readiness activities and to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate inter-agency 
cooperation in conservation programs to avoid or reduce adverse impacts 
on military readiness activities. Testimony was heard from John Conger, 
Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environment and 
Installation, Department of Defense; Stephen D. Guertin, Deputy 
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service; Jimmy Anthony, Assistant Secretary 
for the Office of Wildlife, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 
Fisheries; and a public witness.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing on ``America's Mineral Resources: Creating 
Mining and Manufacturing Jobs and Securing America''; H.R. 1063, the 
``National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2013''; H.R. 
687, the ``Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 
2013''; H.R. 697, the ``Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation 
Act''; H.R. 761, the ``Critical and Strategic Minerals Production 
Act''; H.R. 767, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the 
Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project; 
H.R. 957, the ``American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act''; and H.R. 981, 
the ``Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013''. Testimony was 
heard from the following Representatives: Gosar; Grijalva; Kirkpatrick; 
Heck (NV); and Johnson (GA); and James M. Iwanicki, Marquette County 
Road Commission; Jamie Connell, Bureau of Land Management, Acting 
Deputy Director, Department of the Interior; Mary Wagner, Associate 
Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Stephen Q. Miller, 
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Pinal County; Soyla ``Kiki'' 
Peralta, Council Member, Superior Town Council; and public witnesses.
PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES AGAINST EMERGING AND COMPLEX CYBER-ATTACKS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Health and Technology held 
a hearing entitled, ``Protecting Small Businesses Against Emerging and 
Complex Cyber-Attacks''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ONGOING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities''. This was a closed 
hearing.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.