[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D321-D324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
                      APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC AND OUTSIDE WITNESSES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and 
   Related Agencies held a hearing for public and outside witnesses. 
         Testimony was heard from public and outside witnesses.
                                       APPROPRIATIONS--USDA BUDGET
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
   Development, FDA, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the USDA 
     Budget. Testimony was heard from the following Department of 
Agriculture officials: Thomas Vilsack, Secretary; Joseph Glauber, Chief 
             Economist; and Michael Young, Budget Officer.
     APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET 
                                                          OVERVIEW
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
 Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Overview. Testimony was 
   heard from Chuck Hagel, Secretary, Department of Defense; General 
Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Army; 
        and Robert Hale, Undersecretary, Department of Defense.
       APPROPRIATIONS--UNITED STATES COAST GUARD FISCAL YEAR 2014 
                                                    BUDGET REQUEST
 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
 hearing on United States Coast Guard Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request. 
Testimony was heard from Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant United 
                          States Coast Guard.
                        APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUDGET
 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education held a hearing on the Department of Labor 
  Budget. Testimony was heard from Seth D. Harris, Acting Secretary, 
                 Deputy Secretary, Department of Labor.
     APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FISCAL YEAR 2014 
                                                           REQUEST
 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, 
 and Urban Development held a hearing on Department of Transportation 
    Fiscal Year 2014 Request. Testimony was heard from Ray LaHood, 
                Secretary, Department of Transportation.
           NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FROM THE 
                                            DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
   Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the 
Department of the Navy. Testimony was heard from General James F. Amos, 
   USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps; Admiral 
 Jonathan W. Greenert, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy; Ray 
                     Mabus, Secretary of the Navy.
                                READINESS POSTURE OF THE U.S. ARMY
 Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
  entitled ``The Readiness Posture of the U.S. Army''. Testimony was 
    heard from Brigadier General Walter E. Fountain, Acting Deputy 
    Director, U.S. Army National Guard; Lieutenant General James L. 
    Huggins, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, U.S. Army; 
    Lieutenant General Raymond V. Mason, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
 Logistics, U.S. Army, Major General Luis R. Visot, Deputy Commanding 
               General for Operations, U.S. Army Reserve.
             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging 
  Threats and Capabilities held a hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2014 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Department of Defense 
   Science and Technology Programs''. Testimony was heard from RADM 
Matthew Klunder, Chief of Naval Research, U.S. Department of the Navy; 
 Mary Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and 
  Technology, U.S. Army; Arati Prabhakar, Director, Defense Advanced 
 Research Projects Agency; Alan Shaffer, Acting Assistant Secretary of 
 Defense for Research and Engineering; David Walker, Deputy Assistant 
                              Secretary of

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 the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering, Office of the 
                  Assistant Secretary for Acquisition.
     THE PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2014 REVENUE AND ECONOMIC POLICY 
                                                         PROPOSALS
 Committee on the Budget: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``The 
 President's Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue and Economic Policy Proposals''. 
  Testimony was heard from Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, Department of the 
                               Treasury.
     KEEPING COLLEGE WITHIN REACH: THE ROLE OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID 
                                                          PROGRAMS
   Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Higher 
  Education and Workforce Training held a hearing entitled ``Keeping 
   College Within Reach: The Role of Federal Student Aid Programs''. 
               Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
     CONTINUING INVESTIGATION INTO THE FUNGAL MENINGITIS OUTBREAK 
                          AND WHETHER IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED
    Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
  Investigations held a hearing entitled ``A Continuing Investigation 
  into the Fungal Meningitis Outbreak and Whether It Could Have Been 
    Prevented''. Testimony was heard from Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, 
              Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration.
                                             MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
 a markup on H.R. 3, the ``Northern Route Approval Act''. The bill was 
                     forwarded, without amendment.
                       EXAMINING COMMUNITY BANK REGULATORY BURDENS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Examining Community Bank 
    Regulatory Burdens''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
     DOES DOD-FRANK AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNMENT TO BREAK UP FINANCIAL 
                                                     INSTITUTIONS?
    Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
 Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Who is Too Big to Fail: Does 
       Dodd-Frank Authorize the Government to Break Up Financial 
  Institutions?''. Testimony was heard from Scott G. Alvarez, General 
Counsel, Federal Reserve Board of Governors; Richard J. Osterman, Jr., 
  Acting General Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and 
   James Wigand, Director, Office of Complex Financial Institutions, 
                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
     CHINA'S RAPID POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ADVANCES IN CENTRAL ASIA 
                                                        AND RUSSIA
  Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats held a hearing entitled ``China's Rapid Political and 
  Economic Advances in Central Asia and Russia''. Testimony was heard 
from Stephen J. Blank, Research Professor of National Security Affairs, 
              U.S. Army War College; and public witnesses.
             KENYA'S 2013 ELECTIONS: AN EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE MODEL
 Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
  Global Human Rights and International Organizations held a hearing 
 entitled ``Kenya's 2013 Elections: An Effective Assistance Model?''. 
               Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
     MISMANAGEMENT AT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                                                        OF JUSTICE
  Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
   ``Mismanagement at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of 
         Justice''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
         ABUSIVE PATENT LITIGATION: THE ISSUES IMPACTING AMERICAN 
      COMPETITIVENESS AND JOB CREATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
                                             COMMISSION AND BEYOND
   Committee on the Judiciary; Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
  Property and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Abusive Patent 
   Litigation: The Issues Impacting American Competitiveness and Job 
Creation at the International Trade Commission and Beyond''. Testimony 
                    was heard from public witnesses.
                                              LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
   Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation held a hearing on the following measures: H.R. 
     250, to amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional 
requirements on the establishment of national monuments under that Act, 
   and for other purposes; H.R. 382, the ``Preserve Land Freedom for 
    Americans Act''; H.R. 432, to prohibit the further extension or 
    establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express 
authorization of Congress; H.R. 758, the ``Utah Land Sovereignty Act''; 
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  ``New Mexico Land Sovereignty Act''; H.R. 1434, the ``Montana Land 
Sovereignty Act''; H.R. 1439, the ``Idaho Land Sovereignty Act''; H.R. 
  1459, the ``Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National 
    Monuments Act''; H.R. 855, the ``San Antonio Missions National 
 Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013''. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Labrador, Stewart, Daines, Gosar, Chaffetz, Foxx, 
 and Doggett; John Jones, Commissioner, Carbon County, UT; Molly Ward, 
           Mayor, City of Hampton, VA; and a public witness.
                                       NORTHERN ROUTE APPROVAL ACT
  Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
   Resources held a hearing on H.R. 3, the ``Northern Route Approval 
           Act''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.


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  April 16, 2013, on page D323, the following appeared: Committee 
on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals 
Resources held a markup on H.R. 3, the ``Northern Route Approval 
Act''.
  
  The online version should be corrected to read: Committee on 
Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held a hearing on H.R. 3, the ``Northern Route Approval Act''.


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     BUREAU OF RECLAMATION; FOUR POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS; 
       AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S WATER PROGRAM PROPOSED FISCAL 
                                     YEAR 2014 SPENDING PRIORITIES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a 
 hearing entitled ``Examining the Proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Spending, 
  Priorities and the Missions of the Bureau of Reclamation; the Four 
Power Marketing Administrations; and the U.S. Geological Survey's Water 
 Program''. Testimony was heard from Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, 
 Bureau of Reclamation; Bill Drummond, Administrator, Bonneville Power 
    Administration, Mark Gabriel, Administrator, Western Area Power 
Administration; Christopher Turner, Acting Administrator, Southwestern 
 Power Administration; Kenneth Legg, Administrator, Southeastern Power 
  Administration; and Jerad Bales, Acting Associate Director for the 
              Water Mission Area, U.S. Geological Survey.
        ASSESSING THE FEDERAL EFFORTS TO MINIMIZE THE SEQUESTER'S 
            IMPACT ON ACCESS TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL AND NATIONAL 
                                                         TREASURES
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
 hearing entitled ``Open to Visitors? Assessing the Federal Efforts to 
 Minimize the Sequester's Impact on Access to Our Nation's Capital and 
   National Treasures''. Testimony was heard from David S. Ferriero, 
     Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records 
 Administration; Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service; 
        and G. Wayne Clough; Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
                     CYBER INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND PROTECTION ACT
  Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 624, the 
   ``Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act''. The Committee 
    granted, by voice vote, a structure rule for H.R. 624. The rule 
 provides for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence. The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
 of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose 
 of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 
 the text of Rules Committee Print 113-7 and provides that it shall be 
  considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the 
  amendment in a nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only 
 those further amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each 
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 
  may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
 considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
   for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order 
  against the amendments printed in the report. The rule provides one 
 motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
 from Chairman Rogers (MI), and Representatives Ruppersberger, Barton, 
 Schiff, Schakowsky, Franks (AZ), Jackson Lee, Polis, and Johnson (GA).
        ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WIND ENERGY 
                                                        INCENTIVES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Oversight 
  and Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Wind Energy Incentives''. Testimony was 
      heard from Frank Rusco, Director, Natural Resources and the 
  Environment, Government Accountability Office; and public witnesses.
             FOUNDATIONS FOR A NEW WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing entitled ``The Foundations for 
a New Water Resources Development Act''. Testimony was heard from Harry 
        Simmons, Mayor, Caswell Beach, NC; and public witnesses.

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     FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE U.S. COAST GUARD AND 
                            RELATED MARINE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on the proposed fiscal 
 year 2014 budget request for the U.S. Coast Guard and related marine 
transportation programs. Testimony was heard from Admiral Robert Papp, 
 Commandant, United States Coast Guard; Master Chief Michael Leavitt, 
  Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, United States Coast 
Guard; David Matsuda, Administrator, Maritime Administration; and Mario 
            Cordero, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission.
                                              LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
 Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
  and Memorial Affairs held a hearing on the following measures: H.R. 
  569, the ``Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
   2013''; H.R. 570, the ``American Heroes COLA Act''; H.R. 602, the 
 ``Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act''; H.R. 671, the ``Ruth Moore 
 Act of 2013''; H.R. 679, the ``Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees 
 Act''; H.R. 733, the ``Access to Veterans Benefits Improvement Act''; 
    H.R. 894, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
 supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by 
 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and H.R. 1405, to amend title 38, 
  United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
include an appeals form in any notice of decision issued for the denial 
 of a benefit sought. Testimony was heard from Representatives Johnson 
  (OH), Pingree, and Walz; David R. McLenachen, Director, Pension and 
     Fiduciary Service, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public 
                               witnesses.
             IMPLEMENTATION OF 2012 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REFORMS
  Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
 hearing on the Implementation of 2012 Unemployment Insurance Reforms. 
Testimony was heard from Bill Starks, Director, Unemployment Insurance 
Division, Utah Department of Workforce Services; Tommy Williams, Texas 
                  State Senator; and public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
       No joint committee meetings were held.

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