[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 58 (Thursday, April 25, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D380-D381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, after receiving testimony from Charles F. Bolden, 
Jr., Administrator, and Paul K. Martin, Inspector General, both of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from Ray Mabus, Secretary, Admiral Jonathan 
Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, and General James F. Amos, 
Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of the Navy, 
Department of Defense.
ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine drought and the effect on energy and water 
management decisions, after receiving testimony from Michael L. Connor, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Roger 
S. Pulwarty, Director, National Integrated Drought Information System, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Nicole T. Carter, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Patricia Mulroy, 
Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas; and Michael E. Webber, 
University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute.
PUBLIC LANDS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 27, to 
clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ``An Act to define the 
exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the 
State of Utah'', S. 28, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel 
of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National 
Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University, S. 159, to designate the 
Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances in Lyon 
County, Nevada, S. 241, to establish the Rio Grande del Norte National 
Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, S. 255, to withdraw 
certain Federal land and interests in that land from location, entry, 
and patent under the mining laws and disposition under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws, S. 256, to amend Public Law 93-435 with 
respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, S. 258, to amend the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of 
grazing leases and permits, S. 312, to adjust the boundary of the 
Carson National Forest, New Mexico, S. 327, to authorize the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter

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into cooperative agreements with State foresters authorizing State 
foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed 
restoration and protection services, S. 340, to provide for the 
settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, S. 341, to designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San 
Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, S. 342, to designate the Pine 
Forest Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County, Nevada, S. 353, to 
designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, to make 
additional wild and scenic river designations in the State of Oregon, 
S. 360, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the 
authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the 
Interior to provide service opportunities for young Americans; help 
restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, 
recreational and scenic resources; train a new generation of public 
land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service, 
S. 366, to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to 
require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small 
miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after 
written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by 
registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim 
maintenance fee, S. 368, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction 
Facilitation Act, S. 447, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black 
Hills National Forest, South Dakota, S. 609, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in San Juan County, New 
Mexico, S. 736, to establish a maximum amount for special use permit 
fees applicable to certain cabins on National Forest System land in the 
State of Alaska, and S. 757, to provide for the implementation of the 
multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River, Nevada, 
and Lincoln County, Nevada, to extend the authority to purchase certain 
parcels of public land, after receiving testimony from Senators Reid 
and Baucus; James M. Pena, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 
System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Jamie Connell, 
Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior.
REBALANCE TO ASIA II
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine rebalance to Asia II, focusing 
on security, defense, cooperation, and challenges, after receiving 
testimony from Joseph Y. Yun, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; David Helvey, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, Asian and Pacific 
Security Affairs; and Janine Davidson, Center for a New American 
Security, and Michael J. Green, Georgetown University Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
607, to improve the provisions relating to the privacy of electronic 
communications, with amendments.
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.