[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D406-D407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP 
CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Library of Congress and the Open World Leadership 
Center, after receiving testimony from James H. Billington, the 
Librarian of Congress, and John O'Keefe, Executive Director, Open World 
Leadership Center, both of the Library of Congress.
APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the United States Agency for 
International Development, after receiving testimony from Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Sally 
Jewell, Secretary, David Hayes, Deputy Secretary, Rhea Suh, Assistant 
Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, and Pamela Haze, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Budget, Finance, Performance, and Acquisition, 
all of the Department of the Interior.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air 
Force, and General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff, United States Air 
Force, both of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine National Nuclear Security Administration 
management of its National Security Laboratories in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Charles F. McMillan, 
Laboratory Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Paul J. Hommert, 
President and Director, Sandia National Laboratories, Penrose C. 
Albright, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Charles 
V. Shank, Co-Chair, National Research Council Committee to Review the 
Quality of the Management and of the Science and Engineering Research 
at the National Security Laboratories, all of the Department of Energy.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to 
be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
CREDIT REPORTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine credit reports, focusing on what accuracy and errors mean 
for consumers, after receiving testimony from Maneesha Mithal, 
Associate Director for the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission; Corey Stone, Assistant Director, Deposits, 
Cash, Collections, and Reporting Markets, Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau; Stuart K. Pratt, Consumer Data Industry Association, Ira 
Rheingold, National Association of Consumer Advocates, and the National 
Consumer Law Center, and J. Howard Beales III, The George Washington 
School of Business, all of Washington D.C.; and Judy Ann Thomas, 
Elyria, Ohio.
HELIUM STEWARDSHIP ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 783, to amend the Helium Act to improve helium 
stewardship, after receiving testimony from Timothy R. Spisak, Deputy 
Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty Management, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Walter L. Nelson, Air Products 
and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania; David Joyner, Air Liquid 
Helium America, Inc., Houston, Texas, on behalf of Airgas, Inc. and 
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.; Carolyn Duran, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, 
Oregon, on behalf of the Semiconductor Industry Association; and Moses 
Chan, Penn State University, and National Academies National Research 
Council Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium 
Reserve, University Park, Pennsylvania.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of James Knight, of Alabama, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Chad, and Deborah Kay Jones, of New Mexico, to be 
Ambassador to Libya, who was introduced by Senator Udall (NM), both of 
the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine border security, focusing on S. 744, to 
provide for comprehensive immigration reform, after receiving testimony 
from David F. Heyman, Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, Kevin K. 
McAleenan, Acting Deputy Commissioner, and Michael J. Fisher, Chief, 
Border Patrol, both of Customs and Border Protection, Daniel Ragsdale, 
Deputy Director, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Anne L. 
Richards, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, all of the Department 
of Homeland Security.
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.