[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D414-D416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Air Force, after receiving testimony from Michael B. 
Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, and General Mark A. Welsh III, 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, both of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AND IRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Service and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of the Treasury and 
the Internal Revenue Service, after receiving testimony from Jacob J. 
Lew, Secretary, Steven T. Miller, Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue 
Service, and J. Russell George, Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, all of the Department of the Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2014 for the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of 
Reclamation, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Thomas 
P. Bostick, Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, and Jo-Ellen 
Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, both of the 
Department of Defense; and Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary for Water 
and Science, and Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of 
Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General William N. 
Phillips, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary for 
Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, and Director, Acquisition Career 
Management, and Lieutenant General James O. Barclay III, Deputy Chief 
of Staff, G-8, both of the Department of the Army, Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant 
Secretary for

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Research, Development and Acquisition, Vice Admiral Allen G. Myers, 
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and 
Resources, and Vice Admiral Kevin M. McCoy, Commander, Naval Sea 
Systems Command, all of the Department of the Navy, Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration and the Department of Energy's Office of 
Environmental Management in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, including 
observations on project and program cost estimating in the National 
Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of Environmental 
Management, after receiving testimony from Neile L. Miller, Acting 
Undersecretary for Nuclear Security, and Acting Administrator, Don L. 
Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, and John M. 
Richardson, USN, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, all of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, and David Huizenga, Senior 
Advisor for Environmental Management, all of the Department of Energy; 
and David Trimble, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, 
Government Accountability Office.
IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA'S INNOVATION ECONOMY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the role of immigrants in America's innovation 
economy, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Flybridge 
Capital, and Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts; Gwenne A. 
Henricks, Caterpillar Inc., Mossville, Illinois; Stuart Anderson, 
National Foundation for American Policy, Arlington, Virginia; and Ruchi 
Sanghvi, San Francisco, California.
BUSINESS MEETINGS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 306, to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for 
hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 545, to improve hydropower, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 761, to promote energy savings in residential and commercial 
buildings and industry, with an amendment;
  H.R. 267, to improve hydropower; and
  H.R. 678, to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities 
for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law.
INTEGRITY OF FEDERAL PAYMENTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine curbing Federal agency waste and fraud, 
focusing on new steps to strengthen the integrity of Federal payments, 
after receiving testimony from Daniel I. Werfel, Controller, Office of 
Management and Budget; Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., Inspector General, 
and Marianna LaCanfora, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and 
Disability Policy, both of the Social Security Administration; Richard 
L. Gregg, Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; and Daniel 
Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, 
Government Accountability Office.
PRIVATE SECTOR'S ROLE IN PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District 
of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the role of the private 
sector in preparedness and emergency response, after receiving 
testimony from Elizabeth Zimmerman, Deputy Associate Administrator for 
the Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Michael Chodos, Associate 
Administrator for the Office of Entrepreneurial Development, Small 
Business Administration; Christopher Terzich, Regional Consortium 
Coordinating Council, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Michael Merwarth, United 
Services Automobile Association, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the 
BuildStrong Coalition; and Daniel L. Stoecker, National Voluntary 
Organizations Active in Disaster, Arlington, Virginia.
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 434, to authorize and implement the water rights compact among the 
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the State of 
Montana, and S. 611, to make a technical amendment to the T'uf Shur 
Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Baucus; Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior 
for Indian Affairs; Calvin Joyner, Associate Deputy Chief, National 
Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Jay Weiner, 
Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission Staff Attorney, 
Helena; Shannon Augare, Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana; and Stuart 
Paisano, Pueblo of Sandia, Bernalillo, New Mexico.

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CYBER THREATS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism 
concluded a hearing to examine cyber threats, focusing on law 
enforcement and private sector responses, after receiving testimony 
from Jenny A. Durkan, United States Attorney, Western District of 
Washington, and Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., Assistant Director, Cyber 
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of 
Justice; Kevin Mandia, Mandiant Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia; and 
Stewart A. Baker, Steptoe and Johnson LLP, and Cheri F. McGuire, 
Symantec Corporation, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Patricia E. Campbell-Smith, of the District of 
Columbia, and Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, both to be 
a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and William H. 
Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, and Rachel Elise Barkow, of New York, both to 
be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
MINORITY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem for 
minority women, after receiving testimony from Marie C. Johns, Deputy 
Administrator, Small Business Adminstration; Alejandra Y. Castillo, 
National Deputy Director, Minority Business Development Agency, 
Department of Commerce; Marc H. Morial, National Urban League, New 
York, New York; Sophia Parker, DSFederal, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland; 
Dixie Kolditz, Brighton Enterprises Inc., Battle Ground, Washington; 
Marianne Lancaster, Lancaster Packaging Inc., Hudson, Massachusetts; 
and Eva Longoria, Los Angeles.