[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 65 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D426-D427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--AIR FORCE BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
the Air Force Budget. Testimony was heard from Michael B. Donley, 
Secretary, United States Air Force; and General Mark A. Welsh III, 
Chief of Staff, USAF.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES AND NUCLEAR FORCES PROGRAMS--FY2014 
BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for Atomic Energy Defense 
Activities and Nuclear Forces Programs. Testimony was heard from 
Madelyn Creedon, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic 
Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense; J. Michael Gilmore, 
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of 
Defense; and Vice Admiral James D. Syring, USN, Director, Missile 
Defense Agency.
AMERICAN ENERGY SECURITY AND INNOVATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing entitled ``American Energy Security and Innovation: Grid 
Reliability Challenges in a Shifting Energy Resource Landscape''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
entitled ``Resolving International Parental Child Abductions to Non-
Hague Convention Countries''. Testimony was heard from Susan Jacobs, 
Special Advisor for Children's Issues, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 
Department of State; and public witnesses.
BOSTON BOMBINGS: A FIRST LOOK
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The Boston Bombings: A First Look''. Testimony was heard from Joseph 
I. Lieberman, former Senator, Connecticut; Edward F. Davis III, 
Commissioner, Boston Police Department; Kurt N. Schwartz, 
Undersecretary, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, 
Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation held a hearing on the following: H.R. 1825, to 
direct Federal public land management officials to exercise their 
authority under existing law to facilitate use of and access to Federal 
public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 586, the ``Denali National Park Improvement 
Act''; H.R. 995, the ``Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment 
Act''; and H.R. 1411, the ``California Coastal National Monument 
Expansion Act of 2013''. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Benishek; Representative Young (AK); Representative Huffman; Carl 
Rountree, Director, National Landscape Conservation System, Bureau of 
Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROACHES TO ISSUING BIOMETRIC IDS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Government Operations held a hearing entitled ``Federal Government 
Approaches to Issuing Biometric IDs''. Testimony was heard from Stephen 
Sadler, Assistant Administrator, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 
TSA; Stephen A. Lord, Director, Forensic Audits and Investigations, 
GAO.
PROCESSING FEDERAL WORKER PENSION CLAIMS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and the Census held a hearing entitled 
``Is OPM Processing Federal Worker Pension Claims on Time?''. Testimony 
was heard from Patrick McFarland, Inspector General, Office of 
Personnel Management; Kenneth Zawodny, Associate Director, Retirement 
Services, Office of Personnel Management; Valerie C. Melvin, Director, 
Information Management and Technology Resource Issues, GAO.
EXOPLANET DISCOVERIES: HAVE WE FOUND OTHER EARTHS?
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space; and 
Subcommittee on Research held a joint hearing entitled ``Exoplanet 
Discoveries: Have We Found Other Earths?''. Testimony was heard from 
John M. Grunsfeld, M.D., Associate Administrator, Science Mission 
Directorate, NASA,

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James Ulvestad, M.D., Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, 
National Science Foundation; and public witnesses.
HEALTH INSURANCE FEE: IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Health and Technology held 
a hearing entitled ``The Health Insurance Fee: Impact on Small 
Businesses''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BALANCING SAFETY WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR FOSTER YOUTH
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing entitled ``Letting Kids Be Kids: Balancing Safety with 
Opportunity for Foster Youth''. Testimony was heard from Nancy Detert, 
State Senator, Florida; David Wilkins, Secretary, Department of 
Children and Families, Florida; Tanya Wilkins, Advocate for Foster Care 
and Adoption, Governor's Office of Adoption and Child Protection, 
Florida; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.