[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D456-D458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for various agencies within the Department of Agriculture, 
after receiving testimony from Edward Avalos, Under Secretary for 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Elisabeth Hagen, Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, and Catherine E. Woteki, Chief Scientist and 
Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, all of the 
Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded open and closed hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony from Robert S. 
Mueller III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the law of armed conflict, the use of military force, and the 2001 
Authorization for Use of Military Force, after receiving testimony from 
Robert S. Taylor, Acting General Counsel, Michael A. Sheehan, Assistant 
Secretary for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, Major General 
Michael K. Nagata, USA, Deputy Director for Special Operations/
Counterterrorism, J-37, Joint Staff, and Brigadier General Richard C. 
Gross, JAGC, USA, Legal Counsel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
all of the Department of Defense; Rosa Brooks, Georgetown University 
Law Center, Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch, and Charles Stimson, The 
Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Geoffrey S. Corn, South 
Texas College of Law, McAllen, Texas; and Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law 
School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION STRATEGIES
Committee on the Budget: Committee with the Task Force on Government 
Performance concluded a hearing to examine effective strategies for 
government reorganization, focusing on reducing fragmentation, overlap, 
and duplication and achieving cost savings, after receiving testimony 
from Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, 
Government Accountability Office; John P. Holdren, Director, Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; 
Delaware State Senator Nicole Poore, Dover; and David H. Rosenbloom, 
American University Department of Public Administration and Policy, 
Washington, D.C.
PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE THE BUSINESS OF SPACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine partnerships to 
advance the business of space, after receiving testimony from Captain 
Michael Lopez-Alegria, USN (Ret.), Commercial Spaceflight Federation, 
and Patti Grace Smith, both of Washington, D.C.; Steven Collicott, 
Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, West 
Lafayette, Indiana; and N. Wayne Hale, Jr., Special Aerospace Services, 
Boulder, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  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. 59, to designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at 
the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California;
  S. 156, to allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit 
people within Glacier Bay National Park in the State of Alaska, with an 
amendment;
  S. 211, to amend certain definitions contained in the Provo River 
Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain property 
descriptions;
  S. 225, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the 
Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks;
  S. 241, to establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation 
Area in the State of New Mexico, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment;
  S. 284, to transfer certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way 
to Fort Sumner Irrigation District, New Mexico;
  S. 305, to authorize the acquisition of core battlefield land at 
Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to Vicksburg 
National Military Park, with amendments:
  S. 312, to adjust the boundary of the Carson National Forest, New 
Mexico;
  S. 342, to designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in 
Humboldt County, Nevada;
  S. 349, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 
segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in 
the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential 
addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
  S. 368, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, 
with an amendment;
  S. 371, to establish the Blackstone River Valley National Historical 
Park, to dedicate the Park to John H. Chafee;
  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. 476, to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to 
extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 
Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 507, to establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park 
in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, 
Washington, with amendments;
  S. 609, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land in San Juan County, New Mexico, with amendments;
  S. 684, to amend the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to facilitate 
completion of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System, with 
amendments;
  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, with amendments;
  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;
  S.J. Res. 12, to consent to certain amendments enacted by the 
legislature of the State of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Homes Commission, 
Act, 1920; and

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  H.R. 316, to reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses 
and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain 
hydroelectric projects, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Thomas Edward Perez, of Maryland, 
to be Secretary of Labor.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Mark Gaston Pearce, 
of New York, to be Chairman, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, and 
Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, who was 
introduced by Senator Warren, Sharon Block, of the District of 
Columbia, who was introduced by Senator Murphy, Harry I. Johnson III, 
of Virginia, who was introduced by former Senator Byron Dorgan, and 
Philip Andrew Miscimarra, of Illinois, who was introduced by Senator 
Alexander, all to be a Member, all of the National Labor Relations 
Board, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Srikanth Srinivasan, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Raymond T. Chen, of 
Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, 
and Jennifer A. Dorsey, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Nevada.
  Also, committee resumed consideration of S. 744, to provide for 
comprehensive immigration reform, but did not complete action thereon.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
MANDATORY E-VERIFY ON SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the effects of mandatory e-verify on America's small 
businesses, including S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform, after receiving testimony from Peter Monaghan, Deputy Associate 
Commissioner, Data Exchange and Policy Publications, Social Security 
Administration; Kathy Lotspeich, Deputy Chief, Verification Division, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security; John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority, Sausalito, 
California; David R. Burton, National Small Business Association, and 
Ryan Kearney, National Restaurant Association, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Sabrina Poole, Systems Engineering Research Development Institute 
(SERDI), Rockville, Maryland; and Rick Judson, National Association of 
Home Builders, Charlotte, North Carolina.