[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D477-D478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, GOVERNMENT PRINTING 
OFFICE, AND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Government Accountability Office, Government Printing 
Office, and the Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony 
from Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General, Government Accountability 
Office; Davita Vance-Cooks, Acting Public Printer, Government Printing 
Office; and Douglas Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN ADVERSITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine a review of United 
States foreign assistance for children in adversity, after receiving 
testimony from Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, and Neil 
Boothby, Special Advisor for Children in Adversity, both of the United 
States Agency for International Development; Caroline Ryan, Deputy 
Coordinator for Technical Leadership, Office of the United States 
Global AIDS Coordinator, Department of State; Susan Bissell, United 
Nations Children's Fund, New York, New York; Jedd Medefind, Christian 
Alliance for Orphans, McLean, Virginia; Phillip Goldman, Maestral 
International, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Charles Nelson, Harvard 
Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council annual 
report to Congress, including S. 892, to amend the Iran Threat 
Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to impose sanctions with 
respect to certain transactions in foreign currencies, after receiving 
testimony from Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Brian C. Deese, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
RAECHEL AND JACQUELINE HOUCK SAFE RENTAL CAR ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine S. 921, to amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States 
Code, to prohibit the rental of motor vehicles that contain a defect 
related to motor vehicle safety, after receiving testimony from David 
L. Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Sharon Faulkner, American 
Car Rental Association, Clifton Park, New York; Rosemary Shahan, 
Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Sacramento, California; 
Mitch Bainwol, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.; 
Peter Welch, National Automobile Dealers Association, McLean, Virginia; 
and Carol Houck, Ojai, California.
NATURAL GAS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine what the next applications are for natural gas and 
how this new demand will be met, focusing on domestic supply and 
natural gas exports, after receiving testimony from Christopher Smith, 
Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, and Adam Sieminski, 
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, both of the 
Department of Energy; Cal Dooley, American Chemistry Council, Charles 
Ebinger, The Brookings Institution, and Paul N. Cicio, Industrial 
Energy Consumers of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Pat Outtrim, 
Cheniere Energy, Inc., Austin, Texas; Deborah Rogers, 
EnergyPolicyForum, Fort Worth, Texas; E. Harry Vidas, ICF 
International, Fairfax, Virginia; John Mohlis, The Oregon State 
Building and Construction Trades Council, Portland; and Octavio Simoes, 
Sempra Energy, San Diego, California.
IRS AND 501(c)(4) APPLICATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a review 
of criteria used by the IRS to identify 501(c)(4) applications for 
greater scrutiny, after receiving testimony from Steven Miller, Acting 
Commissioner, and Douglas Shulman, former Commissioner, both of the 
Internal Revenue Service, and J. Russell George, Inspector General for 
Tax Administration, all of the Department of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 960, to foster stability in Syria, with amendments; and

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  S. Res. 143, recognizing the threats to freedom of the press and 
expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as a 
priority in the efforts of the United States Government to promote 
democracy and good governance on the occasion of World Press Freedom 
Day on May 3, 2013.
AFGHANISTAN'S 2014 ELECTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
and Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the prospect 
for Afghanistan's 2014 elections, after receiving testimony from David 
D. Pearce, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 
Department of State; David Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia; and Andrew Wilder, 
United States Institute of Peace, Sarah Chayes, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace, and Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations, all of 
Washington, D.C.
OFFSHORE PROFIT SHIFTING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine offshore 
profit shifting and the United States tax code, after receiving 
testimony from Samuel M. Maruca, Director, Transfer Pricing Operations, 
Internal Revenue Service, and Mark J. Mazur, Assistant Secretary for 
Tax Policy, both of the Department of the Treasury; Stephen E. Shay, 
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; J. Richard Harvey, Jr., 
Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania; and 
Timothy D. Cook, Peter Oppenheimer, and Phillip A. Bullock, all of 
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued consideration of S. 
744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform.
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.