[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 83 (Wednesday, June 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D552-D555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
VOLUNTARY MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine voluntary military education programs, 
after receiving testimony from Frederick Vollrath, Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Readiness and Force Management; and Terry W.

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Hartle, American Council on Education, Steve Gunderson, Association of 
Private Sector Colleges and Universities, James Selbe, University of 
Maryland University College, and Christopher Neiweem, all of 
Washington, D.C.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded an open hearing and 
closed briefing on cybersecurity, focusing on preparing for and 
responding to the enduring threat, after receiving testimony from 
General Keith B. Alexander, Commander, United States Cyber Command, 
Director, National Security Agency, Chief, Central Security Service, 
Department of Defense; Rand Beers, Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland 
Security; Patrick D. Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Standards and Technology; and Richard A. McFeely, Executive Assistant 
Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions 
which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee began consideration of the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014, but 
did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, June 
13, 2013.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Chuck Hagel, 
Secretary, General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, and Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary (Comptroller), all of the 
Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Howard A. Shelanski, 
of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 1094, to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, with amendments.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Yvette Roubideaux, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks, of Virginia, to be Public 
Printer, Government Printing Office, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Warner and King, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
PENDING BENEFITS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 6, to reauthorize the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, to 
provide assistance to small businesses owned by veterans, to improve 
enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the 
uniformed services, S. 200, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the interment in national cemeteries under the control of the 
National Cemetery Administration of individuals who served in combat 
support of the Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Laos between February 28, 
1961, and May 15, 1975, S. 257, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to require courses of education provided by public institutions of 
higher education that are approved for purposes of the educational 
assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, S. 
262, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide equity for 
tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance 
under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs who are pursuing programs of education at institutions 
of higher learning, S. 294, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health 
conditions related to military sexual trauma, S. 373, to amend titles 
10, 32, 37, and 38 of the United States Code, to add a definition of 
spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and 
veteran benefits that recognizes new State definitions of spouse, S. 
430, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance treatment of 
certain small business concerns for purposes of Department of Veterans 
Affairs contracting goals and preferences, S. 492, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to require States to recognize the military 
experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to 
veterans, S. 495, to amend

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title 38, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to hire 
veterans, to require States to recognize the military experience of 
veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, S. 514, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational 
assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to veterans pursuing 
a degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or an area that 
leads to employment in a high-demand occupation, S. 515, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education 
Enhancement Program to cover recipients of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John 
David Fry scholarship, S. 572, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as 
adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes, S. 629, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, S. 674, to require prompt responses from 
the heads of covered Federal agencies when the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs requests information necessary to adjudicate claims for 
benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, S. 690, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized 
military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, S. 695, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled 
veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the 
authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc., S. 705, to 
amend title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials 
commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain 
religious symbols, S. 735, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
improve benefits and assistance provided to surviving spouses of 
veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
S. 748, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying 
for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less 
than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such 
individuals for such pension, S. 778, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to issue cards to veterans that identify them as 
veterans, S. 819, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require a 
program of mental health care and rehabilitation for veterans for 
service-related post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety 
disorder, or a related substance use disorder, S. 863, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to repeal time limitations on the eligibility 
for use of educational assistance under All-Volunteer Force Educational 
Assistance Program, to improve veterans education outreach, S. 868, to 
require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine 
whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during 
World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the 
Missouri List, S. 889, to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
improve the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense, 
S. 893, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2013, in the 
rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities 
and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the 
survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 894, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to extend expiring authority for work-study 
allowances for individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, 
education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, to expand such authority to certain outreach services 
provided through congressional offices, S. 922, to require the 
Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing wage 
subsidies to employers who employ certain veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces and require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
a pilot program on providing career transition services to young 
veterans, S. 927, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry 
out a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and advisability 
of using State and local government agencies and nonprofit 
organizations to increase awareness of benefits and services for 
veterans and to improve coordination of outreach activities relating to 
such benefits and services, S. 928, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to improve the processing of claims for compensation under laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 930, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, in cases of overpayments of educational assistance under Post-
9/11 Educational Assistance, to deduct amounts for repayment from the 
last months of educational assistance entitlement, S. 932, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance appropriations for 
certain discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs S. 
935, to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs from requesting additional medical examinations of 
veterans who have submitted sufficient medical evidence provided by 
non-Department medical professionals and to improve the efficiency of 
processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans, S. 
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Code, to allow certain veterans to use educational assistance provided 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training, S. 939, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat certain misfiled 
documents as motions for reconsideration of decisions by the Board of 
Veterans' Appeals, S. 944, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher 
education that are approved for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force 
Educational Assistance Program and Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to 
charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, S. 1039, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the Marine Gunnery 
Sergeant John David Fry scholarship to include spouses of members of 
the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty, S. 1042, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide support to university law 
school programs that are designed to provide legal assistance to 
veterans, and S. 1058, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for 
homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Schatz, Murkowski, Franken, 
Wyden, Merkley, and Shaheen; Curtis L.Coy, Deputy Under Secretary for 
Economic Opportunity, Thomas Murphy, Director, Compensation Service, 
Richard Hipolit, Assistant General Counsel, and John Brizzi, Deputy 
Assistant General Counsel, all of the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Jeffrey C. Hall, Disabled American 
Veterans, Ian de Planque, The American Legion, and Ryan M. Gallucci, 
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and Colonel Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.), Military Officers Association 
of America, Alexandria, Virginia.