[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 89 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D613-D614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.R.2216, making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2014, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  An original bill making appropriations for Agricultural, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2014.
NSA ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance programs from 
John C. Inglis, Deputy Director, National Security Agency; Robert S. 
Litt, Office of General Counsel, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; and James M. Cole, Deputy Attorney General, and Stephanie 
Douglas, Executive Assistant Director of National Security Branch, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of Justice.
KLAMATH RIVER BASIN
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine water resource issues in the Klamath River 
Basin, after receiving testimony from Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Richard M. Whitman, 
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's Natural Recourses Office Policy 
Director, Dean S. Brockbank, PacifiCorp Energy, Jim McCarthy, 
WaterWatch of Oregon, and Tim Johnson, Bonneville Power Administration, 
all of Portland, Oregon; John Laird, California Secretary for Natural 
Resources, Sacramento; Donald C. Gentry, Klamath Tribes of Oregon, and 
Becky Hyde, Upper Klamath Water Users Association, both of Chiloquin, 
Oregon; Leaf G. Hillman, Karuk Tribe, Happy Camp, California; Hayley 
Hutt, Hoopa Valley Tribal Council, Hoopa, California; Troy Fletcher, 
Yurok Tribe, Klamath, California; Tom Mallams, Klamath County, and Greg 
Addington, Klamath Water Users Association, both of Klamath Falls, 
Oregon; Michael Kobseff, Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors, Yreka, 
California; Mark Lovelace, Humboldt County, Eureka, California; Roger 
Nicholson, Resource Conservancy, Ft. Klamath, Oregon; and Richard Roos-
Collins, Water and Power Law Group PC, Berkley, California, on behalf 
of American Rivers.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Daniel R. Russel, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Syria from John Kerry, Secretary of State.
SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal 
Workforce with the Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight 
concluded joint hearings to examine the workforce of the United States 
Intelligence Community and the role of private contractors, focusing on 
further actions needed to improve the personnel security clearance 
process and realize efficiencies, after

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receiving testimony from Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General, 
Michelle B. Schmitz, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, 
and Merton W. Miller, Associate Director of Investigations, Federal 
Investigative Services, all of the Office of Personnel Management; 
Stephen F. Lewis, Defense Intelligence Senior Leader, and Deputy 
Director for Personnel, Industrial and Physical Security Policy, 
Security Policy and Oversight Directorate, Office of the Under 
Secretary for Intelligence, and Stanley L. Sims, Director, Defense 
Security Service, both of the Department of Defense; and Brenda S. 
Farrell, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, Government 
Accountability Office.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine developing a skilled workforce for a 
competitive economy, focusing on reauthorizing the ``Workforce 
Investment Act'', after receiving testimony from Steven Partridge, 
Charlotte Works, Charlotte, North Carolina; Beverly Smith, Adult 
Education Technical College System of Georgia, Atlanta; David L. 
Mitchell, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Des Moines; and Alan 
N. Rosenberg, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
162, to reauthorize and improve the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 
Crime Reduction Act of 2004, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
SEQUESTRATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine sequestration, focusing on small business 
contractors, after receiving testimony from Joseph Misanin, Deputy 
Director, Technology and Innovation, Office of Small Business Programs, 
Department of Defense; Kevin Boshears, Director, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Homeland Security; 
Jiyoung Park, Associate Administrator for the Office of Small Business 
Utilization, General Services Administration; Joe Jordan, 
Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of 
Management and Budget; Mauricio P. Vera, Director of the Office of 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Brandon Neal, Director, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and Willie Smith, Senior 
Procurement Executive, both of the Department of Transportation; Dot 
Harris, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, Department of Energy; Calvin Jenkins, Deputy Associate 
Administrator for the Office of Government Contracting and Business 
Development, Small Business Administration; Antwanye Ford, Enlightened 
Inc., Washington, D.C.; Nicole Priester, Encore Solutions, Inc., 
Rockville, Maryland; Peter L. Antoinette, Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., 
Merrimack, New Hampshire; and Roger Jordan, Professional Services 
Council, Arlington, Virginia.
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.