[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 106 (Tuesday, July 23, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D751-D753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
THE FUTURE OF THE CFTC: COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and 
Risk Management held a hearing entitled ``The Future of the CFTC: 
Commission Perspectives''. Testimony was heard from Scott D. O'Malia, 
Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and Mark P. 
Wetjen, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and 
Related Agencies held a markup on the Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2014. The bill was forwarded, without 
amendment.
EMPLOYER MANDATE: EXAMINING THE DELAY AND ITS EFFECT ON WORKPLACES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pension; and Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing entitled ``The Employer Mandate: Examining 
the Delay and Its Effect on Workplaces''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health concluded a 
markup on Committee print to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act to reform the sustainable growth rate and Medicare payment for 
physicians' services, and for other purposes. The Committee print was 
approved, as amended.
OVERSIGHT OF INCENTIVE AUCTION IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications and 
Technology held a hearing entitled ``Oversight of Incentive Auction 
Implementation''. Testimony was heard from Gary Epstein, Senior Advisor 
and Co-Lead, Incentive Auction Task Force; and public witnesses.
OVERVIEW OF THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing entitled ``Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard: 
Stakeholder Perspectives''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
2767, the ``Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013''.
ASIA: THE CYBER SECURITY BATTLEGROUND
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing entitled ``Asia: The Cyber Security Battleground''. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
STUDY IN CONTRASTS: HOUSE AND SENATE APPROACHES TO BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border and Maritime 
Security held a hearing entitled ``A Study in Contrasts: House and 
Senate Approaches to Border Security''. Testimony was heard from 
Senator Cornyn; and Representative Becerra; and public witnesses.
ADDRESSING THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT TO THE 
UNITED STATES AS CHILDREN
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Border 
Security held a hearing entitled ``Addressing the Immigration Status of 
Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children''. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Coffman, Denham, Gardner, and 
Gutierrez, and public witnesses.
WAR ON JOBS: EXAMINING THE OPERATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING 
AND THE STATUS OF THE STREAM BUFFER ZONE RULE
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing entitled ``War on Jobs: Examining the 
Operations of the Office of Surface Mining and the Status of the Stream 
Buffer Zone Rule''. Testimony was heard from Joseph Pizarchik, Director 
of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department 
of Interior.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation held a hearing on the following: H.R. 163, the 
``Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation 
Act''; H.R. 361, the ``Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and 
Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act''; H.R. 433, the ``Pine 
Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2013''; H.R. 706, the 
``Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act''; 
H.R. 908, the ``Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act''; H.R. 
930, the ``New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act''; H.R. 1025, the 
``Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act''; H.R. 1808, 
the ``Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Act of 2013''. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Benishek; Huizenga; Schock; DelBene; 
Thompson (PA); Cicilline; Amodei; Reichert; and Michaud; and Herbert C. 
Frost, Associate Director, Natural Resources Stewardship and Science, 
National Park Service, Department of Interior; Carl Roundtree, 
Director, Office of National Landscape System and Community Programs, 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior; Reagan Dunn, 
Councilman, King County, WA; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 
Native Affairs held a hearing on the following: H.R. 1103, to amend the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, 
Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under 
that Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 1225, the ``Samish Indian Nation 
Homelands Act of 2013''; H.R. 2319, the ``Native American Veterans' 
Memorial Establishment Act of 2013''; H.R. 2388, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to take certain Federal lands located in El 
Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle 
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other purposes; H.R. 2455, the 
``Nevada Native Nations Lands Act''; and H.R. 2650, the ``Fond du Lac 
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013''. Testimony 
was heard from Michael Black, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Department of Interior; and public witnesses.
COAL RESIDUALS REUSE AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2013; AND ENERGY CONSUMERS 
RELIEF ACT OF 2013
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2218, the 
``Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013''; and H.R. 1582, the 
``Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013''. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 8-4, a structured rule for H.R. 2218. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as original text for the purpose of amendment 
and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule makes in 
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only those further amendments printed in Part A of the Rules Committee 
report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in Part A of the report. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule 
also granted a structured rule for H.R. 1582. The rule provides one 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The 
rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 113-19 and provides that it shall be considered as 
read. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those further 
amendments printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in Part B of the report. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instruction. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Shimkus, Murphy (PA), Tonko, Hastings 
(FL), Whitfield, Rush, and Kildee.
HOW THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND IMPACTS SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Highway 
and Transit held a hearing entitled ``How the Financial Status of the 
Highway Trust Fund Impacts Surface Transportation Programs''. Testimony 
was heard from Polly Trottenberg, Under Secretary for Policy, 
Department of Transportation; and Kim P. Cawley, Unit Chief, Natural 
and Physical Resources Cost Estimates Unit, Congressional Budget 
Office.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a markup on 
the following: H.R. 1443, the ``Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 
2013''; H.R. 1612, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
convey a parcel of land in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 2065, the ``Safe Housing for Homeless 
Veterans Act''; and H.R. 2072, the ``Demanding Accountability for 
Veterans Act of 2013''. The following bills were forwarded, as amended: 
H.R. 1443; and H.R. 2065. The following bills were forwarded, without 
amendment: H.R. 1612; and H.R. 2072.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.