[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 114 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D828-D829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 2824, the ``Preventing Government 
Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act''. Testimony was 
heard from Thomas L. Clarke, Director, Division of Mining and 
Reclamation, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection; and 
a public witness.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, 
Oceans and Insular Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 2208, the ``North 
American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act of 2013''; H.R. 2798, to 
amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess 
annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film 
crews of 5 persons or fewer; and H.R. 2799, the ``Sportsmen's Heritage 
and Recreational Enhancement Act''. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Latta; and Stephen D. Guertin, Deputy

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Director, Fish and Wildlife Service; and public witnesses.
MISSING WEAPONS AT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: MISMANAGEMENT AND LACK OF 
ACCOUNTABILITY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security; and Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Environmental Regulation held a joint hearing entitled 
``Missing Weapons at the National Park Service: Mismanagement and Lack 
of Accountability''. Testimony was heard from Kim Thorsen, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Public Safety, Resource Protection and 
Emergency Services, Department of Interior; Jonathan B. Jarvis, 
Director, National Park Service, Department of Interior; Chief Theresa 
Chamber, U.S. Park Police, Department of Interior; and Robert A. Knox, 
Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, Office of Inspector 
General, Department of Interior.
EXAMINING THE SKYROCKETING PROBLEM OF IDENTITY THEFT RELATED TAX FRAUD 
AT THE IRS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Government Operations hearing entitled ``Examining the Skyrocketing 
Problem of Identity Theft Related Tax Fraud at the IRS''. Testimony was 
heard from Daniel Werfel, Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue 
Service; Michael McKenney, Deputy Inspector General for Audit, Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration; Nina E. Olson, National 
Taxpayer Advocate, Internal Revenue Service; and Douglas MacGinnitie, 
State Revenue Commissioner, State of Georgia.


                             Joint Meetings

  No joint committee meetings were held.