[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D884-D885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Deborah Lee James, of Virginia, to be Secretary of 
the Air Force, Jessica Garfola Wright, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and Marcel J. Lettre II, of 
Maryland, to be Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence, all 
of the Department of Defense, Frank G. Klotz, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, who was introduced by former 
Senator Kent Conrad, and Kevin A. Ohlson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of 
the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 113th Congress.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Jo Emily Handelsman, of 
Connecticut, and Robert Michael Simon, of Maryland, both to be an 
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and 
Kathryn D. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee 
during the 113th Congress; and
  The nominations of Gregory Dainard Winfree, of New York, to be 
Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
Department of Transportation, and Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to 
be a Member, and Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be Chairman and 
a Member, both of the National Transportation Safety Board.

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ALASKA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine wildlife management authority within the State of 
Alaska under the Alaska National Interest Lands Act and the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, after receiving testimony from Gene 
Peltola, Assistant Regional Director for the Office of Subsistence 
Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Beth 
Pendleton, Regional Forester for the Alaska Region, Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture; Craig Fleener, Alaska Department of Fish and 
Game Deputy Commissioner, and Rosita Worl, Alaska Federation of 
Natives, both of Juneau; Ana Hoffman, Bethel Native Corporation, 
Bethel, Alaska; Robert T. Anderson, University of Washington School of 
Law Native American Law Center, Seattle; and Jerry Isaac, Tanana Chiefs 
Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 113th 
Congress.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to Japan, who was introduced by Senators Gillibrand and 
Schumer, Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Near Eastern Affairs, and Gregory B. Starr, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, all of the Department of 
State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reforming and renewing the postal 
service, focusing on maintaining services, reducing costs, and 
increasing revenue through innovation and modernization, including S. 
1486, to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal 
Service, after receiving testimony from Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster 
General and Chief Executive Officer, and David C. Williams, Inspector 
General, both of the United States Postal Service; Ruth Y. Goldway, 
Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission; Cliff Guffey, American Postal 
Workers Union, AFL-CIO, and Jerry Cerasale, Direct Marketing 
Association, Inc., on behalf of the Affordable Mail Alliance, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Jeanette Dwyer, National Rural Letter Carriers' 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia; John Beeder, American Greetings, 
Cleveland, Ohio, on behalf of the Greeting Card Association; and Seth 
Weisberg, Stamps.com, El Segundo, California.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine promoting a system of shared 
responsibility, focusing on issues for reauthorization of the Higher 
Education Act, after receiving testimony from Paul E. Lingenfelter, 
State Higher Education Executive Officers, and Marshall A. Hill, 
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, both 
of Boulder, Colorado; Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, 
Washington, D.C.; and Susan D. Phillips, University at Albany/SUNY, 
Albany, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 357, to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans 
throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a 
law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of 
duty; and
  The nominations of Cornelia T. L. Pillard, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Landya B. 
McCafferty, to be United States District Judge for the District of New 
Hampshire, Brian Morris, and Susan P. Watters, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the District of Montana, and Jeffrey Alker 
Meyer, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 113th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 113th Congress.
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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: On Wednesday, September 18, 2013, Committee 
ordered favorably reported an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures by the committee during the 113th Congress.