[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 165 (Tuesday, November 19, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1108-D1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
VIRTUAL CURRENCY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
National Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a joint 
hearing with the Subcommittee on Economic Policy to examine the present 
and future impact of virtual currency, after receiving testimony from 
Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, Department of the Treasury; David J. Cotney, Massachusetts 
Division of Banks Commissioner of Banks, Boston, on behalf of the 
Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Anthony Gallippi, BitPay, 
Atlanta, Georgia; Mercedes Kelley Tunstall, Ballard Spahr LLP, and Paul 
Smocer, BITS, on behalf of the Financial Services Roundtable, both of 
Washington, DC.; and Sarah Jane Hughes, Indiana University Maurer 
School of Law, Bloomington.
TYPHOON YOLANDA/HAIYAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the response to Typhoon Yolanda/
Haiyan, after receiving testimony from Scot Marciel, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for East-Asia Pacific Affairs; and Jeremy 
Konyndyk, Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Dana J. Hyde, of Maryland, to be Chief 
Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Mark E. Lopes, 
of Arizona, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development Bank, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
OVERSIGHT POSITIONS WITHIN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal 
Workforce concluded a hearing to examine the roles and effectiveness of 
oversight positions within the Federal workforce, focusing on 
strengthening government oversight, after receiving testimony from 
Peggy E.

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Gustafson, Inspector General, Small Business Administration, Chair, 
Legislation Committee, Council on the Inspectors General for Integrity 
and Efficiency; Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, Department of 
Justice; Carolyn N. Lerner, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; 
Karen Neuman, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security; 
and Wendy Ginsberg, Analyst in American National Government, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 932, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance 
appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1262, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
veterans conservation corps, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1556, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities 
relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans 
Health Administration;
  S. 1581, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide 
counseling and treatment for sexual trauma to members of the Armed 
Forces, to require the Secretary to screen veterans for domestic abuse, 
to require the Secretary to submit reports on military sexual trauma 
and domestic abuse, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1593, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance the 
protections accorded to servicemembers and their spouses with respect 
to mortgages, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1604, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and enhance 
eligibility for health care and services through the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Sloan D. Gibson, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Deputy Secretary, Linda A. Schwartz, of Connecticut, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Policy and Planning, and Constance B. Tobias, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, all of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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.