[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 181 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1218-D1219]
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 Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 37, to sustain the economic development and recreational use of 
National Forest System land and other public land in the State of 
Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, to release certain wilderness study areas, to designate new 
areas for recreation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 404, to preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak 
Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, with an 
amendment;
  S. 974, to provide for certain land conveyances in the State of 
Nevada, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1237, to improve the administration of programs in the insular 
areas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1300, to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to 
provide for the conduct of stewardship end result contracting projects, 
with amendments;
  S. 1301, to provide for the restoration of forest landscapes, 
protection of old growth forests, and management of national forests in 
the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1341, to modify the Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as 
the program applies to units of the National Forest System derived from 
the public domain by implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable 
procedure for determining cabin user fees, with an amendment;
  S. 1491, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to 
improve United States-Israel energy cooperation, with amendments;
  H.R. 1158, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue 
stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, 
Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation 
Area; and
  H.R. 2337, to provide for the conveyance of the Forest Service Lake 
Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 975, to provide for the inclusion of court-appointed guardianship 
improvement and oversight activities under the Elder Justice Act of 
2009, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Robert L. Hobbs, to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, and Gary Blankinship, to be 
United States Marshal for the Southern District of Texas, all of the 
Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Daniel D. Crabtree, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Kansas, who was introduced by Senator Moran, 
Cynthia Ann Bashant, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, who was introduced by Senator 
Feinstein, Jon David Levy, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maine, who was introduced by Senators Collins and King, and 
Theodore David Chuang, and George Jarrod Hazel, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, who were introduced 
by Senators Mikulski and Cardin, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.