[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 18 (Thursday, January 30, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D94-D95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine West Coast and Western Pacific perspectives on Magnuson-Stevens 
Act reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Will Stelle, West 
Coast Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Donald McIsaac, Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, 
Oregon; Arnold Palacios, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management 
Council, and Michael Goto, Longline Fishery, both of Honolulu, Hawaii; 
Mel Moon, Quileute Tribe, La Push, Washington; Ray Toste, Washington 
Dungeness Crab Fishermen's Association, Westport; Joe Dazey, Washington 
Trollers Association, Kingston; Michael Gravitz, Marine Conservation 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Trevor A. Branch, University of 
Washington, Seattle.
LIFTING THE BAN ON U.S. CRUDE OIL EXPORTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine opportunities and challenges associated 
with lifting the ban on United States crude oil exports, after 
receiving testimony Harold Hamm, Continental Resources, Inc., Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma; Graeme Burnett, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia; Amy 
Myers Jaffe, University of California, Davis Graduate School of 
Management; and Daniel J. Weiss, Center for American Progress, 
Washington, D.C.

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FUKUSHIMA NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a joint 
oversight hearing with the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety 
to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's implementation of the 
Fukushima Near-Term Task Force recommendations and other actions to 
enhance and maintain nuclear safety, after receiving testimony from 
Allison M. MacFarlane, Chairman, and Kristine L. Svinicki, George 
Apostolakis, William D. Magwood, IV, and William C. Ostendorff, each a 
Commissioner, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Karen Dynan, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury, and Richard G. Frank, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
CIVILIAN NUCLEAR OPERATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine civilian nuclear cooperation agreements, focusing on Section 
123, after receiving testimony from Thomas M. Countryman, Assistant 
Secretary of State; Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary of Energy; 
Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Sharon Squassoni, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Henry Sokolski, The Nonproliferation Policy 
Education Center, Arlington, Virginia.
TREATY COMPLIANCE ISSUES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
treaty compliance issues from Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, Acting Under 
Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
IMPACT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CLOSURES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District 
of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine Federal government closure 
impacts on the District of Columbia, focusing on the shutdown, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Norton; former Representative 
Tom Davis; Robert Vogel, Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial 
Parks, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Allen Y. 
Lew, Executive Office of the Mayor, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1410, to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders, 
with an amendment.