[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 33 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D188-D190]
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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management: 
Senators Donnelly (Chair), Heitkamp, Harkin, Brown, Gillibrand, Walsh, 
Chambliss, Roberts, Boozman, Hoeven, and Johanns.
  Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation: 
Senators Heitkamp (Chair), Brown, Klobuchar, Bennet, Donnelly, Casey, 
Johanns, Hoeven, Grassley, Thune, and Boozman.
  Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources: 
Senators Bennet (Chair), Harkin, Klobuchar, Leahy, Heitkamp, Walsh, 
Boozman, McConnell, Chambliss, Thune, and Roberts.
  Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural 
Research: Senators Casey (Chair), Leahy, Harkin, Brown, Gillibrand, 
Bennet, Hoeven, McConnell, Chambliss, Grassley, and Thune.
  Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture 
Security: Senators Gillibrand (Chair), Leahy, Klobuchar, Donnelly, 
Casey, Walsh, Roberts, McConnell, Boozman, Johanns, and Grassley.
  Senators Stabenow and Cochran are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Strategic Command and United States Cyber Command in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
Admiral C. D. Haney, Commander, United States Strategic Command, and 
General Keith B. Alexander, Commander, United States Cyber Command, 
both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,093 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
CURRENT AND FUTURE WORLDWIDE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine responses to questions from the open session on 
current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the 
United States, after receiving testimony from James R. Clapper, Jr., 
Director of National Intelligence, and David Shedd, Deputy Director, 
Defense Intelligence Agency, both of the Department of Defense.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 
after receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, Chair, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine North Pacific perspectives on Magnuson-Stevens Act 
reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Jim Balsiger, Alaska 
Regional Administrator, National

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Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Chris Oliver, North Pacific 
Fishery Management Council, Anchorage, Alaska; Tim Andrew, Association 
of Village Council Presidents, Bethel, Alaska; Joseph T. Plesha, 
Trident Seafoods Corporation, and Lori Swanson, Groundfish Forum, both 
of Seattle, Washington; Linda Behnken, Alaska Longline Fishermen's 
Association, Sitka; Ricky Gease, Kenai River Sportfishing Association, 
Soldotna, Alaska; and Michael LeVine, Oceana, and Julianne Curry, 
United Fishermen of Alaska, both of Juneau, Alaska.
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WATER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 1419, to promote research, 
development, and demonstration of marine and hydrokinetic renewable 
energy technologies, S. 1771, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for 
the City of Prineville, Oregon, S. 1800, to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the 
Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets, S. 1946, to 
amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to modify the 
authorization of appropriations, S. 1965, to amend the East Bench 
Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the 
Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water 
services, S. 2010 and H.R. 1963, bills to amend the Water Conservation 
and Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-Federal 
hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at projects 
constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and 
Utilization Act, S. 2019, to reauthorize and update certain provisions 
of the Secure Water Act, and S. 2034, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-
Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Merkley; Mike Carr, Senior 
Advisor to the Director, Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, and 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, and John Katz, Deputy Associate General Counsel, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, both of the Department of Energy; 
Robert Quint, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; Charles V. Stern, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy for 
the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Andy Duyck, 
Clean Water Services, Hillsboro, Oregon; and Belinda A. Batten, Oregon 
State University Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, 
Corvallis.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee announced the 
following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Carper 
(Chair), Cardin, Sanders, Udall (NM), Gillibrand, Booker, Markey, 
Barrasso, Inhofe, Sessions, Crapo, Wicker, and Fischer.
  Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety: Senators Whitehouse 
(Chair), Carper, Cardin, Sanders, Udall (NM), Markey, Sessions, 
Barrasso, Crapo, Wicker, and Boozman.
  Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife: Senators Cardin (Chair), Carper, 
Whitehouse, Merkley, Gillibrand, Booker, Boozman, Inhofe, Barrasso, 
Sessions, and Fischer.
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health: Senators 
Udall (NM) (Chair), Merkley, Gillibrand, Booker, Markey, Crapo, Inhofe, 
Wicker, and Fischer.
  Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy: Senators Merkley 
(Chair), Carper, Sanders, Wicker, and Sessions.
  Subcommittee on Oversight: Senators Booker (Chair), Whitehouse, 
Markey, Inhofe, and Boozman.
  Senators Boxer and Vitter are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine international parental child abduction, after receiving 
testimony from Susan S. Jacobs, Ambassador, Special Advisor for 
Children's Issues, Department of State; Ernie Allen, The International 
Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Washington, D.C.; David 
Goldman, Bring Sean Home Foundation, Lincroft, New Jersey; Patrick 
Braden, Global Future: The Parents' Council on International Children's 
Policy, Los Angeles, California; and Noelle Hunter, Morehead, Kentucky.
RECYCLING ELECTRONICS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine recycling electronics, focusing on a 
common sense solution for enhancing government efficiency and 
protecting our environment, after receiving testimony from Kevin 
Kampschroer, Deputy Agent Senior Sustainability Officer, General 
Services Administration; Thomas G. Day, Chief Sustainability Officer, 
United States Postal Service; Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful, 
Washington, D.C.; Walter L. Alcorn, The Consumer Electronics 
Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Stephen Skurnac, Sim Recycling 
Solutions, Chicago, Illinois.

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PROMOTING COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine promoting college access and success for 
students with disabilities, after receiving testimony from Melissa 
Emrey-Arras, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security, 
Government Accountability Office; Dana Fink, Institute for Educational 
Leadership, Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth Evans Getzel, Virginia 
Commonwealth University, Richmond; Katherine Myers, Wright State 
University Office of Disability Services, Dayton, Ohio; Laysha Ostrow, 
Lived Experience Research Network, Baltimore, Maryland; and Will 
Farrior, Charleston, South Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of 
Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the 
Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service, Portia Y. Wu, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor, Christopher P. Lu, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Labor, Heather L. MacDougall, of Florida, to be a Member 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and Massie 
Ritsch, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Education for Communications and Outreach.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 149, to provide effective criminal prosecutions for certain 
identity thefts; and
  The nominations of Steven Paul Logan, John Joseph Tuchi, Diane J. 
Humetewa, Rosemary Marquez, Douglas L. Rayes, and James Alan Soto, all 
to be a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
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.