[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D354-D356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Department of the Air Force, after receiving 
testimony from Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, General 
Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Frank J. 
Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General Stanley 
E. Clarke III, Director of the Air National Guard, and Lieutenant 
General James F. Jackson, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, all of the 
Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the National Institutes of Health, after receiving 
testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, Anthony S. Fauci, 
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Harold 
Varmus, Director, National Cancer Institute, Gary H. Gibbons, Director, 
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Story Landis, Director, 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and 
Christopher P. Austin, Director, National Center for Advancing 
Translational Sciences, all of the National Institutes of Health, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony 
from Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY'S OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND 
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF 
SANCTIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of 
the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and its 
administration and enforcement of sanctions, after receiving testimony 
from David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence.
APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2015 for the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers and the Department of the Interior, after receiving 
testimony from Lowell Pimley,

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Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, and Anne Castle, Assistant 
Secretary for Water and Science, both of the Department of the 
Interior; and Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works, and Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of Engineers, 
Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of 
Defense and the Department of the Army, after receiving testimony from 
Michael J. McCord, Principal Deputy Under Secretary (Comptroller), John 
Conger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and 
Environment, Katherine G. Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Installations, Energy, and Environment, Major General Al Aycock, 
Director of Operations, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for 
Installation Management, Brigadier General Michael E. Bobeck, Special 
Assistant to the Director, Army National Guard, and James B. Balocki, 
Command Executive Officer, United States Army Reserve Command, all of 
the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Marine Corps modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from General John M. Paxton, Jr., 
USMC, Assistant Commandant, and Lieutenant General Kenneth J. Glueck, 
Jr., USMC, Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration, and 
Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, both of 
the United States Marine Corps, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine military construction, 
environmental, energy, and base closure programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John C. Conger, Acting 
Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and Environment, Sharon E. 
Burke, Assistant Secretary for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, 
Katherine G. Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Installations, Energy and Environment, Dennis V. McGinn, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, and 
Kathleen I. Ferguson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Installations, Environment and Logistics, all of the Department of 
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from M. 
Elaine Bunn, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear and Missile Defense 
Policy, J. Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, 
Vice Admiral James D. Syring, USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, 
and Lieutenant General David L. Mann, USA, Commander, United States 
Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Army Forces Strategic Command, 
and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, 
all of the Department of Defense; and Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office.
GENERAL MOTORS RECALL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine the General Motors (GM) recall and the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) defect investigation process, 
after receiving testimony from David Friedman, Acting Administrator, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Calvin L. Scovel 
III, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; and 
Mary Barra, General Motors, Detroit, Michigan.
DATA BREACHES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine data breach on the rise, focusing on 
protecting personal information from harm, and how Federal agencies 
need to enhance responses to data breaches, after receiving testimony 
from Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission; William 
Noonan, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, 
Criminal Investigative Division, Cyber Operations Branch, Department of 
Homeland Security; Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, Information Security 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; former Minnesota Governor Tim 
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Financial Services Roundtable, Washington, D.C.; Sandra L. Kennedy, 
Retail Industry Leaders Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Tiffany 
O. Jones, iSIGHT Partners, Inc., Chantilly, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 161, to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe 
of Chippewa Indians of Montana;
  S. 1074, to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian 
Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Easter Division, the Upper 
Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian 
Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe; and
  S. 1219, to authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 
Water Rights Settlement, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
INDIAN AFFAIRS BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1474, to encourage the State of Alaska to enter into 
intergovernmental agreements with Indian tribes in the State relating 
to the enforcement of certain State laws by Indian tribes, to improve 
the quality of life in rural Alaska, to reduce alcohol and drug abuse, 
S. 1570, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize 
advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing 2-
fiscal-year budget authority, S. 1574, to amend the Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate 
the ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and 
related services from diverse Federal sources, S. 1622, to establish 
the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native 
Children, and S. 2160, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family 
Violence Prevention Act to require background checks before foster care 
placements are ordered in tribal court proceedings, after receiving 
testimony from former Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Center for Native 
American Youth at the Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.; Kevin 
Washburn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; 
Lillian Sparks Robinson, Commissioner, Administration for Native 
Americans, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Natasha Singh, Tribal Court Judge, Stevens 
Village, Alaska; Margaret Zientek, 447 Tribal Work Group, Shawnee, 
Oklahoma; and Leander Russell McDonald, Spirit Lake Tribe, Fort Totten, 
North Dakota.