[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D365-D367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, and William Tootle, 
Director of the Office of Budget, both of the Food and Drug 
Administration, and Norris W. Cochran, Deputy Assistant Secretary, all 
of the Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Justice, 
after receiving testimony from Eric H. Holder,

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Jr., Attorney General, and Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, both 
of the Department of Justice.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from John M. McHugh, Secretary, and 
General Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff, both of the Department of 
the Army, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 491, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating 
to grants, with an amendment;
  S. 1961, to protect surface water from contamination by chemical 
storage facilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 224, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish 
a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay;
  S. 2080, to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United 
States through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, 
improve the quality of life for the people of the United States, 
enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation;
  S. 2042, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the National Estuary Program, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1934, to direct the Administrator of General Services to convey 
the Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse back to Teton County, 
Wyoming, with amendments;
  S. 2055, to allow for the collection of certain user fees by non-
Federal entities;
  Corps Study Resolution: Point Judith, Rhode Island; and
  Proposed resolutions relating to the General Services Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill entitled, ``Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform 
and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act''; and
  An original bill entitled, ``The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 
2014''.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chair), Stabenow, 
Cantwell, Nelson, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Casey, Roberts, Hatch, 
Grassley, Enzi, Cornyn, Burr, and Toomey.
  Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Stabenow (Chair), Rockefeller, Schumer, 
Cantwell, Menendez, Brown, Bennet, Warner, Isakson, Hatch, Grassley, 
Roberts, Thune, and Portman.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure: 
Senators Bennet (Chair), Wyden, Rockefeller, Stabenow, Menendez, 
Cantwell, Nelson, Carper, Cornyn, Grassley, Crapo, Enzi, Thune, Burr, 
and Isakson.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: 
Senators Brown (Chair), Rockefeller, Schumer, Nelson, Cardin, Toomey, 
Crapo, Isakson, and Portman.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Casey (Chair), 
Wyden, Schumer, Menendez, Carper, Cardin, Bennet, Warner, Enzi, Hatch, 
Crapo, Roberts, Cornyn, Thune, and Toomey.
  Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth: Senators 
Warner (Chair), Brown, Casey, Portman, and Burr.
  Senators Wyden and Hatch are ex officio members of each subcommittee.
TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT 35TH ANNIVERSARY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine evaluating United States policy 
on Taiwan on the 35th anniversary of the ``Taiwan Relations Act'' 
(TRA), including S. 579, to direct the Secretary of State to develop a 
strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial 
International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, after receiving 
testimony from Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs; Abraham M. Denmark, The National Bureau of 
Asian Research, Washington, D.C.; and Randall G. Schriver, Project 2049 
Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Russia from Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European 
and Eurasian Affairs; Evelyn N. Farkas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia; and briefers from the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Cheryl Ann Krause, of New Jersey, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Richard Franklin Boulware II, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, Salvador 
Mendoza, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Washington, Staci Michelle Yandle, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, Leon Rodriguez, 
of Maryland, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, and Damon Paul 
Martinez, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of New Mexico, Department of Justice.
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.