[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D389-D391]
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 ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1294, to designate as wilderness certain public land in the 
Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee; and
  The nominations of Timothy G. Massad, of Connecticut, to be Chairman, 
Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, and J. Christopher Giancarlo, of New 
Jersey, all to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission.
ADVANCED BIOFUELS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine advanced biofuels, focusing on creating jobs and 
lower prices at the pump, after receiving testimony from Richard 
Childress, Richard Childress Racing, Welcome, North Carolina; Jan 
Koninckx, DuPont Industrial Biosciences, Wilmington, Delaware; Brooke 
Coleman, Advanced Ethanol Council, Boston, Massachusetts; Sumesh M. 
Arora, Innovate Mississippi, Ridgeland; and Nancy N. Young, Airlines 
for America, Washington, DC.
APPROPRIATIONS: UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the United States Agency for 
International Development, after receiving testimony from Rajiv Shah, 
Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AND 
THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress, 
and the Open World Leadership Center, after receiving testimony from 
Stephen T. Ayers, Architect of

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the Capitol; and James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, and John 
M. O'Keefe, Executive Director, Open World Leadership Center, both of 
the Library of Congress.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Army Active and Reserve force mix in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from General Raymond T. Odierno, 
USA, Chief of Staff of the Army, General Frank J. Grass, ARNG, Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau, and Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley, 
USAR, Chief of the Army Reserve and Commanding General of the United 
States Army Reserve Command, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Brian P. McKeon, of New York, to be a Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense, and 131 nominations in the Navy, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine the role of the Department 
of Defense science and technology enterprise for innovation and 
affordability in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Alan R. Shaffer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Research 
and Engineering, Arati Prabhakar, Director, Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency, Mary J. Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Research and Technology, Mary E. Lacey, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, and Kevin 
Gooder, Chief, Program Integration Division, Office of the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary (Science, Technology, and Engineering), all of the 
Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine tactical aircraft programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Christopher 
C. Bogdan, USAF, Program Executive Officer, F-35 Lightning II Joint 
Program Office, Lieutenant General Charles R. Davis, USAF, Military 
Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, 
Vice Admiral Paul A. Grosklags, USN, Principal Military Deputy to the 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and 
Acquisition, and Lieutenant General Robert E. Schmidle, Jr., USMC, 
Deputy Commandant for Aviation, all of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Nani A. Coloretti, of California, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warren, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
TAX CODE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
supporting broad-based economic growth and fiscal responsibility 
through a fairer tax code, after receiving testimony from Jane G. 
Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; and John L. Buckley, former Chief Tax 
Counsel, House Committee on Ways and Means, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, both of Washington, DC.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Vice Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, 
to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, who was introduced 
by Senator Landrieu, and Elliot F. Kaye, of New York, to be Chairman, 
who was introduced by Representative Tierney, and Joseph P. Mohorovic, 
of Illinois, who was introduced by Senator Udall (NM), both to be a 
Commissioner, both of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Janet Garvin McCabe, of the 
District of Columbia, and Ann Elizabeth Dunkin, of California, both to 
be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
and Manuel H. Ehrlich, Jr., of New Jersey, to be a Member of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

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PROTECTING TAXPAYERS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting taxpayers from incompetent and unethical return preparers, 
after receiving testimony from John A. Koskinen, Commissioner, and Nina 
E. Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate, both of the Internal Revenue 
Service, Department of the Treasury; James R. McTigue, Jr., Director, 
Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; William C. Cobb, 
H&R Block, Kansas City, Missouri; Janis Salisbury, Oregon Board of Tax 
Practitioners, Oregon City; John A. Barrick, Jr., Brigham Young 
University Marriott School of Management, Provo, Utah; Chi Chi Wu, 
National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts; and Dan Alban, 
Institute for Justice, Arlington, Virginia.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed international affairs budget request 
for fiscal year 2015 for national security and foreign policy 
priorities, after receiving testimony from John F. Kerry, Secretary of 
State.
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.