[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D432-D435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CURRENT RESEARCH AND APPLICATION OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO CONTROL 
PESTS AND DISEASES OF POLLINATORS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, 
Biotechnology, Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review current 
research and application of management strategies to control pests and 
diseases of pollinators. Testimony was heard from Jeff Pettis, Research 
Leader, Department of Agriculture--Agricultural Research Service; and 
public witnesses.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY FY 2015 BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a hearing on Department of Treasury FY 2015 
Budget. Testimony was heard from Jack Lew, Secretary, Department of 
Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS--CYBERSECURITY FY 2015 BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on Cybersecurity FY 2015 Budget. This was a closed hearing.
APPROPRIATIONS--UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE IN AFRICA FY 2015 BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs held a hearing on United States Assistance in 
Africa FY 2015 Budget. Testimony was heard from Linda Thomas-
Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department 
of State; Earl Gast, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; and a public witness.
REVIEWING THE PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Reviewing the President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Proposal 
for the Department of Education''. Testimony was heard from Arne 
Duncan, Secretary, Department of Education.
CHEMICALS IN COMMERCE ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and the 
Economy held a hearing entitled ``The Chemicals in Commerce Act''. 
Testimony was heard from Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,

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Environmental Protection Agency; and public witnesses.
EXAMINING THE GROWING PROBLEMS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND HEROIN ABUSE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Examining the Growing Problems 
of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse''. Testimony was heard from 
Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Justice; 
Michael Botticelli, Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control 
Policy, Executive Office of the President; Daniel M. Sosin, Acting 
Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention; Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director, 
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health; and H. 
Westley Clark, M.D., Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
2689, the ``Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act''; 
H.R. 4092, the ``Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 
2014''; and H.R. 6, the ``Domestic Property and Global Freedom Act''.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION--AGENDA, OPERATIONS, AND FY 2015 
BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the SEC's Agenda, Operations, and FY 2015 Budget 
Request''. Testimony was heard from Mary Jo White, Chairman, Securities 
and Exchange Commission.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a meeting to consider a resolution authorizing the 
issuance of subpoenas. The subpoena resolution agreed to, as amended.
ADMINISTRATION'S FY 2015 MENA BUDGET REQUEST: PRIORITIES, OBJECTIVES 
AND CHALLENGES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa held a hearing entitled ``The Administration's FY 2015 MENA 
Budget Request: Priorities, Objectives and Challenges''. Testimony was 
heard from Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near 
Eastern Affairs, Department of State; and Alina L. Romanowski, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.
U.S.-RUSSIA NUCLEAR ARMS NEGOTIATIONS: UKRAINE AND BEYOND
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade; and Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats, held a joint subcommittee hearing entitled ``U.S.-
Russia Nuclear Arms Negotiations: Ukraine and Beyond''. Testimony was 
heard from Anita E. Friedt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Nuclear and Strategic Policy, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and 
Compliance, Department of State; and Brent Hartley, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of 
State.
EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY: TIER RANKINGS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
entitled ``Effective Accountability: Tier Rankings in the Fight Against 
Human Trafficking''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
STAKEHOLDER ASSESSMENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS 
GRANT PROGRAM PROPOSAL
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, 
Response, and Communications held a hearing entitled ``Stakeholder 
Assessments of the Administration's National Preparedness Grant Program 
Proposal''. Testimony was heard from Steven M. Fulop, Mayor, Jersey 
City, New Jersey; Troy Riggs, Director, Department of Public Safety, 
City of Indianapolis; and public witnesses.
ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE ORIGINATION CLAUSE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil 
Justice held a hearing entitled ``The Original Meaning of the 
Origination Clause''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
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 Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law held a 
     hearing on H.R. 1129, the ``Mobile Workforce State Income Tax 
     Simplification Act of 2013''. Testimony was heard from public 
                               witnesses.

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AMERICAN ENERGY JOBS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SKILLED TRADES WORKERS
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Skilled Trades Workers''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF INSULAR AFFAIRS' SPENDING AND THE 
PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE OFFICE; AND 
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, 
Oceans and Insular Affairs held a hearing entitled ``The Department of 
the Interior Office of Insular Affairs' spending and the President's 
Fiscal Year 2015 budget request for the Office''; and H.R. 4296, to 
amend Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands; 
and H.R. 4402, the ``Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 
2014''. Testimony was heard from Thomas Bussanich, Director of Budget, 
Office of Insular Affairs, Department of Interior; Megan J. Uzzell, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Policy, Department of Labor; David G. Gulick, District Director--
District 26, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security; 
James Kurth, Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Department of Interior; Joseph Ludovici, Director Joint Guam 
Program Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, 
Installations and Environment, Department of Navy.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulations held a hearing on H.R. 3687, the ``Military 
LAND Act''; and H.R. 4458, the ``Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake 
Security Enhancement Act''. Testimony was heard from Representative 
McCarthy (CA); Stephanie Toothman, Associate Director, Cultural 
Resources, Partnerships and Science, National Park Service, Department 
of Interior; Maureen Sullivan, Director of Environmental Management, 
Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Installations and 
Environment, Department of Defense; Roger Natsuhara, Acting Assistant 
Secretary to the Navy, Energy, Installations and Environment, United 
States Navy; Karen Mouritsen, Deputy Assistant Director, Energy, 
Minerals and Realty Management, Bureau of Land Management, Department 
of Interior; and a public witness.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015; AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4486, the 
``Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015''; and H.R. 4487, the ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2015''. The Committee granted, by voice vote, an 
open rule for H.R. 4486. The rule provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule waives points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule authorizes the Chair to 
accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. In section 2, the rule provides 
a structured rule for H.R. 4487. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill and provides that the bill 
shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI. The rule makes in order only those amendments to H.R. 4487 
printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 
a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. In section 3, the rule provides that pending the 
adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015, 
the amounts provided for current law mandatory budget authority and 
outlays contained in the statement of the Chair of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives in the Congressional Record 
dated April 29, 2014, shall be considered for all purposes in the House 
to be allocations to the Committee on Appropriations under section 
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In section 4, the rule 
provides that during

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consideration of H.R. 4486 and H.R. 4487 pursuant to this resolution, 
the suballocations printed in House Report 113-425 shall be considered 
for all purposes in the House to be suballocations under section302(b) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Culberson, Bishop (GA), Cole, Lowey, Moran, and Gosar.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.R. 4412, the ``National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2014''. The bill was ordered 
reported, as amended.
REVIEW OF RECENT UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CHIEF'S REPORTS 
AND POST AUTHORIZATION CHANGE REPORTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing entitled ``A Review of Recent 
United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief's Reports and Post 
Authorization Change Reports''. Testimony was heard from Major General 
John Peabody, Deputy Commanding General, Civil and Emergency 
Operations, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
CONFRONTING TRANSNATIONAL DRUG SMUGGLING: AN ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL 
PARTNERSHIPS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime; and Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere, joint hearing entitled ``Confronting Transnational 
Drug Smuggling: An Assessment of Regional Partnerships''. Testimony was 
heard from Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant, United States Coast 
Guard; General John F. Kelly, Commander, United States Southern 
Command; and Luis E. Arreaga, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, 
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Full committee held a markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 4058, to prevent and address sex 
trafficking of youth in foster care; H.R. 4429, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for 
active financing income; H.R. 4438, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to simplify and make permanent the research credit; H.R. 4453, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
reduced recognition period for built-in gains of S corporations; H.R. 
4454, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent 
certain rules regarding basis adjustments to stock of S corporations 
making charitable contributions of property; H.R. 4457, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing 
limitations, and for other purposes; and H.R. 4464, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the look-through 
treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations. 
Testimony was heard from Matt Weidinger, Staff Director, Subcommittee 
on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means; and Thomas Barthold, 
Staff Director, Joint Committee on Taxation. The following bills were 
ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 4058; H.R. 4429; H.R. 4438; H.R. 
4453; H.R. 4454; H.R. 4457; and H.R. 4464.

Joint Meetings

  No joint committee meetings were held.