[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D445-D447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, 
and Credit held a hearing entitled ``To review the State of the 
Livestock Industry''. Testimony was heard from Joseph Glauber, Chief 
Economist, Department of Agriculture; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science 
and Related Agencies held a markup on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill FY 2015. The bill was ordered 
reported to the Full Committee without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities held a markup on H.R. 4435, the ``National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015''. The bill was 
forwarded to the Full Committee without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
markup on H.R. 4435, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015''. The bill was forwarded to the Full Committee 
without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection 
Forces held a markup on H.R. 4435, the ``National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015''. The bill was forwarded, as amended, to the 
Full Committee.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
markup on H.R. 4435, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015''. The bill was forwarded to the Full Committee 
without amendment.


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  April 30, 2014, on page D445, under the heading MISCELLANEOUS 
MEASURE, Committee on Armed Services, the following appeared four 
times: The bill was ordered reported . . .
  
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PROGRESS REPORT ON THE WAR ON POVERTY: LESSONS FROM THE FRONTLINES
Committee on The Budget: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``A 
Progress Report on the War on Poverty: Lessons from the Frontlines''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Full Committee concluded 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''. The following bills were ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 
2689; H.R. 4092; and H.R. 6.
EXAMINING HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN PROMOTE CONSUMER FINANCIAL LITERACY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Examining How Technology 
Can Promote Consumer Financial Literacy''. Testimony was heard from 
Alice Puente Cackley, Director, Financial Services and General 
Government Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability 
Office.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 4490, the ``United States International 
Communications Reform Act of 2014''; H.R. 4028, to amend the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration 
of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to 
religious freedom; H. Res. 520, calling for an end to attacks on Syrian 
civilians and expanded humanitarian access; and H. Con. Res. 51, 
Immediate Establishment of Syrian War Crimes Tribunal Resolution. The 
following bills and resolutions were ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 
4490; H.R. 4028; H. Res. 520; and H. Con. Res. 51.
ASSESSING U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PRIORITIES IN SOUTH ASIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing entitled ``Assessing U.S. Foreign Assistance Priorities in 
South Asia''. Testimony was heard from Nisha Biswal, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Department of 
State; and Denis Rollins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Asia, 
U.S. Agency for International Development.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 3283, the ``Integrated Public Alert and 
Warning System Modernization Act of 2013''; H.R. 4007, the ``Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and 
Accountability Act of

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2014''; and H.R. 4228, the ``DHS Acquisition Accountability and 
Efficiency Act''. The following bills were ordered reported, as 
amended: H.R. 3283; H.R. 4007; and H.R. 4228.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on The Judiciary: Full Committee held a markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 3530, the ``Justice for Victims of 
Trafficking Act of 2013''; H.R. 3610, the ``Stop Exploitation Through 
Trafficking Act of 2013''; H.R. 4225, the ``Stop Advertising Victims of 
Exploitation Act of 2014''; H.R. 776, the ``Security in Bonding Act of 
2013''; and, H.R. 306, for the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic. 
The following bills were ordered reported as amended: H.R. 776; H.R. 
4225; H.R. 3610; and H.R. 3530. The bill H.R. 306 was ordered reported 
without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 4315, the ``21st Century Endangered Species 
Transparency Act''; H.R. 4316, the ``Endangered Species Recovery 
Transparency Act''; H.R. 4317, the ``State, Tribal, and Local Species 
Transparency and Recovery Act''; and H.R. 4318, the ``Endangered 
Species Litigation Reasonableness Act''. The following bills were 
ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 4315; and H.R. 4316. The following 
bills were ordered reported, without amendment: H.R. 4317; and H.R. 
4318.
EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORTS ON U.S. FOREIGN 
POLICY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy 
Policy, Health Care and Entitlements held a hearing entitled 
``Examining the Effect of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports on U.S. Foreign 
Policy''. Testimony was heard from Christopher Smith, Principal Deputy, 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and 
Amos Hochstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Diplomacy, Bureau of 
Energy Resources, Department of State.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Environment, hearing entitled ``An Overview of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2015''. 
Testimony was heard from Kathryn Sullivan, Undersecretary, Oceans and 
Atmosphere, Department of Commerce, and Administrator, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration.
SBA-CREATED INITIATIVES: NECESSARY OR REDUNDANT SPENDING
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``SBA-created Initiatives: Necessary or Redundant Spending?''. 
Testimony was heard from Rhett Jeppson, Associate Administrator, Office 
of Veterans Business Development, Small Business Administration; Tameka 
Montgomery, Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial 
Development, United States Small Business Administration; Javier Saade, 
Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, Small 
Business Administration.
AIR SERVICE TO SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing entitled ``Air Service to Small and Rural 
Communities''. Testimony was heard from Susan Kurland, Assistant 
Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, Department of 
Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Civil Aviation Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; and public witnesses.
IDEAS TO IMPROVE MEDICARE OVERSIGHT TO REDUCE WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Ideas to Improve Medicare Oversight to Reduce Waste, Fraud 
and Abuse''. Testimony was heard from Gloria L. Jarmon, Deputy 
Inspector General, Audit Services, Office of the Inspector General, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Kathleen King, Director of 
Health, Government Accountability Office; and Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., 
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Program Integrity, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and 
Human Services.

Joint Meetings
CUTTING RED TAPE
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
first step to cutting red tape, focusing on a better analysis, after 
receiving testimony from Jay Timmons, National Association of 
Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.; John D. Graham, Indiana University 
School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington; Michael 
Greenstone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; and Shaye 
R. Mandle, LifeScience Alley, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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