[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D548-D550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a markup on 
Transportation, HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill FY 2015. 
The bill was ordered reported, as amended.
PROMOTING NEW MANUFACTURING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing on legislation regarding Promoting New Manufacturing. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
KEEPING THE PROMISE: SITE OF SERVICE MEDICARE PAYMENT REFORMS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Keeping the Promise: Site of Service Medicare Payment 
Reforms''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ALLEGATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION WITHIN THE CONSUMER 
FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, PART TWO
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Allegations of Discrimination 
and Retaliation within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Part 
Two''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE 
CFPB
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to 
Improve Transparency and Accountability at the CFPB''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
BOKO HARAM: THE GROWING THREAT TO SCHOOLGIRLS, NIGERIA, AND BEYOND
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls, Nigeria, and Beyond''. 
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heard from Sarah Sewall, Undersecretary for Civilian Security, 
Democracy, and Human Rights, Department of State; and Amanda J. Dory, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs.
DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES IN CENTRAL ASIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and 
Emerging Threats held a hearing entitled ``The Development of Energy 
Resources in Central Asia''. Testimony was heard from Dennis C. Shea, 
Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and a 
public witness.
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA: VIEWS FROM THE GROUND
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa held a hearing entitled ``The Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: 
Views from the Ground''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ASSESSING PERSISTENT AND EMERGING CYBER THREATS TO THE U.S. HOMELAND
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence; and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure 
Protection, and Security Technologies held a joint subcommittee hearing 
entitled ``Assessing Persistent and Emerging Cyber Threats to the U.S. 
Homeland''. Testimony was heard from Joseph Demarest, Assistant 
Director, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Glenn 
Lemons, Senior Intelligence Officer, Cyber Intelligence Analysis 
Division, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland 
Security.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 
4402, the ``Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014''. The 
bill was ordered reported, as amended.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
markup on the following legislation: H.R. 4670, the ``Secure Delivery 
for America Act of 2014''; H.R. 4671, the ``Public Interest 
Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2014''; H.R. 2750, the 
``Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2013''; H.R. 43, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Red 
River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Tommy 
Decker Memorial Post Office''; H.R. 451, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 500 North Brevard Avenue in 
Cocoa Beach, Florida, as the ``Richard K. Salick Post Office''; H.R. 
606, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 815 Country Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the ``Specialist 
Christopher Scott Post Office Building''; H.R. 1671, to designate the 
facility of the United Postal Service located at 6937 Village Parkway 
in Dublin, California, as the ``James 'Jim' Kohnen Post Office''; H.R. 
1701, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the ``James 
R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building''; H.R. 1865, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street 
in Danville, Vermont, as the ``Thaddeus Stevens Post Office''; H.R. 
2112, to designate the facility of the United States Post Service 
located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the ``National 
Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer 
Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office''; H.R. 2223, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Elm Avenue 
in Munising, Michigan, as the ``Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 2291, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, 
as the ``Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office''; H.R. 2678, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10360 
Southwest 186th Street in Miami, Florida, as the ``Larcenia J. Bullard 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 2802, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 418 Liberty Street in 
Covington, Indiana, as the ``Fountain County Veterans Memorial Post 
Office''; H.R. 3027, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 442 Miller Valley Road in Prescott, Arizona, 
as the ``Barry M. Goldwater Post Office''; H.R. 3085, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3349 West 111th 
Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 3534, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 113 West Michigan Avenue in 
Jackson, Michigan, as the ``Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post 
Office''; H.R. 4355, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 201 B Street in Perryville, Arkansas, as the 
``Harold George Bennett Post Office''; and H.R. 4416, to redesignate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 161 Live 
Oak Street in Miami, Arizona, as the ``Staff Sergeant Manuel V. Mendoza 
Post Office Building''. The following bills were ordered reported, 
without amendment: H.R. 43; H.R. 451; H.R. 606; H.R. 1671; H.R. 1707; 
H.R. 1865; H.R. 2112; H.R. 2223; H.R. 2291; H.R. 2678; H.R. 2802; H.R. 
3027; H.R. 3085; H.R. 3534; H.R.

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4355; and H.R. 4416. The following bills were ordered reported, as 
amended: H.R. 4670; H.R. 2750; and H.R. 4671.
ASTROBIOLOGY AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Astrobiology and the Search for Life in the 
Universe''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
markup on S. 1254, the ``Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and 
Control Amendments Act of 2013''; and H.R. 4186, the ``FIRST Act of 
2014''. The bill S. 1254 was ordered reported, as amended. The 
Committee did not complete action on H.R. 4186, and will meet again on 
a date to be determined.
OVERSIGHT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND SMALL BUSINESS 
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small 
Business Technology Transfer Programs''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
EXAMINING THE FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a 
hearing ``Examining the Federal Protective Service: Are Federal 
Facilities Secure?''. Testimony was heard from Mark L. Goldstein, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; L. 
Eric Patterson, Director, Federal Protective Service, Department of 
Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
USING NEW OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES: PROMOTING EFFICIENT MARITIME 
TRANSPORTATION AND IMPROVING MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS AND RESPONSE 
CAPABILITY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing entitled ``Using New 
Ocean Technologies: Promoting Efficient Maritime Transportation and 
Improving Maritime Domain Awareness and Response Capability''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
WOMEN'S RETIREMENT SECURITY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
women's retirement security, after receiving testimony from Debra B. 
Whitman, AARP, M. Cindy Hounsell, Women's Institute for a Secure 
Retirement, and Rachel Greszler, Heritage Foundation Center for Data 
Analysis, all of Washington, DC; and Brigitte Madrian, Harvard Kennedy 
School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.