[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 96 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D675-D676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS, AND 
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill (S. 2499) making appropriations for State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs for fiscal year 2015; and
  H.R. 4487, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Laura Junor, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Gordon O. Tanner, of 
Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, 
Debra S. Wada, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Miranda A. A. Ballentine, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Installations, Environment, and Energy, all of the Department of 
Defense, and Monica C. Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the security situation in Iraq from Elissa Slotkin, Performing the 
duties of the Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, and 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security 
Affairs, Vice Admiral Frank C. Pandolfe III, USN, Director of Strategic 
Plans and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff, and Paul N. Wolfe, Senior Defense 
Intelligence Expert for Iraq, Egypt, and the Levant, Middle East and 
African Regional Center, and Joseph Gigliotti, Senior Defense 
Intelligence Expert for Counter Network Operations, Target Development, 
and Threat Finance, both of the Defense Intelligence Agency, all of the 
Department of the Defense.
RESOURCES FOR EXPORT, DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION, AND TRANSPORTATION FUEL
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine resources for export, domestic consumption, and 
transportation fuel, after receiving testimony from Christopher Smith, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy; and 
Martin J. Durbin, America's Natural Gas Alliance, Robert McNally, The 
Rapidan Group LLC, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Center for a New American 
Security, and Daniel J. Weiss, Center for American Progress, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Henry J. Aaron, of the District of Columbia, Lanhee J. 
Chen, of California, and Alan L. Cohen, of Virginia, all to be a Member 
of the Social Security Advisory Board.
TAXATION TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States 
of America and the Kingdom of Spain for the Avoidance of

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Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and its Protocol, signed at Madrid on February 22, 1990 
(Treaty Doc. 113-04), and the Convention between the United States of 
America and the Republic of Poland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation 
and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, 
signed on February 13, 2013, at Warsaw (Treaty Doc. 113-05), after 
receiving testimony from Robert B. Stack, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury for International Tax Affairs; Thomas A. Barthold, Chief 
of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; Mary Jean Riley, North American 
Stainless, Ghent, Kentucky; and Catherine Schultz, National Foreign 
Trade Council, Inc., Washington, D.C.
IRAQ UPDATE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
an update on Iraq from Anne Patterson, Assistant Secretary for Near 
Eastern Affairs, and Gregory B. Starr, Assistant Secretary for 
Diplomatic Security, both of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Julie E. Carnes, of Georgia, and Jill A. Pryor, of 
Georgia, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh 
Circuit, Andre Birotte, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California, John W. deGravelles, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, Randolph D. 
Moss, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 
Robin L. Rosenberg, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Florida, Ronnie L. White, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, Mark 
Howard Cohen, Leigh Martin May, and Eleanor Louise Ross, all to be a 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and 
Nancy B. Firestone, of Virginia, and Thomas L. Halkowski, of 
Pennsylvania, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.