[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D749-D750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
                                                  COLLEGE ATHLETES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
 a hearing to examine promoting the well-being and academic success of 
  college athletes, after receiving testimony from Taylor Branch, The 
Cartel, Baltimore, Maryland; William D. Bradshaw, National Association 
of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, Radnor, Pennsylvania; Richard M. 
     Southall, University of South Carolina College Sport Research 
   Institute, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Mark A. Emmert, National 
 Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana; Myron Rolle, 
 Galloway Township, New Jersey; and Devon Ramsay, Red Bank, New Jersey.
                                RUSSIA AND DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE
   Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
 examine Russia and developments in Ukraine, after receiving testimony 
  from Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and 
Eurasian Affairs; Daniel L. Glaser, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for Terrorist Financing; Derek Chollet, Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for International Security Affairs; and Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for 
      Strategic and International Studies, and Stephen J. Hadley, 
             RiceHadleyGates, LLC, both of Washington, DC.
                                          CHALLENGES AT THE BORDER
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
 concluded a hearing to examine challenges at the border, focusing on 
the causes, consequences, and responses to the rise in apprehensions at 
   the Southern Border, after receiving testimony from Craig Fugate, 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, R. Gil Kerlikowske, 
 Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, and Thomas S. Winkowski, 
     Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement, all of the Department of Homeland Security; Mark 
  Greenberg, Acting Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Children and Families; Francisco L. Palmieri, Deputy 
 Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Juan 
P. Osuna, Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department 
                              of Justice.
                                           INDIAN TRIBE LAND BILLS
 Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
 S. 2442, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land 
and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of 
Montana and other culturally important land into trust for the benefit 
 of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, S. 2465, to require the Secretary of 
   the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of Federal land for the 
benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, S. 2479, 
 to provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada, S. 2480, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to 
  Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for certain Indian 
 tribes, and S. 2503, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
                              into the Big

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  Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the 
 Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, 
to provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on 
 the Bill Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit the Lower 
 Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for 
  the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams 
River watershed in the State of Arizona, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Walsh and Flake; Michael S. Black, Director, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; Llevando Fisher, Northern Cheyenne 
 Tribe, Lame Deer, Montana; Aletha Tom, Moapa Band of Paiutes, Moapa, 
Nevada; Arlan Melendez, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Reno, Nevada; Sherry 
  Counts, Hualapai Tribe, Peach Springs, Arizona; and Mike Canfield, 
           Indian Pueblos Marketing, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
                     STRENGTHENING MEDICARE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
 Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
 improving audits, focusing on strengthening the Medicare program for 
   future generations, after receiving testimony from Kathleen King, 
 Director, Healthcare, Government Accountability Office; Andrea Buck, 
  Fellow, Special Committee on Aging; Mindy Hatton, American Hospital 
Association, Washington, DC.; Chad Janak, Connolly Healthcare, Wilton, 
    Connecticut; Margaret Hambleton, Dignity Health, San Francisco, 
      California; Diana Haramboure, First Coast Service Options, 
  Jacksonville, Florida; Jessica Meeske, American Dental Association, 
Hastings, Nebraska; Walter J. Gorski, The Gorski Healthcare Group, LLC, 
    Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of the Medical Equipment Suppliers 
Association; Steve Stang, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, Arlington, Virginia; 
and Alan Weil, Health Affairs, Bethesda, Maryland.

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