[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D834-D837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEEDING AMERICA'S SCHOOL CHILDREN
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine meeting the challenges of feeding America's school 
children, after receiving testimony from Scott Clements, Mississippi 
Department of Education Office of Child Nutrition and Healthy Schools 
Director, Jackson; Betti Wiggins, Detroit Public Schools Office of 
School Nutrition, Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of the Local Food 
Association; Julia Bauscher, Jefferson County Public Schools, 
Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf of the School Nutrition Association; 
Kathryn Wilson, University of Mississippi National Food Service 
Management Institute, University; and Phillip R. Muir, Muir Copper 
Canyon Farms, Salt Lake City, Utah.
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine insuring our future, focusing 
on building a flood insurance program we can live with, grow with, and 
prosper with, after receiving testimony from Senator Menendez; Craig 
Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department 
of Homeland Security; Chad Berginnis, Association of State Floodplain 
Managers, Madison, Wisconsin; Patricia Templeton-Jones, Wright National 
Flood Insurance Company, Washington, DC, on behalf of the Property 
Casualty Insurers Association of America; and Donna Smith, National 
Association of Realtors Flood Insurance Taskforce, Greenville, South 
Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1804, to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration) to establish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1893, to require the Transportation Security Administration to 
implement best practices and improve transparency with regard to 
technology acquisition programs, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2030, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College 
Program Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2094, to provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and 
environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the 
normal operation of a vessel, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 2250, to extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
CRUISE PASSENGER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine improving consumer protections for cruise 
passengers, including S. 1340, to improve passenger vessel security and 
safety, after receiving testimony from Philip M. Gerson, National 
Center for Victims of Crimes, Miami, Florida; Laurie Dishman, 
Sacramento, California; Amanda Butler, Colombus, Mississippi; and 
Kimberly A. Ware, Houston, Texas.
NATIONAL PARKS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine H.R. 412, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the mainstem of the Nashua 
River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 
study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, S. 1189, to adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls 
National Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium, S. 1389 and 
H.R. 1501, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs' 
Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, 
as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1520 and H.R. 2197, bills to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the York 
River and associated tributaries for study for potential inclusion in 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1641, to establish the 
Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area, S. 1718, to modify the 
boundary of

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Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, S. 
1750, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
Agriculture to enter into agreements with States and political 
subdivisions of States providing for the continued operation, in whole 
or in part, of public land, units of the National Park System, units of 
the National Wildlife Refuge System, and units of the National Forest 
System in the State during any period in which the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture is unable to maintain normal 
level of operations at the units due to a lapse in appropriations, S. 
1785, to modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park 
located in the States of Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish 
Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National 
Park System, S. 1794, to designate certain Federal land in Chaffee 
County, Colorado, as a national monument and as wilderness, S. 1866, to 
provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Adams 
Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of 
former President John Adams and his legacy, S. 2031, to amend the Act 
to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National 
Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, to adjust the boundary of that 
National Lakeshore to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor 
Breakwater Light, S. 2104, to require the Director of the National Park 
Service to refund to States all State funds that were used to reopen 
and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the 
October 2013 shutdown, S. 2111, to reauthorize the Yuma Crossing 
National Heritage Area, S. 2221, to extend the authorization for the 
Automobile National Heritage Area in Michigan, S. 2264, to designate 
memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed Forces 
in World War I, S. 2293, to clarify the status of the North Country, 
Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the 
National Park System, S. 2318, to reauthorize the Erie Canalway 
National Heritage Corridor Act, S. 2346, to amend the National Trails 
System Act to include national discovery trails, and to designate the 
American Discovery Trail, S. 2356, to adjust the boundary of the Mojave 
National Preserve, S. 2392, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, 
Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 2576, 
to establish the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in the 
State of Washington, and S. 2602, to establish the Mountains to Sound 
Greenway National Heritage Area in the State of Washington, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Walsh; Christina Goldfuss, Deputy 
Director, Congressional and External Relations, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; and Greg Smith, Acting Associate Deputy 
Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.
CARBON POLLUTION STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
proposed carbon pollution standards for existing power plants, after 
receiving testimony from Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE ACT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight 
concluded a hearing to examine saving for an uncertain future, focusing 
on how the ``Achieving a Better Life Experience Act'' (ABLE) can help 
people with disabilities and their families, after receiving testimony 
from Representative McMorris Rogers; Sara C. Wolff, Moscow, 
Pennsylvania, and Chase A. Phillips, Alexandria, Virginia, both of the 
National Down Syndrome Society; and Robert D'Amelio, Autism Speaks, 
Charlotte, North Carolina.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Financial and Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine a 
more efficient and effective government, focusing on the National 
Technical Information Service, and if the dissemination of their 
technical reports needs attention, after receiving testimony from 
Valerie C. Melvin, Director, Information Management and Technology 
Resources Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Bruce Borzino, 
Director, National Technical Information Service, Department of 
Commerce.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 315, to reauthorize and extend the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular 
Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 
2008, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2154, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
Emergency Medical Services for Children Program, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 531, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Human 
Services of physical activity guidelines for Americans, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 2405, to amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize certain trauma care programs;
  S. 2406, to amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to 
expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, 
chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents;
  S. 2539, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma 
research, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 2511, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
to clarify the definition of substantial cessation of operations, and 
any pending nominations, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
INDIAN GAMING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian gaming, focusing on the next 25 years, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Feinstein; Representatives Gosar and 
Grijalva; Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Indian Affairs; Anne-Marie Fennell, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, Government Accountability Office; Mayor Jerry Weiers, 
Glendale, Arizona; Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri, National Indian Gaming 
Commission, and Ernest Stevens, Jr., National Indian Gaming 
Association, both of Washington, DC; A.T. Stafne, Assiniboine and Sioux 
Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Montana; Michell Hicks, 
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina; Diane Enos, 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale, Arizona; and Ned 
Norris, Jr., Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, Sells.
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 2516, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor 
organizations, Super PACs and other entities, focusing on the need for 
expanded public disclosure of funds raised and spent to influence 
Federal elections, and S. J. Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and 
expenditures intended to affect elections, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Whitehouse; Heather K. Gerken, Yale Law School, New Haven, 
Connecticut; and Bradley A. Smith, Center for Competitive Politics, 
Alexandria, Virginia.
EMPOWERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine empowering women entrepreneurs, focusing on 
understanding successes, addressing persistent challenges, and 
identifying new opportunities, after receiving testimony from Maria 
Contreras-Sweet, Administrator, Small Business Administration; Barbara 
Corcoran, The Corcoran Group, New York, New York; Lori Meeder, Northern 
Initiatives, Marquette, Michigan; Veronica O. Davis, Nspiregreen LLC, 
Washington, DC; Nely Galan, Adelante Movement, Marina del Rey, 
California; Victoria Wortberg, Washington Center for Women in Business, 
Lacey, on behalf of the Association of Women's Business Centers; Susan 
Sylvester, Absolute Resource Associates, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; and 
Lynn Sutton, Advantage Building Contractors, Atlanta, Georgia, on 
behalf of Women Impacting Public Policy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Robert Alan McDonald, of Ohio, to be Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.