[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D884-D886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, and Daniel J. Santos, 
of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board, and 2,132 nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
UKRAINE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the situation in Ukraine from Derek H. Chollet, Assistant Secretary for 
International Security Affairs, Don DeLeon, Senior Defense Intelligence 
Expert for Russia/Eurasia, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Vice 
Admiral Frank Pandolfe, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, 
Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine the flood insurance claims process in communities after 
Sandy, focusing on lessons learned and potential improvements, after 
receiving testimony from Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Donald L. Griffin, 
Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Chicago, Illinois; 
and Maryann Flanigan, Legal Services of New Jersey Hurricane Sandy 
Legal Assistance Project, Edison.
WIRELESS PHONE BILLS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine wireless phone bills, focusing on a review of 
consumer protection practices and gaps, after receiving testimony from 
Terrell McSweeny, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Travis 
LeBlanc, Acting Chief, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission; Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell, Montpelier; 
and Michael F. Altschul, CTIA--The Wireless Association, Washington, 
DC.
PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MINING BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 1049 and 
H.R. 2166, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary 
of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal lands under the 
administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan 
search-and-recovery missions, S. 1437, to provide for the release of 
the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land 
conveyed in 1954 by the United States, acting through the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management, to the State of Oregon for the 
establishment of the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension 
Center of Oregon State University in Hermiston, Oregon, S. 1554, to 
direct the heads of Federal public land management agencies to prepare 
reports on the availability of public access and egress to Federal 
public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes, to 
amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide 
funding for recreational public access to Federal land, S. 1605, for 
the relief of Michael G. Faber, S. 1640, to facilitate planning, 
permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-
juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, 
Nevada, S. 1888 and H.R. 1241, bills to facilitate a land exchange 
involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National 
Forest, S. 2123, to authorize the exchange of certain Federal land and 
non-Federal land in the State of Minnesota, S. 2616, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho 
County in the State of Idaho, H.R. 1684, to convey certain property to 
the State of Wyoming to consolidate the historic Ranch A, and H.R. 
3008, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National 
Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California, after 
receiving testimony from Ed Roberson, Assistant Director, Resources and 
Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and 
Gregory Smith, Acting Associate

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Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1463, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit 
importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, 
and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner 
substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live 
animal of any prohibited wildlife species;
  Corps of Engineers Study Resolution relating to San Francisco Bay to 
Stockton Navigation Channels, California;
  General Services Administration resolutions; and
  The nominations of Jane Toshiko Nishida, of Maryland, and Ann 
Elizabeth Dunkin, of California, both to be an Assistant 
Administrator,both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Manuel 
H. Ehrlich, Jr., of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation,


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  On page D885, July 30, 2014 the following language appears: 
BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Environment and Public Works: 
Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: 
S.1463, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit 
importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, 
acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in 
a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, 
of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species; Corps of 
Engineers Study Resolution relating to San Francisco Bay to 
Stockton Navigation Channels, California; General Services 
Administration resolutions; and The nominations of Jane Toshiko 
Nishida, of Maryland, and Ann Elizabeth Dunkin, of California, 
both to be an Assistant Administrator, and Manuel H. Ehrlich, Jr., 
of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation, all of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: BUSINESS MEETING 
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items: S.1463, to amend 
the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, 
exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and 
purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner 
substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any 
live animal of any prohibited wildlife species; Corps of Engineers 
Study Resolution relating to San Francisco Bay to Stockton 
Navigation Channels, California; General Services Administration 
resolutions; and The nominations of Jane Toshiko Nishida, of 
Maryland, and Ann Elizabeth Dunkin, of California, both to be an 
Assistant Administrator, both of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and Manuel H. Ehrlich, Jr., of New Jersey, to be a Member 
of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation.


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                            THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
 Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine ``The 
African Growth and Opportunity Act'' at 14, focusing on the road ahead, 
   after receiving testimony from Michael Froman, Ambassador, United 
                      States Trade Representative.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
        ordered favorably reported the following business items:
   H.R. 4007, to recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards Program, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1618, to enhance the Office of Personnel Management background 
check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security 
clearances or access to classified information of employees and 
contractors of the Federal Government, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 1347, to provide transparency, accountability, and limitations of 
Government sponsored conferences, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2640, to amend title 44, United States Code, to require 
information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising 
organizations;
  S. 2323, to amend chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased 
veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference 
eligibles for treatment in the civil service;
  S. 2651, to repeal certain mandates of the Department of Homeland 
Security Office of Inspector General, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  H.R. 4197, to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the period 
of certain authority with respect to judicial review of Merit Systems 
Protection Board decisions relating to whistleblowers;
  S. 2665, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to provide eligibility for broadcasting 
facilities to receive certain disaster assistance;
  S. 1898, to require adequate information regarding the tax treatment 
of payments under settlement agreements entered into by Federal 
agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 606, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the 
``Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1671, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the 
``James `Jim' Kohnen Post Office'';
  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. 3472, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the 
``Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office'';
  H.R. 3765, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the 
``Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building''; and
  The nominations of Joseph L. Nimmich, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, Anne E. Rung, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator 
for Federal Procurement Policy, and James C. Miller, III, of Virginia, 
Stephen Crawford, of Maryland, David Michael Bennett, of North 
Carolina, and Victoria Reggie Kennedy, of Massachusetts, all to be a 
Governor of the United States Postal Service.
                                                 PAID FAMILY LEAVE
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine paid family leave, 
  focusing on the benefits for businesses and working families, after 
receiving testimony from Jeannine Sato, Durham Connects, Durham, North 
                         Carolina; Victoria S.

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  Shabo, National Partnership for Women and Families, Washington, DC; 
  Kevin Trapani, The Redwoods Group, Morrisville, North Carolina; and 
      Maryella Gockel, Ernst and Young LLP, Secaucus, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1948, to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, 
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a 
Native American language grant program, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2299, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to 
reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality 
of Native American languages, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment;
  S. 2479, to provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 
and
  H.R. 4002, to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe 
of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe.
NATURAL DISASTERS IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine responses to natural disasters in Indian country, after 
receiving testimony from Elizabeth Zimmerman, Deputy Associate 
Administrator, Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Governor J. Michael 
Chavarria, Santa Clara Pueblo, Espanola, New Mexico; Ronda Metcalf, 
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribal Council, Darrington, Washington; Matt 
Gregory, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant; Mary David, Kawerak, Inc., 
Nome, Alaska; and Jake Heflin, Tribal Emergency Management Association, 
Reno, Nevada.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the next steps for the ``Violence Against Women Act'' (VAWA), focusing 
on protecting women from gun violence, including S. 1290, to protect 
victims of stalking from gun violence, and S. 2483, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by 
preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, after 
receiving testimony from Seamus McCaffery, Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania Justice, Harrisburg; Jacquelyn Campbell, Johns Hopkins 
University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland; Joyce Lee Malcolm, 
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; Christopher 
Schmaling, Racine County Sheriff, Racine, Wisconsin; and Elvin Daniel, 
McHenry, Illinois.
CONTACT LENS INDUSTRY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine pricing 
policies and competition in the contact lens industry, after receiving 
testimony from R. Joe Zeidner, 1-800 CONTACTS, Draper, Utah; Millicent 
L. Knight, Johnson and Johnson Vision Care Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; 
David A. Cockrell, American Optometric Association, Stillwater, 
Oklahoma; and George Slover, Consumers Union, Washington, DC.
MEDICARE OBSERVATION STATUS ON SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the impact of Medicare observation status on seniors, after receiving 
testimony from Ann M. Sheehy, University of Wisconsin School of 
Medicine and Public Health, Madison, on behalf of the Society of 
Hospital Medicine; Bob Armstrong, St. Mary's Health System, Lewiston, 
Maine; Marna Borgstrom, Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, 
Connecticut; Toby S. Edelman, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., 
Boston, Massachusetts; and Sylvia C. Engler, Framingham, Massachusetts.