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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D423-D425 on May 9, 2013.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, and Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General, both of the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE AND NAVY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Departments of Defense and Navy, after receiving testimony from Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary (Comptroller), John Conger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and Environment, Roger M. Natsuhara, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, Major General James Kessler, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, and Assistant Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics (Facilities), and Rear Admiral Kevin Slates, Director, Chief of Naval Operations, Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (OPNAV N45), all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded a hearing to examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Madelyn R. Creedon, Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs, J. Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Lieutenant General Richard P. Formica, USA, Commander, Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Army Forces Strategic Command, and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and Vice Admiral James D. Syring, USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of the Department of Defense; and Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine pharmaceutical compounding, focusing on a proposed legislative solution, after receiving testimony from Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Carmen Catizone, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Mount Prospect, Illinois; Allan Coukell, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.; David G. Miller, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, Missouri City, Texas; and Kasey Thompson, American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists, Bethesda, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began consideration of S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, but did not complete action thereon.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
VETERANS BILLS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 49, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least one full-service Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State, S. 62, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions and to make additional contributions to the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund, S. 131, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses, S. 229, to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center'', S. 287, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 325, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, S. 412, to authorize certain major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 422, to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, S. 455, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care, S. 522, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, S. 529, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the commencement date of the period of service at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for eligibility for hospital care and medical services in connection with exposure to contaminated water, S. 543, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reorganize the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration, S. 633, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel in connection with certain special disabilities rehabilitation, S. 800, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center at Harlingen, located in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to redesignate such center, S. 825, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless veterans, S. 832, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out pilot programs on furnishing case management services and assisted living to children of Vietnam veterans and certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida and children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects, S. 845, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program, S. 851, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program, S. 852, to improve health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care, and S. 877, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow public access to research of the Department, after receiving testimony from Senator Landrieu; Robert L. Jesse, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, and Susan Blauert, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Richard F. Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, Silver Spring, Maryland; Wayne B. Jonas, Sameuli Institute, Alexandria, Virginia; Heather L. Ansley, VetsFirst, and Matt Gornick, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, both of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas G. Bowman, Spring Hill, Florida.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
