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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D327-D329 on March 31, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, Robert A. Petzel, Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, Michael Walcoff, Acting Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, Steve L. Muro, Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, Roger W. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, Office of Information and Technology, and W. Todd Grams, Acting Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
APPROPRIATIONS: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Library of Congress (LOC) and Open World Leadership Center, after receiving testimony from James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, and Robert Dizard, Jr., Chief of Staff, Office of the Librarian, both of the Library of Congress; and John O'Keefe, Executive Director, Open World Leadership Center.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Army, and General George W. Casey Jr., Chief of Staff of the Army, both of the Department of Defense.
OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Operation Odyssey Dawn and the situation in Libya, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
HYDROPOWER POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 629, to improve hydropower, S. 630, to promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development, and Title I, subtitle D of the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, after receiving testimony from Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Steven G. Chalk, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; Jeff C. Wright, Director, Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; John Seebach, American Rivers, and Andrew Munro, National Hydropower Association, both of Washington, D.C., Sean O'Neill, Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, Darnestown, Maryland; and Michael E. Webber, The University of Texas at Austin Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, Austin.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving testimony from Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of Defense.
ASIAN-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Asian-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2011, focusing on breaking down barriers, creating economic growth, after receiving testimony from John K. Veroneau, Covington and Burling LLP, and Peter Scher, JPMorgan Chase, United States Representative to the APEC Business Advisory Council, both of Washington, D.C.; Bert Robins, Seacast, Inc., Butte, Montana; and Richard M. Hartvigsen, Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Provo, Utah.
COUNTERNARCOTICS AND CITIZEN SECURITY IN THE AMERICAS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine counternarcotics and citizen security in the Americas, after receiving testimony from William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President; William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats; Vanda Felbab-Brown, The Brookings Institution, Cynthia J. Arnson, and Eric L. Olson, both of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Stephen Johnson, Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
LIBYA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the situation in Libya, after receiving testimony from James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State.
DRUG GANGS' EVER EVOLVING TACTICS TO PENETRATE THE BORDER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs concluded a hearing to examine drug gangs' ever-evolving tactics to penetrate the border and the Federal government's ability to stop them, after receiving testimony from Donna Bucella, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Intelligence and Operations Coordination, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and James A. Dinkins, Executive Associate Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Thomas M. Harrigan, Assistant Administrator and Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Kent Bitsko, Executive Director, Nevada High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Las Vegas; and Frances Flener, Arkansas State Drug Director, Little Rock.
MINE SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine improving safety at dangerous mines one year after Upper Big Branch, after receiving testimony from Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and Elliot P. Lewis, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Office of the Inspector General, both of the Department of Labor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 222, to limit investor and homeowner losses in foreclosures;
S. 216, to increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and international violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, Kevin Hunter Sharp, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, Roy Bale Dalton, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and Claire C. Cecchi, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE OF ADVOCACY BUDGET
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Office of Advocacy, after receiving testimony from Karen G. Mills, Administrator, and Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, both of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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.
