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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1218-D1219 on Dec. 19, 2013.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 37, to sustain the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land and other public land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain wilderness study areas, to designate new areas for recreation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 404, to preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, with an amendment;
S. 974, to provide for certain land conveyances in the State of Nevada, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1237, to improve the administration of programs in the insular areas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1300, to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the conduct of stewardship end result contracting projects, with amendments;
S. 1301, to provide for the restoration of forest landscapes, protection of old growth forests, and management of national forests in the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1341, to modify the Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as the program applies to units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain by implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for determining cabin user fees, with an amendment;
S. 1491, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve United States-Israel energy cooperation, with amendments;
H.R. 1158, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area; and
H.R. 2337, to provide for the conveyance of the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 975, to provide for the inclusion of court-appointed guardianship improvement and oversight activities under the Elder Justice Act of 2009, with an amendment; and
The nominations of Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Robert L. Hobbs, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, and Gary Blankinship, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Texas, all of the Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Daniel D. Crabtree, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, who was introduced by Senator Moran, Cynthia Ann Bashant, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, who was introduced by Senator Feinstein, Jon David Levy, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, who was introduced by Senators Collins and King, and Theodore David Chuang, and George Jarrod Hazel, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, who were introduced by Senators Mikulski and Cardin, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
