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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D81-D82 on Jan. 28, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Brad R. Carson, of Oklahoma, to be Under Secretary of the Army, William A. LaPlante, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, and 1,096 nominations in the Army and Air Force.
MILITARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine recent changes to the United States military retirement system, after receiving testimony from Christine H. Fox, Acting Deputy Secretary, and Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense; General John H. Tilelli, Jr., USA (Ret.), Military Officers Association of America, Master Sergeant Richard J. Delaney, USAF (Ret.), The Retired Enlisted Association, and David S. C. Chu, Institute for Defense Analyses, all of Alexandria, Virginia; and General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.), Association of the United States Army, Arlington, Virginia.
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the reauthorization of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, after receiving testimony from Fred P. Hochberg, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States.
CRITICAL MINERALS POLICY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 1600, to facilitate the reestablishment of domestic, critical mineral designation, assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, analysis, forecasting, workforce, education, research, and international capabilities in the United States, after receiving testimony from David Danielson, Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Lawrence D. Meinert, Mineral Resources Program Coordinator, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Major General Robert H. Latiff, (Ret.), George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; David Isaacs, Semiconductor Industry Association, and Jennifer Thomas, The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, both of Washington, D.C.; Jim Sims, Molycorp, Inc., Greenwood, Colorado; Gregory Conrad, Interstate Mining Compact Commission, Herndon, Virginia, on behalf of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources; and Roderick G. Eggert, Colorado School of Mines, Golden.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, who was introduced by Senator Tester, Arnold A. Chacon, of Virginia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, and Daniel Bennett Smith, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OVERTIME
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce concluded a hearing to examine overtime at the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Carolyn N. Lerner, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; Ron Vitiello, Deputy Chief, Border Patrol, and Catherine Emerson, Chief Human Capital Officer, both of the Department of Homeland Security; and Brandon Judd, National Border Patrol Council, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Steven Paul Logan, John Joseph Tuchi, Diane J. Humetewa, Rosemary Marquez, Douglas L. Rayes, and James Alan Soto, all to be a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, after the nominees, who were introduced by Senators Flake and McCain, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
