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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D513-D514 on May 13.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine rethinking disaster recovery and resiliency, focusing on protecting our nation's transportation systems, including preliminary observations on options for improving climate resilience of transportation infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Elizabeth Repko, Acting Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; Edwin H. Sniffen, Hawaii Department of Transportation, Honolulu, on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Committee on Transportation System Security and Resilience; and Habib Joseph Dagher, University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, Orono.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Christine Elizabeth Wormuth, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by former Senator Chuck Hagel, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine offshore energy development in federal waters and leasing under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, after receiving testimony from Amanda Lefton, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior; Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Baton Rouge; Russell Holmes, Center for Offshore Safety, Houston, Texas; and Mike Minarovic, Arena Energy, The Woodlands, Texas.
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Department of Homeland Security actions to address unaccompanied minors at the southern border, after receiving testimony from Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security.
RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine retirement security, focusing on building a better future, after receiving testimony from Lori Lucas, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Shai Akabas, Bipartisan Policy Center, and Deva A. Kyle, Bredhoff and Kaiser, P.L.L.C., all of Washington, D.C.; and Dave Gray, Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 228, to promote antitrust enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, and increasing antitrust enforcement resources;
S. 1511, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustain in the line of duty;
S. 921, to amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect officers and employees of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1502, to make Federal law enforcement officer peer support communications confidential, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nomination of Todd Sunhwae Kim, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
