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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D387-D390 on April 10, 2019.
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)
CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine perspectives on child nutrition reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Brandon Lipps, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; Kathryn A. Larin, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Joshua Mathiasmeier, Kansas Public Schools, Kansas City; Michael J. Halligan, God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky; Lauren Waits, Atlanta Community Food Bank, Atlanta, Georgia; Kati Wagner, National CACFP Sponsors Association, Round Rock, Texas; and Olanrewaju Falusi, American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, D.C.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from William P. Barr, Attorney General, and Lee Lofthus, Chief Financial Officer, both of the Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the National Guard and Reserve, after receiving testimony from General Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General Charles D. Luckey, Chief of the Army Reserve, Lieutenant General Richard W. Scobee, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Vice Admiral Luke M. McCollum, Chief of the Navy Reserve, and Major General Bradley S. James, Commander of the Marine Corps Forces Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILTY OFFICE AND CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Government Accountability Office and Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office; and Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation within the Department of Interior, after receiving testimony from R.D. James, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of Defense; and Brenda Burman, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, and Timothy R. Petty, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, both of the Department of the Interior.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a hearing to examine Marine Corps ground modernization and naval aviation programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2020 and Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Lieutenant General David H. Berger, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Lieutenant General Steven R. Rudder, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Aviation, Headquarters United States Marine Corps, and Rear Admiral Scott D. Conn, USN, Director, Air Warfare, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CYBERSECURITY POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a closed hearing to examine defense industrial base cybersecurity policy, after receiving testimony from Kevin M. Fahey, Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Garry P. Reid, Director for Defense Intelligence (Intelligence and Security), Office of the Under Secretary for Intelligence, and Major General Thomas E. Murphy, USAF, Director, Protecting Critical Technology Task Force, Office of the Secretary, all of the Department of Defense.
BROADBAND MAPPING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine broadband mapping, focusing on challenges and solutions, after receiving testimony from Tim Donovan, Competitive Carriers Association, and Jonathan Spalter, USTelecom, both of Washington, D.C.; Mike McCormick, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Jackson; Mike Oblizalo, Hood Canal Communications, Shelton, Washington; and Chip Strange, Ookla, LLC, Seattle, Washington.
PIPELINE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety concluded a hearing to examine pipeline safety, focusing on Federal oversight and stakeholder perspectives, after receiving testimony from Howard Elliott, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Robert Sumwalt, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Paul R. Amato, Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company, Shelton, Connecticut, on behalf of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America; and Robin Rorick, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S.383, to support carbon dioxide utilization and direct air capture research, to facilitate the permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines;
S.747, to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction program;
An original bill entitled, ``John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2019''; and
8 General Services Administration resolutions.
TAX FILING SEASON
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 2019 tax filing season and the 21st century Internal Revenue Service, after receiving testimony from Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing on strengthening accountability to protect students and taxpayers, after receiving testimony from Tressie McMillan Cottom, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; Adam Looney, Brookings Institution Center on Regulation and Markets, Washington, D.C.; David A. Tandberg, State Higher Education Executive Officers, Boulder, Colorado; and Belle Wheelan, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Decatur, Georgia.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine building out Indian country, focusing on tools for community development, after receiving testimony from Tara Mac Lean Sweeney, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Jodie Harris, Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department of the Treasury; Henry Childs II, National Director, Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce; Jacki Ponti-Lazaruk, Chief Innovation Officer, Rural Development, Department of Agriculture; and Mark Thompson, Acoma Pueblo, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on behalf of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and Indian Pueblos Marketing, Inc.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, who was introduced by Senator Portman; and Jeffrey Vincent Brown, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Stephanie L. Haines, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senator Toomey, and Brantley Starr, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FREE SPEECH
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded a hearing to examine free speech, focusing on technological censorship and the public discourse, after receiving testimony from Carlos Monje, Twitter, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Neil Potts, Facebook, Menlo Park, California; Chuck Konzelman, Unplanned, Los Angeles, California; Francesca Tripodi, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Marilyn Musgrave, Susan B. Anthony List, Fort Morgan, Colorado; Eugene Kontorovich, George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; and Robert Parker, Brush Prairie, Washington.
SBA'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reauthorization of the Small Business Administration's international trade programs, after receiving testimony David M. Glaccum, Associate Administrator, Office of International Trade, Small Business Administration; Manny Mencia, Enterprise Florida, on behalf of the State International Development Organizations, and Daniel J. Pische, First American Bank, both of Coral Gables, Florida; Signe Pringle, Maryland Department of Commerce, Baltimore, on behalf of the State International Development Organizations; and Scott Gornall, BAON Enterprises, LLC, Chestertown, Maryland.
VA MISSION ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine VA MISSION Act, focusing on implementing the Veterans Community Care Program, after receiving testimony from Richard A. Stone, Executive in Charge, Kameron Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Community Care, and Jennifer MacDonald, VA MISSION Act Lead, all of the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Sharon M. Silas, Acting Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Adrian Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C.; and Merideth Randles, Milliman, Inc., Seattle, Washington.
