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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D94-D95 on Jan. 30, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to examine West Coast and Western Pacific perspectives on Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Will Stelle, West Coast Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Donald McIsaac, Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon; Arnold Palacios, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, and Michael Goto, Longline Fishery, both of Honolulu, Hawaii; Mel Moon, Quileute Tribe, La Push, Washington; Ray Toste, Washington Dungeness Crab Fishermen's Association, Westport; Joe Dazey, Washington Trollers Association, Kingston; Michael Gravitz, Marine Conservation Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Trevor A. Branch, University of Washington, Seattle.
LIFTING THE BAN ON U.S. CRUDE OIL EXPORTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine opportunities and challenges associated with lifting the ban on United States crude oil exports, after receiving testimony Harold Hamm, Continental Resources, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Graeme Burnett, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia; Amy Myers Jaffe, University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management; and Daniel J. Weiss, Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C.
FUKUSHIMA NEAR-TERM TASK FORCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's implementation of the Fukushima Near-Term Task Force recommendations and other actions to enhance and maintain nuclear safety, after receiving testimony from Allison M. MacFarlane, Chairman, and Kristine L. Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William D. Magwood, IV, and William C. Ostendorff, each a Commissioner, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Karen Dynan, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Richard G. Frank, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CIVILIAN NUCLEAR OPERATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine civilian nuclear cooperation agreements, focusing on Section 123, after receiving testimony from Thomas M. Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State; Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Sharon Squassoni, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), both of Washington, D.C.; and Henry Sokolski, The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Arlington, Virginia.
TREATY COMPLIANCE ISSUES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on treaty compliance issues from Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
IMPACT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CLOSURES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine Federal government closure impacts on the District of Columbia, focusing on the shutdown, after receiving testimony from Representative Norton; former Representative Tom Davis; Robert Vogel, Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Allen Y. Lew, Executive Office of the Mayor, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1410, to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders, with an amendment.
