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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D400-D403 on April 9, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Gina McCarthy, Administrator, and Maryann Froehlich, Acting Chief Financial Officer, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
RAILWAY SAFETY FOR PASSENGERS AND COMMUNITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine an assessment on how to keep our railways safe for passengers and communities, after receiving testimony from Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation; Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Barb Graff, City of Seattle Office of Emergency Management Director, Seattle, Washington; and Timothy E. Pellerin, Fire/Rescue Department Fire Chief, Rangeley, Maine.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor.
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense concluded a hearing to examine defense health programs, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho, Surgeon General of the United States Army, Vice Admiral Matthew L. Nathan, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, Lieutenant General Thomas W. Travis, Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, and Christopher A. Miller, Program Executive Officer, Healthcare Management Systems, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Ernest Moniz, Secretary, and Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force, after receiving testimony from Dennis V. McGinn, Assistant Secretary of Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Vice Admiral William D. French, Commander, Navy Installations Command, Major General Juan G. Ayala, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, Kathleen I. Ferguson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Performing Duties as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics, Major General Maryanne Miller, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve, and Brigadier General James Witham, Deputy Director, Air National Guard, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General John F. Campbell, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General James O. Barclay III, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, and Major General (P) Michael E. Williamson, USA, Military Deputy and Director, Army Acquisition Corps, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, all of the United States Army, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a hearing to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Howard B. Bromberg, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff
(G-1), and Sergeant Major Raymond F. Chandler III, both of the United States Army, Vice Admiral William F. Moran, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (N-1), and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Stevens, both of the United States Navy, Lieutenant General Samuel D. Cox, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services
(A-1), and Chief Master Sergeant James A. Cody, both of the United States Air Force, and Lieutenant General Robert E. Milstead, Jr., USMC, Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Sergeant Major Micheal P. Barrett, both of the United States Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded a hearing to examine National Nuclear Security Administration management of its National Security Laboratories and the status of the Nuclear Security Enterprise in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Charles F. McMillan, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Paul J. Hommert, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, and William H. Goldstein, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, all of the Department of Energy; and Norman R. Augustine, and Admiral Richard W. Mies, USN (Ret.), both Co-chair of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia.
MARS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine from here to Mars, after receiving testimony from William H. Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Susan Eisenhower, The Eisenhower Group, Inc., Washington, DC.; and Leroy Chiao, former NASA Astronaut, and Commander, International Space Station Expedition 10, and Jeffrey Manber, NanoRacks LLC, both of Houston, Texas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 429, to enable concrete masonry products manufacturers to establish, finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete masonry products, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1014, to reduce sports-related concussions in youth, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1406, to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1275, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1468, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1793, to encourage States to require the installation of residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1925, to limit the retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2022, to establish scientific standards and protocols across forensic disciplines, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2028, to amend the law relating to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety;
S. 2076, to amend the provisions of title 46, United States Code, related to the Board of Visitors to the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
S. 2086, to address current emergency shortages of propane and other home heating fuels and to provide greater flexibility and information for Governors to address such emergencies in the future, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2140, to improve the transition between experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2052, to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to conduct an interagency review of and report to Congress on ways to increase the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment; and
The nominations of David J. Arroyo, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, and nominations for promotion in the United States Coast Guard.
PRIMARY CARE ACCESS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging concluded a hearing to examine addressing primary care access and workforce challenges, focusing on voices from the field, after receiving testimony from Rebecca Spitzgo, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Linda T. Kohn, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Gary Wiltz, Teche Action Clinic, Franklin, Louisiana; Stan Brock, Remote Area Medical, Rockford, Tennessee; Joseph Nichols, MedStar Franklin Square Family Health Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Margaret Flinter, Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, Connecticut; Deborah Edberg, Erie Family Health Center, Chicago, Illinois; L. Allen Dobson, Jr., Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh; Jim Hotz, Albany Area Primary Health Care, Albany, Georgia.
INDIAN EDUCATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine Indian education, focusing on Indian students in public schools, and cultivating the next generation, after receiving testimony from William Mendoza, Executive Director, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education; Mandy Smoker Broaddus, Montana Office of Public Instruction Director of Indian Education, Helena; Dan Hudson, Wyoming State Impact Aid Chairman, Lander; Alberto Siqueiros, Baboquivari Unified School District, Sells, Arizona; and Brent D. Gish, National Indian Impacted Schools Association, Naytahwaush, Minnesota.
COMCAST-TIME WARNER CABLE MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger and the impact on consumers, after receiving testimony from David L. Cohen, Comcast Corporation, and Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, both of Philadelphia; Arthur T. Minson, Jr., Time Warner Cable Inc., New York, New York; Gene Kimmelman, Public Knowledge, Washington, DC; James Bosworth, Back9Network Inc., Hartford, Connecticut; and Richard J. Sherwin, Spot On Networks, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut.
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to examine election administration, focusing on making voter rolls more complete and more accurate, after receiving testimony from Elaine Manlove, Delaware State Election Commissioner, Dover; Judd Choate, Director of Elections, Colorado Secretary of State's Office, Denver; Christopher M. Thomas, Michigan Director of Elections, Lansing; and John W. Lindback, Electronic Registration Information Center, Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1728, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve ballot accessibility to uniformed services voters and overseas voters, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1937, to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to develop contingency plans to address unexpected emergencies or natural disasters that may threaten to disrupt the administration of an election for Federal office;
S. 1947, to rename the Government Printing Office the Government Publishing Office;
S. 2197, to repeal certain requirements regarding newspaper advertising of Senate stationery contracts; and
The nominations of Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, and Myrna Perez, of Texas, both to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015 for the Small Business Administration, after receiving testimony from Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator, Peggy E. Gustafson, Inspector General, and Winslow Sargeant, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, all of the Small Business Administration.
