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Union Calendar No. 220 113Th Congress, 1St Session–––––––––––––House Report 113–302 Union Calendar No. 220 113th Congress, 1st Session–––––––––––––House Report 113–302 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS DECEMBER 20, 2013 DECEMBER 20, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS E:\seals\congress.#13 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS with DSK6TPTVN1PROD on smartinez 1 Union Calendar No. 220 113th Congress, 1st Session––––––––––––House Report 112–302 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS DECEMBER 20, 2013 DECEMBER 20, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 39–006 WASHINGTON : 2013 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For more information, contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Printing Office. Phone 202–512–1800, or 866–512–1800 (toll-free). E-mail, [email protected]. VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS E:\seals\congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY HON. LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas, Chair DANA ROHRABACHER, California EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas RALPH M. HALL, Texas ZOE LOFGREN, California F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois Wisconsin DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas ERIC SWALWELL, California PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia DAN MAFFEI, New York STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi ALAN GRAYSON, Florida MO BROOKS, Alabama JOSEPH KENNEDY III, Massachusetts RANDY HULTGREN, Illinois SCOTT PETERS, California LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana DEREK KILMER, Washington STEVE STOCKMAN, Texas AMI BERA, California BILL POSEY, Florida ELIZABETH ESTY, Connecticut CYNTHIA LUMMIS, Wyoming MARC VEASEY, Texas DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona JULIA BROWNLEY, California THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky MARK TAKANO, California KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota ROBIN KELLY, Illinois JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma RANDY WEBER, Texas CHRIS STEWART, Utah CHRIS COLLINS, New York SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY HON. CYNTHIA LUMMIS, Wyoming, Chair RALPH M. HALL, Texas, Chair Emeritus ERIC SWALWELL, California* FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma ALAN GRAYSON, Florida RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III, Massachusetts MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas MARC VEASEY, Texas RANDY HULTGREN, Illinois MARK TAKANO, California THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky ZOE LOFGREN, California KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois RANDY WEBER, Texas ** ∂EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ∂LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas (II) VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT HON. PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia, Chair F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., DAN MAFFEI, New York* Wisconsin ERIC SWALWELL, California BILL POSEY, Florida SCOTT PETERS, California DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona ∂EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota ∂LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HON. LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana, Chair STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois* MO BROOKS, Alabama FEDERICA WILSON, Florida RANDY HULTGREN, Illinois ZOE LOFGREN, California STEVE STOCKMAN, Texas SCOTT PETERS, California CYNTHIA LUMMIS, Wyoming AMI BERA, California DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona DEREK KILMER, Washington THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky ** ELIZABETH ESTY, Connecticut JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma ROBIN KELLY, Illinois CHRIS COLLINS, NEW YORK ∂EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ∂LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi, Chair RALPH M. HALL, Texas, Chair Emeritus DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland* DANA ROHRABACHER, California SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma DAN MAFFEI, New York MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III, Massachusetts MO BROOKS, Alabama ** DEREK KILMER, Washington LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana AMI BERA, California STEVE STOCKMAN, Texas MARC VEASEY, Texas BILL POSEY, Florida JULIA BROWNLEY, California DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona FREDERICA WILSON, Florida JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma ∂EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ∂LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas (III) VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT CHRIS STEWART, Utah F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon* Wisconsin JULIA BROWNLEY, California DANA ROHRABACHER, California DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas MARK TAKANO, California PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia ALAN GRAYSON, Florida JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma** ∂EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas RANDY WEBER, Texas ∂LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas * Ranking Minority Member ** Vice Chair appointments/Full Committee and Subcommittee. ∂ The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member shall serve as Ex-officio Members of all Subcommittees and shall have the right to vote and be counted as part of the quorum and ratios on all matters before the Sub- committees. (IV) VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY 113TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION FULL COMMITTEE STAFF JENNIFER BROWN Chief of Staff CHRIS SHANK Policy Director HOLT LACKEY Chief Counsel KATY CROOKS FLYNN Deputy Chief Counsel KIM SMITH Deputy Chief of Staff for Communication ASHLEY SMITH Administrative Director and Committee Clerk ZACHARY KURZ Press Secretary LANA FROST Legislative Counsel SANGINA WRIGHT Committee Printer JOHN ROSS Financial Administrator JAMES DANFORD Editor and Speechwriter ERIN HAVENER Press Assistant WILLIAM HENDERSON Policy Assistant DEMOCRATIC STAFF DICK OBERMANN Chief of Staff JOHN PIAZZA Chief Counsel RUSSELL NORMAN Deputy Chief Counsel KRISTIN KOPSHEVER Administrative Director and Communications Director PAMITHA WEERASINGHE Deputy Communications Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY STAFF STEPHEN SAYLE Subcommittee Staff Director RACHEL JONES Professional Staff MAHANTESH HIREMATH AAAS Fellow TAYLOR JORDAN Research Assistant ADAM ROSENBERG Democratic Professional Staff CHRIS O’LEARY Democratic Professional Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT STAFF TODD JOHNSTON Subcommittee Staff Director CLINT WOODS Professional Staff RACHEL JONES Professional Staff TAYLOR JORDAN Research Assistant MARCY GALLO Democratic Subcommittee Staff Director (V) VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT RAJESH BHARWANI Subcommittee Staff Director CHRIS WYDLER Senior Advisor to the Chairman JERRY WHITTAKER Brookings Fellow MIKE MCQUADE AAAS Fellow SARAH GRADY Staff Assistant DAN PEARSON Democratic Subcommittee Staff Director DOUGLAS S. PASTERNAK Democratic Professional Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIFF SHANNON Subcommittee Staff Director KIRSTEN DUNCAN Professional Staff RICHARD YAMADA Professional Staff BHARAT BHUSHAN AAAS Fellow GABRIELLA RA’ANAN Policy Staff KIM MONTGOMERY Democratic Professional Staff Member BRYSTOL ENGLISH Democratic Professional Staff Member SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE TOM HAMMOND Subcommittee Staff Director JARED STOUT Professional Staff ALLISON ROSE-SONNESYN Professional Staff GABRIELLA RA’ANAN Policy Staff PAM WHITNEY Democratic Professional Staff ALLEN LI Democratic Professional Staff (VI) VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY, Washington, DC, December 20, 2013. Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, Clerk, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MS. HAAS: Pursuant to Clause (1)(d)(1) of Rule XI and Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, I hereby submit the Annual Report of Activities for the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for the first session of the 113th Congress. This annual report provides an overview of the legislative and oversight activities conducted by the Committee, as defined by Rule X Clause 1(p) and Clause 3(k) of the Rules of the House of Rep- resentatives, a summary of actions taken and recommendations made with respect to the Committee’s oversight plan and a sum- mary of hearings held, pursuant to clauses 2(n), (o), and (p) of Rule XI. This document is intended as a general reference tool and not as a substitute for the hearing records, reports, and other files. Sincerely, LAMAR S. SMITH, Chairman. Enclosure. (VII) VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:17 Dec 24, 2013 Jkt 039006 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR302.XXX HR302 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with REPORTS C O N T E N T S First Annual Report of Activities Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 113th Congress, 2013 Page Letter of Transmittal ..........................................................................................
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