1 Union Calendar No. 512 113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – House Report 113–681 SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS DECEMBER 19, 2014 DECEMBER 19, 2014.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 49–006 WASHINGTON : 2014 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:09 Dec 30, 2014 Jkt 049006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR681.XXX HR681 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REPORTS 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 ROBIN KELLY, Illinois KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota KATHERINE CLARK, Massachusetts JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma RANDY WEBER, Texas CHRIS COLLINS, New York BILL JOHNSON, Ohio 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 ZOE LOFGREN, California THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota KATHERINE CLARK, Massachusetts RANDY WEBER, Texas, ** ∂EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ∂LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:09 Dec 30, 2014 Jkt 049006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR681.XXX HR681 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD 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 KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota** ∂EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas BILL JOHNSON, Ohio ∂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 BILL JOHNSON, Ohio ∂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 CHRIS COLLINS, New York ∂LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:09 Dec 30, 2014 Jkt 049006 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR681.XXX HR681 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REPORTS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT REP. DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona, Chair F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon* Wisconsin JULIA BROWNLEY, California DANA ROHRABACHER, California DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas ALAN GRAYSON, Florida PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia KATHERINE CLARK, Massachusetts 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. (IV) VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:09 Dec 30, 2014 Jkt 049006 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\HR681.XXX HR681 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REPORTS COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY 113TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION FULL COMMITTEE STAFF JENNIFER BROWN Chief of Staff CHRIS SHANK Policy Director CHRIS WYDLER Senior Advisor to the Chairman and Legislative Director KATY FLYNN General Counsel ZACHARY KURZ Communications Director LAURA CRIST CHAMBERS Press Secretary ASHLEY SMITH Administrative Director and Committee Clerk LANA FROST Legislative Counsel SARAH GRADY Member Services Coordinator SANGINA WRIGHT Committee Printer JOHN ROSS Financial Administrator JAMES DANFORD Editor and Speechwriter WILLIAM HENDERSON Policy Assistant ERIN HAVENER Press Assistant DEMOCRATIC STAFF DICK OBERMANN Chief of Staff JOHN PIAZZA Chief Counsel RUSSELL NORMAN Deputy Chief Counsel KRISTIN KOPSHEVER Administrative Director and Communications Director JOE FLARIDA Staff Assistant and Press Assistant SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY STAFF STEPHEN SAYLE Subcommittee Staff Director AARON WESTON Counsel RACHEL JONES Professional Staff TAYLOR JORDAN Policy Staff ADAM ROSENBERG Democratic Subcommittee Staff Director CHRIS O’LEARY Democratic Professional Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT STAFF TODD JOHNSTON Subcommittee Staff Director CLINT WOODS Professional Staff RACHEL JONES Professional Staff EMILY DOMENECH Professional Staff TAYLOR JORDAN Policy Staff MARCY GALLO Democratic Subcommittee Staff Director PAMITHA WEERASINGHE Democratic Professional Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT RAJESH BHARWANI Subcommittee Staff Director TIM DOYLE Senior Counsel (V) VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:02 Dec 31, 2014 Jkt 049006 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR681.XXX HR681 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REPORTS SARAH GRADY Policy 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 GABRIELLA RA’ANAN Policy Staff CHRISTIAN RICE Policy Staff DAHLIA SOKOLOV Democratic Subcommittee Staff Director KIM MONTGOMERY Democratic Professional Staff BRYSTOL ENGLISH Democratic Professional Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE TOM HAMMOND Subcommittee Staff Director JARED STOUT Professional Staff ALLISON ROSE-SONNESYN Professional Staff GABRIELLA RA’ANAN Policy Staff CHRISTIAN RICE Policy Staff PAM WHITNEY Democratic Professional Staff ALLEN LI Democratic Professional Staff (VI) VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:09 Dec 30, 2014 Jkt 049006 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR681.XXX HR681 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REPORTS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY, Washington, DC, December 19, 2014. 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 second Annual Report of Activities for the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for 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 Sep 11 2014 02:14 Dec 31, 2014 Jkt 049006 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR681.XXX HR681 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REPORTS C O N T E N T S Second Annual Report of Activities Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 113th Congress, 2014 Page Letter of Transmittal ........................................................................................... VII Overview ................................................................................................................. 1 Full Committee Legislative and Administrative Activities ...................................................... 4 Other Legislative Activities ............................................................................. 35 Oversight, Investigation, and Other Activities .............................................. 44 Subcommittee on Energy Oversight Investigation, and Other Activities, Including Selective Legisla- tive Activities ................................................................................................ 52 Subcommittee on Environment Oversight Investigation, and Other Activities, Including Selective Legisla- tive Activities ................................................................................................ 60 Subcommittee Oversight Oversight Activities