[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 16, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D129-D131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
on proposed legislation making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, after receiving 
testimony from Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary, and Tina W. Jonas, Under 
Secretary, Comptroller, both of the Department of Defense; and General 
Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress, 
focusing on the Federal Reserve's objectives of price stability and 
maximum sustainable employment, after receiving testimony from Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUDGET: 2006
Committee on the Budget: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
transparency of budget measures, focusing on the economic costs of 
long-term federal obligations, receiving testimony from Douglas Holtz-
Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 48, to reauthorize appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal 
Heritage Trail Route, with an amendment;
  S. 52, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a parcel of 
real property to Beaver County, Utah;
  S. 54, to amend the National Trails System Act to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability 
studies of four national historic trails, with an amendment;
  S. 55, to adjust the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park in the 
State of Colorado;
  S. 56, to establish the Rio Grande Natural Area in the State of 
Colorado;
  S. 57, to further the purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000;
  S. 97, to provide for the sale of bentonite in Big Horn County, 
Wyoming;
  S. 99, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with 
the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in 
the Kendrick Project, Wyoming;
  S. 101, to convey to the town of Frannie, Wyoming, certain land 
withdrawn by the Commissioner of Reclamation;
  S. 128, to designate certain public land in Humboldt, Del Norte, 
Mendocino, Lake, and Napa Counties in the State of California as 
wilderness, to designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in 
Mendocino County, California as a wild or scenic river;
  S. 136, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
supplemental funding and other services that are necessary to assist 
certain local school districts in the State of California in providing 
education services for students attending schools located within 
Yosemite National Park, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, with 
an amendment;
  S. 152, to enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor 
opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the 
State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal 
lands as wilderness, with an amendment;
  S. 161, to provide for a land exchange in the State of Arizona 
between the Secretary of Agriculture and Yavapai Ranch Limited 
Partnership;
  S. 182, to provide for the establishment of the Uintah Research and 
Curatorial Center for Dinosaur National Monument in the States of 
Colorado and Utah, with an amendment;
  S. 272, to designate certain National Forest System land in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, with an amendment;
  S. 276, to revise the boundary of the Wind Cave National Park in the 
State of South Dakota; and S. 301, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide assistance in implementing cultural heritage, 
conservation, and recreational activities in the Connecticut River 
watershed of the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, with an 
amendment.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 125, to designate the United States courthouse located at 
501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the ``Robert T. Matsui 
United States Courthouse''.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2006 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, receiving testimony from 
Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2006 
for foreign affairs, after receiving testimony from Condoleezza Rice, 
Secretary of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Robert B. Zoellick, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of State.
OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: on Wednesday, 
February 15, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations resumed hearings 
to examine the United Nations management and oversight of the Oil-for-
Food Program (OFF Program), focusing on the operations of the 
independent inspection agents retained by the United Nations and their 
role within the OFF Program, including the administration of the OFF 
Program by the U.N. Office of the Iraq Program and the findings of the 
U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services, after receiving testimony 
from Ambassador Patrick F. Kennedy, U.S. Representative for U.N. 
Management and Reform, United States Mission to the United Nations; 
Joseph A. Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade Team, 
Government Accountability Office; Robert M. Massey, Andre E. Pruniaux, 
and Milan Radenovic, all of Cotecna Inspection S.A., Geneva, 
Switzerland; John Denson, Saybolt Group, Houston, Texas; Arthur 
Ventham, Kinross, Western Australia; Stafford Clarry, Syracuse, New 
York; and Verne Kulyk, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine transforming government for the 21st 
century, focusing on the report of the Government Accountability Office 
entitled 21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal 
Government, including addressing the nation's long-term fiscal gap, 
deciding on the appropriate role and size of government, and financing 
the government, after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability 
Office.
DRUG IMPORTATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the realities of safety and security 
regarding drug importation, after receiving testimony from Richard H. 
Carmona, Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, St. Paul; John M. 
Gray, Healthcare Distribution Management Association, Reston, Virginia; 
Carmen A. Catizone, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, Mount 
Prospect, Illinois; and Peter Rost, Pfizer, Inc., New York, New York.
BUDGET: INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's fiscal year 2006 budget request for Indian programs, 
after receiving testimony from James Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary 
for Indian Affairs, and Ross O. Swimmer, Special Trustee for American 
Indians, both of the Department of the Interior; Charles W. Grim, 
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian Health Service, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Michael Liu, Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing; Victoria 
Vasques, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director of Education for 
Indian Education, Department of Education; Tex G. Hall, National 
Congress of American Indians, Chester Carl, National American Indian 
Housing Council, and John Thomas Petherick, National Indian Health 
Board, all of Washington, D.C.; and David Beaulieu, National Indian 
Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
WORLD THREAT
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the national security threats to the interests of the United 
States, focusing on terrorism, Iraq, nuclear weapons proliferation, and 
North Korea, after receiving testimony from Porter J. Goss, Director of 
Central Intelligence; Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, Department of Justice; Admiral James Loy, U.S. Coast 
Guard (Ret.), Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Vice Admiral 
Lowell E. Jacoby, U.S.

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Navy, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense; and 
Carol Rodley, Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary of State for 
Intelligence and Research.