[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 23 (Thursday, March 3, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D175-D177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CFTC REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and 
Risk Management held a hearing on the Reauthorization of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission. Testimony was heard from Sharon Brown-
Hruska, Acting Chairman, CFTC.
  Hearings continue March 9.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. 
Testimony was heard from following officials of the USDA: J. B. Penn, 
Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; James R. 
Little, Administrator, Farm Service Agency; A. Ellen Terpstra, 
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; Ross J. Davidson, Jr., 
Administrator, Risk Management Agency; and Dennis Kaplan, Budget 
Office.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland 
Security held a hearing on the Transportation Security Administration. 
Testimony was heard from David Stone, Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security for the Transportation Security Administration.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Secretary of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard 
from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers: John P. Woodley, Jr., Principal Deputy 
Secretary, (Civil Works); and LTG Carl Strock, USA, Chief of Engineers.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Bureau of Reclamation. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
the Interior: Gale A. Norton, Secretary; and John W. Keys, III, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held an oversight hearing on U.S. Geological Survey/
Hazards: tsunamis, landslides, earthquakes. Testimony was heard from 
Charles G. Groat, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the 
Interior.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Forest Service. Testimony 
was heard from Dale Bosworth, Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
MILITARY QUALITY OF LIFE, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Army 
Budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Army: GEN Peter T. Schoomaker, Chief of Staff; and 
Geoffrey Prosch, Acting Secretary, Installations and Environment.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Cental Command. Testimony was 
heard from GEN John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, U.S. Central Command, 
Department of the Army.
CARE OF INJURED AND WOUNDED SERVICE MEMBERS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on the Care of Injured and Wounded Service Members. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
LTG F. L. Hagenbeck, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, G-l and MG 
Joseph Webb, USA, Deputy Surgeon General, both with the Department of 
the Army; VADM Gerald Hoewing, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel; VADM, 
Donald C. Arthur, USN, Surgeon General and LTG H.P. Osman, USMC, Deputy 
Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, all with the Department of 
the Navy; LTG Roger A. Brady, USAF, Deputy Chief of

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Staff, Personnel and LTG George P. Taylor, Jr., USAF, Surgeon General, 
both with the Department of the Air Force; CWO Four James Stephen 
Keeton, Arkansas National Guard; Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Anthony 
Cuomo, U.S. Naval Reserve, Naval Mobilization Processing Site, Naval 
Station San Diego; SrA Anthony A. Pizzifred, USAF, 343 TRS/DOO, 
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas; and Sgt E5 Christopher 
Chandler, lst LAR Battalion/1st Marine Division, USAF, Camp Pendleton, 
California.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request 
on the Adequacy of the Budget to Meet Readiness Needs. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: GEN 
Richard A. Cody, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Army; ADM. 
John B. Nathman, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations and GEN Wiliam L. 
Nyland, USMC, Assistant Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, both with the 
Department of the Navy; and GEN T. Michael Moseley, USAF, Vice Chief of 
Staff, Department of the Air Force.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical and Land Forces 
held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization 
budget request on the Department of Navy and Department of the Air 
Force Aviation Acquisition Programs. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the GAO: Mike Sullivan, Director, Acquisition 
and Sourcing Management--(Joint Strike Fighter) and Allen Li, Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management--(F/A-22); and the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: VADM Stanley Szemborski, USN, 
Deputy Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the 
Secretary; John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
(Research, Development and Acquisition); VADM Joseph A. Sestak, USN, 
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfare Requirements and Programs 
(N7); LTG John D. W. Corley, USAF, Principal Deputy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition); LTG Ronald E. Keys, 
USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air and Space Operations; and BG Martin 
Post, USMC, Assistant Deputy Commandant, Aviation.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional 
Threats and Capabilities held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 
National Defense Authorization budget request on Tactical C-4 Systems: 
Why Does the DOD Have So Many Different Systems Performing the Same 
Functionality? Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Linton Wells II, Acting Assistant Secretary, 
Networks and Information Integration; VADM R. F. Willard, USN, 
Director, Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment (DJ-8), Joint 
Staff; LTG Robert Shea, USMC, Director, Command, Control, 
Communications and Computer Systems (DJ-6), Joint Staff; and LTG Robert 
Wagner, USA, Deputy Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command.
MEMBERS' DAY
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Members' Day. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Petri, Berkeley, LoBiondo, Cannon, Flake, 
Gibbons, Simmons, Bordallo, Shaw, Evans, Waters, Miller (NC), Hayes, 
Shays, Neugebauer, Bishop (NY), Watson, Holt, Lee, Capito, Otter, 
Porter, Bishop (UT), Michaud, Herseth, Linda T. Sanchez (CA), McMorris 
and Wilson (NM).
U.S. BOXING COMMISSION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on the United States Boxing 
Commission Act. Testimony was heard from Ron Scott Stevens, Chairman, 
New York State Athletic Commission; and public witnesses.
MAKING NETWORK WORK
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Making 
Network Work: Countdown to the RFP for the Federal Government's 
Telecommunications Program.'' Testimony was heard from Stephen A. 
Perry, Administrator, GSA; Linda Koontz, Director, Information 
Management Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
RESOLUTION--CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS CRACKDOWN; YEAR TWO OF CASTRO'S BRUTAL 
CRACKDOWN ON DISSIDENTS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Human Rights and International Operations and the Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere approved for full Committee action a resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress regarding the two-year anniversary of 
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  The Subcommittees also held a joint hearing on Year Two of Castro's 
Brutal Crackdown on Dissidents. Testimony was heard from Roger Noriega, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department 
of State; and public witnesses.
RESOLUTION CONCERNING TERRORIST ORGANIZATION; ALGERIA TERRORISM
Committee on International Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Terrorism and Nonproliferation approved for full Committee action H. 
Res. 101, Urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European 
Union's wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Algeria's Struggle Against 
Terrorism. Testimony was heard from Lorne W. Cramer, former Assistant 
Secretary, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State; and 
public witnesses.
CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 748, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action the following 
measures: S. 167, Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005; H.R. 
683, amended, Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005; H.R. 1037, To 
make technical corrections to title 17, United States Code; H.R. 1036, 
To amend title 17, United States Code, to make technical corrections 
relating to copyright royalty judges; H.R. 1038, Multidistrict 
Litigation Restoration Act of 2005; and H. Con. Res. 53, Expressing the 
sense of the Congress regarding the issuance of the 500,000th design 
patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
OVERSIGHT--IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims held an oversight hearing entitled ``The 
Immigration Enforcement Resources Authorized in the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Act of 2004.'' Testimony was heard from Representative 
Ortiz; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an 
oversight hearing entitled ``President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget 
Request for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Water Division of the 
U.S. Geological Survey.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Interior: John W. Keys, III, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; and Robert Hirsch, Associate 
Director, Water, U.S. Geological Survey.
METHAMPHETAMINE REMEDIATION RESEARCH ACT
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on H.R. 798, Methamphetamine 
Remediation Research Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Scott Burns, 
Deputy Director, State and Local Affairs, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; and public witnesses.
COAST GUARD/MARITIME BUDGET
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2006 Budget for Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs, and 
H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2005. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Coast 
Guard, Department of Homeland Security: ADM Thomas H. Collins, 
Commandant; and Master Chief Petty Officer Franklin A. Welch; Steven R. 
Blust, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; and F. Joseph Moravec, 
Commissioner, Public Building Service, GSA.
HIGHWAY-RELATED TAXES AND TRUST FUNDS AMENDMENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 996, To 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the extension of 
highway-related taxes and trust funds.