[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D243-D246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland 
Security held a hearing on Customs and Border Protection. Testimony was

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heard from Robert Bonner, Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security.
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 Health Resources and Services Administration. Testimony was 
heard from Elizabeth James Duke, Administrator, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Department of 
Energy--Science, Nuclear Energy and Renewable Energy/Conservation. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Energy: Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science; William D. 
Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and 
Technology; and David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
SCIENCE, THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Science, the Departments 
of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies continued 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FISCAL YEAR 2006--NAVAL 
CRITICAL ENABLERS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Projection Forces held a 
hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget 
request--Naval Critical Enablers. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of the Navy: E. Anne Sandel, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Integrated Warfare Systems; Roger M. Smith, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Littoral and Mine Warfare; RADM Mark J. 
Edwards, USN, Director, Surface Warfare Division (N76), Department of 
the Navy; MG Gordon C. Nash, USMC, Director, Expeditionary Warfare 
Division (N75), U.S. Marine Corps; RADM Joseph A. Walsh, USN, Director, 
Submarine Warfare Division (N77); and RADM Anthony L. Winns, USN, 
Deputy Director, Air Warfare Division (N78), Department of the Navy.
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 
for Military Construction, Family Housing, Base Closures, and 
Facilities Operations and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Philip Crone, Deputy 
Under Secretary, Installations and Environment; Geoffrey G. Prosch, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Army, Installations and 
Environment; B. J. Penn, Assistant Secretary, Navy, Installations and 
Environment; and Fred W. Kuhn, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Air Force, 
Installations.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FISCAL YEAR 2006 MISSILE 
DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget 
request for Missile Defense Programs. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: LTG Trey Obering, 
USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency; LTG Larry J. Dodgen, USA, 
Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; and David W. 
Duma, Acting Director, Operational Test and Evaluation.
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--Department of Defense 
responsibilities in homeland defense and homeland security missions. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary, Homeland Defense; ADM 
Timothy Keating, USN, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense 
Command and United States Northern Command; and LTG H. Steven Blum, 
USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau.
WELFARE REFORM: REAUTHORIZATION OF WORK AND CHILD CARE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness held a hearing entitled ``Welfare Reform: 
Reauthorization of Work and Child Care.'' Testimony was heard from Wade 
F. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

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PROTECTING CONSUMERS' DATA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Protecting Consumers' 
Data: Policy Issues Raised by ChoicePoint.'' Testimony was heard from 
Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, FTC; and public witnesses.
REGULATION NMS: THE SEC'S VIEW
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Regulation NMS: The SEC's View.'' Testimony was heard from William H. 
Donaldson, Chairman, SEC.
OVERSIGHT--UNITED NATIONS REFORM
Committee on International Relations: Held an oversight hearing on 
United Nations Reform: Challenges and Prospects. Testimony was heard 
from the following former United States Permanent Representatives to 
the United Nations: Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Ambassador Richard 
C. Holbrooke, and Ambassador Richard S. Williamson.
PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE ON ARMS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 800, Protection of Lawful 
Commerce in Arms Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on the Department of 
Homeland Security to Examine the Security of the Nation's Seaports and 
the Cargo Entering Those Ports. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Jayson P. Ahern, 
Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and RADM 
Larry Hereth, USCG, Director, Port Security; Jeff Keever, Deputy 
Executive Director, Port Authority, State of Virginia; and a public 
witness.
OVERSIGHT--ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the Power Marketing Administrations' Role in 
Bringing Our Nationwide Electricity Transmission System into the 21st 
Century. Testimony was heard from the following Administrators of the 
Power Administrations, Department of Energy: Charles A. Borchardt, 
Southeastern Power Administration; Michael A. Deihl, Southwestern Power 
Administration; Michael S. Hacskaylo, Western Area Power 
Administration; and Stephen J. Wright, Bonneville Power Administration.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FY 2006
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
5 hours of general debate on H. Con. Res. 95, Concurrent Resolution on 
the Budget, FY 2006, with 4 hours equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, 
and one hour on the subject of economic goals and policies equally 
divided and controlled by Representative Saxton of New Jersey and 
Representative Maloney of New York or their designees. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution. 
The rule provides that the concurrent resolution shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule and that the concurrent 
resolution shall be considered as read. The rule makes in order only 
those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
resolution which may be offered only in the order printed in the 
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
and shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question in the House and in the Committee 
of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendments printed in the report, except that the adoption of an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion 
of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment. The rule 
permits the chairman of the Budget Committee to offer amendments in the 
House to achieve mathematical consistency. The rule provides that the 
concurrent resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question of its adoption. The rule provides that after passage of 
H. Con. Res. 95, it shall be in order to consider in the House S. Con. 
Res. 18, to move to strike all after the resolving clause of S. Con 
Res. 18, and to insert the provisions of H. Con. Res. 95, as passed by 
the House. Finally, the rule waives all points of order against S. Con. 
Res. 18, against its consideration, and against the motion to strike 
and insert. Testimony was heard from Chairman Nussle and 
Representatives Shays, Flake, Spratt, Cooper, Scott of Virginia, 
Stupak, Brown of Ohio, Harman, and Jackson-Lee of Texas.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
50, amended, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Act; H.R. 798, Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2005; and 
H.R. 250, amended, Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 
2005.
OVERSIGHT--LASERS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held an oversight hearing on Lasers: A Hazard to Aviation 
Safety and Security? Testimony was heard from Nicholas A. Sabatini, 
Associate Administrator, Aviation Safety, FAA, Department of 
Transportation; and public witnesses.
MEASURING PHYSICIAN QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF CARE IN MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Measuring Physician Quality and Efficiency of Care in Medicare. 
Testimony was heard from Herb Kuhn, Director, Center for Medicare 
Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WORK, AND FAMILY PROTECTION ACT OF 2005
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved 
for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 240, Personal 
Responsibility, Work, and Family Protection Act of 2005.
BUDGET HEARING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on the Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.