[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 26, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D405-D406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND HUD, THE JUDICIARY, 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies held a 
hearing on the U.S. Postal Service and on the National Archives and 
Records Administration. Testimony was heard from John E. Potter, 
Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service; and Allen Weinstein, 
Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration.
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 held a hearing on 
the FCC. Testimony was heard from Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, FCC.
UNDERACHIEVING SCHOOLS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on No Child 
Left Behind: Supplemental Tutoring for Children in Underachieving 
Schools. Testimony was heard from Donn Nola-Ganey, Assistant 
Superintendent, Office of School and Community Support, Department of 
Education, State of Louisiana; Beth Swanson, Director, Office of After 
School and Community Programs, Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois; and 
public witnesses.
ILLEGAL DRUG USE PREVENTION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing entitled ``Drug Prevention 
Programs and the Fiscal Year 2006 Drug Control Budget: Is the Federal 
Government Neglecting Illegal Drug Use Prevention?'' Testimony was 
heard from Charles Curie, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FORMULA
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federalism and the 
Census held a hearing entitled ``The 70's Look: Is the Decades-Old 
Community Development Block Grant Formula Ready for an Extreme 
Makeover?'' Testimony was heard from Roy A. Bernardi, Deputy Secretary, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the following 
officials of the GAO: Paul Posner, Director, Federal Budget and 
Intergovernmental Relations; and Jerry C. Fastrup, Assistant Director, 
Applied Research and Methods; and a public witness.
HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING AND ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2005
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment approved for full 
Committee action the Homeland Security Information Sharing and 
Enhancement Act of 2005.
MALARIA AND TB: IMPLEMENTING PROVEN TREATMENT AND ERADICATION METHODS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Human Rights and International Operations held a hearing on Malaria and 
TB: Implementing Proven Treatment and Eradication Methods. Testimony 
was heard from Mark Dybul, M.D., Assistant U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator 
and Chief Medical Officer; Department of State; Michael Miller, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, U.S. AID; and public 
witnesses.
VE DAY ANNIVERSARY RESOLUTIONS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and 
Emerging Threats approved for full Committee action the following 
resolutions: H. Res. 195, amended, Recognizing the 60th anniversary of 
Victory in Europe (VE) Day and the Liberation of Western Bohemia; and 
H. Res. 233, Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Victory (V-E) Day 
during World War II.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. PATRIOT ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on the Implementation of 
the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections of the Act that Address-Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). (Part 1)-Section 204: 
Clarification of Intelligence Exceptions

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from Limitations on Interception and Disclosure of Wire, Oral, and 
Electronic Communications; Section 207: Duration of FISA Surveillance 
of Non-United States Persons who are Agents of a Foreign Power; Section 
214: Pen Register and Trap and Trace Authority Under FISA: Section 225: 
Immunity for Compliance with FISA Wiretap; and Lone Wolf. Testimony was 
heard from May Beth Buchanan, U.S. Attorney, Western District of 
Pennsylvania; James A. Baker, Counsel, Intelligence Policy, Department 
of Justice; and a public witness.
SECURE ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND COURT PROTECTION ACT OF 2005
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 1751, Secure Access to Justice 
and Court Protection Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Judge Jane 
R. Roth, Chairwoman of Judicial Conference Committee on Security and 
Facilities; Judge Cynthia Kent, 114th Judicial District Court of Texas; 
and the following officials of the Eastern District of Virginia: Paul 
J. McNulty, U.S. Attorney; and John F. Clark, U.S. Marshal.
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans held a 
hearing on H.R. 1428, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Reauthorization Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Timothy R.E. 
Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; Matthew J. Hogan, Acting Director, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 9 to 4, a structured rule 
providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 748, Child Interstate 
Abortion Notification Act, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill 
shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. 
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that 
the amendments printed in the report 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, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representatives Ros-Lehtinen, 
Nadler, Scott of Virginia, Jackson-Lee of Texas, Waters, and Harman.
SENSE OF THE HOUSE RESOLUTION--SMALL BUSINESS BILL OF RIGHTS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing one 
hour of debate on H. Res. 22, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that American small business are entitled to a Small 
Business bill of Rights, in the House equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Small 
Business. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments to the resolution 
and the preamble recommended by the Committee on Small Business now 
printed in the resolution are considered as adopted. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit, which may not contain instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Keller, Barrow, Bean, and McGovern.