[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 10, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D458-D460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006; SUBALLOCATION OF 
BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2006: The Department of Homeland 
Security; and the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.

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  The Committee also approved the Suballocation of Budget Allocations 
for Fiscal Year 2006.
TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, 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 Federal Highway Administration and the FAA. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Transportation: Mary E. Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway 
Administration; and Marion C. Blakey, Administrator, FAA.
MUTUAL FUNDS REGULATIONS
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Mutual Funds: A Review of the Regulatory Landscape.'' Testimony was 
heard from Meyer Eisenberg. Acting Director, Division of Investment 
Management, SEC; and public witnesses.
DOD COUNTERNARCOTICS BUDGET
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing entitled ``2006 DoD 
Counternarcotics Budget: Does it Deliver the Necessary Support?'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Marybeth Long, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Special Operations 
and Low Intensity Conflict; COL. John D. Nelson, USA, Director, Plans, 
Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command; CAPT. Edmund Turner, 
USN, Deputy Director, Current Operations, U.S. Southern Command; and 
CAPT. Jim Stahlman, USN, Assistant Operations Officer, U.S. Central 
Command; and Lennard Wolfson, Assistant Deputy Director, Office of 
Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
CENSUS DATA--PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN AMERICA
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federalism and the 
Census, hearing entitled ``Life in the Big City: What is Census Data 
Telling Us About Urban America and are Policymakers Listening?'' 
Testimony was heard from Charles Louis Kincannon, Director, Bureau of 
the Census, Department of Commerce; Thomas M. Dowd, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor; 
Mitchell Silver, Deputy Director, Long Range Planning, Office of 
Planning, District of Columbia; and public witnesses.
OVERSEAS SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled 
``Overseas Security: Hardening Soft Targets.'' Testimony was heard from 
Jess Ford, Director, International Affairs and Trade Division, GAO; the 
following officials of the Department of State: Greg Starr, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Countermeasures, Bureau of Diplomatic Security and 
Foreign Missions; Ambassador Prudence Bushnell, Dean, School of 
Leadership and Management, The George P. Shultz, National Foreign 
Affairs Training Center; and Keith Miller, Director, Office of Overseas 
Schools; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--USA 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: Prohibition of Material Support under Sections 805 
of the USA PATRIOT Act and 6603 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Justice: Glenn A. Fine, 
Inspector General; Gregory Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; 
and Barry Sabin, Chief, Counterterrorism Section for the Criminal 
Division; and a public witness.
FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACT
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured 
rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 1544, Faster and 
Smarter Funding for First Responders Act, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Homeland Security. 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 Homeland 
Security now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Homeland Security. The rule makes in orderly only those 
amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
resolution. The rule provides that the amendments printed in the report 
may be considered 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,

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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 Cox and Representatives Bass, Thompson of Mississippi, and 
Cuellar.
GANG DETERRENCE AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured 
rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 1279, Gang Deterrence 
and Community Protection 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 Representatives Forbes, Scott of Virginia, Jackson-Lee 
of Texas, Waters, Crowley, Watson, Cardoza and Cuellar.