[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D465-D467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine the Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2003, to 
provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of women 
and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew C. von Eschenbach, Director, National 
Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Sheryl Silver, Johanna's Law Foundation, Bloomfield 
Hills, Illinois; and Fran Drescher, Los Angeles, California.
LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine new approaches to understand and treat ALS (Lou Gehrig's 
Disease), after receiving testimony from Story C. Landis, Director, 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Lucie 
Bruijn, The ALS Association, Calabasas Hills, California; Rob 
Boresellino, The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa; Eric Obermann, 
Huntsville, Alabama; Tommy John, Charlotte, North Carolina; David Cone, 
New York, New York; and Kate Linder, Los Angeles, California.
APPROPRIATIONS: MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 
for the Missile Defense Program, after receiving testimony from 
Lieutenant General Henry A. Obering, III, Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency, Department of Defense; and General James E. Cartwright, 
USMC, Commander, United States Strategic Command.
GPO/CBO/OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2006, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their 
respective activities from Bruce R. James, Public Printer, Government 
Printing Office; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget 
Office; and William W. Thompson, III, Executive Director, and Susan S. 
Robfogel, Chair of the Board of Directors, both of the Office of 
Compliance.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those 
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2006.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2006.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2006.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland continued in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those 
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2006.

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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to mark up 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 
but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
SPYWARE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine issues relating to spyware, focusing on spyware's 
ability to access a user's machine without informed consent for 
financial gain that threatens the viability of the Internet as a 
commerce, entertainment, communications and educational tool, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Wyden; Trevor Hughes, Network 
Advertising Initiative, York, Maine; C. David Moll, Webroot Software, 
Inc., Boulder, Colorado; and Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and 
Technology, Washington, D.C.
RURAL WATER SUPPLY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 895, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States to 
provide a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural 
residents, after receiving testimony from John W. Keys, III, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Mayor 
David Lansford, Clovis, New Mexico, on behalf of the Eastern New Mexico 
Rural Water Association; Jim T. Dunlap, Upper La Plata Water Users, 
Farmington, New Mexico, on behalf of the National Rural Water 
Association, and the New Mexico Rural Water Association; Harold 
Frazier, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, South Dakota; and 
Duane A. Smith, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Oklahoma City, on 
behalf of the Western States Water Council.
LANDS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 100, to authorize the 
exchange of certain land in the State of Colorado, S. 235 and H.R. 816, 
bills to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of 
Federal land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada, S. 404, to make 
a technical correction relating to the land conveyance authorized by 
Public Law 108-67, S. 741, to provide for the disposal of certain 
Forest Service administrative sites in the State of Oregon, S. 761, to 
rename the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the 
State of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National 
Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an international 
authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in the establishment 
of this National Conservation Area, and H.R. 486, to provide for a land 
exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in 
the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of 
removing private land from the required safety zone surrounding 
munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base, after receiving 
testimony from Joel Holtrip, Deputy Chief for National Forest System, 
and Greg Smith, Director of Lands, both of the U.S. Forest System, 
Department of Agriculture; and Thomas P. Lonnie, Assistant Director, 
Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior.
U.S.-EUROPEAN UNION REGULATORY COOPERATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the United States-European Union 
regulatory cooperation on emerging technologies, focusing on 
nanotechnology, European collection societies, and information 
technology accessibility for the disabled, after receiving testimony 
from Harris N. Miller, Information Technology Association of America, 
Arlington, Virginia; Frederick C. Klaessig, Degussa Corporation, 
Piscataway, New Jersey, on behalf of the American Chemistry Council; 
Frances W. West, IBM Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Stephen 
F. Harper, Intel Corporation, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the 
European-American Business Council; Thomas B. Patton, Philips 
Electronics North America Corporation, John D. Hassell, Hewlett-Packard 
Company, and Joseph E. Duffy, SAP Public Services, Inc., all of 
Washington, D.C.
BIOLOGICAL THREATS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness concluded a hearing to 
examine 21st century biological threats, focusing on dual-purpose 
preparedness against natural and deliberate microbial threats, after 
receiving testimony from John Deutch, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, former Director of Central Intelligence, and 
former Deputy Secretary of Defense; J. Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter 
Institute, Rockville, Maryland; Guenael R. Rodier, World Health 
Organization, United Nations, New York, New York; and Harvey V. 
Fineberg, The National Academies, and Shelly Hearne, Trust for 
America's Health, both of Washington, D.C.

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INDIAN TRIBE RECOGNITION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held an oversight hearing to 
examine Federal recognition of Indian tribes, focusing on local 
municipalities and communities and tax and zoning issues, and casino 
gaming, receiving testimony from Senators Dodd and Lieberman; 
Representatives Shays, Simmons, and Nancy Johnson; Mary L. Kendall, 
Deputy Inspector General, and Lee Fleming, Director of Federal 
Acknowledgment, Office of Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the 
Interior; Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, Hartford; Richard L. 
Velky, Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, Derby, Connecticut; Stephen R. 
Adkins, Chickahominy Indian Tribe, Charles City, Virginia; John 
Barnett, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Longview, Washington; Kathleen J. 
Bragdon, College of William and Mary Department of Anthropology, 
Williamsburg, Virginia; and Ken Cooper, Town Action to Save Kent, South 
Kent, Connecticut.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began mark-up of S. 852, to 
create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for 
bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, but did not complete action 
thereon, and will meet again on tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.