[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 76 (Thursday, June 9, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D587-D589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies approved for 
full Committee action the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Relations Agencies appropriations for Fiscal 
Year 2006.
PBGC's UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on PBGC's Unfunded Pension 
Liabilities: Will Taxpayers Have To Pay The Bill? Testimony was heard 
from David M. Walker, Comptroller General, GAO; and Douglas J. Holtz-
Eakin, Director, CBO.
HIGH SCHOOL REFORM EFFORTS--NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ROLE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Education 
Reform held a hearing entitled ``The Role of Non-Profit Organizations 
in State and Local High School Reform Efforts.'' Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
U.S.-CHINA TRADE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Issues before the U.S.-
China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.'' Testimony was heard 
from Jon W. Dudas, Under Secretary, Intellectual Property and Director, 
Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce.
PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY INITIATIVES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives.'' Testimony was 
heard from Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
public witnesses.
FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY RELIEF
  Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Financial 
Services Regulatory Relief: The Regulators' Views.'' Testimony was 
heard from John M. Reich, Vice-Chairman, FDIC; Donald L. Kohn, 
member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; the following 
officials of the Department of the Treasury: Julie L. Williams, 
Acting Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; and 
Richard M. Riccobono, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; 
JoAnn Johnson, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; and 
public witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT MISSIONS EFFECTIVENESS
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Department of Homeland Security's Mission Effectiveness: Is it Enough 
to Meet the Terrorist Threat?'' Testimony was heard from Michael 
Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security.
REGISTERED TRAVELER IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity held a hearing entitled 
``The Promise of Registered Traveler.'' Testimony was heard from 
Bridgette Goersch, Director of Security, Greater Orlando Airport 
Authority, Orlando International Airport, Florida; and public 
witnesses.
HOUSE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on the Emergency 
Preparedness of the House and the Evacuation of May 11, 2005. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the House: Wilson Livingood, 
Sergeant at Arms; and James M. Eagen III, Chief Administrative Officer; 
Chief Terrance Gainer, U.S. Capitol Police; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT; RESOLUTION--MASSACRE AT SREBRENICA
  Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported, as 
amended, H.R. 2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 2006 and 2007.
  The Committee also approved a motion urging the Chairman to request 
that the following measure be placed on the Suspension Calendar: H. 
Res. 199, amended, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995.
PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Terrorism and Nonproliferation held a hearing entitled ``Proliferation 
Security Initiative: An Early Assessment.'' Testimony was heard from 
Stephen G. Rademaker, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, 
Department of State.
PATENT ACT OF 2005
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing on H.R. 2795, Patent Act of 2005. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHILD PROTECTION MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
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the following: H.R. 764, To require the Attorney General to establish a 
Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect; H.R. 95, Dru 
Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2005; H.R. 1355, 
Child Predator's Act of 2005; H.R. 1505, Jessica Lunsford Act; H.R. 
2423, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act; H.R. 244, Save 
Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 
2005; H.R. 2796, DNA Fingerprinting Act of 2005, and H.R. 2797, Aime 
Zyla Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Representatives Foley, Poe, 
Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, and Pomeroy.
OVERSIGHT--CHILD PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on ``Protecting our 
Nation's Children from Sexual Predators and Violent Criminals: What 
Needs to Be Done?'' Testimony was heard from Tracy Henke, Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, Department of 
Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. OLYMPIC OPERATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims held an oversight hearing on ``The Olympic 
Family--Functional or Dysfunctional?'' Testimony was heard from Jim 
Scherr, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Olympic Committee; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing 
on the following bills: H. R. 562, To authorize the Government of 
Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of 
Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in 
Ukraine in 1932-1933; H.R. 1096, To establish the Thomas Edison 
National Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Thomas 
Edison Historic Site; and H.R. 1515, To adjust the boundary of the 
Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and 
Preserve in the State of Louisiana. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Levin, Garrett, Payne and Pascrell; Joseph Lawler, 
Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
AMTRAK FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads held an oversight hearing on Amtrak Food and Beverage 
Operations. Testimony was heard from JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; the following officials of Amtrak: 
David L. Gunn, President; and Fred E. Weiderhold, Jr., Inspector 
General; and public witnesses.
VETERANS' COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 2005
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs approved for full Committee action H.R. 1220, 
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005.
FEDERAL FOSTER CARE FINANCING
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on Federal Foster Care Financing. Testimony was heard from Wade 
F. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Don Winstead, Deputy Secretary, Department 
of Children and Families, State of Florida; and public witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY--PROTECTING AND STRENGTHENING
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security continued 
hearings on Protecting and Strengthening Social Security. Testimony was 
heard from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security, GAO; Frederick G. Streckewald, Assistant Deputy 
Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs, SSA; Nan Grogan 
Orrock, Representative, General Assembly, State of Georgia; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue June 14.

Joint Meetings
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
current economic outlook, after receiving testimony from Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
IRAN CRISIS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission concluded a hearing to examine the human rights situation in 
Iran and the prospects for a U.S.-European response, after receiving 
testimony from Goli Ameri, U.S. Public Delegate to the United Nations 
Human Rights Commission; Jeff Gedmin, Aspen Institute Berlin, Berlin, 
Germany; Tom Melia, Freedom House, Washington, D.C.; Manda Zand Ervin, 
Alliance of Iranian Women; Karim Lahidji, International Federation of 
Human Rights, France.
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
  Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 3, to

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authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and 
transit programs, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed 
subject to call.