[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 80 (Thursday, June 16, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D620-D621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY/ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 2360, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  H.R. 2419, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
MEETING THE HOUSING AND SERVICE NEEDS OF SENIORS ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 705, to establish the Interagency Council on 
Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors, after receiving 
testimony from Alphonso R. Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; David G. Wood, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment, Government Accountability Office; Nelda Barnett, AARP, and 
William T. Smith, American Association of Homes and Services for the 
Aging, both of Washington, D.C.; Dana Jo Olson, Volunteers of America, 
Colorado Springs, Colorado; Stephen Proctor, Presbyterian Homes, Inc., 
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Non Profit 
Housing Association; Terry Allton, National Church Residences, 
Columbus, Ohio; and Steve Protulis, Elderly Housing Development and 
Operations Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine Federal legislative solutions to data breaches and 
identity theft, focusing on ensuring the safety and security of 
consumers' personal information, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Feinstein and Schumer; Representative Hooley; Deborah Platt 
Majoras, Chairman, Orson Swindle, Thomas B. Leary, Pamela Jones 
Harbour, and Jon Leibowitz, all Commissioners, all of the Federal Trade 
Commission; and Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell, 
Montpelier, on behalf of the National Association of Attorneys General.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of William Alan Jeffrey, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Department of Commerce, who was introduced by Senator 
Allen, and Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service, who was introduced by Senator Hutchison, Ashok G. 
Kaveeshwar, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Research and 
Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation, and 
Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Transportation Security Administration, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled, Energy Policy Tax Incentives Act of 2005.
U.S. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States stabilization and reconstruction efforts to 
prevent or prepare for certain post-conflict situations, after 
receiving testimony from Carlos Pascual, Coordinator for Reconstruction 
and Stabilization, Department of State; Ryan Henry, Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary for Policy, and Lieutenant General Walter Sharp, 
Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, both of the 
Department of Defense; and James R. Kunder, Assistant Administrator for 
Asia and the Near East, United States Agency for International 
Development.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to examine tax 
delinquency problems with Federal contractors, focusing on civilian 
agency contractors involved in abusive and potentially criminal 
activity related to the Federal tax system, receiving testimony from 
Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special 
Investigations, Steven J. Sebastian, Director, Financial Management and 
Assurance, and John J. Ryan, Assistant Director, Forensic Audits and 
Special Investigations, all of the Government Accountability Office; 
and Mark W. Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, and 
Richard L. Gregg, Commissioner, Financial Management Service, both of 
the Department of the Treasury.
  Hearing recessed subject to call.

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INDIAN EDUCATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held an oversight hearing to 
examine Indian education issues, focusing on Bureau of Indian Affairs 
education programs, program performance and professional development, 
teacher recruitment efforts, fiscal and financial management, and safe 
and secure schools, receiving testimony from James E. Cason, Associate 
Deputy Secretary, Ed Parisian, Acting Director, Office of Indian 
Education Programs, and Dominic Lowery, Acting Chair, National Fund for 
Excellence in American Indian Education, all of the Department of the 
Interior; Victoria Vasques, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education and 
Director, Office of Indian Education; David Beaulieu, National Indian 
Education Association, Washington, D.C.; Joe McDonald, Salish Kootenai 
College, Pablo, Montana, on behalf of the American Indian Higher 
Education Consortium; Roger Bordeaux, Tiospa Zina Tribal School, 
Sisseton, South Dakota, on behalf of the Association of Community 
Tribal Schools, Inc.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 491, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to expand the definition of firefighter to include apprentices and 
trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations, and
  The nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Rachel Brand, of Iowa, 
to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, and 
Alice S. Fisher, of Virginia, to be Assistant Attorney General for the 
Criminal Division, both of the Department of Justice.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Janice B. Gardner, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.