[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D735-D736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STEM CELLS RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine alternative methods for deriving stem cells, focusing on a 
single cell technique without destruction of the embryo, and a related 
measure, H.R. 810, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for human embryonic stem cell research (pending on Senate calendar), 
after receiving testimony from James F. Battey, Director, National 
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and Chair, 
National Institutes of Health Stem Cell Task Force, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Robert Lanza, Advanced Cell Technology, 
Worcester, Massachusetts; Ronald M. Green, Director, Dartmouth College 
Ethics Institute, Hanover, New Hampshire; George Q. Daley, Harvard 
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American 
Society for Cell Biology; and William B. Hurlbut, Stanford University, 
Stanford, California.
APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies approved for full Committee 
consideration H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine issues concerning Digital Television (DTV) 
transition, after receiving testimony from Edward O. Fritts, National 
Association of Broadcasters, Kyle McSlarrow, National Cable and 
Telecommunications Association, Richard Slenker, DIRECTV, Inc., John M. 
Lawson, Association of Public Television Stations, Michael D. Kennedy, 
Motorola, Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, on behalf of Consumer 
Federation of America, and Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation, 
all of Washington, D.C.; Manuel Abud, KVEA-TV, Channel 52, Los Angeles, 
California, on behalf of Telemundo; Patrick Knorr, Sunflower Broadband, 
Lawrence, Kansas, on behalf of the American Cable Association; Harlin 
R. McEwen, Ithaca, New York, on behalf of the International Association 
of Chiefs of Police; Charles C. Townsend, Aloha Partners, LP, Rumford, 
Rhode Island; and Gary J. Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association, 
Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Jill L. Sigal, of Wyoming, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental 
Affairs, who was introduced by Senator Crapo; David R. Hill, of 
Missouri, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, and James 
A. Rispoli, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Environmental Management, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
WATER PROJECTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 49, to establish a joint 
Federal-State Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation Commission for the 
State of Alaska, S. 247, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
assist in the planning, design, and construction of the Tumalo 
Irrigation District Water Conservation Project in Deschutes County, 
Oregon, S. 648, to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought 
Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance, S. 
819, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate costs of 
the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect increased 
demands for municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife purposes, S. 
891, to extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, 
Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin

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Program, Nebraska, and S. 1338, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the United 
States Geological Survey, to conduct a study on groundwater resources 
in the State of Alaska, after receiving testimony from John W. Keys 
III, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, and Leslie Holland-Bartels, 
U.S. Geological Survey, both of the Department of the Interior; Edgar 
Blatchford, Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development, 
Anchorage; and Elmer McDaniels, Tumalo Irrigation District, Bend, 
Oregon.
DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine S. 
1265, to make grants and loans available to States and other 
organizations to strengthen the economy, public health, and environment 
of the United States by reducing emissions from diesel engines, after 
receiving testimony from Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, Region 
9--Pacific Southwest Region, Environmental Protection Agency; Joseph P. 
Koncelik, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus; Judge 
Margaret Keliher, Dallas County Commissioner's Court, Dallas, Texas; 
Michael S. Cross, Cummins, Inc., Columbus, Indiana; Conrad G. 
Schneider, Brunswick, Maine, on behalf of the Clean Air Task Force; 
Timothy J. Regan, Emissions Control Technology Association, Washington, 
D.C.; and Stuart Nemser, Compact Membrane Systems, Inc., Wilmington, 
Delaware.
NORTH AMERICAN BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine North American cooperation on border security, after receiving 
testimony from Senators McCain, Cornyn, and Kennedy; Representative 
Harris; David V. Aguilar, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, Customs and Border 
Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Perrin Beatty, Canadian 
Manufacturers and Exporters, Ottawa; and Jorge Castaneda, former 
Foreign Minister of Mexico, Mexico City.
FEDERAL FINANCIAL REPORTING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security concluded an oversight hearing to examine truth 
and transparency in Federal financial reporting, focusing on challenges 
Federal agencies face in meeting the requirements of the Improper 
Payments Information Act of 2002, as well as incentives for improved 
reporting, and elimination of improper payments in the Federal 
government, after receiving testimony from McCoy Williams, Director, 
Financial Management and Assurance, Government Accountability Office; 
Linda M. Combs, Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, 
Office of Management and Budget; Tim Hill, Director, Office of 
Financial Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and Kate Coler, Deputy Under 
Secretary of Agriculture, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
MUSIC LICENSING REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held 
a hearing to examine music licensing reform issues, focusing on legal 
online music services, and equitable compensation of creators and 
copyright holders, receiving testimony from Marybeth Peters, Register 
of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress; Rob Glaser, 
RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the Digital Media 
Association; Rick Carnes, Songwriters' Guild of America, Nashville, 
Tennessee; Ismael Cuebas, Trans World Entertainment Corporation, 
Albany, New York, on behalf of the National Association of Recording 
Merchandisers; Glen Barros, Concord Music Group, Beverly Hills, 
California; Del R. Bryant, Broadcast Music, Inc., New York, New York; 
and David Israelite, National Music Publishers' Association, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
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