[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D738-D739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs held a hearing on U.S. Counternarcotics 
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department 
of State: Ambassador Nancy Powell, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau for 
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement; and Jim Kunder, 
Assistant Administrator, USAID, Bureau for Asia and the Near East.
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DETENTION AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on Customs and Border Protection, Detention and Removal Operations. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Homeland Security: David Aguilar, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol; and Leonnard 
Kovensky, Acting Assistant Director, Detention and Removal Operations, 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
SPACE ACQUISITION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a hearing 
on space acquisition. Testimony was heard from GEN Lance W. Lord, USAF, 
Commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command, Department of Defense; Peter 
Rostan, Director, Advanced Science and Technology, National Reconnaissance 
Office; Robert Levin, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, GAO; 
and A. Thomas Young, former Chairman, Defense Science Board, Department of 
Defense.
COORDINATION AMONG FEDERAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Select Education 
held a hearing entitled ``Coordination Among Federal Youth Development 
Programs.'' Testimony was heard from Michael J. O'Grady, Assistant 
Secretary, Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Richard G. Moore, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Division, 
Department of Human Rights, State of Iowa; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Flood Map Modernization and the Future 
of the National Flood Insurance Program.'' Testimony was heard from David I. 
Maurstad, Acting Mitigation Division Director and Federal Insurance 
Administrator, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department 
of Homeland Security; William O. Jenkins, Director, Homeland Security and 
Justice, GAO; and public witnesses.
THREAT CONVERGENCE AT THE BORDER
Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing entitled ``Threat Convergence at 
the Border: How Can We Improve the Federal Effort to Dismantle Criminal 
Smuggling Organizations?'' Testimony was heard from Richard M. Stana, 
Director, Homeland Security and Justice, GAO.
PROJECT BIOSHIELD
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, 
Science and Technology held a hearing entitled ``Project BioShield: Linking 
Bioterrorism Threats and Countermeasure Procurement to Enhance Terrorism 
Preparedness.'' Testimony was heard from Stewart Simonson, Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of 
Health and Human Services; the following officials of the Department of 
Homeland Security: John Vitko, Jr., Director, Biological Countermeasures 
Portfolio, Directorate of Science and Technology; and Karen T. Morr, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Information Analysis, Information Analysis 
and Infrastructure Protection Directorate; and public witnesses.
NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING--ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on Economic 
Aspects of Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
BRIEFING--INTELLIGENCE OVERVIEW
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Intelligence 
Policy met in executive

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session to receive a Briefing on Intelligence Overview. Testimony was heard 
from departmental witnesses.
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