[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D745-D746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS--CHINA NATIONAL OFFSHORE OIL MERGER--UNOCAL 
CORPORATION
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on national security 
implications of the possible merger of the China National Offshore Oil 
Corporation with Unocal Corporation. Testimony was heard from C. Richard 
D'Amato, Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; R. 
James Woolsey, former Director, CIA; and public witnesses.
COLLEGE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2005
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness began mark up of H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunity 
Act of 2005.
  Will continue tomorrow.
TREASURY'S REPORT--TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Treasury's Report 
to Congress on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA),'' Testimony was 
heard from John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury.
ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency 
Organization held a hearing entitled ``From Bureaucrats to Plutocrats: Can 
Entrepreneurialism Work in the Federal Government?'' Testimony was heard 
from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO; former 
Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt L. Gingrich of Georgia; and a 
public witness.
IMPROVE AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and

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Cybersecurity held a hearing entitled ``Leveraging Technology to Improve 
Aviation Security.'' Testimony was heard from Cathleen A. Berrick, Director, 
Homeland Security and Justice, GAO; and public witnesses.
U.S. AND RUSSIA BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROGRAMS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and 
Biological Attack held a hearing entitled ``Engineering Bio-Terror Agents: 
Lessons from the Offensive U.S. and Russian Biological Weapons Programs.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
USA PATRIOT AND TERRORISM PREVENTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3199, USA 
PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005.
FEDERAL LANDS--MOTORIZED RECREATIONAL USE
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and the Subcommittee 
on Forests and Forest Health held a joint hearing entitled ``Motorized 
Recreational Use on Federal Lands.'' Testimony was heard from Dale Bosworth, 
Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Ed Shepard, Assistant Director, Renewable 
Resources and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Small Business 
Development Centers: New Offerings for a New Economy,'' Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2005
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and 
Memorial Affairs approved for full Committee action H.R. 3200, 
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005.
USA PATRIOT AND TERRORISM PREVENTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Ordered reported, as amended, 
H.R. 3199, the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 
2005.


                             Joint Meetings

YUKOS AFFAIR
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission met to receive a briefing regarding the political and business 
implications of the prosecution and imprisonment of Russian Yukos Oil 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mikhail Khodorkovsky from Peter 
Roudik, Senior Foreign Law Expert, Congressional Research Service, Library 
of Congress; and Leonid Nevzlin, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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