[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 95 (Thursday, July 14, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D752-D754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a 
hearing to examine the progress of the Capitol Visitor Center, 
receiving testimony from Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol; Bob 
Hixon, Capitol Visitor Center Project Manager; and Bernard L. Ungar, 
Director, and Terrell Dorn, Assistant Director, both of the Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations:
  Committee ordered favorably reported 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.
MILITARY JUSTICE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine military justice and detention policy in the global 
war on terrorism, after receiving testimony from Senator Wyden; Daniel 
J. Dell'Orto, Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of Defense; 
Major General Thomas J. Romig, JAGC, USA, Judge Advocate General, U.S. 
Army; Rear Admiral James E. McPherson, JAGC, USN, Judge Advocate 
General, and Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah, CEC, USN, Director, Office 
of the Administrative Review of Detention of Enemy Combatants, both of 
the U.S. Navy; Brigadier General Kevin M. Sandkuhler, USMC, Staff Judge 
Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps; Major General Jack L. 
Rives, USAF, Deputy Judge Advocate General, and Brigadier General 
Thomas L. Hemingway, USAF, Legal Advisor to the Appointing Authority 
for the Office of Military Commissions, both of the U.S. Air Force; 
William P. Barr, Arlington, Virginia, former Attorney General of the 
United States; Stephen A. Saltzburg, George Washington University Law 
School, Washington, D.C.; and John D. Hutson, Franklin Pierce Law 
Center, Concord, New Hampshire.
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT OF 2002
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held a 
hearing to examine the Department of the Treasury's report to Congress 
entitled: `Assessment: The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002', 
focusing on assessing the likely capacity of the property and casualty 
insurance industry to offer insurance for terrorism risk after the 
termination of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, receiving 
testimony from John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury; and Ben S. 
Bernanke, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
Nominations:
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Mark A. Limbaugh, of Idaho, who 
was introduced by Senator Craig, and R. Thomas Weimer, of Colorado, who 
was introduced by Senator Allard, each to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Interior, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine the National Park Service's 
business strategy for operation and management of the national park 
system, the National Parks Business Plan Initiative (BPI), including 
development and implementation of business plans, use of business 
consultants, and incorporating business practices into day-to-day 
operations, after receiving testimony from Bruce Sheaffer, Comptroller, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Thomas C. Kiernan, 
National Parks Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.; Reginald 
Hagood, Student Conservation Association, Arlington, Virginia; and 
Geoffrey A. Baekey, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Marcus C. Peacock, of Minnesota, 
to be Deputy Administrator, Susan P. Bodine, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, who was introduced by 
Representative Duncan, and Granta Y. Nakayama, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Henry Crumpton, of Virginia, to be 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador at Large, Department of State, after the nominee testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
CAPITAL REGION SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine how prepared the 
National Capitol Region is for terrorism, focusing on how the National 
Capitol Region (NCR) is spending its homeland security grant funding, 
the organizational structures established to provide coordinated 
security, and if the NCR can be used as a model for security in other 
regions of the country, after receiving testimony from William O. 
Jenkins, Jr., Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, 
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Lockwood, Director, Office of National Capital Region Coordination, 
Department of Homeland Security; George W. Foresman, Assistant to the 
Governor of Virginia for Commonwealth Preparedness, Richmond; Dennis R. 
Schrader, Director, Governor's Office of Homeland Security in the State 
of Maryland, Annapolis; and Edward D. Reiskin, Deputy Mayor, Public 
Safety and Justice for the District of Columbia.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Homeland Security, 
focusing on an evaluation of the Department's operations, policies and 
structures to ensure that form and function are aligned to maximize the 
ability to achieve the security outcomes associated with the overriding 
mission of protecting the homeland, after receiving testimony from 
Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security.
TERRORISM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee met to 
discuss preparing an effective and immediate public health response in 
the aftermath of a terrorism attack, with Leah M. Devlin, North 
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh; Tara 
O'Toole, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Elin Gursky, Advancing National Strategies and Enabling 
Results (ANSER), Arlington, Virginia; John M. Clerici, McKenna Long and 
Aldridge, and Chuck Ludlam, both of Washington, D.C.; George Barrett, 
Teva North America, North Wales, Pennsylvania; David P. Wright, 
PharmAthene, Annapolis, Maryland; Clay Elward, Caterpillar, Inc., 
Peoria, Illinois; Bronwen A. Kaye, Wyeth, Madison, New Jersey; George 
W. Conk, Fordham Law School, New York, New York; David Franz, National 
Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Manhattan, Kansas; and John Pournoor, 
3M Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Indian Affairs/Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions: Committees concluded a joint hearing to examine S. 1057, to 
amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
Act, after receiving testimony from Charles W. Grim, Director, Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Rachel A. 
Joseph Lone-Pine Paiute Shoshone Reservation, Lone Pine, California, on 
behalf of the National Steering Committee for the Reauthorization of 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, National Indian Health Board, 
and the National Congress of American Indians; Don Kashevaroff, 
Seldovia Village Tribe, Seldovia, Alaska, on behalf of the Tribal Self-
Governance Advisory Committee, and the Alaska Native Tribal Health 
Consortium; Richard Brannan, Northern Arapaho Tribe, Fort Washakie, 
Wyoming; Ralph Forquera, Seattle Indian Health Board, Seattle, 
Washington; Mary Williard, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Bethel, 
Alaska, on behalf of the Alaska Native Health Board; and Robert M. 
Brandjord, Minnesota, on behalf of the American Dental Association.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee approved their rules of procedure 
for the 109th Congress.
  Also, committee resumed markup of S.1088, to establish streamlined 
procedures for collateral review of mixed petitions, but did not 
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of James Philip Terry, of Virginia, to be Chairman of 
the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, who was 
introduced by Senator Allen, and Charles S. Ciccolella, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, 
who was introduced by Senator Warner, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.