[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 105 (Thursday, July 28, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D852-D853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Lieutenant General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, for 
appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, U.S. 
Transportation Command, who was introduced by Senator Stevens, Ronald 
M. Sega, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, who was 
introduced by Senator Allard, Phillip Jackson Bell, of Georgia, to be 
Deputy Under Secretary for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, and John 
G. Grimes, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Networks and 
Information Integration, both of the Department of Defense, Keith E. 
Eastin, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Installations and Environment, and William Anderson, of Connecticut, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment 
and Logistics, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Peter Cyril Wyche Flory, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary for International Security Affairs, Phillip Jackson Bell, of 
Georgia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Logistics and Materiel 
Readiness, both of the Department of Defense, Keith E. Eastin, of 
Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and 
Environment, Lieutenant General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, for 
appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, U.S. 
Transportation Command, and 4,070 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 705, to establish the Interagency Council on Meeting the Housing 
and Service Needs of Seniors, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 804, to exclude from consideration as income certain payments 
under the national flood insurance program;
  S. 1047, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of each of the Nation's past Presidents and their 
spouses, respectively to improve circulation of the $1 coin, to create 
a new bullion coin;
  S. 190, to address the regulation of secondary mortgage market 
enterprises, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Christopher Cox, of California, Roel C. Campos, of 
Texas, and Annette L. Nazareth, of the District of Columbia, each to be 
a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, John C. Dugan, of 
Maryland, to be Comptroller of the Currency, and John M. Reich, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, both of 
the Department of the Treasury, Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be 
a Member and Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 1516, to reauthorize Amtrak, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 1408, to strengthen data protection and safeguards, require data 
breach notification, and further prevent identity theft, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine issues related to MGM v. Grokster and the 
appropriate balance between copyright protection and communications 
technology innovation, focusing on balancing the protection of 
copyright and technological innovation, after receiving testimony from 
Adam M. Eisgrau, Flanagan Consulting, on behalf of P2P United, Inc. and 
the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Mitch Bainwol, Recording 
Industry Association of America, both of Washington, DC; Gregory G.

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Kerber, Wurld Media, Inc., Saratoga Springs, New York; Mark G. Heesen, 
National Venture Capital Association, Arlington, Virginia; David N. 
Baker, EarthLink, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; and Fritz E. Attaway, Motion 
Picture Association of America, Encino, California.
NATIONAL PARKS/MEMORIALS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 584 and H.R. 432, bills to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to allow the continued occupancy 
and use of certain land and improvements within Rocky Mountain National 
Park, S. 652, to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of 
the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary 
of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, S. 958, to amend the National Trails 
System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States of 
Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a National 
Historic Trail, S. 1154, to extend the Acadia National Park Advisory 
Commission, to provide improved visitor services at the park, S. 1166, 
to extend the authorization of the Kalaupapa National Historical Park 
Advisory Commission, and S. 1346, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study of maritime sites in the State of Michigan, 
after receiving testimony from Stephen P. Martin, Deputy Director, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Steve Belko, 
Michigan Lighthouse Project, Oxford; Dennis M. Wint, The Franklin 
Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ralph Eshelman, Lusby, Maryland; 
and Betty H. Dick, Grand Lake, Colorado.
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held an oversight hearing to 
examine the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601), focusing on the impact of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision in Bonnichsen v. 
United States, and the proposed amendment to the definition of ``Native 
American'' under the Act, receiving testimony from Paul Hoffman, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; 
Paul Bender, Arizona State University College of Law, and Keith W. 
Kintigh, Society for American Archaeology, both of Tempe, Arizona; 
Walter R. Echo-Hawk, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado; 
Patricia M. Lambert, Utah State University, Logan, on behalf of the 
American Association of Physical Anthropologists; Paula A. Barran, 
Barran and Leibman, LLP, Portland, Oregon; and A. Van Horn Diamond, 
Honolulu, Hawaii.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 103, to respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use 
of methamphetamine in the United States, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Michael J. Garcia, of New York, to be United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter Manson 
Swaim, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of 
Indiana.
  Also, Committee resumed markup of S. 1088, to establish streamlined 
procedures for collateral review of mixed petitions, amendments, and 
defaulted claims, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed 
subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1234, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2005, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans;
  S. 1235, to amend chapters 19 and 37 of title 38, United States Code, 
to extend the availability of $400,000 in coverage under the 
servicemembers' life insurance and veterans' group life insurance 
programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, (as approved 
by the Committee, the substitute amendment incorporated related 
provisions of S. 1235, as introduced, S. 552, S. 917, S. 151, S. 1259, 
S. 1271, and S. 423); and
  The nominations of James Philip Terry, of Virginia, to be Chairman of 
the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans' Affairs, and 
Charles S. Ciccolella, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor 
for Veterans' Employment and Training.