[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D971-D972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HUD--HURRICANE KATRINA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies held a 
hearing on Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hurricane 
Katrina). Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Roy Bernardi, Deputy 
Secretary, Community Planning and Development; and Brian Montgomery, 
Assistant Secretary and Commissioner, FHA.
RESOLUTION--DISAPPROVING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE 
AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered adversely reported H.J. Res. 65, 
Disapproving the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission.
THREATS IN ASIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee Defense Review Threat Panel held 
a hearing on Threats in Asia. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL DEBT POLICY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology held a hearing 
entitled ``IDA-14: Historic Advance or Incremental Change in Debt and 
Development Policy.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of the Treasury: Timothy D. Adams, Under Secretary, 
International Affairs; and Bobby J. Pittman, Jr., Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Multilateral Development Institutions and Policy.
GOVERNMENT AGENCY PERFORMANCE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and 
Agency Organization held a hearing entitled ``It's Time to React--
Reauthorizing Executive Authority to Consolidate Tasks: Establishing 
Results and Sunset Commissions (H.R. 3276 and H.R. 3277).'' Testimony 
was heard from Clay Johnson, Deputy Director, Management, OMB; and 
public witnesses.
BUSINESS ACTIVITY TAX SIMPLIFICATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax 
Simplification Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Earl Ehrhart, 
member, House of Representatives, State of Georgia; Joan Wagnon, 
Secretary of Revenue, State of Kansas; and public witnesses.
METHAMPHETAMINE EPIDEMIC ELIMINATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 3889, Methamphetamine Epidemic 
Elimination Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Souder and 
Kennedy of Minnesota; Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Chief, Office of 
Enforcement Operations, DEA, Department of Justice; and a public 
witness.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 679, To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey a parcel of real property to Beaver County, 
Utah; H.R. 2069, Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2005; H.R. 
3462, To provide for the conveyance of the Bureau of Land Management 
parcels known as the White Acre and Gambel Oak properties and related 
real property to Park City, Utah; and H.R. 3818, Forest Service 
Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Jack 
Troyer, Regional Forester, Inner Mountain Region 4, Forest Service, 
USDA; Chad Calvert, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Lands and Minerals 
Management, Department of the Interior; Dana Williams, Mayor, Park 
City, Utah; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following measures: H.R. 1564, Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District 
Conveyance Act of 2005; H.R. 2873, Albuquerque Biological Park Title 
Clarification Act; H.R. 2925, To amend the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought 
assistance; H.R. 3443, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado 
Water Conservancy District; and a measure regarding a water supply 
project near Madera, California. Testimony was heard from Jack Garner, 
Acting Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 
2006 THROUGH 2009
Committee of Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
one hour of general debate on H.R. 3402, to authorized appropriations 
for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the 
amendment in nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the 
Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
  The rule makes in order only those amendment printed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that 
the amendments printed in the report may be considered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representatives Flake, King 
of Iowa, Kolbe, Bartlett of Maryland, Brown-Waite of Florida, Conyers, 
Slaughter, Maloney of New York, Stupak, McCarthy of New York, Holt, 
Watson, Cuellar and Herseth.
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security and the 
Subcommittee on Human Resources held a joint hearing on the 
Commissioner of Social Security's proposed regulation to improve the 
disability determination process. Testimony was heard from Jo Anne B. 
Barnhart, Commissioner, SSA; Judge Howard D. McKibben, Chair, Judicial 
Conference Committee, Federal-State Jurisdiction, Administrative Office 
of the U.S. Courts; and public witnesses.
HURRICANE--ROLE OF FEMA
Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina: Held a hearing entitled ``Hurricane 
Katrina: the Role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Testimony 
was heard from Michael D. Brown former Under Secretary, Emergency 
Preparedness and Response and Director, FEMA, Department of Homeland 
Security.