[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 28, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D976-D978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 
2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS INTEGRITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine S. 1114, to establish minimum drug testing 
standards for major professional sports leagues, and S. 1334, to 
provide for integrity and accountability in professional sports, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Bunning; Allan H. Selig, Major League 
Baseball, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Donald M. Fehr, Major League Baseball 
Players Association, Paul Tagliabue, National Football League, David J. 
Stern, National Basketball Association, Antonio Davis, National 
Basketball Players Association, and Gary Bettman, National Hockey 
League, all of New York, New York; Eugene Upshaw, National Football 
League Players Association, and Ted Saskin, National Hockey League 
Players' Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Ryne Sandberg, Phoenix, 
Arizona; Robin Roberts, Tampa, Florida; Lou Brock, St. Louis, Missouri; 
and Paul Niekro, and Hank Aaron, both of Atlanta, Georgia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 166, to amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to 
reauthorize the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in the 
Deschutes River Conservancy;

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  S. 206, to designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 213, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 242, to establish 4 memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the 
State of Texas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 251, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a water resource feasibility 
study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon, with 
amendments;
  S. 592, to extend the contract for the Glendo Unit of the Missouri 
River Basin Project in the State of Wyoming, with an amendment;
  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. 761, to rename the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation 
Area in the State of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of 
Prey National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an 
international authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in the 
establishment of this National Conservation Area;
  S. 777, to designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland 
as the ``Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area'', with amendments;
  S. 819, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate 
costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect 
increased demands for municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife 
purposes;
  S. 891, to extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, 
Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska;
  S. 895, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural 
water supply program in the Reclamation States to provide a clean, 
safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 955, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
including in the National Park System certain sites in Williamson 
County, Tennessee, relating to the Battle of Franklin, with an 
amendment;
  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, with an 
amendment;
  S. 1154, to extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, to 
provide improved visitor services at the park, with amendments;
  S. 1170, to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave 
Conservation Area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1238, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to provide for 
the conduct of projects that protect forests, with amendments;
  S. 1338, to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Geological Survey, to 
conduct a study on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, with 
an amendment;
  S. 1627, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resources study to evaluate resources along the coastal region 
of the State of Delaware and to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing a unit of the National Park System in 
Delaware;
  H.R. 126, to amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for an adjustment in 
the number of free roaming horses permitted in Cape Lookout National 
Seashore;
  S. 584, to require the Secretary of the Interior to permit continued 
occupancy and use of certain lands and improvements within Rocky 
Mountain National Park, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 539, to designate certain National Forest System land in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System;
  H.R. 584, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recruit 
volunteers to assist with, or facilitate, the activities of various 
agencies and offices of the Department of the Interior;
  H.R. 606, to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the 
Interior for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station in 
the State of California;
  H.R. 1101, to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain 
lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, 
California; and
  S. 485, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 
1992.
GRAZING PROGRAMS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded an oversight hearing to examine the grazing 
programs of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, 
including proposed changes to grazing regulations, and the status of 
grazing permit renewals, monitoring programs and allotment restocking 
plans, after receiving testimony from Jim Hughes, Deputy Director, 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Fred Norbury, 
Associate

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Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Michael Byrne, Public Lands Council, Tule Lake, 
California, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; 
William S. Whelan, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia; and 
Richard L. Knight, Colorado State University, College of Natural 
Resources, Fort Collins.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MAKING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the role of science in environmental policy making, 
focusing on independent verification to science, after receiving 
testimony from Donald R. Roberts, Division of Tropical Public Health, 
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences, Department of Defense; Richard E. 
Benedick, National Council for Science and the Environment, and David 
B. Sandalow, The Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; 
William M. Gray, Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric 
Science, Fort Collins; and Michael Crichton, Los Angeles, California.
HURRICANE KATRINA: COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the economic 
recovery of certain Gulf Coast States, focusing on community rebuilding 
needs, including housing, transportation and educational assistance; 
and to examine the effectiveness of prior tax legislative proposals to 
address recent disasters affecting the United States, receiving 
testimony from George K. Yin, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on 
Taxation; Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Baton Rouge; 
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Jackson; Alabama Governor Bob 
Riley, Montgomery; Diana Aviv, Independent Sector, and Jean-Mari 
Peltier, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff, New York, New York; and Gary P. 
LaGrange, New Orleans, Louisiana, on behalf of the Port of New Orleans 
and the American Association of Port Authorities.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the international response to the Darfur region of Sudan, 
focusing on the goals of the United States toward the region, the 
Naivasha (North-South) Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), and North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) assistance to the African Union 
Mission for Sudan, after receiving testimony from Robert B. Zoellick, 
Deputy Secretary of State; and General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, 
Commander, United States European Command, Department of Defense.
HURRICANE KATRINA RECOVERY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
continued a hearing to examine the emergency response and local efforts 
to meet the immediate needs of victims recovering from Hurricane 
Katrina, receiving testimony from County Judge Robert A. Eckels, Harris 
County, Texas; Mayor-President Melvin L. Holden, Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana; Mayor Robert V. Massengill, Brookhaven, Mississippi; and 
Mayor Dan Coody, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND INNOVATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
copyright and innovation issues relative to the Supreme Court's recent 
ruling in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, focusing on 
protection of intellectual property and the prosecution of those who 
steal or illegally distribute intellectual resources, after receiving 
testimony from Mary Beth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Copyright 
Office, Library of Congress; Debra Wong Yang, U.S. Attorney, Central 
District of California, Department of Justice; Cary Sherman, Recording 
Industry Association of America, Washington, D.C.; Gary J. Shapiro, 
Consumer Electronics Association, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the 
Home Recording Rights Coalition; Mark A. Lemley, Stanford University 
Law School, Stanford, California; Ali Aydar, SNOCAP, Inc., San 
Francisco, California; Sam Yagan, MetaMachine, Inc., New York, New 
York; and Marty Roe, Nashville, Tennessee.