[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 138 (Wednesday, October 26, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1095-D1096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RECONCILIATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill entitled, ``Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act 
of 2005''.
FEDERAL LANDS RECREATION ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine the implementation of the 
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (P.L. 108-447), by the Forest 
Service and the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
Environment; P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Policy, Management and Budget; Marvel C. Stalcup, Arizona No-Fee 
Coalition, Sedona; Kitty Benzar, Western Slope No-Fee Coalition, 
Norwood, Colorado; Lance Young, One World Outing Club, Seattle, 
Washington; and Aubrey C. King, King and Gorin, Bowie, Maryland, on 
behalf of Western States Tourism Policy Council, Southeast Tourism 
Society, National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, and the 
National Alliance of Gateway Communities.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee reported favorably 
the following business items:
  S. 1869, to reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act;
  S. Res. 255, recognizing the achievements of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service and the Waterfowl Population Survey; and S. 1285, 
to designate the Federal building located at 333 Mt. Elliott Street in 
Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Parks Federal Building''.
  Also, committee failed to approve for reporting S. 1772, to 
streamline the refinery permitting process, as amended.
ECO-TERRORISM: ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee continued a 
hearing to examine the threat posed by animal rights activists, 
specifically Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and their use of direct 
action against individuals and companies, focusing on efforts to combat 
domestic extremists, and ways to protect victims, after receiving 
testimony from John E. Lewis, Deputy Assistant Director, 
Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Barry 
M. Sabin, Chief, Counterterrorism Section, Criminal Division, both of 
the Department of Justice; Mark L. Bibi, Huntingdon Life Sciences, 
Inc., Hackensack, New Jersey; Skip Boruchin, Legacy Trading Company, 
Edmond, Oklahoma; Richard P. Bernard, New York Stock Exchange, New 
York, New York; and Jerry Vlasak, North American Animal Liberation 
Press Office, Santa Monica, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of James Caldwell Cason, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
UNCOLLECTED TAXES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
tax gap, focusing on components that make up the tax gap and how to 
ensure that American taxpayers are not bearing the financial burden of 
those who are not complying with the law, after receiving testimony 
from Mark Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
of the Treasury; Bart Lanier Graham, Georgia Department of Revenue, 
Atlanta; and Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, 
Washington, D.C.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine emergency preparedness 
relating to terrorism, focusing on communications failures, risk-based 
funding, and risk assessment, after receiving testimony from former 
Senator Slade Gorton, on behalf of the National Commission on Terrorist 
Attacks Upon the United States; Wayne C. Thomas, Innovative Emergency 
Management, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Henry R. Renteria, California 
Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Mather; Matthew R. 
Bettenhausen, California Office of Homeland Security, Sacramento; and 
Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
NINTH CIRCUIT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded a hearing to examine proposals to divide the 
Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States, including S. 1296, S. 
1301, and S. 1845, after receiving testimony from Diarmuid F. 
O'Scannlain, Portland, Oregon, Richard C. Tallman, Seattle, Washington, 
Alex Kozinski, Pasadena, California, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Fairbanks,

[[Page D1096]]

Alaska, and Sidney R. Thomas, Billings, Montana, each a Circuit Judge, 
and Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, Phoenix, Arizona, all of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and District Judge John 
M. Roll, United States District Court for the District of Arizona, 
Tucson; and Chief Judge Emeritus Marilyn L. Huff, United States 
District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.