[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 143 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1135-D1136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS--DOLA DEVELOPMENT FUND
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review Agricultural 
Negotiations in the Doha Development Round. Testimony was heard from 
Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture; Rob Portman, U.S. Trade 
Representative; and public witnesses.
REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Appropriations: Approved the Revised Suballocation of 
Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2006.
PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Pandemic Influenza. Testimony was heard from Michael O. 
Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
ACQUISITION REFORM
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on acquisition reform. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Kenneth J. Krieg, Under Secretary, Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics; Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Army, 
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology); John J. Young, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary, Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition; and LTG Donald 
J. Hoffman, USAF, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
the Air Force, Acquisition.
NATURAL GAS--HEATING OIL FOR AMERICAN HOMES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing entitled ``Natural Gas and Heating Oil for 
American Homes.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Energy: Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission; and Mark R. Maddox, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy; Reuben Jeffrey, III, Chairman, 
CFTC; Donald L. Mason, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission, State 
of Ohio; Mary Ann Manoogian, Director, Office of Energy and Planning, 
State of New Hampshire; and public witnesses.
ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS--SILICOSIS INVESTIGATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations approved a motion authorizing the issuance of subpoenas 
decus tecum to the following individuals: James Ballard; Todd Coulter; 
Andrew W. Harron; and Ray A. Harron for certain records in connection 
with its silicosis investigation.-
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES-
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere approved for full Committee action the following measures: 
H. Con. Res. 280, Mourning the horrific loss of life caused by the 
floods and mudslides that occurred in October 2005 in Central America 
and Mexico and expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
should do everything possible to assist the affected people and 
communities; H. Con. Res. 90, Conveying the sympathy of Congress to the 
families of the young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, 
and encouraging increased United States involvement in bringing an end 
to these crimes; and H. Res. 458, Remembering and commemorating the 
lives and work of Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline 
Sister Dorothy Kazel, and Cleveland Lay Mission Team Member Jean 
Donovan, who were executed by members of the armed forces of El 
Salvador on December 2, 1980.
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 
4128, to protect private property rights, providing 90 minutes of 
general debate with 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture.

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The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule provides that the amendment in the 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 
and shall be considered as read.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments 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 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 by Chairman Sensenbrenner, Chairman Goodlatte and 
Representatives Gingrey, Turner, Sodrel and Cuellar.
2005 SOLAR DECATHLON
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on Winning 
Teams and Innovation Technologies from the 2005 Solar Decathlon. 
Testimony was heard from Richard Moorer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Technology Development, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
RESOLUTION--REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION RELATING 
TO CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES OR CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO HURRICANE KATRINA 
RECOVERY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported, 
without recommendation, H. Res. 488, Requesting that the President 
transmit to the House of Representatives information in his possession 
relating to contracts for services or construction related to Hurricane 
Katrina recovery.
HURRICANE KATRINA--GOVERNMENT'S USE OF CONTRACTORS -
Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina: Held a hearing entitled ``Hurricane 
Katrina: The Federal Government's Use of Contractors to Prepare and 
Respond.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Homeland Security: Greg Rothwell, Chief Procurement 
Officer; Patricia English, Senior Procurement Executive, FEMA; and 
Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General; COL Norbert Doyle, USA, Acting 
Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers; David E. Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing 
Management, GAO; and public witnesses.