[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 160 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1285-D1286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
USDA POSTED COUNTY PRICES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management held a hearing to review Technical Procedures of USDA's 
Establishment of Posted County Prices. Testimony was heard from Floyd 
Gaibler, Deputy Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
USDA; and public witnesses.
POST-HURRICANES HOUSING OPTIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity, continued hearings entitled ``Housing Options in the Aftermath 
of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Brian D. 
Montgomery, Assistant Secretary, Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner; and 
Orlando J. Cabrera, Assistant Secretary, Public and Indian Housing.
SECURE HANDLING OF AMMONIUM NITRATE ACT OF 2005
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and 
Biological Attack approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 3197, 
Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 3197. 
Testimony was heard from

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James W. McMahon, Director, Office of Homeland Security, State of New York; 
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ORGANIC ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks held an oversight 
hearing on The National Park Service Organic Act and its Implementation 
through Daily Park Management. Testimony was heard from Steve Martin, Deputy 
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; the following 
former officials of the Department of the Interior: William Horn, Assistant 
Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks; and Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, 
National Park Service; and public witnesses.
BORDER PROTECTION, ANTITERRORISM, AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CONTROL ACT OF 
2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 2 
hours of general debate on H.R. 4437, Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and 
Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005, equally divided among and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Homeland Security. 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, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the 
Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole and shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the bill, as 
amended. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of 
the Rules Committee report. The rule provides that the amendments printed in 
part B of the report may be offered 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 amendments printed in part B of the 
report. Finally, the rule provides that, after disposition of the amendments 
printed in part B of the report, the Committee of the Whole shall rise 
without motion and no further consideration of the bill shall be in order 
except by a subsequent order of the House. Testimony was heard from Chairmen 
King and Sensenbrenner; and Representatives Chabot, King of Iowa, Flake, 
Gohmert, Kolbe, Rohrabacher, Deal of Georgia, Weldon of Florida, Sullivan, 
Gingrey, Garrett, Blackburn, McHenry, Poe, Campbell, Thompson of 
Mississippi, Loretta Sanchez of California, Markey, Meek of Florida, 
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Nadler, Berman, Linda T. Sanchez of California, 
Slaughter, Stupak, Reyes, Gonzalez, Davis of Tennessee and Ruppersberger.
PENSION PROTECTION ACT OF 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 90 
minutes of debate in the House on the bill H.R. 2830, Pension Protection Act 
of 2005, as amended, equally divided among and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the 
bill. In lieu of the amendments recommended by the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce and Ways of the amendments recommended by the Committees 
on Education and the Workforce and Ways and Means now printed in the bill, 
the amendment in the nature of a substitue printed in the part A of the 
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying the resolution shall be 
considered as adopted. The rule waives all points of order against the bill, 
as amended. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Finally, the rule provides that, notwithstanding the operation 
of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of 
the bill to a time designated by the Speaker. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Boehner and Representatives Gutknecht and Visclosky.
HURRICANE KATRINA: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE BY STATE OF LOUISIANA
Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response 
to Hurricane Katrina: Held a hearing entitled ``Hurricane Katrina: 
Preparedness and Response by the State of Louisiana.'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the State of Louisiana: Katheleen Babineaux 
Blanco, Governor; Jeff Smith, Deputy Director, Office of Homeland Security 
and Emergency Preparedness; C. Ray Nagin, Mayor, and Terry Ebbert, Director, 
Homeland Security; both with the City of New Orleans; William M. Lokey, 
Federal Coordinating Officer, Baton Rouge, and Phillip Barr, Deputy Federal 
Coordinating Officer, Advance Team in New Orleans, both with FEMA, 
Department of Homeland Security.
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