[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 41 (Tuesday, April 4, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D329-D330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 
4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, with amendments.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the proposed defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2007, focusing on missile defense programs, after receiving 
testimony from Peter C.W. Flory, Assistant Secretary for International 
Security Policy, and David W. Duma, Acting Director, Operational Test 
and Evaluation, both of the Department of Defense; Lieutenant General 
Larry J. Dodgen, USA, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense 
Command, U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command; and Lieutenant General 
Henry A. Obering, III, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the proposed defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2007, focusing on health benefits and programs, after 
receiving testimony from David S.C. Chu, Under Secretary for Personnel 
and Readiness, and William Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary for 
Health Affairs, both of the Department of Defense; General Richard A. 
Cody, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Admiral Robert F. 
Willard, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; 
General Robert Magnus, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, 
United States Marine Corps; and General John D.W. Corley, USAF, Vice 
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine the proposed defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program, focusing on the 
posture of the United States Transportation Command, after receiving 
testimony from General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, Commander, U.S. 
Transportation Command; and General Duncan J. McNabb, USAF, Commander, 
Air Mobility Command.
TERRORIST FINANCING AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a current assessment of money laundering and 
terrorist financing threats and countermeasures, after receiving 
testimony from Stuart Levey, Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs; Michael F.A. 
Morehart, Chief, Terrorist Financing Operations Section,

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Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department 
of Justice; and Kevin Delli-Colli, Deputy Assistant Director, Financial 
and Trade Investigations Division, Office of Investigations, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded a hearing to examine S. 2123, to 
modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program under title I 
of the National Housing Act, after receiving testimony from Brian D. 
Montgomery, Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing 
Commissioner, and Michael J. Frenz, Vice President and Chief Operating 
Officer, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), both of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Kevin Clayton, Clayton 
Homes, Inc., Maryville, Tennessee, on behalf of the Manufactured 
Housing Institute and the Manufactured Housing Association for 
Regulatory Reform; and Kevin Jewell, Manufactured Housing Project, 
Austin, Texas, on behalf of Consumers Union.
TSA'S BAGGAGE AND PASSENGER SCREENING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the responsibilities, operations, and priorities 
of Transportation Security Administration in airline passenger and 
baggage screening, after receiving testimony from Edmund ``Kip'' 
Hawley, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Transportation 
Security; Cathleen Berrick, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, 
Government Accountability Office; and Gregory O. Principato, Airports 
Council International-North America, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the 
American Association of Airport Executives.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine design elements of a mandatory market-based greenhouse gas 
regulatory system in the United States, including trading and 
international competitiveness, after receiving testimony from sundry 
witnesses.
TAX PREPARERS
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine the quality 
and costs of paid federal income tax return preparers, focusing on 
enrolled agents--those who are approved by the Internal Revenue Service 
(IRS) after passing an examination on tax matters or demonstrating past 
IRS employment experience, receiving testimony from Michael Brostek, 
Director, Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Bert 
Dumars, Director, Electronic Tax Administration, and Nina E. Olson, 
National Taxpayer Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate Service, both of the 
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; and Robert A. 
Weinberger, H&R Block, on behalf of the Free File Alliance, LLC, 
Francis X. Degen, National Association of Enrolled Agents, and Harley 
T. Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
COUNTERTERRORISM PRIORITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Terrorism met in closed session to receive a briefing 
regarding counterterrorism priorities from Henry A. Crumpton, 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, Department of State.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.