[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 52 (Thursday, May 4, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D436-D437]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, 
the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2007 for the Federal Aviation Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Marion C. Blakey, Administrator, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Department of Transportation.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill entitled ``National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2007'';
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007'';
  An original bill entitled ``Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007''; and
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Energy National Security 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007''.
BUSINESS MEETING: FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY RELIEF ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill, to provide regulatory relief and 
improve productivity for insured depository institutions.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVING FRAUD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded a hearing to 
examine protecting consumers from fraudulent practices in the moving 
industry, focusing on criminal elements that operate

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at the fringe of the industry and victimize the public, after receiving 
testimony from Todd J. Zinser, Acting Inspector General, and Warren 
Hoemann, Acting Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, both of the Department of Transportation; J. Joseph 
Curran, Jr., Maryland Attorney General, and Steven M. Sakamoto-Wengel, 
Maryland Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Chief, Consumer 
Protection Division, both of Baltimore; J.R. Kelly, Florida Department 
of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee; Kay F. Edge, 
Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Design, Blacksburg; and Joseph 
M. Harrison, American Moving and Storage Association, Alexandria, 
Virginia.
NANO COMMERCIALIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development concluded a hearing to examine 
promoting economic development opportunities through nano 
commercialization, after receiving testimony from Sean Murdock, 
NanoBusiness Alliance, Skokie, Illinois; Robert D. Rung, Oregon 
Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, Corvallis; Philip 
Boudjouk, North Dakota State University, Fargo; David Rejeski, Woodrow 
Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.; and Jerry 
L. Gwaltney, City of Danville, Danville, Virginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Dirk Kempthorne, of Idaho, to be 
Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Craig and Crapo, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
URBANIZATION IN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine housing and urbanization issues in 
Africa, focusing on the East Africa Peer Exchange Program, and economic 
growth and poverty reduction, after receiving testimony from Darlene F. 
Williams, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
Policy Development and Research; James T. Smith, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; Jonathan T.M. Reckford, Habitat 
for Humanity International, Americus, Georgia; and Anna Kajumulo 
Tibaijuka, UN-HABITAT, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 
Nairobi, Kenya.
BUSINESS MEETING: NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., 
of California, each to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth 
Circuit, and Renee Marie Bumb, Noel Lawrence Hillman, Peter G. 
Sheridan, and Susan Davis Wigenton, each to be a United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights, and Property Rights approved for full committee consideration 
S.J. Res.12, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the 
flag of the United States.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.