[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D546-D547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for 
defense-related programs, after receiving testimony from numerous 
public witnesses.
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch resumed 
hearings to examine the progress of Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) 
construction, focusing on the project's schedule, costs and funding, 
receiving testimony from Alan M. Hantman, Architect, Robert C. Hixon, 
Jr., Capitol Visitor Center Project Manager, Stephen Ayers, Chief 
Operating Officer, Susan Adams, Safety Officer, and Mark Weiss, 
Director, Capitol Power Plant, all of the Office of the Architect of 
the Capitol; and Bernard L. Ungar, Director, and Terrell Dorn, 
Assistant Director, both of Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; and Peter Evelyth, General Counsel, Office of 
Compliance.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 21.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Michael V. Hayden for appointment in the United States 
Air Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of 
importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601, to 
be General.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded a hearing to examine National Transportation Safety 
Board reauthorization issues, after receiving testimony from Mark V. 
Rosenker, Acting Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and 
Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, 
Government Accountability Office.
2006 HURRICANE SEASON
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Disaster Prevention and Prediction concluded a hearing to examine the 
outlook for the 2006 hurricane season and U.S. cities most vulnerable 
to hurricanes, after receiving testimony from Max Mayfield, Director, 
Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, National Weather 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Brigadier General Benjamin J. Spraggins, Harrison County 
Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, Gulfport, 
Mississippi; and Major General Stanhope S. Spears, South Carolina 
Military Department, Columbia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 997, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land 
in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, 
Montana, for use as a cemetery, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1529, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the 
city of Yuma, Arizona, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1548, to provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land 
to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 2003, to make permanent the authorization for watershed 
restoration and enhancement agreements, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2028, to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project (West Virginia Hydro 
Extension), with amendments;
  S. 2035, to extend the time required for construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Idaho, with amendments;
  S. 2054, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of water resources in the State of Vermont, with amendments;
  S. 2150, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Bureau of Land Management Land to the city of Eugene, Oregon, with 
amendments;
  S. 2373, to provide for the sale of approximately 132 acres of public 
land to the City of Green River, Wyoming, at fair market value, with 
amendments;
  S. 2403, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to include in the 
boundaries of the Grand Teton National Park land and interests in land 
of the GT Park Subdivision, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2568, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, with amendments;
  S. Res. 468--supporting the continued administration of Channel 
Islands National Park, including Santa Rosa Island, in accordance with 
the laws (including regulations) and policies of the National Park 
Service;
  H.R. 394, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
to evaluate the significance of the

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Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and 
assess the suitability and feasibility of including the farm in the 
National Park System as part of the Minute Man National Historical 
Park;
  H.R. 482, to provide for a land exchange involving Federal lands in 
the Lincoln National Forest in the State of New Mexico, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 486, to provide for a land exchange involving private land and 
Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force 
Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the 
required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman 
Air Force Base, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1492, to provide for the preservation of the historic 
confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World 
War II, with amendments; and
  H.R. 4000, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise 
certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick Irrigation District in 
Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-
Cambridge Irrigation District, and the Webster Irrigation District No. 
4, all a part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.
PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 2466, to authorize and 
direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and 
other land in southeast Arizona, S. 2788, to direct the exchange of 
certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and S. 
2567, to maintain the rural heritage of the Eastern Sierra and enhance 
the region's tourism economy by designating certain public lands as 
wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the State of 
California, after receiving testimony from Senators Boxer, Bennett, and 
Kyl; Chad Calvert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land 
and Minerals Management; Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest 
System, Department of Agriculture; Mayor Michael Hing, Superior, 
Arizona; John W. Andrews, Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands 
Administration, Salt Lake City; Bill Williams, Resolution Copper 
Company, Phoenix, Arizona; and Laura Kamala, Grand Canyon Trust, Castle 
Valley, Utah.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative 
to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, who was 
introduced by Senator Coleman, and John Clint Williamson, of Louisiana, 
to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Department of State, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of R. David Paulison, of 
Florida, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Federal 
Emergency Management, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Representative Shaw, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Andrew J. Guilford, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California, and Frank D. Whitney, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of North 
Carolina, who was introduced by Senators Dole and Burr, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.