[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 72 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D600-D601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
IRANIAN THREAT ASSESSMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on Assessing the Iranian 
Threat, Its Geopolitics, and U.S. Policy Options. Testimony was heard 
from Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director, Research, The Washington 
Institute for Near East Policy; and Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for 
Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.
LINE ITEM VETO, CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Line Item Veto, 
Constitutional Issues. Testimony was heard from Louis Fisher, 
Specialist at the Law Library, Library of Congress; and public 
witnesses
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health approved for 
full Committee action the following: S. 655, A bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to the National Foundation for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Community Health Center 
Reauthorization Act of 2006; the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical 
Education Payment Program Reauthorization Act of 2006; and H.R. 4157, 
amended, Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity approved for full Committee action the following bills: 
H.R. 5443, amended, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2006; H.R. 5393, 
Natural Disaster Housing Reform Act of 2006; H.R. 5527, Mark-to-Market 
Extension Act of 2006; and H.R. 4804, amended, FHA Manufactured Housing 
Loan Modernization Act of 2006.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
  Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H. Res. 826, Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that a National Youth Sports Week should be 
established; H.R. 1167, amended, To amend the Truth in Regulating 
Act to make permanent the pilot project for the report on rules; 
H.R. 4416, To reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked 
mail in efforts relating to the location and recovery of missing 
children; H.R. 4809, Regulation in Plain Language Act of 2006; H.R. 
5216, Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-
Civil War Reconstruction Act of 2006; H.R. 5525, Reservists Pay 
Security Act of 2006; S. 959, amended, Star-Spangled Banner and War 
of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act; H.R. 5169, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1310 Highway 
64 NW, in Ramsey, Indiana, as the ``Wilfred Edward `Cousin Willie' 
Sieg, Sr. Post Office;'' H.R. 5194, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 8801 Sudley Road in 
Manassas, Virginia, as the ``Harry J. Parrish Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 5224, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green River, 
Wyoming as the ``Curt Gowdy Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5426, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 326 South Main Street in Princeton, Illinois as the ``Congressman 
Owen Lovejoy Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5428, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East 
Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the ``Joshua A. Terando 
Princeton Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5434, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 South 
Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the ``Larry Cox Post 
Office;'' H.R. 5504, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service at 6029 Broadmoor Street in Mission, Kansas, as the 
``Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building; H.R. 5540, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 217 
Southeast 2nd Street in Dimmitt, Texas, as the ``Sgt. Jacob Dan 
Dones Post Office;'' H. Res. 498, Supporting the goals and ideals of 
School Bus Safety Week; and S. 1445, A bill to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 520 Colorado 
Avenue in Arriba, Colorado, as the ``William H. Emery Post Office.''
SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AT FEDERAL AGENCIES
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Once More 
into the Data Breach: The Security of Personal Information at Federal 
Agencies.'' Testimony was heard from Clay Johnson III, Deputy Director, 
Management, OMB; R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
David M. Walker, Comptroller General, GAO; William E. Gray, Deputy 
Commissioner, Systems, SSA; and Daniel Galik, Chief Mission Assurance 
and Security Services, IRS, Department of the Treasury.
OVERSIGHT--ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing entitled ``Oversight 
Hearing on the Election Assistance Commission.'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Election Assistance Commission: 
Paul S. DeGregorio, Chairman; Ray Martinez

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III, Vice Chairman; Donetta L. Davidson and Gracia M. Hillman, both 
Commissioners.
OVERSIGHT--REVIEW IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on International Relations: Held an oversight hearing to 
review Iraq Reconstruction. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of State: James Jeffrey, Senior Advisor to 
Secretary Rice and Coordinator for Iraq; and James R. Kunder, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; and Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector 
General, Iraq Reconstruction.
OVERSIGHT--REMOVING AFRICAN
ENTREPRENEURIAL OBSTACLES
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Rights and International Operations held an oversight hearing on 
Removing Obstacles for African Entrepreneurs. Testimony was heard from 
Manuel A. Rosales, Assistant Administrator, Office of International 
Trade, SBA; and public witnesses.
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 4772, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 
2005. Testimony was heard from Daniel L. Siegel, Supervising Deputy 
Attorney General, State of California; and public witnesses.
REFORMING MECHANICAL MUSIC LICENSING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and 
Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action H.R. 5553, 
Section 115 Reform Act of 2006.
OVERSIGHT--WESTERN HEMISPHERE PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims held an oversight hearing entitled ``The Need to 
Implement WHTI to Protect U.S. Homeland Security.'' Testimony was heard 
from Paul Rosenzweig, Acting Assistant Secretary, Policy Development, 
Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
NOAA'S WEATHER SATELLITE PROGRAM
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on The Future of NPOESS: Results 
of the Nunn-McCurdy Review of NOAA's Weather Satellite Program. 
Testimony was heard from Ronald M. Sega, Under Secretary, Air Force, 
Department of Defense; VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN, (Ret.) 
Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; and Michael Griffin, Administrator, NASA.
BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on Reauthorization of the 
Brownfields Program--Successes and Future Challenges. Testimony was 
heard from Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; John M. Magill, Deputy 
Director, Department of Development, State of Ohio; and public 
witnesses.
VETERANS MEASURES--OVERSIGHT--VA'S FIDUCIARY PROGRAM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 601, Native American Veterans Cemetery Act of 2005; and 
H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
2006.
  The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the Veterans Benefits 
Administration's fiduciary program, including implementation of Title V 
of Public Law 108-454. Testimony was heard from Renee L. Szybala, 
Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL UPDATES/HOTSPOTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots. The Committee was 
briefed by departmental witnesses.