[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 75 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D622-D624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FY 2007
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007: Defense; and the 
Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
Agencies.
NATIONAL DEFENSE ENHANCEMENT AND NATIONAL GUARD EMPOWERMENT ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on issues related to H.R. 
5200, National Defense Enhancement and National Guard Empowerment Act 
of 2006. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense; ADM Edmund P. Giambastiani, USN, Vice Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gordon R. England, Deputy Secretary; GEN Richard 
Cody, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Army; and GEN John. 
D.W. Corley, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Air Force; BG 
Stephen M. Koper, USAF (Ret.), President, National Guard Association of 
the United States; and MG Francis D. Vavala, USA, Vice President, 
Adjutants General Association of the United States.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing entitled ``No 
Child Left Behind: Disaggregating Student Achievement by Subgroups To 
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Students Are Learning.'' Testimony was heard from Raymond Simon, Deputy 
Secretary, Department of Education; Ronald A. Peiffer, Deputy State 
Superintendent, Department of Education, State of Maryland; and public 
witnesses.
NIH HUMAN TISSUE RESEARCH POLICIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Human Tissue Samples: NIH 
Research Policies and Practices.'' Testimony was heard from Susan 
Molchan, M.D., Program Director, AD Neuroimaging Initiative, 
Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program, National Institute 
on Aging, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Home Mortgage Disclosure 
Act: Newly Collected Data and What It Means.'' Testimony was heard from 
Mark W. Olson, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and 
public witnesses.
HEALTH IT/FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and 
Agency Organization continued hearings entitled ``Healthier Feds and 
Families: Introducing Information Technology into the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program, a Legislative Hearing on H.R. 4859, (Federal 
Family Health Information Technology Act of 2006). Part II.'' Testimony 
was heard from Representative Clay; Dan Green, Deputy Associate 
Director, Center for Employee and Family Support Policy, OPM; and 
public witnesses.
PRIVATE SECURITY FIRMS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled 
``Private Security Firms: Standards, Cooperation and Coordination on 
the Battlefield.'' Testimony was heard from William M. Solis, Director, 
Defense Capabilities and Management, GAO; Shay Assad, Director, Defense 
Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense; the 
following officials of the Department of State: Greg Starr, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; and James Kunder, 
Assistant Administrator, Near East and Africa, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--STATE TAXATION OF INTERSTATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on Oversight of State Taxation of 
Interstate Telecommunications Services. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
CRIMINAL RESTITUTION IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on the Criminal Restitution 
Improvement Act of 2006. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND HUD, THE JUDICIARY, 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FY 2007
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of general debate on H.R. 5576, Making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. Under the rules of the House the 
bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points 
of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill), except as specified 
in the resolution. The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.
RESOLUTION--IRAQ WAR ON TERROR
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairmen Hyde and Hunter; 
Representatives Paul, Jones of North Carolina, Lantos, Abercrombie, and 
Woolsey, but action was deferred on H. Res. 861, Declaring that the 
United States will complete the mission in Iraq and prevail in the 
Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the 
terrorist adversary.
NASA WORKFORCE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on The NASA Workforce: Does NASA Have the Right Strategy and 
Policies to Retain and Build the Workforce It Will Need?''

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Testimony was heard from Toni Dawsey, Assistant Administrator, Human 
Capital Management, NASA; and public witnesses.
RAIL TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads held a hearing on Current Issues in Rail Transportation of 
Hazardous Materials. Testimony was heard from Representative Pomeroy; 
Joseph Boardman, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Robert J. Chipkevich, Director, Office of 
Railroad, Pipeline, and Hazardous Materials Investigations, National 
Transportation Safety Board; and public witnesses.