[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D665-D666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SCIENCE, THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2007
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported, as amended, the Science, The 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007.
DOD FORCE REALIGNMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on significant force 
realignments of the Department of Defense, including beddown, support, and 
other costs and requirements related to those realignments. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Ryan Henry, 
Principal Under Secretary, Policy; Philip W. Grone, Deputy Under Secretary, 
Installations and Environment; and RADM William D. Sullivan, USN, Vice 
Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following measures: 
H.R. 5534, To establish a grant program whereby moneys collected from 
violations of the corporate average fuel economy program are used to expand 
infrastructure necessary to increase the availability of alternative fuels; 
H.R. 5632, amended, To amend Chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to 
establish a national tire fuel efficiency consumer information program; H.R. 
5611, amended, Fuel Consumption Education Act; a measure to study and 
promote the use of energy efficient computer servers in the United States; 
and H.R. 2730, United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act.
PRIVACY IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Privacy in the Commercial 
World II.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS INCENTIVES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census 
held a hearing entitled ``Poverty, Public Housing and the CRA: Have Housing 
and Community Investment Incentives Helped Public Housing Families Achieve 
the American Dream?'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NAVAJO-HOPI SETTLEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 2005
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on S. 1003, Navajo-Hopi Land 
Settlement Amendments of 2005. Testimony was heard from William Pat 
Ragsdale, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
VOTING RIGHTS REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 90 
minutes of general debate on H.R. 9, Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and 
Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act, 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now 
printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose 
of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule makes in order only 
those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
resolution. The rule provides that he amendments made in order may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question 
in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representatives Daniel E. Lungren of 
California, King of Iowa, Gohmert, Herger, Rohrabacher, Norwood, Bilbray, 
Garrett of New Jersey, Westmoreland, Campbell and Conyers.

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COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION FY 2007
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on FY 2007 Coast Guard 
Authorizing legislation. Testimony was heard from RADM William D. 
Baumgartner, USCG, Judge Advocate General, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--VA DATA SECURITY
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and 
Memorial Affairs and the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a joint 
oversight hearing on Veterans Benefits Administration data security. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs: Ronald Aument, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Benefits; Michael Walcoff, Associate Deputy Under Secretary, 
Policy, Field Operations; and Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Chief Information 
Officer; and Michael Staley, Assistant Inspector General, Audit; and Gregory 
Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, GAO.
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