[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D761-D762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MILITARY COMMISSIONS AND TRIBUNALS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on standards of military 
commissions and tribunals. Testimony was heard from Steven Bradbury, 
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department 
of Justice; Daniel J. Dell'Orto, Principal Deputy General Counsel, 
Department of Defense; Theodore Olson, former Solicitor General of the 
United States; and RADM John Hutson, USN, (Ret.), former Judge Advocate 
General, U.S. Navy.
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT AND DISABLED STUDENTS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing entitled ``No 
Child Left Behind: Ensuring High Academic Achievement for Limited 
English Proficient Students and Students with Disabilities.'' Testimony 
was heard from Keith Buchanan, English for Speakers of Other Languages 
Office Coordinator, Fairfax County Public Schools, State of Virginia; 
Margaret McLeod, Executive Director, Office of Bilingual Education, 
Public Schools, District of Columbia; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 4591, Stockholm and Rotterdam Toxics Treaty Act 
of 2005; H.R. 2567, Antifreeze Bittering Act of 2005; and H.R. 5337, 
Reform of National Security Reviews of Foreign Direct Investments Act.
INDUSTRIAL LOAN CORPORATIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``ILCs--A Review of 
Charter, Ownership, and Supervision Issues.'' Testimony was heard from 
Scott G. Alvarez, General Counsel, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve 
System; Douglas H. Jones, Acting General Counsel, FDIC; Rick Hillman, 
Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; G. Edward 
Leary, Commissioner, Department of Financial Institutions, State of 
Utah; and public witnesses.
DIVERSITY--GAO PERSPECTIVE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Diversity: the GAO 
Perspective.'' Testimony was heard from Orice M. Williams, Director, 
Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; and public witnesses.
U.S. ELECTRICITY GRID STABILITY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy and Resources 
held a hearing entitled ``Can the U.S. Electric Grid Take Another Hot 
Summer?'' Testimony was heard from Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; and public 
witnesses.
BRIEFING--TERRORIST RADICALIZATION PROCESS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessments held a briefing on 
the terrorist radicalization process, including specific examples of 
the process at work. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.
NEW YORK 9/11 ASSISTANCE FRAUD
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Management, 
Integration, and Oversight held a hearing entitled ``Federal 9/11 
Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Fraud Detection, Prevention, 
and Control,'' Part I, ``Response.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Joe 
Picciano, Deputy Director, Region II, FEMA; and Richard Skinner, 
Inspector General; Greg Lutz, Director, Financial Management and 
Assurance, GAO; the following officials of New York City: Rose Gill 
Hearn, Commissioner, Department of Investigation; and David J. Varoli, 
General Counsel, Department of Design and Construction; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
  Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 2965, amended, Federal Prison Industries Competition in 
Contracting Act of 2005; H.R. 1369, To prevent certain 
discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property; H.R. 4772, 
amended, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2005; and 
H.R. 4132, amended, Law Enforcement Cooperation Act of 2005.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3558, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable 
Compensation Amendments Act of 2005; H.R. 5282, Southern California 
Desert Region Integrated Water and Economic Sustainability Plan Act; 
H.R. 5299, Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement 
Revision Act of 2006; and H.R. 5715, To make amendments to the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. 
Testimony was heard from William E. Rinne, Acting Commissioner, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.

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VOTING RIGHTS ACT REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 3, 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 of 2006, equally divided and controlled by the 
Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. 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 the 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. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
OVERSIGHT--WRIGHT AMENDMENT REFORM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held an oversight hearing entitled ``Reforming the Wright 
Amendment.'' Testimony was heard from Representatives Hall, Barton of 
Texas, Sam Johnson of Texas, Granger, Hensarling and Burgess; Micharl 
Cirillo, Vice President, System Operations, Air Traffic Organization, 
FAA, Department of Transportation; the following Mayors of Texas: Laura 
Miller, Dallas; and Mike Moncrief, Fort Worth; and public witnesses.
REAUTHORIZATION APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION--CREATE ADDITIONAL 
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on the Reauthorization of the Appalachian Regional Commission 
and proposals to Create Additional Regional Economic Development 
Authorities. Testimony was heard from Representatives Bass, McHugh and 
McIntyre; the following officials of the Appalachian Regional 
Commission: Anne B. Pope, Federal Co-Chair; and Steve Robertson, 
Alternate to the States' Co-Chair; and public witnesses.
VETERANS' MEMORIAL MARKER ACT OF 2006
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and 
Memorial Affairs approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 5038, 
Veterans' Memorial Marker Act of 2006.
U.S.-PERU TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the implementation of the 
U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. Testimony was heard from Everett 
Eissenstat, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas; and public 
witnesses.
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