[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 18, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D792-D794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CONSUMERS AND MOTOR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Motor Vehic1e Technology 
and the Consumer: Views from the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration.'' Testimony was heard from Nicole R. Nason, 
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Department of Transportation.
MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES/IMAGING SERVICES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Use of Imaging Services: Providing Appropriate Care for 
Medicare Beneficiaries.'' Testimony was heard from Herb Kuhn, Director, 
Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Glenn M. Hackbarth, 
Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory Commissions; and public witnesses.
INTERNET PHISHING PROTECTION
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing on ICANN and the Whois Database: 
Providing Access To Protect Consumers From Phishing.'' Testimony was 
heard from John M.R. Kneuer, Acting Assistant Secretary, Communications 
and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, Department of Commerce; Eileen Harrington, 
Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC; and public 
witnesses.
HUD PUBLIC HOUSING OUTLOOK
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federalism and the 
Census held a hearing entitled ``Public Housing in the 21st Century: 
HUD's View on the Future of Public Housing in the United States.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Roy A. Bernardi, Deputy Secretary; and 
Orlando J. Cabrera, Assistant Secretary, Public and Indian Housing.
ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2006; TELECOMMUTING
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and 
Agency Organization approved for full Committee action H.R. 5710, 
Ethics in Government Reauthorization Act of 2006.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing entitled ``Telecommuting: A 21st 
Century Solution to Traffic Jams and Terrorism.'' Testimony was heard 
from Daniel Green, Deputy Associate Director, Employee and Family 
Support Policy, OPM; Danette Campbell, Senior Telework Advisor, U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; Carl Froehlich, 
Chief, Agency-Wide Shared Services, IRS, Department of the Treasury; 
and public witnesses.

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GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR COST ESTIMATES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats, and International Relations held a hearing entitled 
``Global War on Terrorism (GWT): Accuracy and Reliability of Cost 
Estimates.'' Testimony was heard from David M. Walker, Comptroller 
General, GAO; the following officials of the Department of State: 
Bradford R. Higgins, Assistant Secretary, Chief Financial Officer, 
Bureau of Resource Management; and James R. Kunder, Assistant 
Administrator, Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for International 
Development; John P. Roth, Deputy Comptroller (Program/Budget), Office 
of the Under Secretary (Comptroller), Department of Defense; Donald B. 
Marron, Acting Director, CBO; and Amy F. Belasco, Specialist in 
National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division, CRS, 
Library of Congress.
FEDERAL PAPERWORK REDUCTION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs held 
a hearing entitled ``Another Year, Another Billion Hours: Evaluating 
Paperwork Reduction Efforts in the Federal Government.'' Testimony was 
heard from Steve Aitken, Acting Administrator, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Beth Tucker, Director, Outreach, 
Communication, and Disclosure, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, 
IRS, Department of the Treasury; Matthew Berry, Deputy General Counsel, 
FCC; Linda D. Koontz, Director, Information Management, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
BRIEFING--DHS STATE AND LOCAL FUSION CENTER
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment met in executive 
session to hold a briefing on the DHS State and Local Fusion Center 
Initiative. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims held a hearing entitled ``Should We Embrace the 
Senate's Amnesty to Millions of Illegal Aliens and Repeat the Mistakes 
of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?'' Testimony was 
heard from Representative Reyes; and public witnesses.
ALTERNATIVE PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL THERAPIES ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 
hour of debate in the House on S. 2754, to derive human pluripotent 
stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos, 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit.
PLEDGE PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of general debate on H.R. 2389, Pledge Protection Act of 2005, 
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 makes in order only those 
amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
resolution. The rule provides that the amendments printed in the report 
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 Representatives Akin and Watt.
NASA AERONAUTICS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on The National Academy of Sciences' Decadal Plan for 
Aeronautics: A Blueprint for NASA? Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
VETERANS IDENTITY AND CREDIT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Veterans Identity 
and Credit Protection Act of 2006. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Salazar, Blackburn, Hooley, and Capito; Gordon 
Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs; James A. 
William, Associate Administrator, Federal Acquisition Service, GSA; the 
following former officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: 
Robert McFarland, and John A. Gauss, both Assistant Secretaries, 
Information and Technology and Chief Information Officers; and 
representatives of veterans organizations.

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HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Price Transparency. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CIA DIRECTOR AS HUMINT MANAGER
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on The CIA Director as HUMINT Manager. Testimony was 
heard from departmental witnesses.
BRIEFING--MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on the Middle East Crisis. The Committee was briefed 
by departmental witnesses.