[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 108 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D917-D918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
GETTING INTERCENSAL POPULATION ESTIMATES RIGHT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federalism and the 
Census held a hearing entitled ``2 + 2 Should Never Equal 3: Getting 
Intercensal Population Estimates Right the First Time.'' Testimony was 
heard from Louis Kincannon, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department 
of Commerce; and public witnesses.
HIV PREVENTION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled 
``HIV Prevention: How Effective Is the President's Emergency Plan for 
AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)?'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of State: Mark R. Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS 
Coordinator; and Kent Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global 
Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; David Gootnick, 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, GAO; and public witnesses.
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: REFORM OR REGRESSION?
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Human Rights and International Operations held an oversight hearing on 
the United Nations Human Rights Council: Reform or Regression? 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
State: Mark Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International 
Organization Affairs; and Erica Barks-Ruggles, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; and public 
witnesses.
PROPOSALS TO UPDATE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security held a hearing on

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proposals to Update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 
including the following bills: H.R. 4976, NSA Oversight Act; H.R. 5223, 
Surveillance Activities Commission Act of 2006; H.R. 5371, Lawful 
Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act; H.R. 
5825, Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act; S. 2453, National Security 
Surveillance Act of 2006; and S. 2455, Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006. 
Testimony was heard from Steve Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Robert L. Deitz, General 
Counsel, NSA, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
HORSE PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 1 
hour and 20 minutes of general debate on H.R. 503, to amend the Horse 
Protection Act to prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, 
receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other 
equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes, 
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 and provides that the bill 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 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 Chairman Goodlatte, and 
Representatives Whitfield, Sweeney, and Peterson of Minnesota.
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