[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 114 (Thursday, September 14, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D969-D971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL FARM POLICY
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and 
Risk Management held a hearing to Review Federal Farm Policy. Testimony 
was heard from the following former Secretaries of Agriculture: John R. 
Block; Clayton Yeutter; and Dan Glickman.
FBI TRANSFORMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Science, the Departments 
of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies held a hearing on 
FBI Transformation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Justice: Robert Mueller, Director, FBI; and Glenn A. 
Fine, Inspector General; the following officials of the Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress: Alfred Cumming, Specialist in 
Intelligence and National Security Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade 
Division; and Todd Masse, Specialist in Domestic Intelligence and 
Counterterrorism, Domestic Social Policy Division; and former Governor 
of Pennsylvania and former Attorney General Dick L. Thornburgh, Fellow, 
National Academy of Public Administration.
BASEL CAPITAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE REGULATIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``A Review of Regulatory 
Proposals on Basel Capital and Commercial Real Estate.'' Testimony was 
heard from Susan Schmidt Bies, member Board of Governors, Federal 
Reserve System; Sheila C. Blair, Chairman, FDIC; from the following 
officials of the Department of the Treasury: John C. Dugan, Comptroller 
of the Currency; and John M. Reich, Director, Office of Thrift 
Supervision; Robert L.D. Colby, Acting Director, Division of Market 
Regulation, SEC; and public witnesses.

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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Part Two, 
Interior Department: A Culture of Managerial Irresponsibility and Lack 
of Accountability?'' Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of the Interior: P. Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary; 
and Johnnie Burton, Director, Minerals Materials Management Service.
BRIEFING--RECENT PLOT TO DETONATE LIQUID EXPLOSIVES CARRIED ON 
AIRLINERS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Homeland Security: Met in executive session to receive a 
briefing on the recent plot to detonate liquid explosives carried on 
airliners traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States. The 
Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses
NUCLEAR AND BIOLOGICAL ATTACK PREVENTION SCIENCE
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear 
and Biological Attack held a hearing entitled ``The Science of 
Prevention.'' Testimony was heard from John Marburger, Director, Office 
of Science and Technology Policy; the following officials of the 
Department of Homeland Security: Jay Cohen, Under Secretary, Science 
and Technology; and Vayl Oxford, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL ELECTION INTEGRITY ACT OF 2006
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
4844, Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006.
OVERSIGHT--JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS
Committee on International Relations: Held an oversight hearing on 
Japan's Relations with Its Neighbors: Back to the Future? Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--U.S.-MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA POLICY
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and Central Asia held an oversight hearing entitled ``Is There a Clash 
of Civilizations? Islam, Democracy, and U.S.-Middle East and Central 
Asia Policy.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
D.C. FAIR AND EQUAL HOUSE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 2006
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 5388, District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting 
Rights Act of 2006. Testimony was heard from Governor Jon M. Huntsman, 
Jr., of Utah; and public witnesses.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE FILING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing on H.R. 5120, to amend title 35, 
United States Code, to conform certain filing provisions within the 
Patent and Trademark Office. Testimony was heard from Jon W. Dudas, 
Under Secretary, Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
  MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans held a 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4953 (S. 2430), Great Lakes Fish 
and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006; and H.R. 4345 (S. 2041), Ed 
Fountain Park Expansion Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Kirk and Berkley; Charles Wooley, Deputy Regional Director, Great 
Lakes-Big Rivers Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
the Interior; Gerry Barnhart, Director, Division of Fish, Wildlife and 
Marine Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of 
New York; Lawrence Weekly, Councilman, City of Las Vegas, Nevada; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5690, Ouachita National Forest 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006; H.R. 5756, Colorado Emergency Wildfire 
and Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006; H.R. 5769, Washington 
County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006; and S. 447, Jornada 
Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Chad 
Calvert, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals 
Management, Department of the Interior; and Mark Rey, Under Secretary, 
Natural Resources and the Environment, USDA.
OVERSIGHT--REVIEW OF COAST GUARD MISSION PERFORMANCE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held an oversight hearing on the 
Review of Coast Guard Mission Performance. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: RADM Joseph 
L. Nimmich, USCG, Assistant Commandant, Policy and Planning, U.S. Coast 
Guard; and Edward M. Stulginsky, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, 
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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; GSA'S FY 2007 CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND LEASING 
PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management 
approved for full Committee action the following: H.R. 1105, Dam 
Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2005; H.R. 4981, amended, Dam Safety 
Act of 2006; H.R. 5026, To designate the Investigations Building of the 
Food and Drug Administration located at 466 Fernandez Juncos Avenue in 
San Juan, Puerto, as the ``Andres Toro Building;'' H.R. 1556, To 
designate a parcel of land located on the site of the Thomas F. 
Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, as the 
``Clyde S. Cahill Memorial Park;'' H.R. 5606, To designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 221 and 211 West 
Ferguson Street in Tyler, Texas as the ``William M. Steger Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 2322, To designate the 
Federal building located at 320 North Main Street in McAllen, Texas, as 
the ``Kika de la Garza Federal Building;'' H.R. 5546, amended, To 
designate the U.S. courthouse to be constructed in Greenville, South 
Carolina, as the ``Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Federal Courthouse;'' H.R. 
6051, amended, To designate the Federal building located at 2 South 
Main Street in Akron, Ohio, as the ``John F. Seiberling Federal 
Building;'' and the General Services Administration's Fiscal Year 2007 
Capital Investment and Leasing Program.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL UPDATES/HOTSPOTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Global Updates/Hot Spots. The Committee was 
briefed by departmental witnesses.