[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. [[Page D970]] 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, Audits. [[Page D971]] 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.