[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 119 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1010-D1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported the following measures: H. 
Con. Res. 424, Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of 
the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the 
agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should 
provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total 
energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, 
abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; H.R. 4559, amended, To 
provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to 
the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey certain isolated parcels of National Forest 
System land in Florence and Langlade counties, Wisconsin; H.R. 5103, 
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To provide for the conveyance of the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls 
School in Smyth County, Virginia, which is currently owned by the 
United States and administered by the Forest Service, to facilitate the 
restoration and reuse of the property; and H.R. 5313, Open Space and 
Farmland Preservation Act.
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 public witnesses.
COMBAT VEHICLE ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces held a hearing on Combat Vehicle Active Protection Systems. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Robert Buhrkuhl, Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell; Lloyd 
A. Feldman, Assistant Director, Science and Technology, Office of Force 
Transformation; and MG Jeffrey A. Sorenson, USA, Deputy, Acquisition 
and Systems Management, Department of the Army.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND/PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing entitled ``No 
Child Left Behind: How Can We Increase Parental Awareness of 
Supplemental Education Services?'' Testimony was heard from Morgan 
Brown, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Innovation and 
Improvement, Department of Education; Cornelia Ashby, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, GAO; Stephen Barr, 
Associate Superintendent, Center for School Improvement, Department of 
Education, State of Ohio; and public witnesses.
COMBATING INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Deleting Commercial Child 
Pornography Sites From the Internet: The U.S. Financial Industry's 
Efforts to Combat This Problem.'' Testimony was heard from Christopher 
J. Christie, U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, Department of 
Justice; James Plitt, Director, Cyber Crimes Center, Office of 
Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of 
Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
INTERNET DOMAIN GOVERNANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection held a joint hearing entitled ``ICANN Internet Governance: 
Is It Working?'' Testimony was heard from John M.R. Kneuer, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Communications and Information, Department of 
Commerce; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 4720, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 200 Gateway Drive in Lincoln, California, as 
the ``Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5108, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1213 East 
Houston Street in Cleveland, Texas, as the ``Lance Corporal Robert A. 
Martinez Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5857, To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Cherrybell 
Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as the ``Morris K. `Mo' Udall Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 5883, Drake Well Sesquicentennial Commemoration Act; 
H.R. 5923, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 29-50 Union Street in Flushing, New York, as the 
``Dr. Leonard Price Stavisky Post Office;'' H.R. 6075, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 East Gay 
Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert J. Thompson Post 
Office Building;'' H. Con. Res. 471, Congratulating the Professional 
Golfers' Association of America on its 90th anniversary and commending 
the members of The Professional Golfers' Association of America and The 
PGA Foundation for the charitable contributions they provide to the 
United States; H. Con. Res. 473, Supporting the goals and ideals of 
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month; H. Res. 402, Supporting the goals 
and ideals of Infant Mortality Awareness Month; H. Res. 748, 
Recognizing the 225th anniversary of the American and French victory at 
Yorktown, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War; H. Res. 973, amended, 
Recognizing Financial Planning Week, recognizing the significant impact 
of sound professional planning on achieving life's goals, and honoring 
families and the financial planning profession for their adherence and 
dedication to the financial planning process; H. Res. 974, Supporting 
the goals and ideals of National Myositis Awareness Day; H. Res. 991, 
Congratulating the Columbus Northern Little League Baseball Team from 
Columbus, Georgia, on its victory in the 2006 Little League World 
Series Championship games; H.R. 1472, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 167 East

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124th Street in New York, New York, as the ``Tito Puente Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 5685, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 19 Front Street in Patterson, New York, as 
the D. Mallory Stephens Post Office;'' H.R. 5989, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10240 Roosevelt 
Road in Westchester, Illinois, as the `John J. Sinde Post Office 
Building;' H.R. 5990, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 415 South 5th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois, as 
the ``Wallace W. Sykes Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6078, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 307 West 
Wheat Street in Woodville, Texas, as the ``Chuck Fortenberry Post 
Office Building;'' H.R. 6102, amended, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 200 Lawyers Road, NW in Vienna, 
Virginia, as the ``Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building;'' H. 
Res. 745, Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer 
Awareness Month; H.R. 960, Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment 
Equity Act of 2005; and H.R. 4069, District of Columbia Hatch Act 
Reform Act of 2006.
FEDERAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Climate 
Change Technology Research: Do We Need a `Manhattan Project' for the 
Environment?'' Testimony was heard from Stephen D. Eule, Director, 
Climate Change Technology Program, Department of Energy; John B. 
Stephenson, Director, GAO; and public witnesses.
POLICE AS FIRST PREVENTERS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear 
and Biological Attack held a hearing entitled ``Police as First 
Preventers: Local Strategies in the War on Terror.'' Testimony was 
heard from John F. Timoney, Chief of Police, Miami, Florida; Brett 
Lovegrove, Superintendent, Anti-Terrorism Branch, City of London 
Police, United Kingdom; and MAJ Ahmet Sait Yayla, Counterterrorism and 
Operations Division, Police Department, Ankara, Republic of Turkey.
AMERICA AND ASIA IN A CHANGING WORLD
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on America and Asia in a Changing World. 
Testimony was heard from Jonathan D. Pollack, Professor of Asian and 
Pacific Studies, Strategic Research Department, Center for Naval 
Warfare Studies, Naval War College, Department of Defense; and public 
witnesses.
JUDGE MANUEL L. REAL IMPEACHMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing on H. Res. 916, Impeaching Manuel 
L. Real, judge of the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Testimony was 
heard from Manuel L. Real, U.S. District Judge, Central District of 
California; and public witnesses.
EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE TO COLOMBIA--TO FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere of the 
Committee on International Relations held a joint hearing on the Need 
for European Assistance to Colombia for the Fight against Illicit 
Drugs. Testimony was heard from Michael A. Braun, Chief of Operations, 
DEA, Department of Justice; and Sandro Cavali, Representative, Office 
on Drugs and Crime, United Nations.
MIGRATORY WATERFOWL CONSERVATION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans held a 
hearing on H.R. 4315, to amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck 
Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to 
promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or 
prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl 
habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Kennedy of Minnesota; David M. Verhey, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION SETTLEMENT ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act. 
Testimony was heard from Jason Peltier, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; the following 
officials of the State of California: Lois Wolk, Chair, Committee on 
Water, Parks and Wildlife, State Assembly; and Mike Chrisman, 
Secretary, Resources Agency; and public witnesses.
NANOTECHNOLOGY's ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY IMPACTS
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on Research on Environmental and 
Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: What Are the Federal Agencies Doing? 
Testimony was heard from Norris E.

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Alderson, Chair, Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications 
Working Group, and Associate Commissioner, Science, FDA, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, NSF; George 
Gray, Assistant Administrator, Research and Development and Science 
Advisor, EPA; Altaf H. Carim, Program Manager, Nanoscale Science and 
Electron Scattering Center, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Department 
of Energy; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--VETERANS FISCAL YEAR REVIEW
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded oversight hearings to review 
the previous fiscal year and look ahead to the upcoming year. Testimony 
was heard from representatives of veterans organizations.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL UPDATES/HOTSPOTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots.'' The Committee was 
briefed by departmental witnesses.
DOD HUMINT WAY AHEAD
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on DOD HUMINT Way Ahead. Testimony was heard 
from departmental witnesses.