[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D766-D768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 3195, ADA Restoration Act of 2007; H.R. 2343, 
Education Begins at Home Act; and H.R. 3036, No Child Left Inside Act of 
2007.
INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``The 15th 
Replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) and the 
11th Replenishment of the African Development Fund (AfSF).'' Testimony was 
heard from Clay Lowery, Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, 
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.

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CAUCASUS: FROZEN CONFLICTS AND CLOSED BORDERS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on The Caucasus: Frozen 
Conflicts and Closed Borders. Testimony was heard from Daniel Fried, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of 
State.
CAPITOL POLICE RADIO UPGRADES
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Capitol Security held a 
hearing on the United States Capitol Police Radio Upgrades. Testimony was 
heard from Chief Phillip D. Morse, Sr., U.S. Capitol Police; James O. Crane, 
Commander, Special Operations Division, Metropolitan Police Department; 
David G. Boyd, Director, Command, Control and Interoperability Science and 
Technology, Department of Homeland Security; and Steve Souder, Director, 
Department of Public Safety Communications, Fairfax, Virginia.
ADA RESTORATION ACT; JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 3195, 
amended, ADA Restoration Act of 2007; and H.R. 3546, To authorize the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels 
through 2012.
INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, 
and Civil Liberties held a hearing on: From the Department of Justice to 
Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation 
Rules, Part II. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans held an oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Commerce: John H. Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator, Ocean 
Services and Coastal Management. National Ocean Service, Service. NOAA and 
Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General; former Representative Leon Panetta of 
California; Carol Shafto, Mayor, City of Alpena, Michigan; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL LAND FEE AUTHORITY
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and 
Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Water and Power held a joint oversight 
hearing on Paying to Play: Implementation of Fee Authority on Federal Lands. 
Testimony was heard from Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary, Department of the 
Interior; Mary Rey, Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, 
USDA; George Eskridge, member House of Representatives, State of Idaho; and 
public witnesses.
AFGHANISTAN'S JUSTICE SYSTEM POLICE FORCE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing on Oversight of the U.S. 
Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice Sector in 
Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from Charles Michael Johnson, Jr., 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, GAO; the following officials of 
the Department of State: Frank Ward, Office of Inspector General; David T. 
Johnson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement; and Mark Ward, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia 
Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development; MG Bobby Wilkes, USAF 
(Ret.), Deputy Assistant Secretary, South Asia, Office of the Secretary, 
Department of Defense; and Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, Department of Justice.
SAME-DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
COMMITTEE--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a rule waiving a 
requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of 
certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
  The rule provides that the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a 
two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same 
day it is presented to the House is waived with respect to any rule reported 
on the legislative day of June 19, 2008, providing for consideration or 
disposition of a measure making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment 
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 4174, 
amended, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2007; 
H.R. 5618, National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008; and, 
as amended, the Heavy Duty Plug-in-Hybrid Vehicles Research Program.
S-CORPS STATUS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Finance and Tax held a hearing 
entitled ``S-corps: Recommended Reforms that Promote Parity, Growth and 
Development for Small Businesses.'' Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MANAGING NEW YORK AIRSPACE CONGESTION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on Congestion

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Management in the New York Airspace. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Schumer; Representative Shays; D. J. Gribbin, General Counsel, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Transportation; William DeCota, Director, Aviation 
Department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Economic 
Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a hearing on The 
Federal Protective Service: An Agency in Need of Rebuilding. Testimony was 
heard from Mark Goldstein, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; 
Gary Schenkel, Director, Federal Protective Service, GSA; and a public 
witness.
ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 6275, 
Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.
CHANGING CLIMATE PLANNING COMMUNITIES
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: Held a hearing 
entitled ``Planning Communities for a Changing Climate--Smart Growth, Public 
Demand and Private Opportunity.'' Testimony was heard from Steve Hewitt, 
City Administrator, Greensburg, Kansas; and public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
COMBATING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 
Commission concluded a hearing to examine combating sexual exploitation of 
children, focusing on strengthening international law enforcement 
cooperation, after receiving testimony from Timothy Williams, Deputy 
Director, National Central Bureau of Interpol, and James E. Finch, Assistant 
Director, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the 
Department of Justice; Shawn Bray, Unit Chief, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE) Cyber Crimes Center, Department of Homeland Security; Tim 
Cranton, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; and Ernie Allen, 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia.
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