[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 92 (Thursday, June 18, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D722-D724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the 
Department of Transportation, after receiving testimony from Ray 
LaHood, Secretary of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE BUREAU OF 
RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2010 for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and 
the Bureau of Reclamation, after receiving testimony from Terrence C. 
Salt, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and 
Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp, Chief of Engineers, United 
States Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of Defense; and 
Deanna Archuleta, Acting Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, 
Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, United States Bureau of Reclamation, 
and Reed R. Murray, Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion 
Act Office, all of the Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense received testimony 
from sundry public witnesses requesting funding for programs in the 
Department of Defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
   S. 1294, making appropriations for the legislative branch for fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2010;
  S. 1298, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010;
  Adopted the 302(b) allocations.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies: Senators Kohl (Chair), Harkin, 
Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, Nelson (NE), Reed, Pryor, Specter,

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Brownback, Bennett, Cochran, Bond, McConnell, and Collins;
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: 
Senators Mikulski (Chair), Inouye, Leahy, Kohl, Dorgan, Feinstein, 
Reed, Lautenberg, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Shelby, Gregg, McConnell, 
Hutchison, Alexander, Voinovich, and Murkowski;
Subcommittee on Department of Defense: Senators Inouye (Chair), Byrd, 
Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Feinstein, Mikulski, Kohl, Murray, 
Specter, Cochran, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Bennett, 
and Brownback;
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Dorgan (Chair), 
Byrd, Murray, Feinstein, Johnson, Landrieu, Reed, Lautenberg, Harkin, 
Tester, Bennett, Cochran, McConnell, Bond, Hutchison, Shelby, 
Alexander, and Voinovich;
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government: Senators 
Durbin (Chair), Landrieu, Lautenberg, Nelson (NE), Tester, Collins, 
Bond, and Alexander;
Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security: Senators Byrd 
(Chair), Inouye, Leahy, Mikulski, Murray, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Tester, 
Specter, Voinovich, Cochran, Gregg, Shelby, Brownback, and Murkowski;
Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies: Senators Feinstein (Chair), Byrd, Leahy, Dorgan, 
Mikulski, Kohl, Johnson, Reed, Nelson (NE), Tester, Alexander, Cochran, 
Bennett, Gregg, Murkowski, and Collins;
Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies: Senators Harkin (Chair), Inouye, 
Kohl, Murray, Landrieu, Durbin, Reed, Pryor, Specter, Cochran, Gregg, 
Hutchison, Shelby, and Alexander;
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Nelson (NE) (Chair), 
Pryor, Tester, and Murkowski;
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies: Senators Johnson (Chair), Inouye, Landrieu, Byrd, Murray, 
Reed, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Hutchison, Brownback, McConnell, Collins, and 
Murkowski;
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: 
Senators Leahy (Chair), Inouye, Harkin, Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson, 
Landrieu, Lautenberg, Specter, Gregg, McConnell, Bennett, Bond, 
Brownback, and Voinovich; and
Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies: Senators Murray (Chair), Byrd, Mikulski, Kohl, 
Durbin, Dorgan, Leahy, Harkin, Feinstein, Johnson, Lautenberg, Specter, 
Bond, Shelby, Bennett, Hutchison, Brownback, Alexander, Collins, and 
Voinovich.
  Senators Inouye and Cochran are ex-officio members of each of the 
Subcommittees.
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for 
United States Special Operations Command, after receiving testimony 
from Admiral Eric T. Olson, USN, Commander, United States Special 
Operations Command, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Gordon S. Heddell, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Inspector General, Zachary J. Lemnios, of Massachusetts, to be Director 
of Defense Research and Engineering, and Jamie Michael Morin, of 
Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial 
Management and Comptroller, all of the Department of Defense; and 1,543 
nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
FINANCIAL REGULATORY SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposal to modernize the financial 
regulatory system, after receiving testimony from Timothy Geithner, 
Secretary of the Treasury.
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IN AMERICA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded a hearing to 
examine freight transportation in America, focusing on options for 
improving the nation's network, after receiving testimony from Richard 
W. Roper, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York City; 
Matthew K. Rose, BNSF Railway, Fort Worth, Texas; Larry Brown, 
Mississippi Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. on behalf of 
the Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors; John P. 
Clancey, Maersk Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and Rick Gabrielson, Target, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 787, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify 
the jurisdiction of the United

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States over waters of the United States, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 878, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify 
provisions relating to beach monitoring, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 937, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure 
that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw 
sewage;
  S. 690, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to 
reauthorize the Act;
  S. 479, to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide 
for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and 
Watertrails Network; and
  S. 933, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the 
Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002 to reauthorize programs to address 
remediation of contaminated sediment.
TREATY NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing to examine treaty negotiations with Russia from Rose 
Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and 
Compliance, and briefers from other relevant agencies.
STATE BUSINESS INCORPORATION PRACTICES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine state business incorporation practices, 
focusing on the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement 
Assistance Act, after receiving testimony from Janice Ayala, Deputy 
Assistant Director, Office of Investigations, United States Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; Jennifer 
Shasky Calvery, Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; Elaine Marshall, North Carolina Secretary of 
State, Raleigh, on behalf of the National Association of Secretaries of 
State Company Formation Task Force; Adam S. Kaufmann, Assistant 
District Attorney for New York County, Albany; and Harry J. Haynsworth, 
Uniform Law Commission, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
continued consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again on Friday, June 19, 2009.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1107, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a limited 
6-month period for Federal judges to opt into the Judicial Survivors' 
Annuities System and begin contributing toward an annuity for their 
spouse and dependent children upon their death; and
  The nominations of Tristram J. Coffin, of Vermont, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Joyce White Vance, of 
Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Alabama, and Preet Bharara, of New York, to be United States Attorney 
for the Southern District of New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1233, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs and 
for other purposes, with amendments; and
  S. 1229, to reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development 
programs of the Small Business Administration, with amendments.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.