[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D843-D845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
REGULATING HEDGE FUNDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the 
regulation of hedge funds and other private investment pools, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of 
Investment Management, United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission; Dinakar Singh, TPG-Axon Capital, on behalf of Managed Funds 
Association, James Chanos, Coalition of Private Investment Companies, 
and Richard Bookstaber, all of New York, New York; Trevor Loy, Flywheel 
Ventures, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Mark Tresnowski, Madison Dearborn 
Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Private Equity 
Council; and Joseph A. Dear, California Public Employees' Retirement 
System, Sacramento.
CELL PHONES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the public safety impact of contraband cell phones 
in correctional facilities, including S. 251, to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to permit targeted interference with mobile 
radio services within prison facilities, after receiving testimony from 
former Representative Steve Largent, Washington, D.C., on behalf of 
CITA--The Wireless Association; Texas State Senator John Whitmire, 
Houston; Gary D. Maynard, Maryland Department of Public Safety and 
Correctional Services Secretary, Towson; John M. Moriarty, Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice Inspector General, Austin; and Richard 
A. Mirgon, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) 
International, Carson City, Nevada.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Mignon L. Clyburn, of South 
Carolina, who was introduced by Senators Graham and DeMint, and 
Meredith Attwell Baker, of Virginia, who was introduced by Senator 
Hutchison, both to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 227, to establish the Harriet 
Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and

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the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in 
Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, S. 625, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco Mammoth 
National Monument in the State of Texas, S. 853, to designate 
additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, in the States 
of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, S. 1053, to amend the National Law Enforcement 
Museum Act to extend the termination date, S. 1117, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in implementing 
cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in the 
Connecticut River watershed of the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, 
S. 1168 and H.R. 1694, bills to authorize the acquisition and 
protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites 
of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American 
Battlefield Protection Program, and H.R. 714, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands 
National Park, after receiving testimony from Senator Cardin; Katherine 
H. Stevenson, Acting Deputy Director, Support Services, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; Sharon F. Francis, Connecticut 
River Joint Commissions, Charlestown, New Hampshire; and Mara Farrell, 
Fishkill Historical Focus, Fishkill, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original bill entitled, ``The Surface Transportation 
Extension Act of 2009''; and
  The nominations of Robert Perciasepe, of New York, to be Deputy 
Administrator, and Craig E. Hooks, of Kansas, to be an Assistant 
Administrator, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Vilma S. Martinez, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Argentina, who was introduced by Senator Boxer and 
Representative Becerra, Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Vinai K. Thummalapally, 
of Colorado, to be Ambassador to Belize, and John R. Nay, of Michigan, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the Department of 
State.
MARITIME DISPUTES AND SOVEREIGNTY ISSUES IN EAST ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine maritime disputes and 
sovereignty issues in East Asia, after receiving testimony from Scot 
Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs; Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific 
Security Affairs, and Peter Dutton, Associate Professor of Strategic 
Studies, China Maritime Studies Institute, United States Naval War 
College, both of the Department of Defense; and Dan Blumenthal, 
American Enterprise Institute, and Richard P. Cronin, The Stimson 
Center, both of Washington, D.C.
REAL ID ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the REAL ID Act, focusing on 
identification security, including S. 1261, to repeal title II of the 
REAL ID Act of 2005 and amend title II of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to better protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of 
personally identifiable information collected by States when issuing 
driver's licenses and identification documents, after receiving 
testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary, and Stewart Baker, former 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Homeland Security; 
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, Montpelier, and David Quam, Washington, 
D.C., both of the National Governors Association; Leroy D. Baca, Los 
Angeles County Sheriff, Los Angeles, California; and Ari Schwartz, 
Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``Affordable Health 
Choices Act''.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued hearings to examine the 
nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice 
of the Supreme Court of the United States, the nominee testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call and will meet again on 
Thursday, July, 16, 2009.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 1415, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas 
voters are aware of their voting rights and have a genuine opportunity 
to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, 
with amendments.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee began mark up of an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for

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fiscal year 2010 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
of the United States Government, but did not complete action thereon, 
and will meet again on Thursday, July 16, 2009.