[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D937-D939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration an original bill making appropriations for 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2010.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 5,946 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting shareholders and enhancing public confidence by improving 
corporate governance, after receiving testimony from Meredith B. Cross, 
Director, Division of Corporation Finance, United States Securities and 
Exchange Commission; John C. Coates IV, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Ann Yerger, Council of Institutional Investors, John 
Castellani, Business Roundtable, J.W. Verret, George Mason University 
School of Law, and Richard Ferlauto, American Federation of State, 
County and Municipal Employees, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Christopher P. Bertram, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Budget and 
Programs, and Chief Financial Officer, who was introduced by Senator 
Thune, Daniel R. Elliott, III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface

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Transportation Board, who was introduced by Senator Brown, Susan L. 
Kurland, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 
International Affairs, who was introduced by Senator Durbin, and 
Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, who was introduced by Senator Udall (CO), 
all of the Department of Transportation, and Patricia D. Cahill, of 
Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting, who was introduced by Senator McCaskill, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of John R. Fernandez, of Indiana, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Lugar and Bayh, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Samuel D. Hamilton, of Mississippi, to be 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
the Interior.
PAKISTAN'S INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
and Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine Pakistan's 
internally displaced persons (IDP) crisis, after receiving testimony 
from Eric P. Schwartz, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, 
Refugees, and Migration; Jon C. Brause, Deputy Assistant Administrator 
for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, United States 
Agency for International Development; Wendy J. Chamberlin, Middle East 
Institute, and Imtiaz Ali, United States Institute of Peace, both of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Aaron S. Williams, of Virginia, to be 
Director of the Peace Corps, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
former Senator Harris L. Wofford, testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 372, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to 
clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited 
personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, 
forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform 
with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the 
Special Counsel, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 885, to elevate the Inspector General of certain Federal 
entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to section 3 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, with an amendment;
  S. 1510, to transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work 
authorized by the District of Columbia Code for current members of the 
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division from the District of 
Columbia Code to the United States Code;
  S. 1288, to authorize appropriations for grants to the States 
participating in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 736, to provide for improvements in the Federal hiring process and 
for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1508, to amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 
U.S.C. 3321 note) in order to prevent the loss of billions in taxpayer 
dollars, with an amendment;
  S. 872, to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Management, with an amendment;
  S. 806, to provide for the establishment, administration, and funding 
of Federal Executive Boards, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 748, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the 
``Cesar E. Chavez Post Office'';
  S. 1211, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 60 School Street, Orchard Park, New York, as the 
``Jack F. Kemp Post Office Building'';
  S. 1314, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue in Portland, 
Oregon, as the ``Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office'';
  H.R. 774, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 46-02 21st Street in

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Long Island City, New York, as the ``Geraldine Ferraro Post Office 
Building'';
  H.R. 987, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 601 8th Street in Freedom, Pennsylvania, as the 
``John Scott Challis, Jr. Post Office'';
  H.R. 1271, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2351 West Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano Beach, 
Florida, as the ``Elijah Pat Larkins Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1397, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 41 Purdy Avenue in Rye, New York, as the ``Caroline 
O'Day Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2090, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 431 State Street in Ogdensburg, New York, as the 
``Frederic Remington Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2162, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 123 11th Avenue South in Nampa, Idaho, as the 
``Herbert A Littleton Postal Station'';
  H.R. 2325, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1300 Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas, as the 
``Laredo Veterans Post Office'';
  H.R. 2422, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2300 Scenic Drive in Georgetown, Texas, as the 
``Kile G. West Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2470, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 19190 Cochran Boulevard FRNT in Port Charlotte, 
Florida, as the ``Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office 
Building''; and
  The nominations of Tara Jeanne O'Toole, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, Christine M. 
Griffin, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director, Office of Personnel 
Management, and Stuart Gordon Nash, of the District of Columbia, to be 
an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Rafael Borras, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, 
Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member, and Julia Akins Clark, 
of Maryland, to be General Counsel, both of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Beverly Baldwin Martin, of Georgia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Isakson and Chambliss, Jeffrey L. Viken, of South Dakota, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, and 
David J. Kappos, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, who was introduced by Senator Johnson, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
VETERAN'S DISABILITY COMPENSATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine veteran's disability compensation, focusing on the steps the 
Department of Veterans Affairs is taking to improve disability claims 
processing, after receiving testimony from Patrick W. Dunne, Under 
Secretary for Benefits, and Thomas J. Pamperin, Deputy Director for 
Policy, Compensation and Pension Service, both of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Noel Koch, Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense for Transition Policy and Care Coordination; 
Daniel Bertoni, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security, 
Government Accountability Office; Michael P. Allen, Stetson University 
College of Law, Gulfport, Florida; and John Wilson, Disabled American 
Veterans, Washington, D.C.
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
medical research and education, after receiving testimony from Lewis 
Morris, Chief Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Steven E. Nissen, Cleveland Clinic, 
Cleveland, Ohio; Eric G. Campbell, Massachusetts General Hospital, and 
Thomas P. Stossel, Brigham & Women's Hospital, both of Boston, 
Massachusetts; Jack Rusley, American Medical Student Association, 
Providence, Rhode Island; James H. Scully Jr., American Psychiatric 
Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Murray Kopelow, Accreditation 
Council for Continuing Medical Education, Chicago, Illinois.