[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 159 (Thursday, October 29, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1253-D1255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOUSING FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine modernizing affordable housing for seniors and people with 
disabilities, after receiving testimony from Representative Christopher 
Murphy; Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance Collaborative, Boston, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with 
Disabilities; Michelle Norris, American Association of Homes and 
Services for the Aging, Columbus, Ohio; Toby Halliday, National Housing 
Trust, and Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, both 
of Washington, D.C.; and J. Michael Jones, Brick, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill entitled ``Comprehensive Iran 
Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2009''.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions: Senators Johnson (Chair), 
Reed, Schumer, Bayh, Menendez, Akaka, Tester, Kohl, Merkley, Bennet, 
Crapo, Bennett, Johanns, Hutchison, Bunning DeMint, and Gregg.
  Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: 
Senators Menendez (Chair), Johnson, Reed, Schumer, Akaka, Brown, 
Tester, Kohl, Warner, Merkley, Vitter, Hutchison, Crapo, Corker, 
DeMint, Johanns, and Gregg.
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Reed 
(Chair), Johnson, Schumer, Bayh, Menendez, Akaka, Brown, Warner, 
Bennet, Dodd, Bunning, Gregg, Bennett, Crapo, Corker, Vitter, and 
Johanns.
  Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Brown (Chair), Tester, 
Merkley, Dodd, and DeMint.
  Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance: 
Senators Bayh (Chair), Kohl, Warner, Bennet, Dodd, Corker, and Bennett.
PERFORMANCE-INFORMED BUDGETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
performance-informed budgeting, focusing on opportunities to reduce 
cost and improve service, after receiving testimony from Jeffery D. 
Zients, Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, 
Office of Management and Budget; Michael Barber, McKinsey and Company, 
London, United Kingdom; and Paul L. Posner, George Mason University, 
Arlington, Virginia.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine reauthorization of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
focusing on implementing leading management practices and addressing 
human capital and training center issues, after receiving testimony 
from Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation Safety 
Board; and Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure 
Issues, Government Accountability Office.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 555, to provide for the 
exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National 
Forests in the State of Colorado, S. 607, to amend the National Forest 
Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary 
of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of National 
Forest System land that are subject to ski area permits, S. 721, to 
expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to 
designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and 
scenic rivers, S. 1122, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with 
State foresters authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, 
rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services, S. 1328 
and H.R. 689, bills to provide for the exchange of administrative 
jurisdiction over certain Federal land between the Forest Service and 
the Bureau of Land Management, S. 1442, to amend the Public Lands Corps 
Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of 
Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service-learning 
opportunities on public lands, establish a grant program for Indian 
Youth Service Corps, help restore the Nation's natural, cultural, 
historic, archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a 
new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote the 
value of public service, and H.R. 129, to authorize the conveyance of 
certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest 
in California, after receiving testimony from Robert G. Stanton, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary

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of the Interior for Policy and Program Management; Joel Holtrop, Deputy 
Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Bill Crapser, Wyoming State Forestry Division, Cheyenne; 
Rusty Gregory, Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, Mammoth Lakes, California, 
on behalf of the National Ski Areas Association; Ryan Bidwell, Colorado 
Wild, Durango; and Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon Institute 
for a Sustainable Environment, Eugene.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy 
independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a 
clean energy economy, after receiving testimony from Linda Adams, 
California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary, and Mike 
McKeever, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, both of Sacramento, 
California; Preston Chiaro, Rio Tinto, London, United Kingdom; John W. 
Rowe, Exelon Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; Willett Kempton, 
University of Delaware Center for Carbon-free Power Integration, 
Newark; Robert Winger, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron 
Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, East Helena, Montana; 
Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New York; Mike Carey, 
Ohio Coal Association, Columbus, Ohio; Bob Stallman, American Farm 
Bureau Federation, Sherry Boehlert, Bipartisan Policy Center, William 
Millar, American Public Transportation Association, John D. Podesta, 
Center for American Progress Action Fund, Ned Helme, Center for Clean 
Air Policy, Jonathan Lash, World Resources Institute, Iain Murray, 
Competitive Enterprise Institute, Dave Johnson, Laborers' International 
Union of North America, David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense 
Council, and Paul N. Cicio, Industrial Energy Consumers of America, all 
from Washington, D.C.; Barbara Windsor, Hahn Transportation, New 
Market, Maryland, on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, 
Inc.; Stephan Dolezalek, VantagePoint Venture Partners, San Bruno, 
California; Eugene M. Trisko, United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO, 
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; and Matt Smorch, CountryMark, 
Indianapolis, Indiana.
FEDERAL CYBER DEFENSE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
Federal cyber defense, focusing on the concerted effort needed to 
improve Federal performance measures, after receiving testimony from 
former Representative Tom Davis; Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief 
Information Officer, Administrator for Electronic Government and 
Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget; Gregory C. 
Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; and John Streufert, Chief Information Security 
Officer, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Security, 
Bureau of Information Resource Management, Department of State.
RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine helping workers preserve retirement 
security through a recession, focusing on the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation's process for determining the amount of benefits to be 
paid, and PBGC's recoupment process when the estimated benefit provided 
is too high and a retiree receives an overpayment that must be repaid, 
after receiving testimony from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability 
Office; Bruce Gump, Delphi Salaried Retiree Association, Warren, Ohio; 
David R. Jury, United Steelworkers International Union, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Richard Jones, Hewitt Associates, LLC, Lincolnshire, 
Illinois; Ronald Peterson, Johns Hopkins Health System and Johns 
Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Pennsylvania 
State University, University Park; and Randy G. DeFrehn, National 
Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, and Karen D. Friedman, 
Pension Rights Center, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Carmen Milagros Ortiz, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Edward J. 
Tarver, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Georgia, both of the Department of Justice.
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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of David C. Gompert, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy 
Director of National Intelligence.

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