[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 164 (Thursday, November 5, 2009)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1294-D1296] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATIONS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Steven L. Jacques, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public Affairs, who was introduced by Senator McCaskill, Eric L. Hirschhorn, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, who was introduced by former Representative Stephen Solarz, and Marisa Lago, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development, who was introduced by Senator Reed, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. WATER AND POWER BILLS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 1757, to provide for the prepayment of a repayment contract between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District, S. 1758, to provide for the allocation of costs to project power with respect to power development within the Diamond Fork System, and S. 1759, to authorize certain transfers of water in the Central Valley Project, after receiving testimony from Senators Feinstein and Boxer; Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Martin R. McIntyre, San Luis Water District, Los Banos, California; and Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the Grassland Water District. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a [[Page D1295]] clean energy economy, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jeffrey L. Bleich, of California, to be Ambassador to Australia, who was introduced by Senator Kerry, David Huebner, of California, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, Robert R. King, of Virginia, to be Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues, with the rank of Ambassador, who was introduced by Representatives Berman and Ros-Lehtinen, and Peter Alan Prahar, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. INCORPORATION TRANSPARENCY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ACT Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 569, to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporations for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving United States corporations, after receiving testimony from David S. Cohen, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing; Jennifer Shasky, Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; David H. Kellogg, Solers Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Kevin L. Shepherd, American Bar Association, Baltimore, Maryland; John R. Ramsey, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, Lewisberry, Pennsylvania; and Jack A. Blum, Tax Justice Network-USA, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Global Financial Integrity. EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 1584, to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, after receiving testimony from Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General, and Camille A. Olson, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, both of Chicago, Illinois; Helen Norton, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder; Virginia Nguyen, Nike, Beaverton, Oregon; Michael P. Carney, City of Springfield Police Department, Springfield, Massachusetts; and Craig L. Parshall, National Religious Broadcasters, Manassas, Virginia. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 1490, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information, with an amendment; S. 139, to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information; S. 1472, to establish a section within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice to enforce human rights laws, to make technical and conforming amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human rights violations, with an amendment; and The nominations of Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, Kenyen Ray Brown, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Stephanie M. Rose, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, and Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, all of the Department of Justice. RECIDIVISM AT THE LOCAL LEVEL Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded a hearing to examine reducing recidivism at the local level, after receiving testimony from Harvey Bartle III, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Doug Burris, Chief Probation Officer, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis; Sheriff Andrea Cabral, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department, Boston, Massachusetts; Chief Stefan LoBuglio, Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Pre-Release and Reentry Services Division, Rockville, Maryland; and Amy L. Solomon, Urban Institute Justice Policy Center, and David B. Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis, both of Washington, D.C. VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE COOPERATION Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs and Indian Health Service cooperation, after receiving testimony from Senator Murkowski; James R. Floyd, Network [[Page D1296]] Director, VA Heartland Network (VISN 15), Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Randy E. Grinnell, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, and Theresa Cullen, Director of Information Technology, Indian Health Service, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; W.J. Richardson, Rocky Mountain Health Network, Helena, on behalf of the Montana Healthcare System; William Clayton Sam Park, Papa Ola Lokahi, Honolulu, Hawaii; S. Kevin Howlett, The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, St. Ignatius, Montana, on behalf of the Tribes Health & Human Services Department; and Andy Joseph, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Indian Health Board. 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.