[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 67 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INTERAGENCY PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities, after receiving 
testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; and Shaun 
Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Justice, 
after receiving testimony from Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, 
and Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Justice.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, Vice 
Admiral John Terence Blake, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Integration of Capabilities and Resources, and Lieutenant General 
George J. Flynn, Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration, 
and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, all of 
the Department of Defense.
BUILDING A HIGH-TECH WORKFORCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine competition in America, focusing on building a 
high-tech workforce, after receiving testimony from David Zaslav, 
Discovery Communications, Silver Spring, Maryland; Susan Naylor, Wood 
County Schools, Parkersburg, West Virginia; S. James Gates, Jr., 
University of Maryland Physics Department Center for String and 
Particle Theory, College Park; Ioannis Miaoulis, Museum of Science, 
Boston, Massachusetts; and Tom Luce, National Math and Science 
Initiative, Dallas, Texas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  H.R. 934, to convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same 
benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa have in their submerged lands;
  H.R. 3689, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority 
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial visitor center;
  S. 3099, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls 
Reservoir;
  S. 3100, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Little Wood River 
Ranch; and
  The nominations of Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, and Cheryl A. 
LaFleur, of Massachusetts, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, and Jeffrey A. Lane, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental 
Affairs.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Water Resources Development Act of 2010, 
focusing on

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jobs and economic opportunities, after receiving testimony from Janet 
F. Kavinoky, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; Victor Uno, 
Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners, Oakland, California; Matt 
Woodruff, Kirby Corporation, Houston, Texas; and Mitch White, Manson 
Construction Co., Long Beach, California, on behalf of the Associated 
General Contractors of America.
MEANING OF MARJAH
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the meaning of Marjah, after receiving testimony from Brigadier 
General John W. Nicholson, Jr., Director, Pakistan Afghanistan 
Coordination Cell, Joint Staff, and David Samuel Sedney, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, both of 
the Department of Defense; and Frank Ruggiero, Senior Civilian 
Representative, Regional Command-South, Department of State.
PROTECTING OLDER WORKERS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine S. 1756, to amend the Age Discrimination 
in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify the appropriate standard of proof, 
after receiving testimony from Jacqueline A. Berrien, Chair, U.S. Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission; Helen Norton, University of Colorado 
School of Law, Boulder; Gail Aldrich, AARP, Genoa, Nevada; Eric S. 
Dreiband, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; and Jack Gross, Des Moines, 
Iowa.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1346, to penalize crimes against humanity, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 3237, to enact certain laws relating to national and commercial 
space programs as title 51, United States Code, ``National and 
Commercial Space Programs'';
  S. Res. 511, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifices made by the Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
officers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty; and
  The nominations of Kimberly J. Mueller, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of California, Richard Mark Gergel, and 
J. Michelle Childs, both to be United States District Judge for the 
District of South Carolina, Catherine C. Eagles, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, and Parker 
Loren Carl, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of 
Kentucky, Gerald Sidney Holt, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of Virginia, Robert R. Almonte, to be United States 
Marshal for the Western District of Texas, and Jerry E. Martin, of 
Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of 
Tennessee, all 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 the call.