[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 9, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D644-D646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1619, to establish the Office of Sustainable 
Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on 
Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant 
program, to establish a sustainability challenge grant program, after 
receiving testimony from Jackie Nytes, City-County Council of 
Indianapolis and Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana, on behalf of the 
National League of Cities; Joe McKinney, Land-of-Sky Regional Council, 
Asheville, North Carolina, on behalf of the National Association of 
Development Organizations; Lyle D. Wray, Capitol Region Council of 
Governments,

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Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Association of 
Regional Councils; and Julia W. Gouge, Carroll County Commissioner, 
Carroll County, Maryland, on behalf of the National Association of 
Counties.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3386, to protect consumers from certain aggressive sales tactics 
on the Internet, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1938, to establish a program to reduce injuries and deaths caused 
by cellphone use and texting while driving, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 3302, to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish new 
automobile safety standards, make better motor vehicle safety 
information available to the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the public, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3084, to increase the competitiveness of United States businesses, 
particularly small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms, in interstate 
and global commerce, foster job creation in the United States, and 
assist United States businesses in developing or expanding commercial 
activities in interstate and global commerce by expanding the ambit of 
the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and the 
Technology Innovation Program to include projects that have potential 
for commercial exploitation in nondomestic markets, providing for an 
increase in related resources of the Department of Commerce, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2847, to regulate the volume of audio on commercials, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 817, to establish a Salmon Stronghold Partnership program to 
conserve wild Pacific salmon;
  S. 1748, to establish a program of research, recovery, and other 
activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  The nomination of Carl Wieman, of Colorado, to be an Associate 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and
  A promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Corps and the Coast Guard.
SAFETY MEASURES FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine issues related to the Department of the Interior's 
May 27th report entitled, Increased Safety Measures for Energy 
Development on the Outer Continental Shelf, including oversight of 
recent actions recommended by the Department to address the safety of 
offshore oil development, after receiving testimony from Ken Salazar, 
Secretary, Steve Black, Counselor to the Secretary, and David Hayes, 
Deputy Secretary, all of the Department of the Interior.
WATER POWER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 2891, to further allocate and 
expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, 
S. 2779 and H.R. 3671, bills to promote Department of the Interior 
efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment 
and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, S. 3387, to 
provide for the release of water from the marketable yield pool of 
water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir for the benefit of endangered fish 
habitat in the Colorado River, and for other purposes, S. 3404, to 
amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 
to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental conditions in the 
vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, 
Colorado, and H.R. 4252, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin in the 
State of California, after receiving testimony from Senator Reid; 
Representative Baca; Timothy J. Meeks, Administrator, Western Area 
Power Administration, Department of Energy; Michael L. Connor, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; 
Richard S. Walden, Arizona Power Authority (APA), Phoenix; Kenneth L. 
Olsen, Lake County Commissioner, Leadville, Colorado; Andrew A. 
Mueller, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Ouray; George M. 
Caan, Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Las Vegas; Phyllis Currie, 
Pasadena Water and Power, Pasadena, California; and Doug Peterson, 
Minnesota Farmers Union, St. Paul.
OIL POLLUTION BILLS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 3305, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to 
require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills, and S. 3461, 
to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for 
economic injury caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident, and to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to renegotiate the terms of the lease 
known as ``Mississippi Canyon 252'' with respect to claims relating to 
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explosion and oil spill that exceed existing applicable economic 
liability limitations, after receiving testimony from D.T. Minich, St. 
Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Clearwater, 
Florida; Michael A. Frenette, Venice Charter Boat and Guide 
Association, Marrero, Louisiana; RJ Kopchak, Cordova District Fisherman 
United, Cordova, Arkansas; Kenneth M. Murchison, Louisiana State 
University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge; Barry M. Hartman, 
K&L Gates LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Ron Baron, Willis, Houston, Texas.
NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the National 
Security Personnel System and performance management in the Federal 
government, after receiving testimony from John H. James, Jr., 
Director, National Security Personnel System, Transition Office, 
Department of Defense; Charles D. Grimes III, Deputy Associate Director 
for Employee Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Gregory J. 
Junemann, International Federation of Professional and Technical 
Engineers (IFPTE), Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), Washington, D.C., 
and Patricia Viers, Columbus, Ohio, both of the American Federation of 
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); and Patricia 
Niehaus, Federal Managers Association (FMA), Alexandria, Virginia.
ENFORCEMENT OF ANTITRUST LAWS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded an oversight hearing to examine 
the enforcement of the antitrust laws, after receiving testimony from 
Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 
Department of Justice; and Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade 
Commission.