[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 96 (Thursday, June 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D728-D729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. FARM SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and 
Risk Management continued to meet to review U.S. farm safety net 
programs in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on United States Special Operations Command. 
Testimony was

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heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: ADM 
Eric T. Olson, USN, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command; and 
VADM William H. McRaven, USN, Commander, Joint Special Operations 
Command.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security approved 
for full Committee action the FY 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations 
bill.
ENSURING STUDENT CYBER SAFETY
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Healthy Families and 
Communities held a hearing on Ensuring Student Cyber Safety. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CIVIL DIVISION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on the Civil Division of the United 
Sates Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from Tony West, 
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on ECPA Reform and the 
Revolution in Location-Based Technology and Services. Testimony was 
heard from Stephen Wm. Smith, U.S. Magistrate Judge, South District of 
Texas; Richard Littlehale, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Technical 
Services Unit, Bureau of Investigation, State of Tennessee; and public 
witnesses.
OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PREPAREDNESS STANDARDS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans, and Wildlife held a hearing on State Planning for Offshore 
Energy Development: Standards for Preparedness. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4195, To 
authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs; H.R. 
5192, Forest Ecosystem Recovery and Protection Act; H.R. 5388, To 
expand the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in the State of New 
Mexico; and H.R. 5494, To direct the Director of the National Park 
Service and the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain 
Properties to the District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Farr; Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Jay Jensen, Deputy 
Under Secretary, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; Peter May, Associate 
Regional Director, Lands, Resources and Planning, National Capital 
Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Valerie 
Santos, Deputy Mayor, Planning and Economic Development, District of 
Columbia; and public witnesses.
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION LOAN SERVICERS COMMITMENTS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled 
``Foreclosure Prevention Part II: Are Loan Servicers Honoring Their 
Commitments to Help Preserve Homeownership?'' Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
RURAL VETERANS HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on Overcoming Rural Health Care Barriers: Use of Innovative Wireless 
Health Technology Solutions. Testimony was heard from Kerry McDermott, 
Expert Advisor, FCC; COL Ronald Poropatich, USA, M.D., Deputy Director, 
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, U.S. Army Medical 
Research and Materiel, Department of the Army, Department of Defense; 
Gail Graham, Deputy Chief Officer, Health Information Management, 
Office of Health Information, Veterans Health Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
RESTORING AMERICAN FINANCIAL STABILITY ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
adopted versions of H.R. 4173, to promote the financial stability of 
the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the 
financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the American 
taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive 
financial services practices.