[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D787-D789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 4785, 
Rural Energy Savings Program Act.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies approved for full Committee 
action the FY 2011 Military Construction, VA Appropriations bill.
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION OVERSIGHT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary 
Forces held an oversight

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hearing on the activities of the Maritime Administration. Testimony was 
heard from David Matsuda, Administrator, Maritime Administration, 
Department of Transportation.
RECOVERY ACT UPDATE
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009: An Update. Testimony was heard from Tom 
Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to the 
Secretary of Energy; and public witnesses.
IMPROVING NUTRITION FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Began markup of H.R. 5504, Improving 
Nutrition for America's Children Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY ACT
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 4692, National 
Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010. Testimony was heard from Aneesh 
Chopra, Associate Director, Technology and Chief Technology Officer, 
Office of Science and Technology Policy; and public witnesses.
ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Antibiotic Resistance and the Use of Antibiotics in Animal 
Agriculture.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: Joshua Sharfstein, M.D., 
Principal Deputy Commissioner, FDA; and RADM Ali S. Khan, M.D., 
Assistant Surgeon General, Acting Deputy Director, National Center for 
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention; John Clifford, Deputy Administrator, Veterinary 
Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 5493, To provide for the furnishing of statues by the 
District of Columbia for display in Statuary Hall in the United States 
Capitol; H.R. 5711, To provide for the furnishing of statues by the 
territories of the United States for display in Statuary Hall in the 
United States Capitol; H.R. 5681, To improve certain administrative 
operations of the Library of Congress; H.R. 5682, To improve the 
operation of certain facilities and programs of the House of 
Representatives; and H.R. 5717, To authorize the Board of Regents of 
the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct a facility 
and to enter into agreements relating to education programs at the 
National Zoological Park facility in Front Royal, Virginia.
  The Committee also approved the following Committee resolutions: to 
adopt voucher documentation standards; and pertaining to online 
advertising.
ETHICAL IMPERATIVE FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, 
Refugees, Border Security, and International Law held a hearing on the 
Ethical Imperative for Reform of our Immigration System. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
CONSOLIDATED LAND, ENERGY, AND AQUATIC RESOURCES ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Began markup of H.R. 3534, Consolidated 
Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009.
  Will continue tomorrow.
FLOOD INSURANCE REFORM PRIORITIES ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a structured rule 
providing consideration of H.R. 5114, the ``Flood Insurance Reform 
Priorities Act of 2010.'' The rule provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Financial Services. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill except those arising under 
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 
Services shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 
of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute except 
those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the report 
of the Committee on Rules. The amendments made in order may be offered 
only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
made in order except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
The rule provides that the Chair may entertain a motion that the 
Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the

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Committee on Financial Services or a designee. Finally, the rule 
provides that the Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the 
enacting words of the bill. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Waters, Taylor, Lee of California, Capito, Rohrabacher, Miller of 
Michigan, and Scalise.
OIL POLLUTION; GAS-OIL DRILLING MEASURES
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 2693, Federal Oil Spill Research Program Act; and 
H.R. 5716, Safer Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Technology Research and 
Development Act.
BONUS DEPRECIATION TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Bonus 
Depreciation: What It Means for Small Business.''
AIRLINE FEES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Airline Fees. Testimony was heard from 
Gerald Dillingham, Director, Civil Aviation Issues, GAO; Robert S. 
Rivkin, General Counsel, Department of Transportation; and public 
witnesses.
VA SUICIDE PREVENTION OUTREACH EFFORTS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Examining the Progress of Suicide 
Prevention Outreach Efforts at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Testimony was heard from COL Robert W. Saum, USA, Director, Defense 
Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain 
Injury, Department of Defense; Robert L. Jesse, M.D., Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary, Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; representatives of veterans organizations; and public 
witnesses.
REINSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
held a hearing on the taxation of reinsurance between affiliated 
entities. Testimony was heard from Stephen E. Shay, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, International Tax Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and 
public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
economic outlook, after receiving testimony from Christina D. Romer, 
Chair, Council of Economic Advisors, Washington, D.C.
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine the future outlook for the annual Trafficking in 
Persons (TIP) Report prepared by the United States Department of State 
and help facilitate greater use of the report as a valuable tool of 
diplomacy, after receiving testimony from Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-
Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department 
of State; Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe Special Representative and Coordinator for 
Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Vienna, Austria; and Jolene 
Smith, Free the Slaves, and Jeffrey Blom, International Justice 
Mission, both of Washington, D.C.