[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 109 (Thursday, July 22, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D834-D835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RECENT TENNESSEE FLOOD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine lessons from the 2010 
Tennessee flood, after receiving testimony from Senator Corker; 
Representatives Cooper, Davis (TN), Cohen, and Blackburn; Major General 
John Peabody, Commander, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Gary M. Carter, Director, 
Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; James Bassham, 
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Director, Mayor Karl F. Dean, 
City of Nashville, Whit Adamson, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, 
and Bert Mathews, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, all of Nashville, 
Tennessee; and Mayor Richard L. Hodges, City of Millington, Tennessee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill making appropriations for Energy and Water 
Development for fiscal year ending September 30, 2011;
  An original bill making appropriations for Transportation and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2011; and
  An original bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, for fiscal year ending September 30, 
2011.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 3490, to clarify the rights and responsibilities of Federal 
entities in the spectrum relocation process, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 3605, to invest in innovation through research and development, to 
improve the competitiveness of the United States, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 3614, to authorize the establishment of a Maritime Center of 
Expertise for Maritime Oil Spill and Hazardous Substance Release 
Response, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TRANSPORT OF FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposal for Federal implementation plans to reduce 
interstate transport of fine particulate matter and ozone, after 
receiving testimony from Regina A. McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Jared 
Snyder, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 
Albany; Chris Korleski, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus; 
Eric Svenson, Public Service Enterprise Group, Washington, D.C.; and 
Conrad G. Schneider, Clean Air Task Force, Brunswick, Maine.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Patrick S. Moon, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Daniel Bennett 
Smith, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, and Matthew J. Bryza, 
of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, who was 
introduced by Senator Lugar, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DISASTER MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration concluded a hearing to examine disaster medical 
preparedness, focusing on improving coordination and collaboration in 
the delivery of medical assistance during disasters, after receiving 
testimony from Robert J. Fenton, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator 
for Response, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security; Kevin Yeskey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, Director, Office of Preparedness and 
Emergency Response, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
and Response, Department of Health and Human Services; and Paul 
Cunningham, Arkansas Hospital Association, Little Rock.
GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services,

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and International Security concluded hearings to examine the Gulf of 
Mexico oil spill, focusing on ensuring a financially responsible 
recovery, after receiving testimony from Kenneth R. Feinberg, Gulf 
Coast Claims Facility, New York, New York; James T. Hackett, Anadarko 
Petroleum Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; and Noaki Ishii, MOEX 
Offshore 2007 LLC, Hosei, Japan.
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND WORKER PROTECTIONS AT BP
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine 
workplace safety and worker protections at BP, after receiving 
testimony from Steven A. Flynn, BP Global, London, United Kingdom.
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2956, to authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 
Water Rights Settlement, and S. 3290, to modify the purposes and 
operation of certain facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation to 
implement the water rights compact among the State of Montana, the 
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, and the 
United States, after receiving testimony from Senator Baucus; Mark 
Macarro, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and Matthew G. 
Stone, Rancho California Water District, both of Temecula, California; 
Jay Weiner, Montana Assistant Attorney General, on behalf of the 
Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission, and John E. 
Bloomquist, Pondera County Canal and Reservoir Company, both of Helena, 
Montana; and Shannon Augare, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, 
Browning, Montana.
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