[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 28, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D867-D870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
5509, amended, Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement 
Act; H.R. 3519, amended, Veterinarian Services Investment Act; and H.R. 
5852, Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010.
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM QUALITY CONTROL
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department of Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to review quality 
control systems in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Julie 
Paradis, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; Phyllis K. Fong, 
Inspector General; Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs held an oversight hearing on U.S. Civilian 
Assistance for Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from the Department of 
State: Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and 
Pakistan; and Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
ENLISTED PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Transformation in Progress: The 
Services' Enlisted Professional Military Education Programs. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
COL James J. Minick, USMC, Director, Enlisted PME, Marine Corps 
University, USMC; John Sparks, Director, Institute for NCO Professional 
Development, Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. Army; Scott Lutterloh, 
Director, Total Force Requirements Division, U.S. Navy; and Dan 
Sitterly, Director, Force Development, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower 
and Personnel, U.S. Air Force.
SURFACE FLEET READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and the 
Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces held a joint hearing 
on surface fleet readiness. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Navy: ADM John Harvey, USN, 
Commander, Fleet Forces Command; VADM Kevin McCoy, USN, Commander, 
Naval Sea Systems Command; and VADM William Burke, USN, Deputy Chief of 
Naval Operations, Fleet Readiness and Logistics (N4).
HARNESSING SMALL BUSINESS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY CYBER NEEDS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional 
Threats and Capabilities held a hearing on harnessing small business 
innovation for national security cyber needs. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 903, amended, Dental Emergency Responder Act; H.R. 1745, amended, 
Family Health Care Accessibility Act; H.R. 3199, amended, Emergency 
Medic Transition (EMT) Act; H.R. 5710, amended, National All Schedules 
Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010; H.R. 
5756, amended, Training and Research for Autism Improvements Nationwide 
Act of 2010; H.R. 5809, amended, Safe Drug Disposal Act of 2010; H.R. 
2923, Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2009; and H.R. 3470, 
amended, Nationally Enhancing the Well-being of Babies through Outreach 
and Research Now Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009; and H.R. 
5823, United

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States Covered Bond Act of 2010; and H.R. 476, House Fairness Act of 
2009.
TURKEY'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY DIRECTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Turkey's New Foreign 
Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations. Testimony 
was heard from Ross Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and 
Azerbaijan; and a public witness.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INSPECTORS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security 
and Infrastructure Protection held a hearing entitled ``Lost in the 
Shuffle: Examining TSA's Management of Surface Transportation Security 
Inspectors.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Homeland Security: Lee R. Kair, Assistant Administrator, 
Security Operations, Transportation Security Administration; and 
Carlton I. Mann, Assistant Inspector General; and public witnesses.
ONLINE PRIVACY/SOCIAL NETWORKING/CRIME VICTIMIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on Online Privacy, Social Networking, 
and Crime Victimization. Testimony was heard from Gordon M. Snow, 
Assistant Director, FBI, Department of Justice; Michael P. Merritt, 
Assistant Director, U.S. Secret Service, Department of Homeland 
Security; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Held a hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 5023, Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for 
Executive Consultation with Tribes Act; H.R. 4384, To establish the 
Utah Navajo Trust Fund Commission; and H.R. 5468, Bridgeport Indian 
Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2010. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Matheson and McKeon; Paul 
Tsosie, Chief of Staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Ordered reported the 
following: H.R. 5815, as amended, Inspector General Authority 
Improvement Act of 2010; H.R. 2853, amended, All-American Flag Act; 
H.R. 5637, amended, American Jobs Matter Act of 2010; S. 2868, amended; 
Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2009; and H.R. 5366, Overseas 
Contractor Reform Act.
  The following measures were ordered favorably reported by unanimous 
consent; H. Res. 1428, Recognizing Brooklyn Botanic Garden on its 100th 
anniversary as the preeminent horticultural attraction in the borough 
of Brooklyn and its longstanding commitment to environmental 
stewardship and education for the City of New York; H. Res. 1546, 
Congratulating the Washington Stealth for winning the National Lacrosse 
League Championship; H.R. 5605, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 47 East Fayette Street in Uniontown, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``George C. Marshall Post Office''; H.R. 5606, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
47 South 7th Street in Indiana, Pennsylvania, as the ``Jimmy M. `Jimmy' 
Stewart Post Office Building''; H.R. 5655, To designate the Little 
River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
240 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the ``Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. 
Post Office''; H.R. 5758, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2 Government Center in Fall River, 
Massachusetts, as the ``Sergeant Robert Barrett Post Office Building''; 
H. Res. 1479, Supporting the United States Paralympics, honoring the 
Paralympic athletes; H. Res. 1527, Congratulating the United States 
Men's Soccer Team for its inspiring performance in the 2010 FIFA World 
Cup; and H.R. 5873, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 218 North Milwaukee Street in Waterford, 
Wisconsin, as the ``Captain Rhett W. Schiller Post Office.''
USDA BIOTECH POLICY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Domestic 
Policy held a hearing entitled ``Are Superweeds an Outgrowth of USDA 
Biotech Policy?'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL SECURITY INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing entitled ``National 
Security, Interagency Collaboration, and Lessons from SOUTHCOM and 
AFRICOM.'' Testimony was heard from John Pendleton, Director, Defense 
Capabilities and Management Team, GAO; James Schear, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations, Department of 
Defense; and the following officials of the Department of State: Thomas 
Countryman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Political-Military 
Affairs; and Susan Reichle, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.

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INVESTING IN AMERICAN JOBS AND CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES ACT OF 2010
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 6-3, a closed rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 5893, the ``Investing in American 
Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010.'' The rule provides one 
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. 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 bill shall 
be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the 
bill. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
  Finally, the rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-
thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the 
Rules Committee) against any resolution reported from the Rules 
Committee through the calendar day of Sunday, August 1, 2010. Testimony 
was heard by Chairman Levin.
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2011
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 7-3, a structured rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 5850, the ``Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011.'' 
The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. 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 bill shall be considered as read 
through page 171, line 17. The rule waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.
  The rule makes in order the following amendments: (1) the amendments 
printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules; and (2) not 
to exceed four of the amendments printed in part B of the report if 
offered by Representative Flake of Arizona or his designee. The rule 
provides that each such amendment 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 10 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. All points of order against the amendments except for clauses 
9 and 10 of rule XXI are waived. The rule provides that for those 
amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole, the question of 
their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without division 
of the question. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
  The rule provides that after disposition of the amendments specified 
in the first section of the rule, the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees each may offer 
one pro forma amendment to the bill for the purpose of debate, which 
shall be controlled by the proponent. The rule provides that the Chair 
may entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered by the 
chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his 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 by Representatives 
Olver, Cardoza, Peters, Latham, Culberson, Sessions, Turner, Jordan, 
Roe (TN), and Thompson (PA).
NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 5866, 
Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 2010.
SBA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Small Business Administration and Its Programs.'' Testimony was heard 
from Karen Mills, Administrator, SBA; and Gregory Kutz, Managing 
Director, Forensics Audits and Special Investigations, GAO.
VA COST CONTROLS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Continued oversight hearings of 
Inadequate Cost Control at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Testimony was heard from Susan Ragland, Director, Financial Management 
and Assurance, GAO; Edward Murray, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
BRIEFING--DIVERSITY PRACTICES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Diversity Practices. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.
BRIEFING--SOMALIA
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence met in executive 
session to receive a briefing on Somalia. The Subcommittee was briefed 
by departmental witnesses.

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Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.