[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1037-D1039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine defending against public health threats, after receiving 
testimony from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; Colonel Randall J. Larsen, USAF (Ret.), Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Center, and Eric A. Rose, Alliance for Biosecurity, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Andrew T. Pavia, University of Utah Division of 
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Salt Lake City.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing to 
examine a comparison of international housing finance systems, after 
receiving testimony from Michael J. Lea, San Diego State University 
Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate, San Diego, California; Susan M. 
Wachter, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia; and 
Alex J. Pollock, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH COUNCIL AND NATIONAL OILHEAT RESEARCH 
ALLIANCE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Propane Education and 
Research Council (PERC) and National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA), 
after receiving testimony from Mark Gaffigan, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; John 
Huber, National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA), Alexandria, Virginia; 
and Roy W. Willis, Propane Education & Research Council, Inc, 
Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks with the Subcommittee on Public Lands concluded a joint hearing 
to examine S. 3261, to establish the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage 
Area in the State of Texas, S. 3283, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, 
S. 3291, to establish Coltsville National Historical Park in the State 
of Connecticut, S. 3524 and H.R. 4438, bills to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study 
of potential land acquisitions, S. 3565, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Mohave County, Arizona, to 
the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public shooting 
range, S. 3612, to amend the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National 
Historical Park Establishment Act to expand the boundary of the Marsh-
Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in the State of Vermont, 
S. 3616, to withdraw certain land in the State of New Mexico, S. 3744, 
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Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit of the 
National Park System, S. 3778 and H.R. 4773, bills to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within Fort Pulaski 
National Monument, S. 3820, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to issue permits for a microhydro project in nonwilderness areas within 
the boundaries of Denali National Park and Preserve, to acquire land 
for Denali National Park and Preserve from Doyon Tourism, Inc, S. 3822, 
to adjust the boundary of the Carson National Forest, New Mexico, and 
H.R. 1858, to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances 
involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects 
of an erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately 7 acres of 
the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National 
Forest System land, after receiving testimony from Senator Begich; 
Katharine H. Stevenson, Associate Director, Business Services, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior; Gregory C. Smith, Director of 
Lands, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and Aaron Schutt, 
Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.
AL-MEGRAHI RELEASE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the al-Megrahi release, focusing on one year later, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Lautenberg; Nancy McEldowney, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and 
Eurasian Affairs; Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; James L. Mohler, Roswell Park Cancer Center, 
Buffalo, New York; Oliver Sartor, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, 
Louisiana; and Geoff D. Porter, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3806, to protect Federal employees and visitors, improve the 
security of Federal facilities and authorize and modernize the Federal 
Protective Service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2142, to require quarterly performance assessments of Government 
programs for purposes of assessing agency performance and improvement, 
and to establish agency performance improvement officers and the 
Performance Improvement Council, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3794, to amend chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, to 
include organizations whose membership comprises substantially veterans 
as recipient organizations for the donation of Federal surplus personal 
property through State agencies, with an amendment;
  H.R. 4543, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4285 Payne Avenue in San Jose, California, as the 
``Anthony J. Cortese Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5341, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, as the 
``Joyce Rogers Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5390, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``David 
John Donafee Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5450, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, 
as the ``Tom Bradley Post Office Building''; and
  The nomination of Maria Elizabeth Raffinan, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
IMPROVING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
improving financial accountability at the Department of Defense, 
focusing on financial management improvement and how the audit 
readiness efforts continue to evolve, after receiving testimony from 
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary, Comptroller, Elizabeth A. McGrath, 
Deputy Chief Management Officer, Eric Fanning, Deputy Under Secretary 
of the Navy, and Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Navy, David 
Tillotson III, Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Air Force, Office 
of the Under Secretary of the Air Force; Lieutenant General Robert E. 
Durbin, Acting Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Army, all of the 
Department of Defense; and Asif A. Khan, Director, Financial Management 
and Assurance, Government Accountability Office.
CRIMES AGAINST AMERICA'S HOMELESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded a 
hearing to examine crimes against America's homeless, focusing on if 
the violence is growing, after receiving testimony from Representative 
Johnson (TX); Richard Wierzbicki, Broward County Florida Sheriff's 
Office, Ft. Lauderdale; Brian H. Levin, California State University 
Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, San Bernardino; Erik Luna, 
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia; David 
B. Muhlhausen, The Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis, 
Washington, D.C.; and Simone Manning-Moon, Decatur, Georgia.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Cochran and Wicker, Paul Kinloch Holmes, III, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, who was 
introduced by Senators Lincoln and Pryor, Anthony J. Battaglia, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, 
Edward J. Davila, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California, and Diana Saldana, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Texas, who was introduced by 
Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
FILIBUSTER
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine the filibuster, focusing on ideas to reduce delay and encourage 
debate in the Senate, after receiving testimony from Senator Gregg; and 
Martin Paone, former Senate Democratic Secretary, and Norman J. 
Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
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