[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 50 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D374-D376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine an overview of the Federal Housing Administration and

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the future of housing finance, after receiving testimony from Shaun 
Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded open and closed hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony from Robert S. 
Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE AND NAVY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Navy, after receiving testimony from 
Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, Dorothy Robyn, 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, 
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, 
Installations and Environment, Major General Robert R. Ruark, Assistant 
Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (Facilities), and Rear 
Admiral David M. Boone, USN, Director, Shore Readiness Division, Office 
of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Vice Commander, Navy 
Installations Command, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
U.S. Transportation Command and U.S. Africa Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Duncan J. 
McNabb, USAF, Commander, United States Transportation Command, and 
General Carter F. Ham, USA, Commander, United States Africa Command, 
both of the Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BIOFUEL PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Department of Energy biofuel programs and biofuel 
infrastructure issues, including S. 187, to provide for the expansion 
of the biofuels market, after receiving testimony from Senator Harkin; 
Henry Kelly, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Bill 
Brady, Mascoma Corporation, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Shane Karr, 
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and Bob Dinneen, Renewable Fuels 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and John Eichberger, National 
Association of Convenience Stores, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of David S. Cohen, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for 
Terrorism and Financial Crimes, who was introduced by Senator Cardin, 
and Jenni Rane LeCompte, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, both of the 
Department of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine combating human trafficking in 
Asia, after receiving testimony from Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-Large, 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of 
State.
SECURING THE BORDER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine securing the border, focusing on 
progress at the local level, after receiving testimony from Veronica 
Escobar, El Paso County Judge, El Paso, Texas; Raymond Loera, Imperial 
County Sheriff, El Centro, California; Raymond Cobos, Luna County 
Sheriff, Deming, New Mexico; and Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, 
Florence, Arizona.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 675, to express the policy of the United States regarding the 
United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a 
process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian 
governing entity; and
  S. 676, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority 
of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian 
tribes, with an amendment.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the role of SBA 8(a) Program in enhancing economic 
development in Indian Country, after receiving testimony from Joseph G. 
Jordan, Associate Administrator for Government

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Contracting and Business Development, and Peter L. McClintock, Deputy 
Inspector General, both of the Small Business Administration; Jackie 
Johnson-Pata, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; 
Julie E. Kitka, Alaskan Federation of Natives, Anchorage; Byron 
Mallott, SeaAlaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska; Chief J. Allan, Coeur 
d'Alene Tribe, Plummer, Idaho; Lance Morgan, HoChunk, Inc, Winnebago, 
Nebraska, on behalf of the Native American Contractors Association; and 
Larry Hall, S&K Electronics, Inc., Ronan, Montana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 410, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings;
  S. 627, to establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act 
Processing Delays, with an amendment;
  S. 394, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting 
cartels illegal; and
  The nominations of Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Esther Salas, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, J. Paul Oetken, and Paul 
A. Engelmayer, both to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York, and Ramona Villagomez Manglona, to be Judge for 
the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.