[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 60 (Thursday, May 5, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D456-D457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities received a closed briefing on Department of Defense plans 
and programs relating to counterterrorism, counternarcotics, and 
building partnership capacity from Garry Reid, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism, James A. 
Schear, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Partnership Strategy and 
Stability Operations, and William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, all of the 
Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine legislative proposals in the United States 
Department of Housing and Urban Development's fiscal year 2012 budget, 
after receiving testimony from Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 46, to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000;
  S. 52, to establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures 
and penalties for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes;
  S. 275, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for 
enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline 
transportation, to provide for enhanced reliability in the 
transportation of the Nation's energy products by pipeline,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

  S. 363, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey property of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the City of 
Pascagoula, Mississippi, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;


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  On page D456, May 5, 2011, the following language appears: 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 46, to 
reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 52, to establish 
uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties 
for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium 
Protection Act and similar statutes, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; S. 363, to authorize the Secretary of 
Commerce to convey property of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to the City of Pascagoula, Mississippi, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items: S. 46, to reauthorize the 
Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000; S. 52, to establish uniform 
administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties for the 
enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium 
Protection Act and similar statutes; S. 363, to authorize the 
Secretary of Commerce to convey property of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration to the City of Pascagoula, 
Mississippi;


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  S. 453, to improve the safety of motorcoaches, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 485, to expand the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine 
Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 646, to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 692, to improve hurricane preparedness by establishing the 
National Hurricane Research Initiative, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Scott C. Doney, of Massachusetts, to be Chief 
Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and a 
promotion list in the U.S. Coast Guard.
CYBER SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a joint staff discussion draft pertaining to cyber 
security of the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure and for 
other purposes, after receiving testimony from Patricia Hoffman, 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability; Joseph McClelland, Director, Office of Electric 
Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Gerry Cauley, North 
American Electric Reliability Corporation, and David K. Owens, Edison 
Electric Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and William Tedeschi, 
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
ENFORCING AMERICA'S TRADE LAWS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
Global Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine enforcing 
America's trade laws in the face of customs fraud and duty evasion, 
after receiving testimony from Allen Gina, Assistant Commissioner, 
Office of International Trade, Customs and Border Protection, and J. 
Scott Ballman, Jr., Deputy Assistant Director, Homeland Security 
Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security; Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant

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Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration; Robert L. Mahoney, 
Northwest Pipe Company Tubular Products Group, Portland, Oregon; 
Richard Adee, Adee Honey Farms, Bruce, South Dakota, on behalf of the 
American Honey Producers Association; Roger B. Schagrin, Committee to 
Support United States Trade Laws, Annapolis, Maryland; Karl G. 
Glassman, Leggett and Platt, Incorporated, Carthage, Missouri; and 
Marguerite Trossevin, Jochum Shore and Trossevin PC, Alexandria, 
Virginia, on behalf of the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
U.S. POLICY IN PAKISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine assessing United States policy and its limits in Pakistan, 
after receiving testimony from Samina Ahmed, International Crisis 
Group, Islamabad, Pakistan; and Moeed Yusuf, United States Institute of 
Peace (USIP), and Michael Krepon, The Stimson Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS IN DISASTERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine understanding the power of social media 
as a communication tool in the aftermath of disasters, after receiving 
testimony from Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Renee Preslar, 
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Deputy Public Information 
Officer, North Little Rock; and Suzy DeFrancis, American Red Cross, 
Shona L. Brown, Google.org, and Heather Blanchard, CrisisCommons, all 
of Washington, D.C.
IMPROVING HEALTH QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine improving health quality and patient 
safety, after receiving testimony from Carolyn M. Clancy, Director, 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Timothy L. Charles, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa; and Philip S. Mehler, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado.
RACIST STEREOTYPES ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine stolen identities, focusing on the impact of racist 
stereotypes on indigenous people, after receiving testimony from Tex G. 
Hall, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, New Town, North Dakota; 
Suzan Shown Harjo, The Morning Star Institute, Washington, D.C.; 
Charlene Teters, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico; Stephanie A. Fryberg, University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf 
of the American Psychological Association (APA); Chaske Spencer, Urban 
Dream Productions, New York, New York; Jim E. Warne, Warrior Society 
Development, San Diego, California: and Tina Osceola, Hollywood, 
Florida.