[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 87 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D652-D653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued consideration of the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, but 
did not complete action thereon.
CREDIT UNIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine credit unions, focusing on member business lending, 
after receiving testimony from Debbie Matz, Chairman, National Credit 
Union Administration; Bill Cheney, Credit Union National Association, 
Inc., Washington, DC.; Noah Wilcox, Grand Rapids State Bank, Grand 
Rapids, Minnesota, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of 
America; Mike Lussier, Webster First Federal Credit Union, Boston, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the National Association of Federal Credit 
Unions; and Stephen P. Wilson, American Bankers Association, Lebanon, 
Ohio.
UNITED STATES AND PALAU RELATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 343, to amend Title I of P.L. 99-658 regarding 
the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of Palau, to approve the results 
of the 15-year review of the Compact, including the Agreement between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the Republic of Palau following the Compact of Free Association Section 
432 Review, and to appropriate funds for the purposes of the amended 
P.L. 99-658 for fiscal years ending on or before September 30, 2024, to 
carry out the agreements resulting from that review, and the proposed 
United States assistant to Palau and its likely impact, after receiving 
testimony from Frankie Reed, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Anthony M. Babauta, Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior for Insular Areas; Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia; David Gootnick, 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability 
Office; and President H. E. Johnson Toribiong, Republic of Palau.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S SAFETY REVIEW
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a joint 
oversight hearing with the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety 
to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's preliminary results of 
the nuclear safety review in the United States following the emergency 
at Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, after receiving testimony 
from Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman, and Kristine L. Svinicki, George 
Apostolakis, William D. Magwood, IV, and William C. Ostendorff, all a 
Commissioner, all of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine achieving the policy goals of the ``Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act'' (NAGPRA), and key Federal agencies' 
and the Smithsonian Institution's efforts to identify and repatriate 
Indian human remains and objects, after receiving testimony from Anu K. 
Mittal, Director, and Jeff Malcolm, Assistant Director, both of Natural 
Resources and Environment, both of the Government Accountability 
Office; Peggy O'Dell, Deputy Director, National Park Service, and John 
Rever, Director, Office of Facilities, Environment and Cultural 
Resources, Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; 
Kevin Gover, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American 
Indian; Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, Temecula, 
California; Mervin Wright Jr., Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Nixon, 
Nevada; and Ted Isham, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
S. 1103, to extend the term of the incumbent Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
S. 978, to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal 
infringement of a copyright; and
The nominations of Marina Garcia Marmolejo, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Michael Charles 
Green, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
New York, Wilma Antoinette Lewis, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and Thomas Gray 
Walker, to be

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United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 
Charles F. Salina, to be United States Marshal for the Western District 
of New York, Robert William Mathieson, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Virginia, and Juan Mattos Jr., to be United 
States Marshal for the District of New Jersey, all of the Department of 
Justice.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Small Business Administration programs, focusing on 
eliminating inefficiencies, duplications, fraud and abuse, after 
receiving testimony from Karen G. Mills, Administrator, and Peggy E. 
Gustafson, Inspector General, both of the Small Business 
Administration; William B. Shear, Director, Financial Markets and 
Community Investment, Government Accountability Office; Kevin M. Baron, 
American Small Business League, Petaluma, California; Gregory A. 
Clarkson, BBVA Compass, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the National 
Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders; Tad DeHaven, Cato 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Fran Pastore, Women's Business 
Development Council, Stamford, Connecticut.