[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 115 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D863-D865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Brian T. Baenig, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Leahy, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
SPECIALTY CROPS AND ORGANICS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine opportunities for specialty crops and organics in 
the farm bill, after

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receiving testimony from Ann Wright, Deputy Under Secretary, Marketing 
and Regulatory Programs, and Catherine Woteki, Under Secretary, 
Research, Education, and Economics, both of the Department of 
Agriculture; Dennis P. Engelhard, Michigan Bean Commission, Unionville; 
Kim Tait, Tait Farm Foods, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania; Paul Bencal, Lake 
Erie Regional Grape Extension, Ransomville, New York; Robert Woolley, 
Dave Wilson Nursery, Hickman, California; Glenn Abbett, American Fruit 
and Vegetable Processors and Growers Coalition, LaCrosse, Indiana; and 
Charles Wingard, Walter P. Rawl and Son, Inc., Pelion, South Carolina.
FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE BUDGETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine Federal disaster 
assistance budgeting, focusing on the role of the Federal government in 
mitigating the economic impact of severe weather events through long-
term budgetary planning, after receiving testimony from Kathryn D. 
Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation 
and Prediction, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; James 
Rivera, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance, 
Small Business Administration; David C. Trimble, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Donald J. 
Wuebbles, University of Illinois, Urbana; and Franklin W. Nutter, 
Reinsurance Association of America, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN for reappointment 
to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, and 
Lieutenant General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., USA to be general and to be 
Commander, United States Northern Command, and Commander, North 
American Aerospace Defense Command, both of the Department of Defense, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
AVIATION FUELS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine aviation fuels, focusing on needs, challenges, and 
alternatives, after receiving testimony from Lourdes Maurice, Executive 
Director, Office of Environment and Energy, Office of Policy, 
International Affairs, and Environment, Federal Aviation 
Administration; Terry Yonkers, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Installations, Environment and Logistics, Department of Defense; Judith 
Canales, Administrator, Rural Business Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Billy M. Glover, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Tom Todaro, 
AltAir Fuels, LLC, and John Plaza, Imperium Renewables, Inc., all of 
Seattle, Washington; Sharon Pinkerton, Air Transport Association of 
America, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and Richard L. Altman, Commercial 
Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, Wethersfield, Connecticut.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Charles DeWitt McConnell, of 
Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy, and 
Rebecca R. Wodder, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Fish and Wildlife, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NATIONAL PARKS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 264, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus 
land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, S. 265, to 
authorize the acquisition of core battlefield land at Champion Hill, 
Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to Vicksburg National Military 
Park, S. 324, to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to 
extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 
Commission, S. 764, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make 
technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, 
Oregon, S. 864, to designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National 
Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California, S. 
883, to authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a 
memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free 
persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice 
for all during the American Revolution, S. 888, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit 
County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, S. 925, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, S. 970, to 
designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, in 
the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1063, to allow for the harvest of 
gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier Bay National Park 
in the State of Alaska, and S. 1134, to authorize the St. Croix River 
Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river 
values, after receiving testimony from Senators Klobuchar and Johnson 
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Peggy O'Dell, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture; Mayor Ken Harycki, and Roger L. 
Tomten, both of Stillwater, Minnesota; and Jack Hession, Alaska Chapter 
Sierra Club, Cool, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Juan F. Vasquez, of Texas, who was introduced by Senator 
Cornyn, and Maurice B. Foley, of Maryland, both to be a Judge of the 
United States Tax Court, and Janice Eberly, of Illinois, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Mark D. Acton, of 
Kentucky, and Robert G. Taub, of New York, who was introduced by former 
Representative John M. McHugh, both to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
FDA USER FEES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user 
fees, focusing on advancing public health, after receiving testimony 
from Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 546, to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe 
of Chippewa Indians of Montana;
  S. 379, to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian 
Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper 
Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian 
Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe;
  S. 1218, to provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North 
Carolina;
  S. 703, to amend the Long-Term Leasing Act, with amendments; and
  S. 636, to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood 
Protection, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine enforcing the ``Indian Gaming Regulatory Act'', focusing on 
the role of the National Indian Gaming Commission and tribes as 
regulators, after receiving testimony from Tracie Stevens, Chairwoman, 
National Indian Gaming Commission; Ernest Stevens, Jr., and Mark Van 
Norman, both the National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, D.C.; 
Jamie Hummingbird, National Tribal Gaming Commissioners/Regulators 
(NTGCR), Tahlequah, Oklahoma; J. Kurt Luger, Great Plains Indian Gaming 
Association (GPIGA), Bismarck, North Dakota; Sheila Morago, Oklahoma 
Indian Gaming Association, Oklahoma City; and John B. Meskill, Mohegan 
Tribal Gaming Commission, Uncasville, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 401, to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public 
corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 409, to ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs;
  S. 605, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to place synthetic 
drugs in Schedule I; and
  S. 839, to ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled, ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012''.