[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1008-D1009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq, after receiving 
testimony from Leon E. Panetta, Secretary, and Admiral Michael Mullen, 
USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of 
Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Alan B. Krueger, of New Jersey, 
to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of 
the President, David A. Montoya, of Texas, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Cyrus Amir-Mokri, of 
New York, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
EUROPEAN DEBT AND FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Security and International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing to 
examine the European debt and financial crisis, focusing on origins, 
options and implications for the United States and global economy, 
after receiving testimony from Nicolas Veron, Peterson Institute for 
International Economics, Domenico Lombardi, The Oxford Institute for 
Economic Policy, and J.D. Foster, The Heritage Foundation, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Joachim Fels, Morgan Stanley, New York, New York.
IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
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 educational outcomes for our military and veterans, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Webb; Curtis L. Coy, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Economic Opportunity, and Keith Wilson, Director, 
Education Services, both of the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Theodore L. Daywalt, VetJobs, 
Nashville, Tennessee; Ryan M. Gallucci, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States, Reston, Virginia; Russell S. Kitchner, American Public 
University System, Arlington, Virginia; and Greg Von Lehmen, University 
of Maryland University College, Baltimore.
TRIBAL LAW AND ORDER ACT ONE YEAR LATER
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the ``Tribal Law and Order Act'' one year later, focusing on 
improved public safety and justice throughout Indian country, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas J. Perrelli, Associate Attorney 
General, and Brendan V. Johnson, United States Attorney for the 
District of South Dakota, both of the Department of Justice; Larry Echo 
Hawk, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for

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Indian Affairs; Pamela S. Hyde, Administrator, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, and Rose Weahkee, Director, 
Division of Behavioral Health, Indian Health Service, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; Troy A. Eid, Indian Law and 
Order Commission, Denver, Colorado; Ivan D. Posey, Eastern Shoshone 
Business Council, Fort Washakie, Wyoming; Theresa M. Pouley, Tulalip 
Tribal Court, Tulalip, Washington; and Jacqueline Johnson Pata, 
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1151, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, 
to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal 
penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against 
security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally 
identifiable information, with amendments;
  S. 1408, to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in 
interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive 
personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such 
information, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1535, to protect consumers by mitigating the vulnerability of 
personally identifiable information to theft through a security breach, 
providing notice and remedies to consumers in the wake of such a 
breach, holding companies accountable for preventable breaches, 
facilitating the sharing of post-breach technical information between 
companies, and enhancing criminal and civil penalties and other 
protections against the unauthorized collection or use of personally 
identifiable information, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 2480, to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize 
appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States 
for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014, with an amendment; and
  The nomination of David B. Barlow, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Utah, Department of Justice.
PROTECTING SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded a hearing to examine protecting seniors and 
persons with disabilities, focusing on improving oversight of federal 
fiduciaries and court-appointed guardians, after receiving testimony 
from Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, 
Government Accountability Office; Deb Holtz, Minnesota Board on Aging 
Office of Ombudsman for Long-Term Care, St. Paul; Naomi Karp, AARP 
Public Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.; Robert N. Baldwin, National 
Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia; and Michelle R. 
Hollister, Solkoff Legal, PA., Delray Beach, Florida.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Irvin Charles McCullough III, of Maryland, to 
be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.