[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 153 (Thursday, October 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1093-D1094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine addressing potential threats from Iran, focusing on 
Administration perspectives on implementing new economic sanctions one 
year later, including S. 1048, to expand sanctions imposed with respect 
to the Islamic Republic of Iran, North Korea, and Syria, after 
receiving testimony from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs; David S. Cohen, Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and David W. Mills, Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement.
INNOVATIVE PRACTICES TO CREATE JOBS AND REDUCE POLLUTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Green Jobs 
and the New Economy concluded a hearing to examine innovative practices 
to create jobs and reduce pollution, after receiving testimony from 
Phil Schoen, Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO-Enterprises), 
Catoosa, Oklahoma; Kyle W. Kempf, National Small Business Association 
(NSBA), and Anne E. Smith, NERA Economic Consulting, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Edward White, Jr., National Grid, Waltham, 
Massachusetts; and Steve Rowlan, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, North 
Carolina.
CARCIERI CRISIS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the Carcieri crisis, focusing on the ripple effect on jobs, 
economic development and public safety in native communities, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Cole; Larry Echo Hawk, 
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Donald Laverdure, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and Jodi Gillette, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, all of the Department of 
the Interior; Richard A. Guest, Native American Rights Fund, 
Washington, D.C.; Colette Routel, William Mitchell College of Law, St. 
Paul, Minnesota; William Lomax, Native American Finance Officers 
Association, Phoenix, Arizona; and Carl J. Artman, Arizona State 
University College of Law, Tempe.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1301, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 
for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures 
to combat trafficking in person, with amendments;
  H.R. 368, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and 
improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation 
against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts;
  S. 1636, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the 
jurisdiction of the Federal courts;

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  H.R. 394, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the 
jurisdiction of the Federal courts, with an amendment;
  S. 1637, to clarify appeal time limits in civil actions to which 
United States officers or employees are parties;
  H.R. 2633, to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the time 
limits for appeals in civil cases to which United States officers or 
employees are parties;
  S. 1014, to provide for additional Federal district judgeships, with 
an amendment; and
  The nominations of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit; John M. Gerrard, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska; Mary 
Elizabeth Phillips, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Missouri; Thomas Owen Rice, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Washington; David Nuffer, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Utah; and Steven R. 
Frank, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania; Martin J. Pane, to be United States Marshal for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania; and David Blake Webb, to be United 
States Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, all of the 
Department of Justice.
ARBITRATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
arbitration, including S. 987, to amend title 9 of the United States 
Code with respect to arbitration, and S. 1652, to amend title 9 of the 
United States Code to prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses in 
contracts for mobile service, after receiving testimony from Lori 
Swanson, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul; Deborah L. Pierce, 
Einstein at Elkins Park Hospital, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; F. Paul 
Bland, Chavez and Gertler, and Victor E. Schwartz, Shook, Hardy, and 
Bacon, LLP, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. 
Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Christopher R. Drahozal, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence.
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.