[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 188 (Thursday, December 8, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1335-D1336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Jon D. Leibowitz, of Maryland, 
and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, of Virginia, both to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner, Rebecca M. Blank, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Commerce, Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, and Jessica Rosenworcel, of 
Connecticut, both to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
Commission.
ICANN'S EXPANSION OF TOP LEVEL DOMAINS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and 
Numbers (ICANN)'s expansion of top level domains, after receiving 
testimony from Fiona M. Alexander, Associate Administrator, Office of 
International Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Kurt Pritz, Internet 
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Marina del Rey, 
California; Daniel L. Jaffe, Association of National Advertisers (ANA), 
Washington, D.C.; Angela F. Williams, YMCA of the USA, Chicago, 
Illinois; and Esther Dyson, New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Arunava Majumdar, of California, 
to be Under Secretary of Energy, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.

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DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL WATER SUPPLY ISSUES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine opportunities and challenges to 
address domestic and global water supply issues, after receiving 
testimony from Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Water and Science; L. Jerry Hansen, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, 
Department of Defense; Aaron Salzberg, Special Coordinator on Water 
Resources, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs; Harry T. Stewart, New Hampshire Department of 
Environmental Services Water Division Director, Concord; Peter H. 
Gleick, Pacific Institute, Oakland, California; Thomas Stanley, GE 
Power and Water, Water and Process Technologies, Trevose, Pennsylvania; 
Anthony Willardson, Western States Water Council, Murray, Utah; and 
Melissa L. Meeker, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm 
Beach.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 432, to provide for environmental restoration activities and 
forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, with an 
amendment;
  S. 1296, to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, 
Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the State of 
Rhode Island;
  S. 1266, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to build on and help coordinate funding for the restoration and 
protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River Basin region, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1740, to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to 
provide for the reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and 
Watertrails Network; and
  Proposed resolutions relating to the General Services Administration.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Tara D. Sonenshine, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Anne Claire Richard, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, and Robert 
E. Whitehead, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, 
all of the Department of State, and Earl W. Gast, of California, to be 
an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine barriers facing the long-term 
unemployed, after receiving testimony from Christine Owens, National 
Employment Law Project, Washington, D.C.; Reverend Marvin A. Moss, 
Cascade United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia; Donna Stebbins, 
Phoenix, Arizona; and John Meyer, Winner, South Dakota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1763, to decrease the incidence of violent crimes against Indian 
women, to strengthen the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the 
sovereign authority of Indian tribes to respond to violent crimes 
committed against Indian women, and to ensure that perpetrators of 
violent crimes committed against Indian women are held accountable for 
that criminal behavior, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 1065, to settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation.
STATE AND FEDERAL TAX POLICY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine state and Federal tax policy, focusing on building new 
markets in Indian country, after receiving testimony from Kevin W. 
Leecy, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Nett Lake, Minnesota; Peter Ortego, 
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, Colorado; and Steven J. Gunn, 
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1886, to prevent trafficking in counterfeit drugs;
  S. 678, to increase the penalties for economic espionage, with an 
amendment; and
  The nomination of Kathryn Keneally, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice.
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.