[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 85 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D577-D579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL FY 
2013
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development held a markup of Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Bill FY 2013. The bill was forwarded, 
without amendment.
MILITARY RESALE PROGRAMS OVERVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing entitled ``Military Resale Programs Overview''. Testimony was 
heard from Robert L. Gordon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, 
Military Community and Family Policy; Brigadier General Francis L. 
Hendricks, USAF, Commander, Army and Air Force Exchange Service; Rear 
Admiral Robert J. Bianchi, USN (ret), Chief Executive Officer, Navy 
Exchange Service Command; Joseph H. Jeu, Director and Chief Executive 
Officer, Defense Commissary Agency; William C. Dillon, Director, Semper 
Fit and Exchange Services, U.S. Marine Corps; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee held a markup 
of H.R. 4297, the ``Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012''. The 
bill was ordered reported, as amended.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade completed markup of H.R. 5865, the ``American 
Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012''; and H.R. 5859, to repeal 
an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor 
vehicle insurance cost reporting. H.R. 5865 was forwarded as amended; 
and H.R. 5859 was forwarded, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a markup of H.R. 4273, the ``Resolving Environmental and Grid 
Reliability Conflicts Act of 2012''; and H.R. 5892, the ``Hydropower 
Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012''. H.R. 4273 and H.R. 5892 were 
forwarded, without amendment.
OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION'S MULTIFAMILY INSURANCE 
PROGRAMS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and 
Community Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Oversight of Federal 
Housing Administration's Multifamily Insurance Programs''. Testimony 
was heard from Marie Head, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 
Multifamily Housing Programs, Office of Housing, Federal Housing 
Administration; Michael Bodaken, President, National Housing Trust; 
Mary Keaney, Executive Director, Illinois Housing Development 
Authority; and public witnesses.
INVESTOR PROTECTION: THE NEED TO PROTECT INVESTORS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled ``Investor 
Protection: The Need to Protect Investors from the Government''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a markup of H.R. 
4405, to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, 
abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, and for other gross violations of 
human rights in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes; H. Res. 
506, calling upon the Government of Turkey to facilitate the reopening 
of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Theological School of Halki without 
condition or further delay; H.R. 4141, to direct the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development to take 
appropriate actions to improve the nutritional quality, quality 
control, and cost effectiveness of United States food assistance, and 
for other purposes; H. Res. 526, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives with respect toward the establishment of

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a democratic and prosperous Republic of Georgia and the establishment 
of a peaceful and just resolution to the conflict with Georgia's 
internationally recognized borders; H. Res. 583, expressing support for 
robust efforts by the United States to see Joseph Kony, the leader of 
the Lord's Resistance Army, and his top commanders brought to justice 
and the group's atrocities permanently ended; and H. Res. 663, 
expressing support for the International Olympic Committee to recognize 
with a minute of silence at every future Olympics Opening Ceremony 
those who lost their lives at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and for other 
purposes. The following measures were ordered reported, as amended: 
H.R. 4405; H.R. 4141; H. Res. 526; H. Res. 583; and H. Res. 663. The 
following resolution was ordered reported, without amendment, H. Res. 
506.
TSA'S EFFORTS TO FIX ITS POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPUTATION AND BECOME A 
LEANER, SMARTER AGENCY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security 
held a hearing entitled ``TSA's Efforts to Fix Its Poor Customer 
Service Reputation and Become a Leaner, Smarter Agency''. Testimony was 
heard from John S. Pistole, Administrator, Transportation Security 
Administration.
OVERSIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the United States Department of Justice''. Testimony was 
heard from Eric Holder, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a markup of the 
following measures: H.R. 1103, the ``American Memorial Park Tinian 
Annex Act''; H.R. 1171, ``Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments 
of 2011''; H.R. 3065, the ``Target Practice and Marksmanship Training 
Support Act''; H.R. 3100, the ``San Antonio Missions National 
Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act''; H.R. 3210, the ``RELIEF 
Act''; H.R. 3388, the ``Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act''; H.R. 
3685, to amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest 
Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest 
management project required by that Act; H.R. 3706, to create the 
Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands, and for other purposes; H.R. 4039, the ``Yerington Land 
Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act''; H.R. 4073, to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and 
relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike 
National Forest in El Paso County, Colorado, originally granted to the 
Mt. Manitou Park and Incline Railway Company pursuant to the Act of 
March 3, 1875; H.R. 4094, the ``Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore Recreational Area Act''; H.R. 4234, the ``Grazing 
Improvement Act of 2012''; H.R. 4400, to designate the Salt Pond 
Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore as the ``Thomas P. 
O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center'', and for other purposes; S. 
270, the ``La Pine Land Conveyance Act''; and S. 997, the ``East Bench 
Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act''. The following 
measures were ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 3685; H.R. 4039; H.R. 
4234; H.R. 3100; H.R. 3210; H.R. 1171; H.R. 3388; H.R. 3706; and H.R. 
4073. The following measures were ordered reported, without amendment: 
H.R. 4094; H.R. 1103; H.R. 3065; H.R. 4400; S. 270; and S. 997.
ASSESSING MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAM INTEGRITY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management held a 
hearing entitled ``Assessing Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity''. 
Testimony was heard from Peter Budett, Director of Center for Program 
Integrity, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Ann Maxwell, 
Regional Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections, Office of 
the Inspector General for Department of Health and Human Services; 
Carolyn Yocom, Director of Health Care, Medicaid, Government 
Accountability Office; and Kathleen King, Director of Health Care, 
Medicare, Government Accountability Office.
ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE GSA SCHEDULES
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce 
held a hearing entitled ``Scheduling Success? Issues and Opportunities 
for Small Businesses on the GSA Schedules''. Testimony was heard from 
William T. Woods Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
Government Accountability Office; Steven J. Kempf, Commissioner, 
Federal Acquisition Services, General Services Administration; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
markup of the following measures: H.R. 4965, to preserve existing 
rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United 
States, and for other purposes; H.R. 5887, the ``Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Authorization Act of 2012''; H.R. 1171, the 
``Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments of 2011''; H.R. 3742,

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to designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Church 
Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the ``Edwin L. Mechem United 
States Courthouse''; H.R. 4347, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the 
``Robert Boochever United States Courthouse''; General Services 
Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; and 
Summary of Legislative and Oversight Activities Committee Report. The 
following measures were ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 4965; H.R. 
5887; and H.R. 1171. The following measures were ordered reported, 
without amendment: H.R. 3742; and H.R. 4347. The Summary of Legislative 
and Oversight Activities Committee Report was approved.

Joint Meetings
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
current economic outlook, after receiving testimony from Ben S. 
Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.