[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 99 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D675-D676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PRIVACY PROTECTIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the need for privacy protections, focusing on 
industry self-regulation, after receiving testimony from Alex Fowler, 
Mozilla, San Francisco, California; Bob Liodice, Association of 
National Advertisers, Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of the 
Digital Advertising Alliance; Peter Swire, The Ohio State University 
Moritz College of Law, Bethesda, Maryland; and Berin Szoka, 
TechFreedom, Washington, D.C.
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING RETROFITS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine innovative non-federal programs for financing energy 
efficient building retrofits, after receiving testimony from David E. 
Sundstrom, Sonoma County Energy Independence Program Administrator, 
Santa Rosa, California; Derek Smith, Clean Energy Works Oregon, 
Portland; William A. Rodgers, Jr., GoodCents Holdings, Inc., Atlanta, 
Georgia; Sheri Borrelli, The United Illuminating Company, Orange, 
Connecticut; Susan Leeds, New York City Efficiency Corporation, New 
York, New York; and Jeffrey D. DeBoer, The Real Estate Roundtable, 
Washington, D.C.
LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine The Law of the Sea Convention

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(Treaty Doc. 103-39), focusing on perspectives from business and 
industry, after receiving testimony from Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. 
Chamber of Commerce, Jack N. Gerard, American Petroleum Institute, and 
Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Lowell C. McAdam, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, New 
York.
AFRICA'S MARKET POTENTIAL
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine economic statecraft, focusing on 
embracing Africa's market potential, after receiving testimony from 
Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Earl 
W. Gast, Assistant Administrator for Africa, United States Agency for 
International Development; and Florizelle Liser, Assistant United 
States Trade Representative for Africa, Office of the United States 
Trade Representative.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.R.443, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the 
United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska;
  H.R.1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for 
membership in that tribe;
  H.R.1272, to provide for the use and distribution of the funds 
awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al, by the United States 
Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188;
  S.134, to authorize the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease adjudicated 
water rights;
  S.1065, to settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation, with 
an amendment;
  S.2389, to deem the submission of certain claims to an Indian Health 
Service contracting officer as timely; and
  S.3193, to make technical corrections to the legal description of 
certain land to be held in trust for the Barona Band of Mission 
Indians.