[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 31, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D796-D797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
approved for full committee consideration an original bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 2013.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1956, to prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the United States 
from participating in the European Union's emissions trading scheme, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1980, to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and 
unregulated fishing through port State measures;
  S. 2279, to amend the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 to 
provide additional protection for the R.M.S. Titanic and its wreck 
site;
  S. 2388, to reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3410, to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud 
Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006;
  The nominations of William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Federal 
Maritime Commissioner, Michael Peter Huerta, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Patricia K. Falcone, of California, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the 
President; and
  A promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Corps.
RURAL WATER PROJECTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 3385, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to use designated funding to pay for construction of authorized rural 
water projects, after receiving testimony from Senator Baucus; Michael 
L. Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; Bruce Sunchild, Sr., Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Box Elder, Montana; Gayla Brumfield, Eastern New Mexico 
Water Utility Authority, Albuquerque; Troy Larson, Lewis and Clark 
Regional Water System, Tea, South Dakota; and Nathan Bracken, Western 
States Water Council, Murray, Utah.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of James B. Cunningham, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Richard G. 
Olson, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan, both of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
DOING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine 
doing business in Latin America, focusing on positive trends but 
serious challenges, after receiving testimony from Francisco Sanchez, 
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Matthew M. Rooney, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; and Eric Farnsworth, Council of 
the Americas, and Jodi Bond, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of 
Washington, D.C.

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FEDERAL PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY LAW
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the state of 
Federal privacy and data security law, focusing on the impact of recent 
technology developments on existing laws for privacy protection in the 
Federal government, and actions agencies can take to protect against 
and respond to breaches involving personal information, after receiving 
testimony from Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy Officer, Department 
of Homeland Security; Gregory T. Long, Executive Director, Federal 
Retirement Thrift Investment Board; Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, 
Information Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; Peter 
Swire, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Bethesda, 
Maryland; and Christopher R. Calabrese, American Civil Liberties Union, 
and Paul Rosenzweig, Red Branch Consulting, PLLC, both of Washington, 
D.C.
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.