Wednesday, August 2, 2006 [[Page D884]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S8561-S8669 Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3773-3779 and S. Res. 546-547. Page S8610 Measures Reported: S. 2590, to require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. 3778, to reauthorize and improve the Small Business Act and the Small Business Act of 1958. Page S8609 Measures Passed: Recognizing United States Winemakers: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 399, recognizing the 30th anniversary of the victory of United States winemakers at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting, and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S8667 Lane Evans Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 2555, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the ``Lane Evans Post Office Building''. Page S8667 Major George Quamo Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 3613, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the ``Major George Quamo Post Office Building''. Page S8667 Coach John Wooden Post Office Building: Senate passed S. 4646, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda Boulevard in Reseda, California, as the ``Coach John Wooden Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. Page S8667 John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 4811, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 West Industrial Park Road in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ``John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. Page S8667 Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 4962, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the ``Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. Page S8667 Morris W. Milton Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 5104, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 16th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida, as the ``Morris W. Milton Post Office'', clearing the measure for the President. Page S8667 Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 5107, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 West Jordan Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ``Earl D. Hutto Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. Page S8667 Wilfred Edward `Cousin Willie' Sieg, Sr. Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 5169, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1310 Highway 64 NW. in Ramsey, Indiana, as the ``Wilfred Edward `Cousin Willie' Sieg, Sr. Post Office'', clearing the measure for the President. Page S8668 Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 5540, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 217 Southeast 2nd Street in Dimmitt, Texas, as the ``Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office'', clearing the measure for the President. Page S8668 Department of Defense Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: Pages S8561-S8601 [[Page D885]] Adopted: Stevens (for Cochran) Modified Amendment No. 4758, to require a report assessing the Depleted Uranium Sensing and Treatment for Removal program of the Department of Defense. Pages S8571-72 Stevens (for Menendez) Amendment No. 4759, to make available from Other Procurement, Army, up to $2,600,000 for the Virtual Interactive Combat Environment for the New Jersey National Guard. Pages S8571-72 Stevens (for Lugar) Amendment No. 4770, to make available from Other Procurement, Navy, up to $3,000,000 for the Man Overboard Identification System program. Pages S8571-72 Stevens (for Carper) Amendment No. 4772, to provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide award fees to any defense contractor for performance that does not meet the requirements of the contract. Pages S8571-72 Kyl Amendment No. 4788 (to Amendment No. 4775), to provide $1,829,000,000 for the Army National Guard for the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing, and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southwest border. Pages S8567-70, S8574 By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 220), Sessions Modified Amendment No. 4775, to provide $1,829,100,000 for the Army National Guard for the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing, and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the southwest border, as amended. Pages S8566-67, S8572, S8579-81 Salazar Modified Amendment No. 4776, to provide that, of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title II for the Air Force for operation and maintenance, up to $10,000,000 may be available for an interoperable communications capability for the United States Northern Command. Pages S8585-87, S8590 Stevens (for Smith/Wyden) Amendment No. 4778, to make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $2,000,000 for the Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory. Pages S8590-91 Stevens (for Dayton) Amendment No. 4773, to make available from additional appropriations for Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard, up to $6,700,000 for the pilot program of the Army National Guard on the reintegration of members of the National guard into civilian life after deployment. Pages S8590-91 Stevens (for Lott/Lieberman) Modified Amendment No. 4760, to make available $2,000,000 from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for the Para foil Joint Precision Air Drop System. Pages S8590-91 Stevens (for Conrad) Amendment No. 4796, to make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, up to $6,000,000 for Military-Standard-1760 integration for the internal weapons bays of B-52 aircraft. Pages S8590-91 Stevens (for Frist) Amendment No. 4771, to modify the notice and wait period applicable to modifications of certain contracts for national defense purposes. Pages S8590-91 By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 221), Dodd Amendment No. 4819, to make available an additional $6,700,000,000 to fund equipment reset requirements resulting from continuing combat operations, including repair, depot, and procurement activities. Pages S8596-98 Stevens (for Byrd) Amendment No. 4803, to require reports on the recommendations of the Defense Science Board regarding the management of the biometrics program of the Department of Defense. Page S8599 Stevens (for Warner) Amendment No. 4779, to make available from Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, an additional amount of up to $7,500,000 for the Joint Advertising, Market Research and Studies program. Page S8599 Stevens (for Inouye) Amendment No. 4766, to make available from Operation and Maintenance, Army, up to $500,000 for the United States Army Center of Military History to support a traveling exhibit on military experience in World War II. Page S8599 Stevens (for Isakson) Amendment No. 4798, to make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $1,000,000 for environmental management and compliance information. Page S8599 Stevens Amendment No. 4762, to require plans to procure medical countermeasures for treating forward deployed members of the Armed Forces against acute radiation syndrome and similar threats. Pages S8562-66, S8600 Stevens (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 4814, to make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, up to $1,500,000 for Commercialization and Industrialization of Adaptive Optics. Pages S8600-01 Stevens (for Sununu) Amendment No. 4829, to make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $1,000,000 for an integrated, low-cost, low-power Multibeam Side Scan Sonar System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. Pages S8600-01 [[Page D886]] Stevens (for Coleman) Modified Amendment No. 4792, to make available from Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force, up to $5,000,000 for the procurement of Radiation Hardened Microelectronics. Pages S8600-01 Stevens (for Schumer/Coleman) Modified Amendment No. 4783, to provide that up to $9,000,000 of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by chapter 2 of title IX for the Army for operation and maintenance and up to $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by such chapter for the Marine Corps for operation and maintenance may be made available for the procurement of hemostatic agents, including bloodclotting bandages and invasive hemostatic agents, for use by members of the Armed Forces in the field. Pages S8600-01 Rejected: Durbin Modified Amendment No. 4781, to appropriate, with an offset, an additional $2,000,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for the improvement of imaging for traumatic brain injuries. (By 54 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 222), Senate tabled the amendment.) Pages S8582-85, S8598-99 Pending: Kennedy Amendment No. 4802, to require a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. Pages S8582, S8599 During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action: Chair sustained a point of order that Reid Amendment No. 4795, to provide for the extension and modification of certain tax relief provisions, other tax provisions, and Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act amendments, violated rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, which prohibits legislation on an appropriation bill. Pages S8570-71 Chair sustained a point of order that Dorgan Amendment No. 4805, to improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement and by enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel, violated rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, which prohibits legislation on an appropriation bill. Pages S8591-96 Chair sustained a point of order that Kyl Amendment No. 4806, to prohibit the suspension of royalties under certain circumstances, to clarify the authority to impose price thresholds for certain leases, to limit the eligibility of certain lessees for new leases, and to restrict the transfer of certain leases, violated rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, which prohibits legislation on an appropriation bill. Pages S8587-90, S8599 Chair sustained a point of order that Cornyn Modified Amendment No. 4768, to provide emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and immigration reform, violated rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, which prohibits legislation on an appropriation bill. Pages S8574-78, S8599 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, August 3, 2006. Page S8669 Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 5970, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions. Page S8668 A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the motion to invoke cloture may occur on Friday, August 4, 2006. Page S8668 Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn. Page S8668 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: 3 Army nominations in the rank of general. 1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general. 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral. Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. Page S8669 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Roslynn Renee Mauskopf, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. Liam O'Grady, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. Lawrence Joseph O'Neill, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California. Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for the remainder of the term expiring October 31, 2009. Page S8669 Messages From the House: Page S8608 Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S8608 Executive Communications: Pages S8608-09 Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S8609-10 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S8610-12 [[Page D887]] Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S8612-29 Additional Statements: Pages S8606-08 Amendments Submitted: Pages S8629-65 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Pages S8665-66 Privileges of the Floor: Pages S8666-67 Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--222) Pages S8581, S8598, S8599 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:06 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, August 3, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8669.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) FOREST EMERGENCY RECOVERY AND RESEARCH ACT Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization concluded a hearing to examine H.R. 4200, to improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including the removal of dead and damaged trees and the implementation of reforestation treatments, to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, after receiving testimony from Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Oregon State Senator Charlie Ringo, Beaverton; Alan Thompson, Ravalli County Commissioner, Hamilton, Montana, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Sue Kupillas, Communities for Healthy Forests, Roseburg, Oregon; Jim Crouch, Jim Crouch and Associates, Russellville, Arkansas, on behalf of Ouachita Timber Purchasers Group, Ozark-St. Francis Renewable Resource Council, and the Lake States Federal Timber Purchasers Group; John A. Helms, University of California, Berkeley, on behalf of the Society of American Foresters; James R. Karr, University of Washington, Seattle; Robert L. Krepps, St. Louis County Land Commissioner, Duluth, Minnesota; and Leah W. MacSwords, Kentucky State Forester, Frankfort, on behalf of the National Association of State Foresters. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch resumed hearings to examine the progress of Capitol Visitor Center construction, receiving testimony from Alan M. Hantman, Architect, and Doug Jacobs, Capitol Visitor Center Project Architect, both of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and Bernard L. Ungar, Director, and Terrell Dorn, Director, both of Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office. Hearing recessed subject to the call. MILITARY COMMISSIONS: HAMDAN V. RUMSFELD Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine the status of military commissions in light of the Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, after receiving testimony from Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Department of Justice; and Gordon R. England, Deputy Secretary of Defense. OVERHEAD IMAGERY SYSTEMS Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to discuss overhead imagery systems. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill to improve ratings quality for the protection of investors and in the public interest by fostering accountability, transparency, and competition in the credit rating agency industry. VETERANS' HOUSING NEEDS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded a hearing to examine Federal and local efforts to meet the housing needs of veterans, after receiving testimony from Mark Johnston, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Special Needs; Keith Pedigo, Director, Loan Guaranty Service, and Peter H. Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Cheryl Beversdorf, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Washington, D.C.; and Barbara Banaszynski, Volunteers of America, Louisville, Kentucky. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Charles D. Nottingham, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, and Sean T. Connaughton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, both of the Department of Transportation, Robert L. Sumwalt [[Page D888]] III, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jay M. Cohen, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, Nathaniel F. Wienecke, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and a promotion list for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act and the chemicals management program of the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from James B. Gulliford, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; William K. Rawson, Latham and Watkins, LLP, and Gail Charnley, HealthRisk Strategies, both of Washington, D.C.; Lynn R. Goldman, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Michael P. Walls, American Chemistry Council, Arlington, Virginia; Michael P. Wilson, University of California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Berkeley. BORDER SECURITY Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the effectiveness of United States Customs and Border Protection in screening entrants into the United States at land border crossings, after receiving testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, Government Accountability Office; Jayson P. Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Michael Everitt, Unit Chief, Forensic Document Laboratory, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Janice Kephart, 9/11 Security Solutions, Alexandria, Virginia; C. David Shepherd, Venetian Resort Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada; R. Bruce Reeves, AssureTec Systems, Inc., Manchester, New Hampshire; and Scott Carr, Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, Oregon. NOMINATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John C. Rood, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Cochran, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the status of Iraq reconstruction, focusing on contracting and procurement issues, after receiving testimony from Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. NOMINATIONS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Carmel Borders, of Kentucky, Donald D. Deshler, of Kansas, and Timothy Shanahan, of Illinois, each to be a Member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board, Mark R. Abbott, of Oregon, John T. Bruer, of Missouri, Patricia D. Galloway, of Washington, Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Pennsylvania, Karl Hess, of Illinois, Thomas N. Taylor, of Kansas, and Richard F. Thompson, of California, each to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, Josiah Bunting III, of Rhode Island, Robert S. Martin, of Texas, Wilfred M. McClay, of Tennessee, Manfredi Piccolomini, of New York, Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, Mary Habeck, of Maryland, and Jay Winik, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, Victoria Ray Carlson, of Iowa, Chad Colley, of Florida, Lisa Mattheiss, of Tennessee, and John R. Vaughn, of Florida, each to be a Member of the National Council on Disability, Katherine M.B. Berger, of Virginia, Karen Brosius, of South Carolina, Ioannis N. Miaoulis, of Massachusetts, Christina Orr-Cahall, of Florida, and Kevin Owen Starr, of California, each to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board, Arthur F. Rosenfeld, of Virginia, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, and Wilma B. Liebman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member, Peter Schaumber, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member, and Ronald E. Meisburg, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of the National Labor Relations Board. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills: S. 374, to provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 660, to provide for the acknowledgement of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina; and S. 1535, to amend the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux [[Page D889]] Tribe for damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. WAR CRIME PROVISIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the authority to prosecute terrorists under the war crime provisions of Title 18, including S. 2453 to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs, and S. 2455, to provide in statute for the conduct of electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists for the purposes of protecting the American people, the Nation, and its interests from terrorist attack while ensuring that the civil liberties of United States citizens are safeguarded, after receiving testimony from Steven G. Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; General Richard B. Myers, former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Major General Scott C. Black, USA, Judge Advocate General, United States Army; Rear Admiral Bruce MacDonald, USN, Judge Advocate General, United States Navy; Major General Jack L. Rives, USAF, Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force; and Brigadier General Kevin M. Sandkuhler, USMC, Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant, United States Marine Corps. ATTORNEY'S FEES Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights concluded a hearing to examine efforts to create a fair standard for attorney's fee awards in establishment clause cases, focusing on S. 3696, to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments, after receiving testimony from Rees Lloyd, American Legion, Banning, California; Marc D. Stern, American Jewish Congress, New York, New York; Mathew D. Staver, Liberty University School of Law, Lynchburg, Virginia; Melissa Rogers, Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Shannon Demos Woodruff, American Center for Law and Justice, Virginia Beach, Virginia. BUSINESS MEETING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session and ordered favorably reported the nomination of Randall M. Fort, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. Committee recessed until Thursday, August 3. House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 1 public bill, H.R. 6027; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 467 were introduced. Page H6241 Additional Cosponsors: Page H6242 Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Davis, Tom of Virginia to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H6239 Summer District Work Period: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 467, providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. Page H6239 Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it stand adjourned until 4 p.m. on Friday, August 4, 2006, unless it sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its concurrence in H. Con. Res. 467, in which case, the House will stand adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution. Pages H6239-40 Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today and message received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appear on pages H6239, H6240. Senate Referral: S. 2146 was referred to the Committee on Government Reform; S. 707 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce; and S. 3741 and S. Con. Res. 113 were held at the desk. Page H6240 Quorum Calls--Votes: There were no yea and nay votes, and there were no recorded votes. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 11:08 a.m, the House stands adjourned until 4 p.m. on Friday, August 4, 2006, unless it [[Page D890]] sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its adoption of H. Con. Res. 467, in which case the House shall stand adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2006. NEW PUBLIC LAWS (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D 879) H.R. 2977, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, Montana, as the ``Paul Kasten Post Office Building''. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public Law 109-252) H.R. 3440, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Avenida RL Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, as the ``Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building''. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public Law 109-253) H.R. 3549, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 210 West 3rd Avenue in Warren, Pennsylvania, as the ``William F. Clinger, Jr. Post Office Building''. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public Law 109-254) H.R. 3934, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the ``Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building''. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public Law 109-255) H.R. 4101, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the ``Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building''. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public Law 109-256) H.R. 4108, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3000 Homewood Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``State Senator Verda Welcome and Dr. Henry Welcome Post Office Building''. Signed on August 1, 2006. (Public Law 109-257) COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2006 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism; to be followed by a closed session in SR-222, 9:30 a.m., SH-216. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on National Ocean Policy Study, to hold hearings to examine state of the oceans in 2006, 10 a.m., SR-253. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider the nominations of Drue Pearce, of Alaska, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, and John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, both of the Department of the Interior, and other pending calendar business; to be followed by a hearing to examine S. 2589, to enhance the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, to ensure protection of public health and safety, to ensure the territorial integrity and security of the repository at Yucca Mountain, 10 a.m., SD-628. Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax code reform issues, 10:30 a.m., SD-215. Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mary Martin Ourisman, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 11 a.m., SD-419. Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cesar Benito Cabrera, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Cindy Lou Courville, of Virginia, to be U.S. Representative to the African Union, with the rank of Ambassador, and Donald C. Johnson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, 2:30 p.m., SD-419. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine financial management at the Department of Defense, focusing on the components of Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan to improve the overall financial management health of the Department of Defense, including an understanding of other plans involved in improving the financial management infrastructure at the Department, 2:30 p.m., SD-342. Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the nominations of Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, to be Judge for the District Court of Guam, and Troy A. Eid, to be United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Department of Justice, S. 2453, to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs, S.2455, to provide in statute for the conduct of electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists for the purposes of protecting the American people, the Nation, and its interests from terrorist attack while ensuring that the civil liberties of United States citizens are safeguarded, S. 2468, to provide standing for civil actions for declaratory and injunctive relief to persons who refrain from electronic communications through fear of being subject to warrantless electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, S. 3001, to ensure that all electronic surveillance of United States persons for foreign intelligence purposes is conducted pursuant to individualized court-issued orders, to streamline the procedures of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, S. 2831, to guarantee the free flow of information to the public through a free and active [[Page D891]] press while protecting the right of the public to effective law enforcement and the fair administration of justice, S. 155, to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, S. 1845, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into 2 circuits, S. 2679, to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, H.R. 1442, to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, ``Shipping'', as positive law, H.R. 866, to make technical corrections to the United States Code, and other committee matters, 9:30 a.m., SD-226. 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Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4 p.m., Friday, August 4 House Chamber Program for Friday: To be announced. _______________________________________________________________________ Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue HOUSE Carson, Julia, Ind., E1625 Davis, Tom, Va., E1626 Dreier, David, Calif., E1625 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E1625, E1626 Owens, Major R., N.Y., E1625