Thursday, September 21, 2006 [[Page D1005]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S9859-S10009 Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3916-3928, and S. Res. 578-581. Pages S9896-97 Measures Reported: S. 2781, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater treatment works, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-345) H.R. 5074, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for continued payment of railroad retirement annuities by the Department of the Treasury. H.R. 5187, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize additional appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for fiscal year 2007. S. 394, to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act). S. 3867, to designate the Federal courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., Federal Courthouse''. Page S9896 Measures Passed: Day of Remembrance: Senate agreed to S. Res. 579, designating December 13, 2006, as a Day of Remembrance to honor the 25th anniversary of the imposition of martial law by the Communist government in Poland. Pages S10003-04 National Pollinator Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 580, recognizing the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture in the United States and the value of partnership efforts to increase awareness about pollinators and support for protecting and sustaining pollinators by designating June 24 through June 30, 2007, as ``National Pollinator Week''. Page S10004 National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 180, supporting the goals and ideals of a National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of the disease and to foster understanding of the impact of the disease on patients and their families, and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S10004 Congratulating Kansas State University Department of Agronomy: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 539, congratulating the Department of Agronomy in the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University for 100 years of excellent service to Kansas agriculture, and the resolution was then agreed to. Pages S10004-05 Supporting ``Lights on Afterschool'': Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 116, supporting ``Lights On Afterschool!'', a national celebration of afterschool programs, and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S10005 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Senate passed S. 2562, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2006, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Pages S10005-06 Frist (for Craig) Amendment No. 5034, to make a technical correction to title 38, United States Code. Page S10006 Darfur Peace and Accountability Act: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3127, to impose sanctions against individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, to support measures for the protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and to support peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Page S10007 Frist (for Lugar) Amendment No. 5033, in the nature of a substitute. Page S10007 [[Page D1006]] North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation 70th Anniversary: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 574, recognizing the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation on the occasion of its 70th anniversary and saluting the outstanding service of its members and staff on behalf of the agricultural community and the people of North Carolina, and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S10007 Secure Fence Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 6061, to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to its consideration, and taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: Pages S9863-86 Pending: Frist Amendment No. 5031, to establish the effective date. Page S9886 Frist Amendment No. 5032 (to Amendment No. 5031), to amend the effective date. Page S9886 Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act--Committee Referral: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2965, to amend title 18, United States Code, to require Federal Prison Industries to compete for its contracts minimizing its unfair competition with private sector firms and their non-inmate workers and empowering Federal agencies to get the best value for taxpayers' dollars, to provide a 5-year period during which Federal Prison Industries adjusts to obtaining inmate work opportunities through other than its mandatory source status, to enhance inmate access to remedial and vocational opportunities and other rehabilitative opportunities to better prepare inmates for a successful return to society, to authorize alternative inmate work opportunities in support of non-profit organizations and other public service programs, and the bill be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Page S10003 Bill Introduction--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate, it be in order for Senators to introduce bills on Friday, September 22, 2006 until 11 a.m.; provided further, that a bill to be introduced by Senator Frist, or his designee, be considered as read a first time, and that there be an objection to its second reading. Pages S10007-08 Besosa Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 5:20 p.m. on Monday, September 25, 2006, Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Francisco Augusto Besosa, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico; that the time until 5:30 p.m. be equally divided between the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, or their designees; provided further, that at 5:30 p.m. Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination. Page S10003 Message From the President: Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States: Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism that was established in Executive Order 13224 on September 21, 2006; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM--56) Page S9894 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: Stephen Goldsmith, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2010. Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Sandra Pickett, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2010. Roger L. Hunt, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 2009. John E. Kidde, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 2011. Eliza McFadden, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring January 30, 2009. Frank R. Jimenez, of Florida, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy. Jane M. Doggett, of Montana, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012. Randolph James Clerihue, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor. Arthur K. Reilly, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012. Lauren M. Maddox, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education. 7 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral. [[Page D1007]] Routine lists in the Coast Guard, Public Health Service. Pages S9997, S10009 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Steven R. Chealander, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 2007. Craig Roberts Stapleton, of Connecticut, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Monaco. Ronald Spogli, of California, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino. Curtis S. Chin, of New York, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador. 2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 4 Army nominations in the rank of general. 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral. Routine lists in the Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy. Pages S10008-09 Messages From the House: Pages S9894-95 Measures Referred: Pages S9895, S10003 Measures Placed on Calendar: Pages S9895, S10003 Measures Read First Time: Pages S9895, S10003 Executive Communications: Pages S9895-96 Executive Reports of Committees: Page S9896 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S9897-98 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S9898-S9908 Additional Statements: Pages S9893-94 Amendments Submitted: Pages S9908-96 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Pages S9996-97 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:50 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 22, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10008.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch resumed hearings to examine progress of the Capitol Visitor Center construction, receiving testimony from Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol; Robert C. Hixon, Jr., Capitol Visitor Center Project Executive; and Bernard L. Ungar, and Terrell Dorn, both Directors, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office. Hearings recessed subject to the call. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REAUTHORIZATION Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Chris Boskin, of California, and David H. Pryor, of Arkansas, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Calvin L. Scovel, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Transportation, Charles Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, who was introduced by Senator Specter, Collister Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Sharon Lynn Hays, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, who was introduced by Representative Ehlers, and Cynthia A. Glassman, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Mary Amelia Bomar, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 1106, to authorize the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado, S. 1811, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for which that project was authorized, S. 2070, to provide certain requirements for hydroelectric projects on the Mohawk River in the State of New York, S. 3522, to amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years [[Page D1008]] 2006 through 2012, S. 3832, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish criteria to transfer title to reclamation facilities, S. 3851, to provide for the extension of preliminary permit periods by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for certain hydroelectric projects in the State of Alaska, S. 3798, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to exclude and defer from the pooled reimbursable costs of the Central Valley Project the reimbursable capital costs of the unused capacity of the Folsom South Canal, Auburn-Folsom South Unit, Central Valley Project, H.R. 2563, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility studies to address certain water shortages within the Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho, and H.R. 3897, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project, after receiving testimony from Senators Allard and Schumer; Representative Radanovich; William Rinne, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; J. Mark Robinson, Director, Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Bill Long, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Pueblo; Marc Thalacker, Three Sisters Irrigation District, Salem, Oregon, on behalf of the Oregon Water Resources Congress; and Thomas F. Donnelly, National Water Resources Association, Arlington, Virginia. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following items: H.R. 1463, to designate a portion of the Federal building located at 2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's Building''; and The nominations of Roger Romulus Martella, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator, and Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, William H. Graves, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Brigadier General Bruce Arlan Berwick, United States Army, Colonel Gregg F. Martin, United States Army, Brigadier General Robert Crear, United States Army, and Rear Admiral Samuel P. De Bow, Jr., NOAA, each to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission. NOMINATIONS Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine the nominations of Robert K. Steel, of Connecticut, to be an Under Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, and John K. Veroneau, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the Rank of Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. AFGHANISTAN Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the purpose and impact of the transition from coalition to NATO's International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) command in Afghanistan, including responding to Taliban tactics, coordinating with independently-led U.S. troops and Afghan Army, what role will U.S. forces and the Coalition play when ISAF takes over the final sector, and how NATO is addressing the challenges of accelerating reconstruction and contending with the growing drug trade, after receiving testimony from General James L. Jones, USMC, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; and Barnett R. Rubin, New York University Center on International Cooperation, New York, New York. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 394, to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act); and The nominations of Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Valerie L. Baker, of California, and Philip S. Gutierrez, of California, each to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Francisco Augusto Besosa, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Lawrence Joseph O'Neill, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, and Rodger A. Heaton, to be United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Department of Justice. Also, committee began consideration of the nomination of William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, but did not take final action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, September 26, 2006. PRISONER REHABILITATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine Federal assistance for prisoner rehabilitation and reentry into our states, focusing on the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI), after receiving testimony from Regina B. Schofield, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Mason M. Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary of [[Page D1009]] Labor for the Employment and Training Administration; Robert J. Bogart, Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Cherie Nolan, Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Roger Werholtz, Kansas Department of Corrections, Topeka; and B. Diane Williams, Safer Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. 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. GENERIC PRESCRIPTION DRUGS Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine savings for seniors and Medicare relating to increasing generic drug use and the cost of prescription drugs for people with Medicare, the Medicare program, and taxpayers, after receiving testimony from Mark B. McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; William Vaughan, Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.; Timothy Antonelli, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Southfield; and William H. Shrank, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 6130- 6158; and 10 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 477-478; and H. Res. 1029-1036 were introduced. Pages H6931-33 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H6933-34 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 5092, to modernize and reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-672) and H.R. 5418, to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-673). Page H6931 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Miller of Michigan to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H6849 House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards--Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of the House to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards: Representative Ehlers, Chairman. Page H6850 Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, September 20th: Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act: S. 418, to protect members of the Armed Forces from unscrupulous practices regarding sales of insurance, financial, and investment products, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 463--c1earing the measure for the President. Pages H6861-62 Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 4830, to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passageway between the United States and another country, by a yea-and-nay vote of 422 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 469. Pages H6850-61, H6862-69, H6894-95 H. Res. 1018, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 462, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 461. Pages H6850-61 Community Protection Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 6094, to restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime, by a yea-and-nay vote of 328 yeas to 95 nays, Roll No. 465. Pages H6869-79 Point of Order sustained against: Gutierrez motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment. Pages H6876-77 Agreed to table the Gutierrez motion to appeal the ruling of the Chair by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 464. Pages H6877-78 [[Page D1010]] H. Res. 1018, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 462, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 461. Pages H6850-61 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007--Motion to go to Conference: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and agreed to a conference. Page H6879 Appointed as conferees: Representatives Young of Florida, Hobson, Bonilla, Frelinghuysen, Tiahrt, Wicker, Kingston, Ms. Granger, LaHood, Lewis of California, Murtha, Dicks, Sabo, Visclosky, Moran of Virginia, Kaptur, and Obey. Page H6879 Agreed to close to the public portions of the conference when classified national security information may be broached, by a yea-and- nay vote of 411 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 466. Page H6879 Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 6095, to affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, to provide for effective prosecution of alien smugglers, and to reform immigration litigation procedures, by a yea-and-nay vote of 277 yeas to 140 nays, Roll No. 468. Pages H6880-94 Point of Order sustained against: Gutierrez motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with amendments. Pages H6891-92 Rejected the Reyes motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with amendments, by a yea and nay vote of 196 yeas to 226 nays, Roll No. 467. Pages H6892-94 H. Res. 1018, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 462, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 461. Pages H6850-61 Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and pass the following measure, which was debated on Wednesday, September 20th: Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006: S. 2832, to reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 470. Pages H6895-96 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007--Motion to go to Conference: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and agreed to a conference. Page H6896 Appointed as conferees: Representatives Rogers of Kentucky, Wamp, Latham, Emerson, Sweeney, Kolbe, Istook, Crenshaw, Carter, Lewis of California, Sabo, Price of North Carolina, Serrano, Roybal-Allard, Bishop of Georgia, Berry, Edwards, and Obey. Page H6896 Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, September 27th. Page H6897 Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, September 25th for Morning-Hour debate. Page H6897 Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001--referred to the Committee on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 109-135). Page H6922 Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6860-61, H6861, H6862, H6878, H6878-79, H6879, H6893-94, H6894, H6894-95, H6895- 96. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:06 p.m. Committee Meetings MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Con. Res. 424, Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; H.R. 4559, amended, To provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain isolated parcels of National Forest System land in Florence and Langlade counties, Wisconsin; H.R. 5103, amended, [[Page D1011]] To provide for the conveyance of the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls School in Smyth County, Virginia, which is currently owned by the United States and administered by the Forest Service, to facilitate the restoration and reuse of the property; and H.R. 5313, Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act. FEDERAL FARM POLICY Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing to review Federal Farm Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. COMBAT VEHICLE ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces held a hearing on Combat Vehicle Active Protection Systems. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Robert Buhrkuhl, Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell; Lloyd A. Feldman, Assistant Director, Science and Technology, Office of Force Transformation; and MG Jeffrey A. Sorenson, USA, Deputy, Acquisition and Systems Management, Department of the Army. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND/PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing entitled ``No Child Left Behind: How Can We Increase Parental Awareness of Supplemental Education Services?'' Testimony was heard from Morgan Brown, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education; Cornelia Ashby, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, GAO; Stephen Barr, Associate Superintendent, Center for School Improvement, Department of Education, State of Ohio; and public witnesses. COMBATING INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Deleting Commercial Child Pornography Sites From the Internet: The U.S. Financial Industry's Efforts to Combat This Problem.'' Testimony was heard from Christopher J. Christie, U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, Department of Justice; James Plitt, Director, Cyber Crimes Center, Office of Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses. INTERNET DOMAIN GOVERNANCE Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a joint hearing entitled ``ICANN Internet Governance: Is It Working?'' Testimony was heard from John M.R. Kneuer, Acting Assistant Secretary, Communications and Information, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 4720, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Gateway Drive in Lincoln, California, as the ``Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5108, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1213 East Houston Street in Cleveland, Texas, as the ``Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5857, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Cherrybell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as the ``Morris K. `Mo' Udall Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5883, Drake Well Sesquicentennial Commemoration Act; H.R. 5923, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29-50 Union Street in Flushing, New York, as the ``Dr. Leonard Price Stavisky Post Office;'' H.R. 6075, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 East Gay Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert J. Thompson Post Office Building;'' H. Con. Res. 471, Congratulating the Professional Golfers' Association of America on its 90th anniversary and commending the members of The Professional Golfers' Association of America and The PGA Foundation for the charitable contributions they provide to the United States; H. Con. Res. 473, Supporting the goals and ideals of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month; H. Res. 402, Supporting the goals and ideals of Infant Mortality Awareness Month; H. Res. 748, Recognizing the 225th anniversary of the American and French victory at Yorktown, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War; H. Res. 973, amended, Recognizing Financial Planning Week, recognizing the significant impact of sound professional planning on achieving life's goals, and honoring families and the financial planning profession for their adherence and dedication to the financial planning process; H. Res. 974, Supporting the goals and ideals of National Myositis Awareness Day; H. Res. 991, Congratulating the Columbus Northern Little League Baseball Team from Columbus, Georgia, on its victory in the 2006 Little League World Series Championship games; H.R. 1472, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 167 East [[Page D1012]] 124th Street in New York, New York, as the ``Tito Puente Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5685, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19 Front Street in Patterson, New York, as the D. Mallory Stephens Post Office;'' H.R. 5989, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10240 Roosevelt Road in Westchester, Illinois, as the `John J. Sinde Post Office Building;' H.R. 5990, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 415 South 5th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois, as the ``Wallace W. Sykes Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6078, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 307 West Wheat Street in Woodville, Texas, as the ``Chuck Fortenberry Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6102, amended, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Lawyers Road, NW in Vienna, Virginia, as the ``Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 745, Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month; H.R. 960, Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2005; and H.R. 4069, District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform Act of 2006. FEDERAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Climate Change Technology Research: Do We Need a `Manhattan Project' for the Environment?'' Testimony was heard from Stephen D. Eule, Director, Climate Change Technology Program, Department of Energy; John B. Stephenson, Director, GAO; and public witnesses. POLICE AS FIRST PREVENTERS Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack held a hearing entitled ``Police as First Preventers: Local Strategies in the War on Terror.'' Testimony was heard from John F. Timoney, Chief of Police, Miami, Florida; Brett Lovegrove, Superintendent, Anti-Terrorism Branch, City of London Police, United Kingdom; and MAJ Ahmet Sait Yayla, Counterterrorism and Operations Division, Police Department, Ankara, Republic of Turkey. AMERICA AND ASIA IN A CHANGING WORLD Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held a hearing on America and Asia in a Changing World. Testimony was heard from Jonathan D. Pollack, Professor of Asian and Pacific Studies, Strategic Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, Naval War College, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. JUDGE MANUEL L. REAL IMPEACHMENT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property held a hearing on H. Res. 916, Impeaching Manuel L. Real, judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Testimony was heard from Manuel L. Real, U.S. District Judge, Central District of California; and public witnesses. EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE TO COLOMBIA--TO FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere of the Committee on International Relations held a joint hearing on the Need for European Assistance to Colombia for the Fight against Illicit Drugs. Testimony was heard from Michael A. Braun, Chief of Operations, DEA, Department of Justice; and Sandro Cavali, Representative, Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations. MIGRATORY WATERFOWL CONSERVATION Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans held a hearing on H.R. 4315, to amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl. Testimony was heard from Representative Kennedy of Minnesota; David M. Verhey, Acting Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. OVERSIGHT--SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION SETTLEMENT ACT Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing on the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act. Testimony was heard from Jason Peltier, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; the following officials of the State of California: Lois Wolk, Chair, Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife, State Assembly; and Mike Chrisman, Secretary, Resources Agency; and public witnesses. NANOTECHNOLOGY's ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY IMPACTS Committee on Science: Held a hearing on Research on Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: What Are the Federal Agencies Doing? Testimony was heard from Norris E. [[Page D1013]] Alderson, Chair, Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications Working Group, and Associate Commissioner, Science, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, NSF; George Gray, Assistant Administrator, Research and Development and Science Advisor, EPA; Altaf H. Carim, Program Manager, Nanoscale Science and Electron Scattering Center, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. OVERSIGHT--VETERANS FISCAL YEAR REVIEW Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded oversight hearings to review the previous fiscal year and look ahead to the upcoming year. Testimony was heard from representatives of veterans organizations. BRIEFING--GLOBAL UPDATES/HOTSPOTS Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to receive a briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots.'' The Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses. DOD HUMINT WAY AHEAD Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence met in executive session to hold a hearing on DOD HUMINT Way Ahead. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses. 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Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12:30 p.m., Monday, September 25 House Chamber Program for Monday: To be announced. _______________________________________________________________________ Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue HOUSE Allen, Thomas H., Me., E1806 Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E1798 Berman, Howard L., Calif., E1789 Bishop, Timothy H., N.Y., E1789 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E1807 Bonner, Jo, Ala., E1805 Brady, Kevin, Tex., E1791 Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E1781 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E1800, E1807 Castle, Michael N., Del., E1809 Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E1815 Conaway, K. Michael, Tex., E1809 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E1792, E1796 Cooper, Jim, Tenn., E1794 Cramer, Robert E. 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