Tuesday, September 12, 2006 [[Page D940]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S9321-S9447 Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3888-3891, and S. Res. 566-568. Page S9361 Measures Passed: Women's National Basketball Association Championship: Senate agreed to S. Res. 567, honoring the Detroit Shock on winning the 2006 Women's National Basketball Association Championship. Pages S9444-45 Little League World Series Championship: Senate agreed to S. Res. 568, congratulating the Columbus Northern Little League team of Columbus, Georgia, for winning the championship game of the Little League World Series. Pages S9445-46 United States Code: Senate passed H.R. 866, to make technical corrections to the United States Code, clearing the measure for the President. Page S9446 SAFE Port Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 4954, to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: Pages S9327-53 Adopted: By a unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. 240), Stevens (for DeMint) Amendment No. 4921, to establish a unified national hazard alert system, as amended. Page S9335 Murray Modified Amendment No. 4929, to extend the merchandise processing fees. Pages S9327-30, S9343 Dorgan Amendment No. 4937, to prohibit the United States Trade Representative from negotiating any future trade agreement that limits the Congress in its ability to restrict the operations or ownership of United States ports by a foreign country or person. Pages S9331-33, S9346-48 By 85 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 241), Lautenberg Amendment No. 4940, to provide that the limitation on the number of Transportation Security Administration employees shall not apply after the date of enactment of this Act. Pages S9337-39, S9348 By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 242), Hutchison Amendment No. 4931, to strengthen national security by adding an additional 275 Customs and Border Protection officers at United States ports. Pages S9339-41, S9348 Salazar Amendment No. 4935, to create a Rural Policing Institute as part of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Pages S9336-37, S9348-49 Shelby/Sarbanes Amendment No. 4956, to improve mass transit security. Pages S9349-50 Pending: Reid Amendment No. 4936, to provide real national security, restore United States leadership, and implement tough and smart policies to win the war on terror. Pages S9330-31, S9341-46 Schumer Amendment No. 4930, to improve maritime container security by ensuring that foreign ports participating in the Container Security Initiative scan all containers shipped to the United States for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading. Pages S9332-33 A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that when the Senate resumes consideration of the bill, on Wednesday, September 13, 2006, the time until 12:15 p.m. be equally divided, and that at 12:15 p.m. Senate proceed to a vote in relation to Reid Amendment No. 4936, with no second-degree amendments in order prior to the vote. Page S9447 A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, September 14, 2006. Page S9353 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Page S9447 Treaty Approved: The following treaty having passed through its various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of the resolution [[Page D941]] of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification was agreed to: Investment Treaty with Uruguay (Treaty Doc. 109-9). Pages S9446-47 Measures Placed on Calendar: Page S9359 Executive Communications: Pages S9359-61 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S9361-63 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S9363-68 Additional Statements: Page S9359 Amendments Submitted: Pages S9368-S9443 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Pages S9443-44 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S9444 Privileges of the Floor: Page S9444 Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--242) Pages S9335, S9348 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:22 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, September 13, 2006. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9447.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) COMBATING TERRORIST FINANCING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the role of the Department of the Treasury in combating terrorist financing 5 years after 9/11, focusing on efforts to safeguard the financial system of the United States against financial crime, after receiving testimony from Robert W. Werner, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Daniel L. Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, and Eileen C. Mayer, Director, Fraud/Bank Secrecy Act of Small Business/ Self-Employed Division, Internal Revenue Service, all of the Department of the Treasury. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Kevin J. Martin, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, who was introduced by Senator Burr, and John M.R. Kneuer, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. BP PIPELINE FAILURE Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the effects of the British Petroleum (BP) pipeline failure in the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field on the oil supply of the United States and to examine what steps may be taken to prevent a recurrence of such an event, after receiving testimony from Vice Admiral Thomas J. Barrett, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.), Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Robert A. Malone, BP America Inc., Houston, Texas; and Kevin Hostler, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, and Peter Van Tuyn, Bessenyey and Van Tuyn, LLC, both of Anchorage, Alaska. METHAMPHETAMINE SUPPLY CHAIN Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine law enforcement challenges relating to breaking the methamphetamine supply chain, receiving testimony from Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, and Robert T. Patton, Section Chief, Mexico Central America Section, both of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Gregory Passic, Director, Office of Drug Interdiction, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; C. Andre Martin, Director, Operations, Policy and Support, Criminal Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; Lieutenant Daniel L. Springer, Missouri River Drug Task Force, Bozeman, Montana; Carl Venne, Apsaalooka Nation, Montana Meth Project, Crow Agency, Montana; and Sean McCullough, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Des Moines. Hearing recessed subject to the call. NOMINATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of James R. Kunder, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. HOMELAND SECURITY POST 9/11 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the next 5 years relating to homeland security, including screening people at the border, screening cargo, protecting critical infrastructure, sharing information, and boosting emergency preparedness and response, [[Page D942]] after receiving testimony from Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security; Leroy D. Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles, California; Richard A. Falkenrath, New York Police Department, New York, New York; Steven N. Simon, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C.; and Daniel B. Prieto, Reform Institute, Alexandria, Virginia. THOMPSON MEMORANDUM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Justice criminal charging policy known as the Thompson Memorandum and its effect on the right to counsel in corporate investigations, after receiving testimony from Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Edwin Meese III, Heritage Foundation, and Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.; Karen J. Mathis, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois; Andrew Weissmann, Jenner and Block LLP, New York, New York; and Mark B. Sheppard, Sprague and Sprague, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Nora Barry Fischer, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, Gregory Kent Frizzell, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, who was introduced by Senators Inhofe and Coburn, Lawrence Joseph O'Neill, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, who was introduced by Senator Feinstein, and Lisa Godbey Wood, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, who was introduced by Senators Chambliss and Isakson. House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 6052- 6059; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 469; and H. Res. 993-995, 998-999 were introduced. Pages H6427-28 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H6428-29 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: H. Res. 996, providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 994) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001 (H. Rept. 109-646); H. Res. 997, providing for consideration of the bill (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 five-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 (H. Rept. 109-647); H.R. 5585, to improve the netting process for financial contracts (H. Rept. 109-648, Pt. 1); and H.R. 5637, to streamline the regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-649, Pt. 1). Page H6427 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Biggert to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H6371 Recess: The House recessed at 12:41 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. Page H6372 Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 South Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the ``Larry Cox Post Office'': H.R. 5434, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 South Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the ``Larry Cox Post Office''; Pages H6374-75 Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the ``Joshua A. Terando Princeton Post Office Building'': H.R. 5428, amended, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East [[Page D943]] Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the ``Joshua A. Terando Princeton Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 389 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 436; Pages H6375-76, H6392-93 Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the `Joshua A. Terando Morris Post Office Building'''. Page H6375 Honoring the life and accomplishments of the late Robert E. O'Connor, Jr: H. Res. 983, to honor the life and accomplishments of the late Robert E. O'Connor, Jr; Pages H6376-79 Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005: S. 1773, to resolve certain Native American claims in New Mexico--clearing the measure for the President; Pages H6376-83 Providing for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe: H.R. 631, amended, to provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe; Pages H6383-84 Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation Act: H.R. 5094, to require the conveyance of Mattamuskeet Lodge and surrounding property, including the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, to the State of North Carolina to permit the State to use the property as a public facility dedicated to the conservation of the natural and cultural resources of North Carolina; Pages H6384-85 North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006: H.R. 5539, amended, to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act; Pages H6385-86 Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.''. Page H6386 Revising the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P: H.R. 138, amended, to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P; Pages H6386-87 Replacing a Coastal Barrier Resources System map relating to Coastal Barrier Resources System Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P in Walton County, Florida: H.R. 479, amended, to replace a Coastal Barrier Resources System map relating to Coastal Barrier Resources System Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P in Walton County, Florida; Pages H6387-88 National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006: H.R. 5381, amended, to establish a volunteer program and promote community partnerships for the benefit of national fish hatcheries and fisheries program offices; and Pages H6388-90 Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To enhance an existing volunteer program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and promote community partnerships for the benefit of national fish hatcheries and fisheries program offices.''. Page H6390 Recognizing the importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn the events of February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001: H. Res. 175, to recognize the importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn the events of February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 394 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 437. Pages H6390-93 Recess: The House recessed at 3:46 p.m. and reconvened at 6:31 p.m. Page H6392 Senate Message: 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 H6372 and H6386. Senate Referral: S. 2041 was referred to the Committee on Resources. Page H6425 Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings today and appear on pages H6392-93 and H6393. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:59 p.m. Committee Meetings AFGHANISTAN DRUG ERADICATION AND REBUILDING PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs held a hearing on Afghanistan Interdiction/Eradication of Illegal Narcotics and U.S. Led Rebuilding Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State: John Gastright, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Anne Patterson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; and Mark Ward, Senior Deputy Administrator, Asia and Near East Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development. [[Page D944]] GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology held a hearing entitled ``The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Importance of Agricultural Development in Sustainable Global Poverty Reduction.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses. ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE MODERNIZATION ACT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 5825, Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act. Testimony was heard from John Eisenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Vito Potenza, Acting General Counsel, NSA, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 1 hour of general debate on 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 for other purposes, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments made in order may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Feeney, Rohrabacher and Hoekstra. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS LAUNCHED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 4 hours of debate in the House on H. Res. 994, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001, equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the resolution. The rule provides one motion to recommit which may not contain instructions. Finally, the rule provides that, notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the resolution to a time designated by the speaker. Testimony was heard from Representative King of New York. Joint Meetings NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 5122, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, with the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold joint hearings to examine the housing bubble and its implications for the economy, 10 a.m., SD-538. [[Page D945]] Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider the nominations of David Longly Bernhardt, of Colorado, to be Solicitor, 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, all of the Department of the Interior, and other pending legislation, 11:30 a.m., SD-628. Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to consider H.R. 5689, to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, S. 1848, to promote remediation of inactive and abandoned mines, S. 3630, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, H.R. 3929, to amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, California, S. 3617, to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, H.R. 5061, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey Paint Bank National Fish Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to the State of Virginia, S. 3551, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Tylersville division of the Lamar National Fish Hatchery and Fish Technology Center to the State of Pennsylvania, S. 3867, to designate the Federal courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., Federal Courthouse'', 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, proposed Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Contingent Cost Allocation Act, proposed legislation to amend the Clean Air Act to encourage the most polluted areas in the United States to attain clean air standards, S. 2348, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require a licensee to notify the Atomic Energy Commission, and the State and county in which a facility is located, whenever there is an unplanned release of fission products in excess of allowable limits, S. 3591, to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, and the nominations of William B. Wark, of Maine, and William E. Wright, of Florida, each to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, and Stephen M. Prescott, of Oklahoma, and Anne Jeannette Udall, of North Carolina, each to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, and other committee matters; to be followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Roger Romulus Martella, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, and Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and William H. Graves, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 9:30 a.m., SD-406. Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine charitable care and community benefits at nonprofit hospitals, 10 a.m., SD-215. Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine securing a permanent cease-fire relating to Lebanon, 9:30 a.m., SD- 419. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Wayne Cartwright Beyer, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Stephen Thomas Conboy, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-342. Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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, and 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-226. Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine challenges facing today's federal prosecutors, 2:30 p.m., SD-226. Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219. Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine managed care relating to securing Medicaid's future, 10 a.m., SD-562. House Committee on Agriculture, hearing to Review Federal Farm Policy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth. Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, oversight hearing on Nuclear Energy, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. Committee on Armed Services, to mark up a measure to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Committee on the Budget, hearing on How Budgetary Choices Affect Work, Saving, and Growth, The Real Purpose of ``Dynamic'' Estimating, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing on nuclear waste storage and disposal policy, and hydroelectric license extension and energy efficiency legislation, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Continuing Ethics and Management Concerns at NIH and the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn. [[Page D946]] Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``CyberSecurity: Protecting America's Critical Infrastructure, Economy, and Consumers,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Stabilizing Insurance Markets for Coastal Consumers,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing entitled ``Interior Department: A Culture of Managerial Irresponsibility and Lack of Accountability?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, to consider H.R. 4859, Federal Family Health Information Technology Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability, hearing entitled ``DHS Financial Management: Evaluating Progress in Improving Internal Controls,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn. Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, to continue hearings entitled ``Iraq: Democracy or Civil War?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``The Future of Cyber and Telecommunications Security at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``The Homeland Security Information Network: An Update on DHS Information Sharing Efforts,'' 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Helping Business Protect the Homeland: Is the Department of Homeland Security Effectively Implementing the SAFETY Act?'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 611, Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act; H.R. 1476, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund Enhancement Act of 2005; H.R. 1996, Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005; H.R. 5805, North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006; H.R. 5966, Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2006; a measure State Authorities; H. Res. 415, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam needs to do more to resolve claims for confiscated real and personal property; H. Res. 622, To recognize and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their defense of democratic ideals and their important contribution to the outcome of World War II; H. Res. 723, calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with a specific emphasis on civilian protection; H. Res. 759, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as ``comfort women,'' during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II; H. Res. 940, Recognizing the 185th anniversary of the independence of Peru on July 28, 2006; H. Res. 942, Recognizing the centennial anniversary on August 5, 2006, of the Iranian constitution of 1906; H. Res. 965, Commending the people of Montenegro on the conduct of the referendum on independence, welcoming United States recognition of the sovereignty and independence of the republic of Montenegro, and welcoming Montenegro membership in the United Nations and other international organizations; H. Res. 992, Urging the President to appoint a Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan; H. Res. 976, Condemning human rights abuses by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and expressing solidarity with the Iranian people; H.R. 985, Directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in the possession of the Secretary of State relating to the report submitted to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives on July 28, 2006, pursuant to the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act; H. Con. Res. 317, Requesting the President to issue a proclamation annually calling upon the people of the United States to observe Global Family Day, One Day of Peace and Sharing; H. Con. Res. 415, Condemning the repression of the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of Iranian Baha'is; S. 2125, Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Recovery, Security, and Democracy; and S. 3836, United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Reauthorization Act of 2006, 11:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 5005, Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act; 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; H.R. 5825, Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act; H.R. 5830, Wright Amendment Reform Act; the Copyright Modernization Act of 2006; and H.R. 4239, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act; and to consider a motion to authorize the issuance of a subpoena to Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on The Americans with Disabilities Act: Sixteen Years Later, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5617, 13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act; and H.R. 5781, Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth. Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing entitled ``Visitation Trends in the National Park System--Part II,'' 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth. Committee on Rules, to mark up a resolution Providing for Earmarking Reform in the House of Representatives, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol. Committee on Science, hearing on How Can Technologies Help Secure Our Borders? 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, oversight hearing on Low Pressure Liquid Pipelines: In the North Slope, Greater Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. [[Page D947]] Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy--Can it be implemented to restore and protect the Great Lakes? 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the training provided to Veterans Benefits Administration claims adjudicators and the standards used to measure their proficiency and performance, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism and the Evolving Terrorist Threat, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol. Joint Meetings Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to examine Romanian governmental and non-governmental perspectives on the current state of care of persons with disabilities in Romania, 2 p.m., SD-562. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087ÿ09390). The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C. 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[[Page D948]] _______________________________________________________________________ Next Meeting of the SENATE 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 13 Senate Chamber Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 30 minutes), Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 4954, SAFE Port Act, with a vote on, or in relation to, Reid Amendment No. 4936 to occur at 12:15 p.m. Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Wednesday, September 13 House Chamber Program for Wednesday: Consideration of suspensions as follows: (1) H.R. 4893--To amend section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation gaming; (2) S. 2590--Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006; (3) S. 2784--Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act; (4) H.R. 5815--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2006; and (5) H. Con. Res. 444--Extending the thanks of Congress and the Nation to the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office. Consideration of H. Res. 996-- Relating to the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 (Subject to a Rule); and begin consideration of H.R. 2965--Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006 (Subject to a Rule). _______________________________________________________________________ Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue HOUSE Baldwin, Tammy, Wisc., E1689 Biggert, Judy, Ill., E1700 Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E1691 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E1688 Blunt, Roy, Mo., E1688 Boustany, Charles W., Jr., La., E1681, E1684 Brown, Sherrod, Ohio, E1689 Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E1689 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E1681, E1683, E1686, E1698 Case, Ed, Hawaii, E1702 Dingell, John D., Mich., E1692 Drake, Thelma D., Va., E1689 Gonzalez, Charles A., Tex., E1694, E1695 Graves, Sam, Mo., E1681, E1682, E1685 Green, Gene, Tex., E1693 Harman, Jane, Calif., E1699 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E1701 Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E1692 Hooley, Darlene, Ore., E1690, E1693 Hyde, Henry J., Ill., E1687, E1691 Lantos, Tom, Calif., E1694 Latham, Tom, Iowa, E1695, E1696 Lewis, Jerry, Calif., E1697 Michaud, Michael H., Me., E1699 Miller, George, Calif., E1694 Moore, Dennis, Kans., E1693 Moran, James P., Va., E1697 Oberstar, James L., Minn., E1696 Osborne, Tom, Nebr., E1687 Otter, C.L. ``Butch'', Idaho, E1688 Paul, Ron, Tex., E1700 Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E1701 Porter, Jon C., Nev., E1694, E1695, E1696, E1697 Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E1681, E1682, E1683, E1685, E1686 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1692 Roybal-Allard, Lucille, Calif., E1693 Ruppersberger, C.A. Dutch, Md., E1701 Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr., Wisc., E1698 Shimkus, John, Ill., E1695, E1696 Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E1690 Tancredo, Thomas G., Colo., E1681, E1684 Terry, Lee, Nebr., E1687 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1681, E1684 Udall, Mark, Colo., E1692 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E1697 Wilson, Joe, S.C., E1682, E1685, E1699 Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E1688