Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
House Committees ordered reported 33 sundry measures.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6393-S6480
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and two resolutions were introduced,
as follows: S. 1223-1233, and S. Res. 181-182.
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Measures Passed:
National Pipeline Safety Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 181,
designating June 10, 2009, as ``National Pipeline Safety Day''.
Pages S6398-S6400
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Senate passed
S. 407, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an
increase, effective December 1, 2009, in 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, to codify increases in the rates of such
compensation that were effective as of December 1, 2008, after agreeing
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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Measures Considered:
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Senate continued
consideration of H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing
the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate
tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain
modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement
System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, taking action on
the following amendments proposed thereto:
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Adopted:
Dodd Amendment No. 1247, in the nature of a substitute.
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During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
Chair sustained a point of order that Schumer (for Lieberman)
Amendment No. 1256 (to Amendment No. 1247), to modify provisions
relating to Federal employees retirement, was not germane, and the
amendment thus fell.
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By 67 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 206), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
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A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at approximately 2 p.m., on Thursday, June
11, 2009, and that the time until 2:30 p.m. be equally divided and
controlled between Senators Dodd and Enzi, or their designees; provided
further that at 2:30 p.m., all post-cloture time debate having expired,
Senate vote on passage of the bill.
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Good Neighbor Forestry Act--Referral Agreement: A unanimous-consent
agreement was reached providing that the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry be discharged from further consideration of S.
1122, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with State foresters
authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and
watershed restoration and protection services, and the bill then be
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Robert V. Abbey, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.
Timothy J. Roemer, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to India.
Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2011.
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A routine list in the Foreign Service.
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Messages from the House:
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Measures Referred:
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Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S6443-44, S6478
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S6444-52
Executive Reports of Committees:
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Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S6452-54
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S6454-75
Additional Statements:
Pages S6442-43
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
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Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S6475-76
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--206)
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:16 p.m.,
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2009. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S6478.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Mercedes Marquez, of California,
to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for
Community Planning and Development, and Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of
Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial
Stability.
DOMESTIC AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine the state of the domestic automobile industry,
focusing on the impact of federal assistance, after receiving testimony
from Ron Bloom, Senior Advisor at the Department of Treasury; and
Edward Montgomery, Director for Recovery for Auto Communities and
Workers.
AVIATION SAFETY AND COMMERCIAL AIR CARRIERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to
examine aviation safety, focusing on the Federal Aviation
Administration's role in the oversight of commercial air carriers,
after receiving testimony from Randolph Babbitt, Administrator, Federal
Aviation Administration, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General,
both of the Department of Transportation; Mark V. Rosenker, Acting
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and John O'Brien,
Flight Safety Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be
Assistant Administrator for Water, and Stephen Alan Owens, of Arizona,
to be Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic
Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Victor M.
Mendez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the nomination of Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Reed,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Tara Jeanne O'Toole,
of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology,
Department of Homeland Security, and Jeffrey D. Zients, of the District
of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management
and Budget, who was introduced by Senator Bennet, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine
allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse in security contracts at the
United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, after receiving testimony
from William H. Moser, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Logistics Management, Bureau of Administration; and Samuel Brinkley,
Wackenhut Services, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Howard K. Koh, of Massachusetts,
to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services,
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Martha J. Kanter, of California, to be Under Secretary of Education,
Jane Oates, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Employment and Training Administration, and Laurie I. Mikva, of
Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal
Services Corporation.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
the Violence Against Women Act, after receiving testimony from
Catherine Pierce, Acting Director, Office of Violence Against Women,
Department of Justice; Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Vermont Network Against
Domestic and Sexual Violence, Montpelier; Ann Burke, Lindsay Ann Burke
Memorial Fund, Saunderstown, Rhode Island; Collene Campbell, former
Mayor, San Juan Capistrano, California, on behalf of Force 100; Sally
Wolfgang Wells, Office of the Maricopa County Attorney, Phoenix,
Arizona; and Gabrielle Union, Beverly Hills, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Member
of the Federal Election Commission, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator Schumer, testified and answered questions in his
own behalf.
VA CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight
hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' construction
process, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Orndoff, Director,
Office of Construction and Facilities Management, Department of
Veterans Affairs; David Wise, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues,
Government Accountability Office; Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, Kansas City, Missouri; and J. David
Cox, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Washington,
D.C.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 33 public bills, H.R. 2784-
2816; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 525-528 were introduced.
Pages H6537-38
Additional Cosponsors:
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Report Filed: A report was filed on June 9, 2009 as follows:
H. Res. 484, expressing support for designation of June 10th as
``National Pipeline Safety Day'' (H. Rept. 111-144, Pt. 1).
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Jackson (IL) to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
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Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and agree to the following measures which were debated on Tuesday, June
9th:
Recognizing the significant accomplishments of the AmeriCorps: H.
Res. 453, to recognize the significant accomplishments of the
AmeriCorps and to encourage all citizens to join in a national effort
to salute AmeriCorps members and alumni, and raise awareness about the
importance of national and community service, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay
vote of 359 yeas to 60 nays, Roll No. 318 and
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Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children: H. Res. 454, to recognize the 25th anniversary
of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, by a \2/3\
yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 319 .
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Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011: The
House passed H.R. 2410, to authorize appropriations for the Department
of State and the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 and to
modernize the Foreign Service, by a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 187
noes, Roll No. 328.
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Rejected the Burton motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs with instructions to report the same back to the House
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 250
noes, Roll No. 327.
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Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs now printed in the bill
shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment
under the 5-minute rule.
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Agreed by unanimous consent that the Chair may reduce to two minutes
the minimum time for electronic voting under clause 8 or 9 of rule
twenty or under clause 6 of rule eighteen.
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Agreed to:
Polis amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
broadens the experience within the Foreign Service and encourages
Foreign Service officers to pursue a functional specialty by making it
mandatory to develop a functional focus during an officer's first two
years as well as creating a more diverse promotions panel where
functional and regional specialists are evenly distributed. It requires
the State Department to make materials from libraries and resource
centers, including U.S. films available over the Internet when possible
and for the advisory commission on public diplomacy to gauge the
effectiveness of online outreach authorized under section 214;
Pages H6484-85
Hunter amendment (No. 4 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
includes the Secretary of Defense as a member of the Task Force on the
Prevention of Illicit Small Arms Trafficking in the Western Hemisphere;
Pages H6485-86
Nadler amendment (No. 5 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should continue
working with the states of the former Soviet Union to see that
immigrants from these states who now live in the United States are paid
the pensions they are owed by these states;
Pages H6486-87
Sessions amendment (No. 8 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
expresses the sense of Congress that Israel has the right to defend
itself from an imminent nuclear or military threat from Iran and other
countries and organizations;
Pages H6490-92
Davis (CA) amendment (No. 9 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that requires the Inspectors General of the Department of State, the
Department of Defense, the United States Agency for International
Development, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction to modify their auditing and assessment protocols for
Afghanistan to include the impact U.S. development assistance has on
the social, economic, and political empowerment of Afghan women as part
of their auditing and reporting requirements;
Pages H6492-93
Holt amendment (No. 11 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
directs the Secretary of State to report within 60 days of enactment on
changes in treaty and U.S. laws that could help improve compliance with
the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction;
Pages H6494-95
Bishop (NY) amendment (No. 13 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that requires a GAO study of the effects of USAID's use of waivers
under the Buy America Act for HIV test kits on 1) United States-based
manufacturers and 2) availability of and access to HIV testing for at-
risk populations in low-income countries;
Pages H6496-97
Moore (WI) amendment (No. 14 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that makes clear that passage of laws in Afghanistan that restrict or
repress human rights, including the rights of women, undermines the
support and goodwill shown by the international community and the U.S.
through the considerable financial aid that has been provided to help
rebuild Afghanistan and may make it harder to generate public support
for those seeking to provide such support in the future;
Pages H6497-98
Meeks (NY) amendment (No. 16 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on bilateral
efforts to promote equality and eliminate racial discrimination in the
Western Hemisphere;
Pages H6500-01
Kirkpatrick (AZ) amendment (No. 18 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-
143) that adds to the monitoring and evaluation system established in
the bill a requirement to look at the illegal southbound flow of cash;
Pages H6501-02
Lynch amendment (No. 20 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
directs the State Department to submit to Congress a report on the 1059
and 1244 Special Immigrant Visa Programs for certain Iraqis and
Afghanis who work for, or on behalf of, the U.S. Government;
Pages H6502-03
Berman amendment (No. 21 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
requires the Department of State to conduct a cost-benefit analysis in
conjunction with all appropriate Federal departments and agencies on
how to best use American funds to reduce smuggling and trafficking in
persons;
Pages H6503-04
Peters amendment (No. 22 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
provides that the Secretary of State shall report to Congress on the
flow of people, goods, and services across the international borders
shared by the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean region;
Pages H6504-05
Berman amendment (No. 23 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
creates the Global Clean Energy Exchange Program, a program to
strengthen research, educational exchange, and international
cooperation with the aim of promoting the development and deployment of
clean and efficient energy technologies;
Pages H6505-06
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) amendment (No. 24 printed in part C of H.
Rept. 111-143) that establishes and provides financial assistance for
exchange programs between Afghanistan and the United States for women
legislators;
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Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) amendment (No. 25 printed in part C of H.
Rept. 111-143) that expresses the sense of Congress that the use of
child
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soldiers is unacceptable and is a violation of human rights and the
prevention and elimination of child soldiers should be a foreign policy
goal of the United States;
Pages H6506-07
Poe (TX) amendment (No. 26 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that makes it a two year requirement for the President to report total
U.S. cash and in-kind contributions to the entire United Nations system
each fiscal year by every U.S. agency or department;
Pages H6507-08
Castle amendment (No. 27 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
requires reports to Congress every 90 days listing the countries that
refuse or unreasonably delay accepting nationals of such countries who
are under final orders of removal from the United States. Empowers the
Secretary of State to suspend diplomatic visa issuances to any country
that continues to deny or unreasonably delay repatriation;
Pages H6508-09
Matheson amendment (No. 17 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that provides that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Attorney General and the Director of the Census Bureau, will conduct a
feasibility study and issue a report to Congress on whether there can
be implemented a method for using the passports of U.S. citizens living
overseas to facilitate voting in U.S. elections and for being counted
in the U.S. Census;
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Berman manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-
143) that (1) makes a number of minor, technical and conforming
changes, including changes to address concerns of other Committees that
have jurisdiction over certain provisions of H.R. 2410 and making
changes to certain authorizations; (2) adds the relevant text from H.R.
2828, 110th Congress, as passed by the House, relating to compensation
of Foreign Service victims of terrorism; (3) adds a provision relating
to streamlining export controls to better serve the scientific and
research community, consistent with the protection of U.S. national
security interests; (4) adds a provision on monitoring and evaluating
certain provision U.S. overseas activities; (5) adds a provision to
improve the stabilization and reconstruction activities of the
Department of State; (6) adds a provision on implementation of an
international nuclear fuel bank; (7) adds a provision relating to the
development of a food security strategy; (8) adds certain other sense
of Congress provisions; and (9) adds a new subsection to section 334
providing that nothing in that section shall be construed as affecting
existing statutory prohibitions relating to abortion (by a recorded
vote of 257 ayes to 171 noes, Roll No. 320);
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McCaul amendment (No. 6 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
directs the President to develop and transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a comprehensive interagency strategy and
implementation plan to address the ongoing crisis in Sudan. This
includes a description of how the United States assistance will be used
to achieve a U.S. policy towards Sudan, financial plan, management of
U.S. foreign assistance, and criteria used to determine their
prioritization (by a recorded vote of 429 ayes with none voting ``no'',
Roll No. 322);
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Larsen (WA) amendment (No. 7 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that provides that the policy of the United States, with respect to the
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, shall be to prevent any
weakening of, and ensure robust compliance with and enforcement of,
existing international legal requirements for the protection of
intellectual property rights, related to energy or environmental
technologies (by a recorded vote of 432 ayes with none voting ``no'',
Roll No. 323); and
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Kirk amendment (No. 19 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
allows the Secretary of State, at her discretion, to make payments from
the Rewards for Justice program to officers or employees of foreign
governments who provide information leading to the capture of
exceptional and high-profile terrorists (by a recorded vote of 428 ayes
to 3 noes, Roll No. 326).
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Rejected:
Brown-Waite (FL) amendment (No. 12 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-
143) that sought to strike section 303, establishment of the Lessons
Learned Center;
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Ros-Lehtinen amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143)
that requires the Secretary of State to withhold from the U.S.
contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency an amount equal
to nuclear technical cooperation provided by the IAEA in 2007 to Iran,
Syria, Sudan and Cuba (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 224 noes, Roll
No. 321);
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Brown-Waite (FL) amendment (No. 10 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-
143) that sought to strike Sec. 505, domestic release of the Voice of
America film entitled ``A Fateful Harvest'' (by a recorded vote of 178
ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 324); and
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Royce amendment (No. 15 printed in part C of H. Rept. 111-143) that
sought to express the sense of Congress that Eritrea's support for
armed insurgents in Somalia poses a direct threat to the national
security interests of the United States, that the Secretary of State
should designate Eritrea a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and that the
United Nations Security Council should impose sanctions against Eritrea
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(by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 245 noes, Roll No. 325).
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Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming
changes to reflect the actions of the House.
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H. Res. 522, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
1886 and H.R. 2410), was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to
183 nays, Roll No. 317, after it was agreed to order the previous
question without objection.
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Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of
the victims of the explosion at the ConAgra plant in Garner, North
Carolina on June 9, 2009.
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Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of
the victim of the shooting at the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum on June 10, 2009.
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page
H6429.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and nine recorded votes
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6428-29,
H6429, H6430, H6509-10, H6510-11, H6511, H6511-12, H6512-13, H6513,
H6513-14, H6517 and H6517-18. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
Committee Meetings
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE USDA
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Rural Development,
Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing
to review rural development programs operated by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Dallas P. Tonsager, Under Secretary, Rural Development; and
Phyllis Fong, Office of the Inspector General; and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies approved for full Committee action the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2010.
EXAMINING THE SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE OPTION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health, Employment,
Labor and Pensions held a hearing on Examining the Single Payer Health
Care Option. Testimony was heard from Representative Conyers; and
public witnesses.
RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported with no
recommendation to the House the following: H. Res. 449, Of inquiry
requesting the President to provide certain documents in his possession
to the House of Representatives relating to the Environmental
Protection Agency's April proposed finding that greenhouse gas
emissions are a danger to public health and welfare; and H. Res. 462,
Requesting that the President transmit to the House of Representatives
all information in his possession relating to specific communications
with Chrysler LLC (``Chrysler'').
FOOD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health approved for
full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2749, Food Safety Enhancement
Act of 2009.
UIGHURS: HISTORY OF PERSECUTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight held a hearing on the
Uighurs: A History of Persecution. Testimony was heard from Felice D.
Gaer, Chair, U.S. Commission of International Religious Freedom; and
public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS--FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism,
Nonproliferation and Trade held a hearing on Foreign Policy
Implications of U.S. Efforts to Address the International Financial
Crisis: TARP, TALF and the G-20 Plan. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
NATIONAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security
and Infrastructure Protection held a hearing entitled ``The FY 2010
Budget for the National Protection and Programs Directorate and the
Transportation Security Administration.'' Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Philip R.
Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs
Directorate; and Gale D. Rossides, Acting Administrator, Transportation
Security Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.R. 1196, To authorize the
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Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to carry
out a series of demonstration projects to promote the use of innovative
technologies in reducing energy consumption and promoting energy
efficiency and cost savings in the House of Representatives; H.R. 2510,
Absentee Ballot Tract, Receive and Confirm Act; H.R. 1604, amended,
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2009; H.R. 512, amended, Federal
Election Integrity Act of 2009; H.R. 2728, amended, William Orton Law
Library Improvement and Modernization Act; H.R. 1752, amended, To
provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of
Representatives may be established by regulations of the Committee on
House Administration; H.R. 2393, Military Voting Protection Act of
2008; H. Con. Res. 135, Directing the Architect of the Capitol to place
a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which
acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of
the United States Capitol; and H. Con. Res. 131, Directing the
Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the
flag and the National Motto of `` In God We Trust'' in the Capitol
Visitor Center.
FOREIGN DEFAMATION JUDGMENTS; IMPEACHMENT OF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE SAMUEL
B. KENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following: H.R. 2765,
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and
enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign
judgments against the providers of interactive computer services; and
H. Res. 520, Impeaching Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Texas, for high crimes and
misdemeanors.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, the
following bills: H.R. 1612, Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2009;
H.R. 556, Souther Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act; H.R. 934, To
convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in
its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa
have in their submerged lands; H.R. 1080, Illegal, Unreported, and
Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2009; H.R. 2188, Joint Ventures
for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009; H.R. 509, Marine Turtle
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009; H.R. 1454, Multinational
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; H.R. 1275,
Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009; H.R. 1442, To provide for
the sale of the Federal Government's reversionary interest in
approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally
conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of
January 23, 1909; H.R. 129, To authorize the conveyance of certain
National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in
California; H.R. 409, To provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau
of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor
Speedway; and with no amendments H.R. 762, To validate final patent
number 27-2005-0081.
OVERSIGHT--ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM AT SPRING VALLEY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal
Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held an
oversight hearing on the Environmental Restoration Program at Spring
Valley. Testimony was heard from Anu K. Mittal, Director, Natural
Resources and Environment, GAO; Addison Davis, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Army Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, Department
of the Army; and COL. Peter Mueller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
William C. Early, Acting Regional Administrator, EPA; George Hawkins,
Director, Department of the Environment, District of Columbia; and
public witnesses.
WARTIME CONTRACTING COMMISSION'S FINDINGS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National
Security and Foreign Affairs, held a hearing on the Wartime Contracting
Commission's interim findings on government contract practices in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Wartime Contracting Commission: Michael J. Thibault, Commissioner
and Co-Chair; former Representative Christopher Shays of CT,
Commissioner and Co-Chair; Charles Tiefer; and COL Grant S. Green, U.S.
Army (Ret.), both Commissioners; and a public witness.
CYBER SECURITY R&D
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and
Science Education held a hearing on Cyber Security R&D. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Laying the
Goundwork for Economic Recovery: Expanding Small Business Access to
Capital.'' Testimony was heard frompublic witnesses.
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CONTROL OF ANTI-FOULING SYSTEMS ON SHIPS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on Control of Anti-
Fouling Systems on Ships. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director, Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard,
Department of Homeland Security; and James Jones, Acting Assistant
Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances,
EPA.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills:
H.R. 1016, amended, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency
Act of 2009; H.R. 1211, amended, Women Veterans Health Care Improvement
Act; H.R. 952, amended, COMBAT PTSD; H.R. 1037, amended, Pilot College
Work Study Programs for Veterans Act of 2009; H.R. 1098, amended,
Veterans' Worker Retraining Act of 2009; H.R. 1172, amended, To direct
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet website of
the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of organizations that provide
scholarships to veterans and their survivors; H.R. 1821, amended,
Equity for Insured Veterans Act of 2009; and H.R. 2180, To amend title
38, United States Code, to waive housing loan fees for certain veterans
with service-connected disabilities called to active service.
CYBER UPDATE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Technical
and Tactical Intelligence met in executive session to hold a briefing
on Cyber Update. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
JUNE 11, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, to hold
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010
for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-
138.
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of Veterans
Affairs, 1:30 p.m., SD-124.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the
nominations of Gordon S. Heddell, of the District of Columbia, to be
Inspector General, J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be Director
of Operational Test and Evaluation, Zachary J. Lemnios, of
Massachusetts, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering,
Dennis M. McCarthy, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary for Reserve
Affairs, and Jamie Michael Morin, of Michigan, to be Assistant
Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller, and Daniel
Ginsberg, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, both of the Air Force, all of the
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings
to examine President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 11
a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to
consider pending energy legislation, 2 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine
certain North Korea issues, 2 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold
hearings to examine health care, 3 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine
S. 372, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to
clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited
personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies,
forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements
conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain
authority for the Special Counsel, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine reforming
the Indian health care system, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 417,
to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act,
S. 257, to amend title 11, United States Code, to disallow certain
claims resulting from high cost credit debts, S. 448 and H.R. 985,
bills to maintain the free flow of information to the public by
providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of
information by certain persons connected with the news media, S.
369, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic
drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market,
S. 1107, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a
limited 6-month period for Federal judges to opt into the Judicial
Survivors' Annuities System and begin contributing toward an annuity
for their spouse and dependent children upon their death, and the
nominations of Gerard E. Lynch, of New York, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Mary L. Smith, of
Illinois, to be Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
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Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine the
National Criminal Justice Act of 2009, 3 p.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.
House
Committee on Agriculture, to review pending climate legislation, 2
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research,
hearing to review conditions in rural America, 10 a.m., 1302
Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agriculture,
to mark up the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year
2010, 1 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel,
to mark up H.R. 2647, To authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 11
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 2647, To
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and
Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 2647, To authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year
2010, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce
Protections, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2339, Family
Income to Response to Significant Transitions Act, and H.R. 2460,
Healthy Families Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications,
Technology and the Internet, hearing on the following bills: H.R.
1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM); H.R.
1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009; and H.R. 1133, Family
Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the forthcoming Federal Trade
Commission report entitled ``Emerging Health Care Issues: Follow-on
Biologic Drug Competition,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Compensation
Structure and Systemic Risk,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R.
2336,GREEN Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security,, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime
and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``The FY 2010 Budget
for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border
Protection, and the U.S. Coast Guard,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties, to mark up the following bills: H.R.
1843, John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims
Accountability Act of 2009; and H.R. 984, State Secret Protection
Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on H.R.
569, Equal Justice For Our Military Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2141
Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 2314, Native
Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324
Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on
Oversight and Government Reform and the Subcommittee on the Domestic
Policy, joint hearing entitled ``Bank of America and Merrill Lynch:
How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a Federal Bailout?'' 10 a.m., 2154
Rayburn.
Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Fixing EPA's Broken
Integrated Risk Information System, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on the
Reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Program: R&D for Disaster Resilient Communities, 10 a.m., 2318
Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and
Technology, to mark up the following: Commercializing Small Business
Research and Development Act; Investing in Tomorrow's Technology
Act; SBIIR and STTR Enhancement Act; and the Technology Development
and Outreach Act, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on
Aviation, hearing on Regional Air Carriers and Pilot Workforce
Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on
Cyber Initaitive Budget, 2 p.m., 304-HVC Capitol.
Joint Meetings
Conference: Meeting of conferees on H.R. 2346, making supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, 3
p.m., HC-5, Capitol.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
10 a.m., Thursday, June 11
Senate Chamber
Program for Thursday: After the transaction of any morning business
(not to extend beyond 2 p.m.), Senate will continue consideration of
H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and a
period of debate, vote on passage of the bill at 2:30 p.m.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 a.m., Thursday, June 11
House Chamber
Program for Thursday: Consideration of H.R. 1886--Pakistan Enduring
Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2009 (Subject to a Rule).
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Bachmann, Michele, Minn., E1370
Bilbray, Brian P., Calif., E1366
Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E1365
Burton, Dan, Ind., E1365
Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E1371
Davis, Susan A., Calif., E1368
Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E1367
Gingrey, Phil, Ga., E1362, E1363, E1365, E1366, E1369
Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1370
Johnson, Timothy V., Ill., E1366
Kind, Ron, Wisc., E1369
King, Steve, Iowa, E1366
Kirkpatrick, Ann, Ariz., E1361, E1366
McCaul, Michael T., Tex., E1361
Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E1362
Miller, Candice S., Mich., E1361, E1364, E1369
Mitchell, Harry E., Ariz., E1369, E1371
Neugebauer, Randy, Tex., E1370
Oberstar, James L., Minn., E1368
Pingree, Chellie, Me., E1367
Quigley, Mike, Ill., E1370
Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E1362
Rush, Bobby L., Ill., E1367
Schauer, Mark H., Mich., E1364
Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pa., E1364
Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E1361, E1362, E1363, E1363, E1364, E1367, E1369
Tsongas, Niki, Mass., E1363, E1370