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D891 | Congressional Record, Volume 150 Issue 109 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004) [Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D891-D892] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS--E-RATE PROGRAM INVESTIGATION Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations approved a motion authorizing the issuance of a subpoena ad testificandum to each of the following individuals: Judy Green; Emma Epps; Douglas Benit; Quentin R. Lawson; and Carl Muscari, in connection with its investigation of the E-Rate Program. RATINGS GAME: IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND COMPETITION AMONG CREDIT UNION AGENCIES Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled ``The Ratings Game: Improving Transparency and Competition Among the Credit Rating Agencies.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses. HOMELAND SECURITY: MONITORING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SECURITY Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled ``Homeland Security: Monitoring Nuclear Power Plant Security.'' Testimony was heard from Luis A. Reyes, Executive Director, Operations, NRC; Jim Wells, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and public witnesses. OVERSIGHT--LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2004 OVERSEAS CENSUS TEST Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held an oversight hearing entitled ``Lessons Learned from the 2004 Overseas Census Test.'' Testimony was heard from Charles Louis Kincannon, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Patricia Dalton, Director, Strategic Issues, GAO; and public witnesses. AFRICA--MALARIA AND TUBERCULOSIS Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on Malaria and Tuberculosis in Africa. Testimony was heard from E. Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, AID, Department of State; and public witnesses. U.S.-EUROPEAN COOPERATION ON COUNTERTERRORISM Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Human Rights held a joint hearing on U.S.-European Cooperation on Counterterrorism: Achievements and Challenges. Testimony was heard from William T. Pope, Principal Deputy Coordinator, Counterterrorism, Department of State; S. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Policy and Planning, Department of Homeland Security; Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and Gijs De Vries, Counter- terrorism Co-ordinator, European Union. OVERSIGHT--DUE PROCESS AND THE NCAA Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an oversight hearing on Due Process and the NCAA. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PRIVATE RELIEF MEASURES Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 775, Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2003; and H.R. 4306, amended, To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment. The Subcommittee also approved private relief measures. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 305, Kate Mullany National Historic Site; H.R. 2237, 225th Anniversary [[Page D892]] of the American Revolution Commemoration Act; H.R. 3258, Hibben Center Act; H.R. 4285, To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a heliport; H.R. 4667, Tapoco Project Licensing Act of 2004; H.R. 4683, Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act; H.R. 4808, To provide for a land exchange involving private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing private land from the required safety zone surrounding munitions storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base; H.R. 4817, To facilitate the resolution of a minor boundary encroachment on lands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Tipton, California, which were originally conveyed by the United States as part of the right-of-way granted for the construction of transcontinental railroads; and H.R. 4887, Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003. Testimony was heard from Representatives McNulty, Hinchey, Wilson of New Mexico, Clyburn and Kingston; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Sue Masica, Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service; and Tom Lonnie, Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management; and public witnesses. TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2005 Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 5025, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. Under the rules of the House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. HOMELAND SECURITY: 9/11 COMMISSION AND THE COURSE AHEAD Select Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``Homeland Security: The 9/11 Commission and the Course Ahead.'' Testimony was heard from Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security. F |