Tuesday, September 26, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


 Highlights

       The House agreed to the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 
      5631, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10109-S10222
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3935-3945, and S. Res. 585-587. 
                                                            Page S10159
Measures Reported:
  S. 860, to amend the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
Authorization Act to require State academic assessments of student 
achievement in United States history and civics, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-348)
  S. 3687, to waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property 
transferred by the United States to 2 Indian tribes in the State of 
Oregon. (S. Rept. No. 109-349)
  Special Report entitled ``Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 2007''. (S. Rept. No. 109-350)
  S. 3938, to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States. 
                                                        Pages S10158-59
Measures Passed:
  Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act: Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 5574, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in programs 
in children's hospitals, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S10217
  McConnell (for Enzi) Amendment No. 5073, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S10217
  VA Medical Facility Leases: Senate passed S. 3421, to authorize major 
medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, after 
agreeing to the committee amendments and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  McConnell (for Craig) Amendment No. 5074, in the Nature of A 
substitute.
Pages S10217-18
  JFKCenter for the Performing Arts: Senate passed 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, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S10218-19
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 480, to correct 
the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3127.
  Page S10219
Secure Fence Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6061, to 
establish operational control over the international land and maritime 
borders of the United States, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S10136-52
Pending:
  Frist Amendment No. 5036, to establish military commissions. 
                                                            Page S10136
  Frist Amendment No. 5037 (to Amendment No. 5036), to establish the 
effective date.
Page S10136
  Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with an amendment.
Page S10136
  Frist Amendment No. 5038 (to the instructions of the motion to commit 
H.R. 6061 to the Committee on the Judiciary), to establish military 
commissions.
Page S10136
  Frist Amendment No. 5039 (to the instructions of the motion to commit 
H.R. 6061 to the Committee on the Judiciary), to establish the 
effective date.
Page S10136
  Frist Amendment No. 5040 (to Amendment No. 5039), to amend the 
effective date.
Page S10136
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
September

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27, 2006, with 1 hour of debate equally divided between the Majority 
and Democratic Leaders, or their designees, to be followed by a vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on Frist Amendment No. 5036 (listed 
above); provided further, that it be in order to file second degree 
amendments as provided for under Rule 22, until 11 a.m.
Page S10222
Geneva Convention Protocol--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that the Foreign Relations Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of the following treaty, and that 
it be placed on the Executive Calendar: Protocol Additional to the 
Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of 
an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Treaty Doc. 109-10); further, that 
this Protocol and the two treaties that remain in Committee be assigned 
designations of ``A'', ``B'', and ``C'' respectively to reflect that 
three separate treaties were received as part of Treaty Document 109-
10.
  Page S10219
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jane C. Luxton, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Oceans and Atmosphere.
  Kevin M. Kolevar, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability).
  Phillip L. Swagel, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Thurgood Marshall, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Governor of the United 
States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2011. 
                                                            Page S10222
Messages From the House:
  Page S10158
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10158
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S10158
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S10159
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10159-61
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S10161-96
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10156-57
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10196-S10215
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S10215-16
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S10217
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 6:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, September 27, 2006. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S10222.)

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NEW BASEL CAPITAL ACCORD
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine implications of the New Basel Capital Accord 
designed to bring order to international capital markets, focusing on 
developments relating to bank regulatory capital requirements in the 
United States, including the U.S. implementation of Basel II and 
updates to regulatory capital rules for market risk, after receiving 
testimony from Susan Schmidt Bies, Member, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System; Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation; John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency, and 
John M. Reich, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, both of the 
Department of the Treasury; Diana L. Taylor, New York State Banking 
Department, Albany, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank 
Supervisors; Kathleen E. Marinangel, McHenry Savings Bank, McHenry, 
Illinois, on behalf of America's Community Bankers; William M. Isaac, 
The Secura Group, Vienna, Virginia, former Chairman, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation; and James Garnett, Citigroup, on behalf of the 
American Bankers Association, and Daniel K. Tarullo, Georgetown 
University Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.
INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation concluded joint hearings with the 
Committee on Foreign Relations to examine International Polar Year, 
focusing on goals in the Arctic in science and in policy, including 
Arctic research programs, after receiving testimony from Mead 
Treadwell, Chair, United States Arctic Research Commission; Arden L. 
Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation; Vice Admiral Robert 
Papp, Chief of Staff, United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 
Security; Alan J. Parkinson, Deputy Director, Arctic Investigations 
Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Thomas Armstrong, Program Coordinator, Earth 
Surface Dynamics Program, United States Geological Survey, Department 
of the Interior; Robin E. Bell, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of 
Columbia University, Palisades, New York, on behalf of Polar Research 
Board, The National Academies; and Virgil L. Sharpton, University of 
Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business 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, 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.
HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care held a hearing to 
examine health savings accounts, focusing on early enrollee experiences 
with the accounts and eligible health plans, receiving testimony from 
Robert J. Carroll, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax 
Analysis; John E. Dicken, Director, Health Care, Government 
Accountability Office; Joseph V. Knight, Setpoint Systems, Ogden, Utah, 
on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Sara R. Collins, 
Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York; John C. Goodman, National Center 
for Policy Analysis, Washington, D.C.; and Eric C. Beittel, Enders 
Insurance Associates, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
COMBATING CHILD HUNGER
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine new initiatives to combat global child hunger and malnutrition, 
focusing on the intersection of hunger and the HIV/AIDS crisis, after 
receiving testimony from James Kunder, Acting Deputy Administrator, 
U.S. Agency for International Development; Julie L. Gerberding, 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services; George Ward, World Vision, Washington, D.C.; 
and James T. Morris, United Nations World Food Program, and former 
Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman, United Nations Children's 
Fund, both of New York, New York.
FEDERAL WORKFORCE REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the Federal 
government's implementation of pay for performance systems for its 
senior executives, focusing on the regulatory structure for the 
systems, the agency certification process, and the effectiveness of the 
role of the Office of Personnel Management in evaluating and monitoring 
these systems, after receiving testimony from Linda M. Springer, 
Director, Office of Personnel Management; Brenda S. Farrell, Acting 
Director, Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Carol 
A. Bonosaro, Senior Executives Association, Washington, D.C.
TAX CODE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security concluded a hearing to examine uncollected taxes 
and issues of transparency relating to deconstructing the tax code, 
focusing on the 2006 updated estimate of the tax gap by the IRS, 
examine IRS efforts to close the tax gap as well as legislative 
solutions to increase tax payer compliance, and explore the 
transparency of the tax code, after receiving testimony from Mark 
Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, J. Russell George, 
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and Nina E. Olson, 
National Taxpayer Advocate, all of the Department of the Treasury; Jay 
A. Soled, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Stephen J. 
Entin, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, Washington, 
D.C.; Jason Furman, New York University Wagner Graduate School of 
Public Service, New York, New York; and Neal Boortz, Atlanta, Georgia.
ILLEGAL INSIDER TRADING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
issues relating to illegal insider trading, focusing on the scope of 
the problem and issues concerning criminal enforcement, after receiving 
testimony from Ronald J. Tenpas, Associate Deputy Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; Linda C. Thomsen, Director of Enforcement, U.S. 
Securities and Exchange Commission; Robert A. Marchman, NYSE 
Regulation, Inc., and John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University Law 
School, both of New York, New York; Christopher K. Thomas, 
Measuredmarkets, Inc., Toronto, Canada; Jonathan R. Macey, Yale 
University, New Haven, Connecticut; James D. Cox, Duke University 
School of Law, Durham, North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Kent A. Jordan, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the

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Third Circuit, John Alfred Jarvey, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Iowa, and Sara Elizabeth Lioi, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Vanessa Lynne Bryant, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Connecticut, who was introduced by Senators 
Dodd and Lieberman, and Michael Brunson Wallace, of Mississippi, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, who was introduced 
by Senators Cochran and Lott, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf, including numerous judicial and public 
witnesses.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Robert T. Howard, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology), 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.






                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 6175-
6195; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 481-482; and H. Res. 1041 were 
introduced.
  Pages H7496-97
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H7497-98
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  S. 176, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska (H. Rept. 109-681);
  S. 244, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Wyoming (H. Rept. 109-682);
  H.R. 971, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of 
certain hydroelectric projects in Connecticut (H. Rept. 109-683);
  H.R. 4377, to extend the time required for construction of a 
hydroelectric project (H. Rept. 109-684);
  H.R. 4417, to provide for the reinstatement of a license for a 
certain Federal Energy Regulatory project (H. Rept. 109-685);
  H.R. 5533, to prepare and strengthen the biodefenses of the United 
States against deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of 
illness, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-686);
  H.R. 6164, to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 
revise and extend the authorities of the National Institutes of Health 
(H. Rept. 109-687); and
  H. Res. 1042, providing for consideration of the H.R. 6166, to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission 
for violations of the law of war (H. Rept. 109-688).
Pages H7495-96
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Wamp to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7351
Recess: The House recessed at 9:09 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H7352
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated on yesterday, 
Monday, September 25th:
  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) 
Modernization and Reform Act of 2006: H.R. 5092, amended, to modernize 
and reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, by 
a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 277 yeas to 131 nays, Roll No. 476; 
                                                         Pages H7369-70
  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. 723, amended, to call on the President to 
take immediate steps to help improve the security situation in Darfur, 
Sudan, with a specific emphasis on civilian protection, by a 2/3 yea-
and-nay vote of 412 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 481;
  Pages H7423-24
  Urging the President to appoint a Presidential Special Envoy for 
Sudan: H. Res. 992, amended, to urge the President to appoint a 
Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 414 
yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 482;
  Pages H7424-25
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Supporting the appointment 
of a Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan.''.
Page H7425
  Commending the United Kingdom for its efforts in the War on Terror: 
H.R. 989, amended, to commend the United Kingdom for its efforts in the 
War

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on Terror, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 
483; and
  Pages H7465-66
  Affirming support for the sovereignty and security of Lebanon and the 
Lebanese people: H. Res. 1017, amended, to affirm support for the 
sovereignty and security of Lebanon and the Lebanese people, by a 2/3 
yea-and-nay vote of 411 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 484.
  Pages H7466-67
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed--Failed: The House failed to agree to 
suspend the rules and pass the following measure:
  Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006: H.R. 4772, 
amended, to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for 
injured parties whose rights and privileges under the United States 
Constitution have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or 
other government officials or entities acting under color of State law, 
by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 172 nays, Roll No. 477. 
                                                             Page H7370
Motion to resolve into Secret Session: The House rejected the Pelosi 
motion that the House resolve itself into secret session, that the 
House be cleared of all persons except the Members, Delegates, Resident 
Commissioner, and officers of the House to consider certain 
communications, by a yea-and-nay vote of 171 yeas to 217 nays, Roll No. 
478.
  Page H7371
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act: H.R. 5313, to reserve a 
small percentage of the amounts made available to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for the farmland protection program to fund challenge 
grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements and other 
interests in land to be held by a State agency, county, or other 
eligible entity;
  Pages H7372-73
  Providing 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: H.R. 5103, amended, 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;
  Pages H7373-74
  Providing 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. 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;
  Pages H7374-75
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To provide for the 
conveyance of certain National Forest System land to the towns of Laona 
and Wabeno, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.''.
Page H7375
  Children and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006: S. 3525, to 
amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to 
improve outcomes for children in families affected by methamphetamine 
abuse and addiction, to reauthorize the promoting safe and stable 
families program. The House concur in Senate amendments to the House 
amendments--clearing the measure for the President;
  Pages H7375-87
  Permitting certain expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund: H.R. 6131, to permit certain expenditures from the 
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund;
  Pages H7387-89
  Promoting Antiterrorism Capabilities Through International 
Cooperation Act: H.R. 4942, amended, to establish a capability and 
office to promote cooperation between entities of the United States and 
its allies in the global war on terrorism for the purpose of engaging 
in cooperative endeavors focused on the research, development, and 
commercialization of high-priority technologies intended to detect, 
prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against acts of 
terrorism and other high consequence events and to address the homeland 
security needs of Federal, State, and local governments; 
                                                         Pages H7433-37
  Recruiting and retaining Border Patrol agents: H.R. 6160, to recruit 
and retain Border Patrol agents;
  Pages H7437-40
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
States Border Patrol is performing an invaluable service to the United 
States, and that the House of Representatives fully supports the more 
than 12,000 Border Patrol agents: H. Res. 1030, to express the sense of 
the House of Representatives that the United States Border Patrol is 
performing an invaluable service to the United States, and that the 
House of Representatives fully supports the more than 12,000 Border 
Patrol agents;
  Pages H7440-45
  Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2006: 
H.R. 5533, amended, to

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prepare and strengthen the biodefenses of the United States against 
deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness; 
                                                         Pages H7445-50
  Extending the time required for construction of a hydroelectric 
project: H.R. 4377, to extend the time required for construction of a 
hydroelectric project;
  Pages H7450-51
  Providing for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal 
Energy Regulatory project: H.R. 4417, to provide for the reinstatement 
of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory project; 
                                                             Page H7451
  Extending the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Wyoming: S. 244, to extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in 
the State of Wyoming--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                         Pages H7451-52
  Extending the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska: S. 176, to extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in 
the State of Alaska--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                             Page H7452
  Extending the deadline for commencement of construction of certain 
hydroelectric projects in Connecticut: H.R. 971, to extend the deadline 
for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects in 
Connecticut;
  Pages H7452-53
  Amending title IV of the Public Health Service Act to revise and 
extend the authorities of the National Institutes of Health: H.R. 6164, 
to amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
the authorities of the National Institutes of Health, by a 2/3 yea-and-
nay vote of 414 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 485;
  Pages H7453-65, H7467
  Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006: H.R. 5835, 
amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve information 
management within the Department of Veterans Affairs;
  Pages H7468-78
  Encouraging all offices of the House of Representatives to hire 
disabled veterans: H. Res. 1016, to encourage all offices of the House 
of Representatives to hire disabled veterans;
  Pages H7478-80
  Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005: H.R. 1215, 
amended, to provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry 
Research and Development Program;
  Pages H7480-84
  National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006: H.R. 
5136, amended, to establish a National Integrated Drought Information 
System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
improve drought monitoring and forecasting capabilities; 
                                                         Pages H7484-86
  Recognizing the dedication of the employees at the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration's Stennis Space Center who, during 
and after Hurricane Katrina's assault on Mississippi, provided shelter 
and medical care to storm evacuees and logistical support for storm 
recovery efforts, while effectively maintaining critical facilities at 
the Center: H. Res. 948, to recognize the dedication of the employees 
at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Stennis Space 
Center who, during and after Hurricane Katrina's assault on 
Mississippi, provided shelter and medical care to storm evacuees and 
logistical support for storm recovery efforts, while effectively 
maintaining critical facilities at the Center; and
  Pages H7486-88
  Extending temporarily certain authorities of the Small Business 
Administration: H.R. 6159, to extend temporarily certain authorities of 
the Small Business Administration.
  Pages H7488-89
Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005: The House passed H.R. 2679, 
to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the 
chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of 
religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that 
potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 244 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 480. 
                                            Pages H7389-H7404, H7422-23
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the Revised 
Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in 
a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the 
Federal Government, and inhibits such governments constitutional 
actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments.''. 
                                                             Page H7423
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, shall be considered as 
adopted.
Page H7389
  H. Res. 1038, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 474, 
after agreeing to order the previous question.
Pages H7356-64, H7368
Child Custody Protection Act: S. 403, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of 
laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 264 yeas to 153 nays, Roll No. 479--clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages H7412-22
  H. Res. 1039, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of

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249 yeas to 157 nays, Roll No. 475, after ordering the previous 
question.
Pages H7364-69
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007--Conference Report: The 
House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 5631, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007, by a yea and nay vote of 394 yeas to 22 nays, Roll 
No. 486, after ordering the previous question. 
                                               Pages H7425-33, H7467-68
  H. Res. 1037, the rule providing for consideration of the conference 
report, was agreed to by voice vote, after ordering the previous 
question.
Pages H7404-12
Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy--
Reappointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's reappointment of 
Representatives Kilpatrick of Michigan to the Board of Visitors to the 
United States Air Force Academy.
  Page H7489
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H7445.
Senate Referral: S. 3421 was held at the desk.
  Page H7445
Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirteen yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today and appear on pages H7368, H7368-69, H7369-70, H7370, 
H7371, H7422, H7422-23, H7423-24, H7424, H7465-66, H7466, H7467, and 
H7467-68. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:59 p.m.

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL FARM POLICY
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture 
held a hearing to review federal farm policy affecting the specialty 
crop industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DOD ALTERNATIVE ENERGY/EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional 
Threats and Capabilities and the Subcommittee on Readiness held a joint 
hearing on Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency Programs of the 
Department of Defense. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: John Young, Director, Defense Research 
and Engineering; Richard Connelly, Director, Defense Energy Support 
Center; Mike Aimone, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations 
and Mission Support; and Phil Grone, Deputy Under Secretary, 
Installations and Environment; and public witnesses.
COLLEGES AND INTERNET POLICY
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness held a hearing entitled ``The Internet and the College 
Campus: How the Entertainment Industry and Higher Education are Working 
to Combat Illegal Piracy.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EDITING MOVIE CONTENT FOR FAMILIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on Editing Hollywood's Editors: 
Cleaning Flicks for Families. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
INTERNET SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Sexual Exploitation of 
Children Over the Internet: The Face of a Child Predator and Other 
Issues.'' Testimony was heard from Andres Hernandez, Director, Bureau 
of Prisons' Sex Offender Treatment Program, Bureau of Prisons, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICAL DEVICE SAFETY
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Medical 
Device Safety: How FDA Regulates the Reprocessing of Supposedly Single-
Use Devices. ``Testimony was heard from Daniel G. Schultz, M.D., 
Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, Department 
of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled 
``Weapons of Mass Destruction: Reviving Disarmament.'' Testimony was 
heard from William H. Tobey, Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear 
Proliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of 
Energy; Andrew K. Semmel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International 
Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State; Jack David, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction and 
Negotiations Policy, Department of Defense; Gene Aloise, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; Hans Blix, Chairman, The 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission; and public witnesses.

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SMALL BUSINESS PAPERWORK AMNESTY ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs held 
a hearing entitled `` H.R. 5242, Small Business Paperwork Amnesty Act. 
Testimony was heard from. Senator Vitter; Representative Neugebauer; 
and public witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT: INITIATIVES FOR 2007
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Homeland Security: Major Initiatives for 2007 and 
Beyond.'' Testimony was heard from Michael Chertoff, Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Enhancing the 
Global Fight to End Human Trafficking. Testimony was heard from John 
Miller, Director, The Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons, 
Department of State; Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
  The Committee also held a briefing on this subject. The Committee was 
briefed by Ricky Martin, Goodwill Ambassador and President, The Ricky 
Martin Foundation.
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 6101, Legal Services 
Corporation Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Legal Services Corporation: Frank Strickland, Chairman 
of the Board; and Richard West, Inspector General; and David Williams, 
Inspector General, U.S. Postal Service.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 5110, More Water and More Energy Act of 
2006; H.R. 5786, South Orange County Recycled Water Enhancement Act; 
and H.R. 5987, to provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to 
augment the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy 
District and cities served by the District. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of the Interior: William E. 
Rinne, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; and Robert M. 
Hirsch, Associate Director, Water, U.S. Geological Survey; and public 
witnesses.
MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing two 
hours of debate in the House on H.R. 6166, to amend title 10, United 
States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations 
of the law of war, and for other purposes, with 80 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Armed Services, and 40 minutes 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 printed 
in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution shall be 
considered as adopted. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Hunter, Representatives Lungren, Skelton, Jackson-Lee of 
Texas, Markey, Harman, Wu and Lynch.
AERONAUTICS DECADAL PLAN/NASA BLUEPRINT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics continued 
hearings on The National Academy of Sciences' Decadal Plan for 
Aeronautics: A Blueprint for NASA? Testimony was heard from Lisa 
Porter, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission 
Directorate, NASA; and William W. Hoover, co-chair, National Research 
Council's Steering Committee that produced the Decadal Survey of Civil 
Aeronautics.
OVERSIGHT--NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ICEBREAKER REPORT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held an oversight hearing on the 
National Academy of Science Icebreaker Report. Testimony was heard from 
RADM Joseph L. Nimmich, USCG, Assistant Commandant, Policy and 
Planning, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Arden L. 
Bement, Jr., Director, NSF; Anita K. Jones, Chair, Polar Research 
Board, Assessment of USCG polar icebreaker roles and futures needs, The 
National Academies; and Mead Treadwell, Chairman, U.S. Arctic Research 
Commission.
MEMBER PROPOSALS ON TAX ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
held a hearing on Member Proposals on Tax Issues Introduced in the 
109th Congress. Testimony was heard from Representatives Shaw, Cardin, 
Lewis of Kentucky; Jones of Ohio, Hart, Nunes, Christensen, Fossella, 
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Mexico, Gary G. Miller of California, Franks of Arizona, Chabot, Udall 
of New Mexico, Murphy, Turner, Fortenberry, McHugh, Blumenauer, King of 
Iowa and Conaway.
DNI'S INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION ARCHITECTURE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on the DNI's Intelligence Collection Architecture. 
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.






                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine United States policy 
and practice with respect to the use of riot control agents by the 
U.S. Armed Forces, followed by a closed session in SR-222, 10 a.m., 
SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Christopher A. Padilla, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and 
Bijan Rafiekian, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 3599, to establish 
the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in the State of New 
Mexico, S. 3794, to provide for the implementation of the Owyhee 
Initiative Agreement, S. 3854, to designate certain land in the 
State of Oregon as wilderness, H.R. 3603, to promote the economic 
development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and 
other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White 
Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain 
National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for 
recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource 
protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau 
of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, and H.R. 5025, to protect for future 
generations the recreational opportunities, forests, timber, clean 
water, wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat of Mount 
Hood National Forest, Oregon, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Frank Baxter, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, and Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, to hold hearings to 
examine measures to improve emergency medical care, 2:30 p.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine new technologies to improve care for people with 
diabetes and reduce the burden on the health care system, focusing 
on the development of an artificial pancreas, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
United States refugee admissions and policy, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Robert T. Howard, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology, Time 
to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
and the Subcommittee Economic Opportunity of the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs, joint hearing on the Montgomery G.I. Bill for 
Members of the Selected Reserve, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Irregular Warfare Roadmap, 2:30 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on ``Perspectives on Early Childhood Home 
Visitation Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 5782, Pipeline Safety and Improvement Act of 2006; and H.R. 
5472, National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
entitled ``Sexual Exploitation of Children Over the Internet: 
Follow-up Issues to the Masha Allen Adoption,'' 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing entitled 
``Protecting Americans from Catastrophic Terrorism Risk,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle,'' 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance and Accountability, 
hearing entitled ``Banks in Real Estate: A Review of the Office of 
the Comptroller of the Currency's December 2005 Rulings,'' 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on the IT Assessment: A 
Ten Year Vision for Information Technology in the House, 10 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.

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  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the United 
States--Republic of Korea Relations: An Alliance at Risk? 2:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4997, Physicians for Underserved Areas Act; H.R. 5219, Judicial 
Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006; H.R. 4239, Animal 
Enterprise Terrorism Act; and H.R. 6052, Copyright Modernization Act 
of 2006, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Advancing Security 
and Commerce at Our Nation's Ports: The Goals are not Mutually 
Exclusive,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Next Generation Air Transportation 
System Financing Options, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the 
administration of the VA Pension Program, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 6134, Health 
Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006, 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
the DNI's Perspective on State of Intelligence Reform, 10:15 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Federal efforts to protect children from commercial 
sexual exploitation, focusing on international initiatives to combat 
child pornography and trafficking, 2 p.m., 2200-RHOB.

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                       Next Meeting of the SENATE
                   9:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 27

                               
                             Senate Chamber
Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any morning business 
(not to extend beyond 1 hour), Senate will continue consideration of 
H.R. 6061, Secure Fence Act, with 1 hour of debate, to be followed by a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Frist Amendment No. 5036.

              Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                    10 a.m., Wednesday, September 27

                               
                             House Chamber
Program for Wednesday: To be announced.
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            Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
              HOUSE
  
Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E1831, E1840
Berman, Howard L., Calif., E1836
Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E1833
Bishop, Timothy H., N.Y., E1836
Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E1831, E1832
Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E1840
Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E1836
Farr, Sam, Calif., E1832, E1833
Gallegly, Elton, Calif., E1832
Gibbons, Jim, Nev., E1835
Gonzalez, Charles A., Tex., E1838
Hunter, Duncan, Calif., E1840
Kingston, Jack, Ga., E1835
Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1836
Larsen, Rick, Wash., E1837
Levin, Sander M., Mich., E1835
McCollum, Betty, Minn., E1839
Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E1834
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E1839
Pascrell, Bill, Jr., N.J., E1831
Porter, Jon C., Nev., E1831, E1831, E1832, E1833, E1834, E1835, E1836, 
E1836, E1837
Rogers, Mike, Ala., E1839
Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E1837
Shaw, E. Clay, Jr., Fla., E1840
Skelton, Ike, Mo., E1833
Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E1837
Terry, Lee, Nebr., E1834
Wilson, Joe, S.C., E1834