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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D379-D380 on April 25, 2006.
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Committee Meetings
SAVING AMERICA'S RURAL HOUSING ACT OF 2006
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity held a hearing on H.R. 5039, Saving America's Rural Housing Act of 2006. Testimony was heard from Russell T. Davis, Administrator, Rural Development Housing and Community Facilities Programs, USDA; and public witnesses.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization held a hearing entitled ``Yucca Mountain: Broken Management, Broken Quality Assurance, Broken Project.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Paul Golan, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; and Gregory Friedman, Inspector General; Margaret Federline, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC; and Jim Wells, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO.
A NEW ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled
``A New Assessment of Iraq.'' Testimony was heard from David M. Walker, Comptroller General, GAO.
STATE OF INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science and Technology held a hearing entitled ``The State of Interoperable Communications: Perspectives on Federal Coordination of Grants, Standards and Technology.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Tracy A. Henke, Assistant Secretary, Office of Grants and Training; and David G. Boyd, Director, Office for Interoperability and Compatibility, both with the Directorate of Preparedness; the following officials of the Department of Commerce: John Kneuer, Acting Assistant Secretary, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and Dereck Orr, Program Manager, Public Safety Communications System, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Kenneth P. Moran, Director, Office of Homeland Security, FCC; the following officials of the Department of Justice: Carl Peed, Executive Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; and John Morgan, Assistant Director, Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice; and public witnesses.
NETWORK NEUTRALITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Task Force on Telecom and Antitrust held an oversight hearing on Network Neutrality: Competition, Innovation and Nondiscriminatory Access. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 5020, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments printed in the report accompanying the resolution may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
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