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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D702-D704 on June 16, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Small Business Administration and the General Services Administration, after receiving testimony from Karen Mills, Administrator, Small Business Administration; Paul F. Prouty, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration; and Joseph Bataillon, Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Nebraska, and Chair, Space and Facilities Committee, Judicial Conference of the United States.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for ballistic missile defense programs, after receiving testimony from William J. Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense, General James Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, USA, Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of the Department of Defense.
NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a hearing to examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for Navy shipbuilding programs, after receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisitions, and Vice Admiral Bernard J. McCullough, III, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources, both of the Department of Defense.
ARMY MODERNIZATION AND MANAGEMENT BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a hearing to examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for Army modernization and management of the Future Combat Systems Program, after receiving testimony from General Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General N. Ross Thompson III, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, and Director for Acquisition Career Management, and David G. Ahern, Director of Portfolio Systems Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, all of the Department of Defense; and Paul L. Francis, Managing Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine new ideas for sustainable development and economic growth relative to greener communities, after receiving testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Inez Moore Tenenbaum, of South Carolina, to be Commissioner and Chairman, of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham and DeMint, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Julius Genachowski, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, and Robert Malcolm McDowell, of Virginia, to be a Member, both of the Federal Communications Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the National Park Service and proposed expenditures under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, after receiving testimony from Daniel N. Wenk, Acting Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
LOUISIANA HURRICANE AND FLOOD PREVENTION STATUS AND PROGRESS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the status and progress of New Orleans hurricane and flood prevention and coastal Louisiana restoration, after receiving testimony from Senator Landrieu; Brigadier General Michael Walsh, Commander, Mississippi Valley Division, United States Army Corps of Engineers; Jeffrey Jacobs, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects; Steven Peyronnin, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, and Robert R. Twilley, Louisiana State University Research and Economic Development, both of Baton Rouge; and Joseph M. Rault, Pump to the River Jefferson/Orleans, and Thomas L. Jackson, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority, both of Metairie, Louisiana.
CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine climate change legislation, focusing on tax considerations, after receiving testimony from Gary Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Mark Price, KPMG LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; and Keith G. Butler, Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 962, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, with amendments;
S. Res. 182, recognizing the democratic accomplishments of the people of Albania and expressing the hope that the parliamentary elections on June 28, 2009, maintain and improve the transparency and fairness of democracy in Albania;
S. Con. Res. 23, supporting the goals and objectives of the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets;
S. Res. 153, expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras; and
The nominations of Eric P. Schwartz, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Andrew J. Shapiro, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Ellen O. Tauscher, of California, to be Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Eric P. Goosby, of California, to be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, and a promotion list in the Foreign Service.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, and Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
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 pandemic influenza preparedness and the federal workforce, after receiving testimony from Elaine C. Duke, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management; Nancy H. Kichak, Associate Director for Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Personnel Management; Rear Admiral W. Craig Vanderwagen, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and Response; Bernice Steinhardt, Director, Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; T.J. Bonner, American Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO, San Diego, California; and Maureen Gilman, National Treasury Employees Union, Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Jeffrey D. Zients, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget.
CELL PHONE TEXT MESSAGING RATE INCREASES AND WIRELESS MARKET
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine cell phone text messaging rate increases and the state of competition in the wireless market, after receiving testimony from Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications, Inc., and Joel Kelsey, Consumers Union, both of New York, New York; Wayne Watts, AT&T Inc., Dallas, Texas; Laurie Itkin, Cricket Communications, Inc., San Diego, California; and Srinivasan Keshav, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
