[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D103-D104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: on Friday, February 2, Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies: 
Senators Cochran (Chairman), Specter, Bond, McConnell, Burns, Craig, 
Kohl (Ranking Member), Harkin, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, and Johnson.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary: Senators 
Gregg (Chairman), Stevens, Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, Campbell, 
Hollings (Ranking Member), Inouye, Mikulski, Leahy, Kohl, and Murray.
  Subcommittee on Defense: Senators Stevens (Chairman), Cochran, 
Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Inouye 
(Ranking Member), Hollings, Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Reid, 
and Feinstein.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia: Senators DeWine (Chairman), 
Hutchison, Landrieu (Ranking Member), and Durbin.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Domenici 
(Chairman), Cochran, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig, Reid (Ranking 
Member), Byrd, Hollings, Murray, Dorgan, and Feinstein.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations: Senators McConnell (Chairman), 
Specter, Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, Campbell, Bond, Leahy (Ranking 
Member), Inouye, Harkin, Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson, and Landrieu.
  Subcommittee on Interior: Senators Burns (Chairman), Stevens, 
Cochran, Domenici, Bennett, Gregg, Campbell, Byrd (Ranking Member), 
Leahy, Hollings, Reid, Dorgan, Feinstein, and Murray.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: 
Senators Specter (Chairman), Cochran, Gregg, Craig, Hutchison, Stevens, 
DeWine, Harkin (Ranking Member), Hollings, Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Murray, 
and Landrieu.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Bennett (Chairman), 
Stevens, Durbin (Ranking Member), and Johnson.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction: Senators Hutchison (Chairman), 
Burns, Craig, DeWine, Feinstein (Ranking Member), Inouye, Johnson, and 
Landrieu.
  Subcommittee on Transportation: Senators Shelby (Chairman), Specter, 
Bond, Bennett, Campbell, Hutchison, Murray (Ranking Member), Byrd, 
Mikulski, Reid, Kohl, and Durbin.
  Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government: Senators Campbell 
(Chairman), Shelby, DeWine, Dorgan (Ranking Member), Mikulski, and 
Landrieu.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies: Senators Bond 
(Chairman), Burns, Shelby, Craig, Domenici, DeWine, Mikulski (Ranking 
Member), Leahy, Harkin, Byrd, Kohl, and Johnson.
EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held 
hearings on S. 149, to provide authority to control exports, and to 
examine how to establish an effective, modern framework for computer, 
manufacturing, and electronics export controls, and its potential 
impact on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide, 
receiving testimony from Dan Hoydysh, Unisys Corporation, on behalf of 
the Computer Coalition for Responsible Exports, and Richard T. Cupitt, 
University of Georgia Center for International Trade and Security, both 
of Washington, D.C.; Paul H. Freedenberg, Association for Manufacturing 
Technology, McLean, Virginia; and Larry E. Christensen, Vastera, Inc., 
Dulles, Virginia, on behalf of the American Electronics Association.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IMPACT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
impact of demographic trends, such as the apparent end of the 
population explosion, population aging, the retirement of the baby boom 
generation, and the possibility of large budget surpluses, on the 
budget and long-term fiscal policy, after receiving testimony from Ben 
J. Wattenberg, American Enterprise Institute, and Robert B. Friedland, 
Georgetown University Center on an Aging Society, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Ronald D. Lee, University of California Center for the Economics 
and Demography of Aging, Berkeley; and Peter R. Orszag, Sebago 
Associates, Belmont, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 248, to amend the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, to adjust a 
condition on the payment of arrearages to the United Nations that sets 
the maximum share of any United Nations peacekeeping operation's budget 
that may be assessed of any country;
  S. Res. 17, congratulating President Chandrika Bandaranaike 
Kumaratunga and the people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 
Lanka on the celebration of 53 years of independence;

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  S. Res. 18, expressing sympathy for the victims of the devastating 
earthquake that struck El Salvador on January 13, 2001;
  S. Con. Res. 6, resolution expressing the sympathy for the victims of 
the devastating earthquake that struck India on January 26, 2001, and 
support for ongoing aid efforts;
  The nomination of Paul Henry O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Governor of the International Monetary Fund, United States 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, United 
States Governor of the African Development Bank, United States Governor 
of the Asian Development Bank, United States Governor of the African 
Development Fund, and United States Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development; and certain Foreign Service Officer 
promotion lists.
  Also, Committee discussed S. 219, to suspend for two years the 
certification procedures under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 in order to foster greater multilateral cooperation in 
international counternarcotics programs, adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 107th Congress, and announced the following subcommittee 
assignments:
  Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Frist (Chairman), 
Brownback, Smith (OR), Feingold (Ranking Member), Dodd, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Thomas 
(Chairman), Helms, Lugar, Hagel, Kerry (Ranking Member), Torricelli, 
Feingold, and Biden.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Smith (OR) (Chairman), 
Lugar, Chafee, Hagel, Biden (Ranking Member), Sarbanes, Dodd, and 
Wellstone.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion: Senators Hagel (Chairman), Thomas, Chafee, Allen, Sarbanes 
(Ranking Member), Nelson (FL), Wellstone, and Torricelli.
  Subcommittee on International Operations: Senators Allen (Chairman), 
Helms, Frist, Brownback, Boxer (Ranking Member), Kerry, Nelson (FL), 
and Biden.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators 
Brownback (Chairman), Smith (OR), Thomas, Frist, Wellstone (Ranking 
Member), Torricelli, Boxer, and Sarbanes.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and 
Terrorism: Senators Chafee (Chairman), Allen, Helms, Lugar, Dodd 
(Ranking Member), Nelson (FL), Kerry, and Feingold.
AIRLINE CONSOLIDATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the 
competitive impact of the announced mergers involving United Airlines, 
US Airways, DC Air, American Airlines, and TWA, receiving testimony 
from Senators Warner, Bond, and Reid; Representatives Myrick and Meeks; 
Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines, and Robert L . Johnson, DC Air, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Leo F. Mullin, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, 
Georgia; William A. Franke,America West Airlines, Phoenix, Arizona; Joe 
Leonard, AirTran Airways, Orlando, Florida; Michael E. Levine, Harvard 
Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Donald Carty, American Airlines, 
Fort Worth, Texas; James E. Goodwin, United Airlines, Chicago, 
Illinois; William F. Compton, Trans World Airlines, Inc., St. Louis, 
Missouri; and Stephen M. Wolf, US Airways Group, Inc., Arlington, 
Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
WORLD THREATS ASSESSMENTS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine worldwide threats to national security, after 
receiving testimony from George J. Tenet, Director, Central 
Intelligence Agency; Thomas Fingar, Acting Assistant Secretary of State 
for Intelligence and Research; and Vice Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, 
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.