[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 30 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D186-D187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine 
current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United 
States, after receiving testimony from George J. Tenet, Director, Central 
Intelligence Agency; and Vice Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, USN, Director, Defense 
Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, after receiving 
testimony from Roderick R. Paige, Secretary of Education.
  Hearings continue Wednesday, March 14, 2001.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 350, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote the cleanup and reuse of 
brownfields, to provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, 
and to enhance State response programs with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
PRESIDENT'S INCOME TAX PROPOSALS
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings to examine issues related 
to the President's income tax rate proposals, focusing on child tax credit, 
the marriage tax penalty, and the Alternative Minimum Tax, receiving 
testimony from Senator Hutchison; James R. White, Director, Tax Issues, 
General Accounting Office; Lawrence Zelenak, University of North Carolina 
Law School, Chapel Hill; and David T. Ellwood, Harvard University John F. 
Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES AND BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review 
foreign policy issues and related areas of the President's budget proposals, 
including embassy infrastructure improvements and various programs to help 
advance America's foreign policy interests overseas, after receiving 
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res.51) requesting $4,380,936 for operating expenses 
for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $7,771,451 for 
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 
2002, and $3,323,832 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 
2002 through February 28, 2003.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services: Senators Cochran (Chairman), Stevens, Collins, Domenici, Gregg, 
Bennett, Akaka (Ranking Member), Levin, Torricelli, Cleland, Carper, and 
Carnahan.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the 
District of Columbia: Senators Voinovich (Chairman), Stevens, Collins, 
Domenici, Cochran, Durbin (Ranking Member), Akaka, Torricelli, Carper, and 
Carnahan.
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Collins (Chairman), 
Stevens, Voinovich, Domenici, Cochran, Gregg, Bennett, Levin (Ranking 
Member), Akaka, Durbin, Torricelli, Cleland, Carper, and Carnahan.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
resolution (S. Res.53) requesting $4,230,605 for operating expenses for the

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period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $7,507,831 for 
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 
2002, and $3,212,052 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 
2002 through February 28, 2003.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill, to extend programs and activities under 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an original 
resolution (S. Res.52) requesting $ 1,022,752 for operating expenses for the 
period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $1,814,368 for 
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 
2002, and $776,028 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 
2002 through February 28, 2003.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
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