[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D203-D204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded oversight hearings to examine issues related to 
the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, 
including the condition of the facilities and infrastructure of vital 
nuclear weapons complex, safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear 
stockpile in the absence of nuclear testing, and infrastructure needs 
at Los Alamos National Laboratory, after receiving testimony from John 
A. Gordon, Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security; and James R. 
Schlesinger, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 
Washington, D.C., former Secretary of Energy, on behalf of the Panel to 
Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the U.S. Nuclear 
Stockpile.
AVIATION COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings on S. 415 to amend title 49, United States Code, to require 
that air carriers meet public convenience and necessity requirements by 
ensuring competitive access by commercial air carriers to major cities, 
receiving testimony from JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; Iowa Attorney General 
Thomas J. Miller, Des Moines; David

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Neeleman, JetBlue Airways Corporation, Kew Gardens, New York; Mark 
Kahan, Spirit Air Lines, Miramar, Florida; and Glen W. Hauenstein, 
Continental Airlines Inc., and Mark N. Cooper, Consumer Federation of 
America, both of Washington D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
AIRMEN AGE LIMITATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 361, to establish age limitations for airmen, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Murkowski; L. Nicholas Lacey, 
Director, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots 
Association, International, Washington, D.C.; Paul Emens, Pilots 
Against Age Discrimination, Annapolis, Maryland; and Robin Wilkening, 
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 
Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled Affordable Education Act of 2001.
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on issues relative to 
living without health insurance and identifying populations that make 
up the uninsured and their unique characteristics, including age, 
ethnicity, employment status, and geographic location, that cause them 
to go without health coverage, receiving testimony from Kathryn G. 
Allen, Director, Health Care--Medicaid and Private Health Insurance 
Issues, General Accounting Office; and Diane Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser 
Family Foundation, Mary R. Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council, 
Richard W. Johnson, Urban Institute, and Leighton Ku, Center on Budget 
and Policy Priorities, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue Thursday, March 15.
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AND COPYRIGHT HARMONIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 487, to 
amend chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, relating to the 
exemption of certain performances or displays for educational uses from 
copyright infringement provisions, to provide that the making of a 
single copy of such performances or displays is not an infringement, 
after receiving testimony from Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, 
Library of Congress; Gerald A. Heeger, University of Maryland 
University College, College Park, on behalf of the Association of 
American Universities, American Council on Education, National 
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, and 
Association of Research Libraries; Allan R. Adler, Association of 
American Publishers, and Gary Carpentier, American University 
Washington College of Law, both of Washington, D.C.; Richard M. 
Siddoway, Electronic High School, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Paul 
LeBlanc, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont.
VETERANS' PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the Administration's proposed budget for veterans' programs for fiscal 
year 2002, after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Principi, 
Secretary, Thomas Garthwaite, Under Secretary, Veterans Health 
Administration, Roger Rapp, Acting Under Secretary, National Cemetery 
Administration, Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary for Benefits, and Mark 
Catlett, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, all of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs; James R. Fischl, American Legion, Rick Surratt, 
Disabled American Veterans, Harley Thomas, Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, and Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Howie DeWolf, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.