[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 35 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D220-D223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
[D15MR1-40]D220 DC CHILD A
DC CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY
[D15MR1-41]D220 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held 
oversight hearings on the termination of the District of Columbia's Child 
and Family Services Agency receivership and the return of Agency control to 
the District government, receiving testimony from Representative DeLay; 
Carolyn N. Graham, Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth and Families, Sondra 
Jackson, District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency, and Judith 
Meltzer, Center for the Study of Social Policy, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Eric Thompson, Children's Rights, Inc., New York, New York.
[D15MR1-42]D220 Hearings r
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
[D15MR1-43]D220 FREIGHT RA
FREIGHT RAIL INDUSTRY
[D15MR1-44]D220 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded 
oversight hearings on competition and mobility issues in the freight rail 
industry, including re-regulation, differential pricing, relationships with 
ports and maritime shipping industry, infrastructure investment, and rail 
access, after receiving testimony from Perry L. Dozier, Waitsburg, 
Washington, on behalf of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers; Lamar 
Self, Mississippi Chemical Corporation, Yazoo City; Michael W. Snovitch, 
Pennsylvania Power and Light, Allentown; Robert E. Martinez, Norfolk 
Southern Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia, former Association Deputy Secretary 
of Transportation; Richard K. Davidson, Union Pacific Corporation, Omaha, 
Nebraska; Peter J. Rickershauser, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
Company, Fort Worth, Texas; Mic Dinsmore, Port of Seattle, Seattle, 
Washington; and Karen Schmidt, Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board, 
Olympia, Washington.
[D15MR1-45]D220 BUSINESS M
BUSINESS MEETING
[D15MR1-46]D220 Committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
[D15MR1-47]D220 S. 319, to
  S. 319, to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that air carriers 
meet their obligations under the Airline Customer Service Agreement, and 
provide improved passenger service in order to meet public convenience and 
necessity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
[D15MR1-48]D220 S. 361, to
  S. 361, to establish age limitations for airmen, with an amendment;
[D15MR1-49]D220 S. 415, to
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
[D15MR1-50]D220 The nomina
  The nomination of Rear Adm. Thad W. Allen, United States Coast Guard, to 
be Commander, Atlantic Area, U.S. Coast Guard, with the grade of Vice 
Admiral, and other nominations for promotion in the United States Coast 
Guard.
[D15MR1-51]D220 Also, comm
  Also, committee approved the designation of Senator Allen to serve as 
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space.
[D15MR1-52]D220 ELECTRIC E
ELECTRIC ENERGY COSTS
[D15MR1-53]D220 Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 26, to amend the Department of Energy Authorization Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Energy to impose interim limitations on the cost of electric 
energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the 
electric energy market, S. 80, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory 
or preferential rates or charges for electricity, to establish cost-based 
rates for electricity sold at wholesale in the Western Systems Coordinating 
Council, S. 287, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric 
energy at wholesale in the western energy market, and a proposed committee 
amendment to S. 287, to clarify the circumstances under which the Commission 
may impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy, and to 
provide a sunset provision, after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, 
Secretary, and Curt L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, both of the Department of Energy; Washington Governor Gary 
Locke, Olympia; Montana Governor Judy Martz, Helena; Bruce Worthington, 
Pacific Gas and Electric

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Corporation, San Francisco, California; John E. Bryson, Edison 
International, Rosemead, California; Stephen L. Baum, Sempra Energy, San 
Diego, California; William F. Hecht, Pennsylvania Power and Light, 
Allentown; and Steven M. Fetter, Fitch, Inc., New York, New York.
[D15MR1-54]D221 ARMY CORPS
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FEASIBILITY STUDIES REFORM
[D15MR1-55]D221 Committee
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine reforms made to address 
concerns with how the Army Corps of Engineers conducts feasibility studies, 
after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, Chief of 
Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
[D15MR1-56]D221 FAMILY BUS
FAMILY BUSINESS LEGACIES PROTECTION
[D15MR1-57]D221 Committee
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight held 
hearings to examine proposed legislation related to the impact of the 
federal estate tax on the preservation and protection of family business 
legacies, including S. 9, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide tax relief, S. 31, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, S. 35, to provide 
relief to America's working families and to promote continued economic 
growth by returning a portion of the tax surplus to those who created it, S. 
82, to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-
skipping transfers, S. 83, to phase-out and repeal the Federal estate and 
gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers, S. 84, to increase 
the unified estate and gift taxes and the tax credit to exempt small 
businesses and farmers from estate taxes, S. 100, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and gift taxes, S. 179, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase in a full estate tax deduction 
for family-owned business interests and to increase the unified credit 
exemption, and S. 275, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping 
transfers, to preserve a step up in basis of certain property acquired from 
a decedent, receiving testimony from Thomas A. Lovell and Jane Lovell, both 
of Clear Lake Independent Telephone Company, Clear Lake, Iowa; K.L. Bliss, 
Sand Springs, Montana, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef 
Association; Thomas D. Goodner, Goodner's Supermarkets, Duncan, Oklahoma; 
John R. Sumption, Sumption Farms Partnership, Frederick, South Dakota, on 
behalf of the National Farmers Union; William H. Gates, Sr., Seattle, 
Washington, on behalf of Responsible Wealth; Gary Robbins, Fiscal 
Associates, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the Institute for Policy 
Innovation; Wilbur A. Steger, Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the CONSAD Research Corporation; 
Howard E. Abrams, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; and Stefan F. Tucker, 
Venable, Baetjer, Howard and Civiletti, Washington, D.C.
[D15MR1-58]D221 Hearings r
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
[D15MR1-59]D221 HEALTH CAR
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
[D15MR1-60]D221 Committee
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on issues relative to living 
without health insurance, focusing on solutions including individual tax 
credits, employer tax credits, increased flexibility in Medicaid and the 
State Children's Health Insurance Program, program expansions, and ways to 
improve outreach, receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, 
Health Care Issues, General Accounting Office; Christine C. Ferguson, Rhode 
Island Department of Human Services, Cranston; Janet Stokes Trautwein, 
National Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, Virginia; Jack A. 
Meyer, Economic and Social Research Institute, and Donna Cohen Ross, Center 
on Budget and Policy Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.; and Karen Davis, 
Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York.
[D15MR1-61]D221 Hearings r
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
[D15MR1-62]D221 NOMINATION
NOMINATION
[D15MR1-63]D221 Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Richard Lee Armitage, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
State, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and McCain, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
[D15MR1-64]D221 U.S./SERBI
U.S./SERBIA ASSISTANCE
[D15MR1-65]D221 Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held 
hearings to examine whether the government of President Kostunica in 
Belgrade has met the standards of certification for United States assistance 
to Serbia, receiving testimony from Morton I. Abramowitz, Century 
Foundation, on behalf of the International Crisis Group, Nina Bang-Jensen, 
Coalition for International Justice, and Janusz Bugajski, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
[D15MR1-66]D221 Hearings r
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
[D15MR1-67]D222 HIGH PERFO

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HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER EXPORT CONTROLS
[D15MR1-68]D222 Committee
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
certain related General Accounting Office studies regarding high performance 
computer export control issues, after receiving testimony from Susan S. 
Westin, Managing Director, Stephen M. Lord, Assistant Director, and Jeffrey 
D. Phillips, International Security Analyst, all of the International 
Affairs and Trade Division, General Accounting Office.
[D15MR1-69]D222 BUSINESS M
BUSINESS MEETING
[D15MR1-70]D222 Committee
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. Res. 20, 
designating March 25, 2001, as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of 
Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.
[D15MR1-71]D222 Also, comm
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
[D15MR1-72]D222 Subcommitt
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts: Senators Sessions 
(Chairman), Grassley, Thurmond, Specter, Schumer (Ranking Member), Kennedy, 
Feingold, and Durbin.
[D15MR1-73]D222 Subcommitt
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition: Senators 
DeWine (Chairman), Hatch, Specter, Thurmond, Brownback, Kohl (Ranking 
Member), Leahy, Feingold, Schumer, and Cantwell.
[D15MR1-74]D222 Subcommitt
  Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights: Senators 
Thurmond (Chairman), Hatch, Kyl, McConnell, Feingold (Ranking Member), 
Leahy, Kennedy, and Durbin.
[D15MR1-75]D222 Subcommitt
  Subcommittee on Immigration: Senators Brownback (Chairman), Specter, 
Grassley, Kyl, DeWine, Kennedy (Ranking Member), Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, 
and Cantwell.
[D15MR1-76]D222 Subcommitt
  Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information: 
Senators Kyl (Chairman), DeWine, Sessions, McConnell, Feinstein (Ranking 
Member), Biden, Kohl, and Cantwell.
[D15MR1-77]D222 Subcommitt
  Subcommittee on Youth Violence: Senators Grassley (Chairman), Hatch, 
Sessions, Brownback, McConnell, Biden (Ranking Member), Kohl, Feinstein, 
Durbin, and Cantwell.
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[D15MR1-78]D223 House of R

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                        House of Representatives

[D15MR1-79]D223 Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 52 public bills, H.R. 6, 1037-1087; and 3 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 38 and H. Con. Res. 64-66, were introduced.
  Page H952-55
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
Richard P. Camp, Jr., Executive Director of A Christian Ministry in the 
National Parks and formerly, Chaplain, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. 
                                                                   Page H931
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act: The House passed H.R. 327, to amend 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, for the purpose of facilitating 
compliance by small businesses with certain Federal paperwork requirements 
and to establish a task force to examine the feasibility of streamlining 
paperwork requirements applicable to small businesses by a yea and nay vote 
of 418 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 50.
  Pages H932-42
[D15MR1-80]D223 Agreed to
  Agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order by the 
rule.
Page H942
[D15MR1-81]D223 H. Res. 89
  H. Res. 89, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote. Pursuant to the rule, the Ose amendment in the 
nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record of March 13 and 
numbered 1, was considered as an original bill.
Pages H931-32
Legislative Program: Majority Leader Armey discussed the legislative program 
for the week of March 19.
  Pages H942-43
Meeting Hour--Monday, March 19: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, 
it adjourn to meeting on Monday, March 19 at 2 p.m. in pro forma session. 
                                                                   Page H943
Meeting Hour--Tuesday, March 20: Agreed that when the House adjourns on 
Monday, March 19, it adjourn to meeting on Tuesday, March 20 at 12:30 p.m. 
for morning-hour debate.
  Page H943
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business 
of Wednesday, March 21.
  Page H943
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote developed during the proceedings 
of the House today and appears on page H942. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:20 p.m.
[D15MR1-82]D223 Committee