[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 39 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D255-D257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL FARM COMMODITY PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Continued hearings on Federal Farm Commodity 
Programs, with the livestock industry. Testimony was heard from Barb 
Determan, President, National Pork Producers Council; Cindy Siddoway, 
President, American Sheep Industry Association; Peggy Vining, Vice 
President, International Operations, Purdue Farms; and Wythe Willey, 
President-Elect, National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
  Hearings continue March 28.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
Medical Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton, USAF; Vice Adm. 
Richard A. Nelson, USN; Lt. Gen. James B. Peake, USA; Dr. Jarrod 
Clinton, Acting Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; and Dr. James 
Sears, Executive Director, TRICARE Activity.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on Federal Highway Administration. Testimony was heard from 
Vincent F. Schimmoller, Deputy Executive Director, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation.
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH COMPANIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development held a hearing on Innovative Research Companies. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--ELECTRICITY MARKETS: CALIFORNIA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality concluded oversight hearings

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on Electricity Markets: California. Testimony was heard from William 
Keese, Chairman, Energy Commission, State of California; and public 
witnesses.
FEDERAL MEDICAL PRIVACY REGULATIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on Assessing HIPAA: How Federal Medical Privacy Regulations Can Be 
Improved. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--TELEWORK POLICIES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement Policy held an oversight hearing on ``Toward a Telework-
Friendly Government Workplace: Successes and Impediments in Managing 
Federal Telework Policies.'' Testimony was heard from Steven Cohen, 
Acting Director, OPM; David L. Bibb, Acting Deputy Director, GSA; S. 
Mark Lindsey, Acting Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, 
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported amended H. Res. 84, 
providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of 
Representatives in the One Hundred Seventh Congress.
  The Committee also considered other pending business.
OVERSIGHT--EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held an oversight hearing on Executive Orders and 
Presidential Directives. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Hansen; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and 
Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on ``ICANN, NEW gTLDS, 
and the Protection of Intellectual Property.'' Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL LAND OIL AND GAS RESOURCE BASE
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on Estimated Oil and Gas Resource Base on 
Federal Land and Submerged Land: How Much Oil and Gas can these Lands 
Produce? Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Interior: P. Patrick Leahy, Associate Director. 
Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; and Carolita Kallaur, Associate 
Director, Offshore Minerals Management, Minerals Management Service; 
and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills: 
H.R. 107, amended, to require that the Secretary of the Interior 
conduct a study to identify sites and resources, to recommend 
alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the Cold War; H.R. 146, 
Great Falls Historic District Study Act of 2001; H.R. 182, amended, 
Eight Mile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2001; H.R. 581, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
National Marine Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency 
cooperation required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in 
connection with wildland fire management; and H.R. 601, amended, to 
ensure the continued access of hunters to those Federal lands included 
within the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National Monument in 
the State of Idaho pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 7373 of 
November 9, 2000, and to continue the applicability of the Taylor 
Grazing Act to the disposition of grazing fees arising from the use of 
such lands.
NUCLEAR SAFETY VIOLATIONS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on H.R. 
723, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove an exemption from 
civil penalties for nuclear safety violations by nonprofit 
institutions. Testimony was heard from Eric J. Fygi, Acting General 
Counsel, Department of Energy; Gary Jones, Associate Director, Energy, 
Resources, and Science Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY--EXPLORE WAYS TO IMPROVE
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing to explore ways to improve 
the Office of Advocacy and to make that Office a more effective voice 
for small business within the Federal Government and the Private 
sector. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MARRIAGE PENALTY AND FAMILY TAX RELIEF ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 6, Marriage 
Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act of 2001.

Joint Meetings
VETERANS' PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee

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on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative recommendations of 
certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony from William 
Schmidt, American Ex-Prisoners of War, George C. Duggins, Vietnam 
Veterans of America, Col. Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.), The Retired 
Officers Association, Raymond Boland, National Association of State 
Directors of Veterans Affairs, and Arthur C. Stahl, AMVETS, all of 
Washington, D.C.