[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 44 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D286-D288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BIOMASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRADING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine issues related to progress and funding of research 
to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased, chemicals, fuels, 
and other industrial products, products which are derived from plant 
material, after receiving testimony from David Batchelor, Michigan 
Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing; Bruce E. Dale, Michigan 
State University Department of Chemical Engineering, East Lansing; 
Patrick R. Gruber, Cargill Dow, Minnetonka, Minnesota; Robert L. Judd, 
Jr., USA Biomass Power Producers Alliance, Sacramento, California; 
Edward L. Woolsey, Iowa-Sustainable Energy for Economic Development, 
Prole; Richard L. Sandor, Environmental Financial Products, Chicago, 
Illinois, on behalf of the United Nations Conference on Trade and 
Development; Bruce A. McCarl, Texas A&M University Department of 
Agricultural Economics, College Station; Gary Kaster, American Electric 
Power Company, McConnellsville, Ohio; John Kadyszewski, Winrock 
International, Morrilton, Arkansas; Robert Bonnie, Environmental 
Defense, and Jeff Fiedler, Natural Resources Defense Council, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Jim Kinsella, Lexington, Illinois
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,920 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities and Investment concluded hearings on S. 206, to repeal the 
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and to enact the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 2001, after receiving testimony from 
Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission; Cynthia A. Marlette, Deputy General Counsel, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; David M. Sparby, Xcel 
Energy Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; David L. Sokol, MidAmerican Energy 
Holdings Company, Des Moines, Iowa; and Charles A. Acquard, National 
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, Silver Spring, 
Maryland.

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AVIATION DELAY PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded hearings on S. 633, to provide for the review and 
management of airport congestion, after receiving testimony from Susan 
McDermott, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation 
and International Affairs; Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association 
of America, Deborah C. McElroy, Regional Airline Association, and 
Ronald Swanda, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey P. Fegan, Dallas/Fort Worth International 
Airport, Dallas, Texas; and Charles Barclay, Alexandria, Virginia, on 
behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives and the 
Airports Council International--North America.
NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight 
hearings to review the National Park Service's implementation of 
management policies and procedures to comply with the provisions of 
Titles I, II, III, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998, after receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, 
Acting Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; 
Peter J. Ward, Washington, D.C., and Greg Jackson, Santa Monica, 
California, both on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police; Scot 
McElveen, Santa Monica, California, on behalf of the Association of 
National Park Rangers; and Jay Vestal, National Park Foundation, 
Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Administration's National Fire Plan, after 
receiving testimony from Lyle Laverty, Associate Deputy Chief and 
National Fire Plan Coordinator, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Tim Hartzell, Director, Office of Wildland Fire 
Coordination, Department of the Interior; James E. Hubbard, Colorado 
State Forester, Fort Collins, on behalf of the National Association of 
State Foresters; Betty Vega, Cooperative Ownership Development 
Corporation, Silver City, New Mexico; Nils D. Christoffersen, Wallowa 
Resources, Enterprise, Oregon; Nancy Farr, Forest Stewardship Project, 
Twisp, Washington; Celia Headley, Eugene, Oregon, on behalf of the 
Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters; Lynn Jungwirth, Watershed 
Center, Hayfork, California; G. Thomas Bancroft, Wilderness Society, 
Steve Holmer, American Lands Alliance, both of Washington, D.C.; Tom 
Nelson, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, California, on behalf of 
the American Forest and Paper Association; and David W. Smith, Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, on behalf of the Society of American 
Foresters.
FEDERAL DEBT REDUCTION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues 
related to Federal debt reduction as part of prioritizing the projected 
budget surpluses among competing priorities, such as tax cuts, Social 
Security and Medicare, after receiving testimony from Gary Gensler, 
Bethesda, Maryland, former Under Secretary of Treasury for Domestic 
Finance; and James C. Miller III, Citizens for a Sound Economy, 
Washington, D.C., former Director, Office of Management and Budget.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the nominations of 
Kenneth W. Dam, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary, David Aufhauser, 
of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel, and Michele A. 
Davis, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, all 
of the Department of the Treasury, and Faryar Shirzad, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, where the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of 
State for Arms Control and International Security, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.
HEALTHY AGING IN RURAL AMERICA
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
certain initiatives that promote and support healthy aging in rural 
America, focusing on certain areas that impact the lives of older 
Americans, including transportation, housing, access to high-quality 
health care, diet and nutrition, and employment, after receiving 
testimony from Jon E. Burkhardt, WESTAT, Rockville, Maryland; Hilda 
Heady, West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships, Morgantown, 
on behalf of the National Rural Health Association; James Sykes, 
University of Wisconsin Medical Center Department of Preventive 
Medicine, Madison, on behalf of the National Council on the Aging; 
Melinda M. Adams, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the Idaho Commission on 
Aging and

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the National Association of Older Worker Employment Services; and Jane 
V. White, Knoxville, Tennessee, on behalf of the American Dietetic 
Association.