[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 9, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D419-D423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and Judiciary held a hearing on Immigration and Naturalization Service. 
Testimony was heard from Kevin Rooney, Acting Commissioner, Immigration 
and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on Joint Forces Command. Testimony was heard 
from Gen. William F. Kernan, USA, Commander and Chief, Joint Forces 
Command, Department of Defense.

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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on Department of Energy Nuclear Waste 
Management and Disposal. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Energy: Carolyn Huntwoon, Acting 
Secretary, Environmental Management; and Lake Barrett, Acting Director, 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education held a hearing on Health Care Financing 
Administration. Testimony was heard from Michael McMullan, Acting 
Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Testimony was 
heard from Julie Anna Cirillo, Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government held a hearing on the GSA. Testimony was heard 
from Thurman M. Davis, Sr., Acting Administrator, GSA.
VA-HUD APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the EPA. Testimony was heard from Christine 
Todd Whitman, Administrator, EPA.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
FACILITIES' CONDITIONS AND PERSPECTIVE OF SENIOR ENLISTED
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities held a hearing on facilities' conditions and the perspective 
of the senior enlisted. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Tilley, USA, 
Command Sgt. Maj., Army; Master Chief Petty Officer J. L. Herdt, USN, 
Navy; Chief Master Sgt. Frederick J. Finch, USAF, and Sgt. Maj. Alford 
L. McMichael, USMC.
MILITARY VOTING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on military voting. Testimony was heard from David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General, GAO; David O. Cooke, Director, Administration, 
Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported, as amended, 
H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
INTERNET FREEDOM AND BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Financial Services: Met to consider pending Committee 
business.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ANTIFRAUD NETWORK ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit began markup of H.R. 1408, Financial Services 
Antifraud Network Act of 2001.
CHALLENGES TO NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on Challenges to 
National Security-Constraints on Military Training. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Adm. William 
J. Fallon, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations and Capt. William H. 
McRaven, USN, Commodore, Naval Special Warfare, Seal Group One, both 
with the Department of the Navy; Lt. Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, USA, 
Commanding General, III Corps and Ford Hood and Lt. Gen. Larry R. 
Ellis, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans, both with the 
Department of the Army; Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF, Commanding 
Commander, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia; and 
Col. Herbert J. Carlisle, USAF, Commander, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin 
AFB, both with the Department of the Air Force; Maj. Gen. James R. 
Battaglini, USMC, Deputy Commanding General, 1 Marine Expeditionary 
Force and Maj. Gen. Edward Hanlon, Jr., USMC, Commanding General, Camp 
Pendleton, California, both with the Department of the Air Force.

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ILSA (IRAN-LIBYA SANCTIONS) EXTENSION ACT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia held a hearing on the ILSA (Iran-Libya Sanctions) Extension 
Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, 
State of New York; and public witnesses.
NOTIFICATION AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION 
ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on H.R. 169, Notification 
and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2001. 
Testimony was heard from J. Christopher Mihm, Director, Strategic 
Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held an oversight hearing on the reauthorization of 
the U.S. Department of Justice: Executive Office for the U.S. 
Attorneys; Civil Division; Environment and Natural Resources Division; 
Executive Office for U.S. Trustees; and Office of the Solicitor 
General. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Mark Calloway, Acting Director, Executive Office 
for U.S. Attorneys; Stuart Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
Civil Division; John Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division; and Martha Davis, Acting 
Director, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
l hour of general debate on H.R. 1646, Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003. The rules waives all points of order 
against the consideration of the bill and the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those 
amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
resolution.
  The rule provides that each amendment printed in the report shall be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, except as specified in 
section 2 of the resolution, shall be offered by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
The rule waives all points of order against such amendments.
  The rule allows the chairman of the Committee of the Whole to permit 
amendments printed in the Rules Committee report to be considered out 
of the order printed, provided that the Majority Leader or his designee 
announces such a request form the floor no sooner than one hour before 
its consideration. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.
NOAA'S BUDGET: PREDICTING WEATHER CLIMATE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and 
Standards held a hearing on NOAA's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget: Predicting 
Weather Climate. Testimony was heard from Scott Gudes, Acting Under 
Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator, NOAA, Department 
of Commerce; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM--VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on the Application of Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) 
Technology in the National Airspace System. Testimony was heard from 
John Zuk, Chief, Advanced Tiltrotor Technology Office, Ames Research 
Center, NASA; and public witnesses.
HCFA PAPERWORK BURDENS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Health Care Financing 
Administration Paperwork Burdens. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
PREPAREDNESS AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISM ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on H.R. 525, Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 
2001. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gilchrest, Blumenauer 
and Chambliss; the following officials of the FEMA: Joe M. Allbaugh, 
Director and John Magaw, Acting Deputy Director; Mary Lou Leary, Acting 
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, Department of 
Justice; Charles Cragin, Acting Assistant Secretary, Civil Support, 
Department of Defense; Raymond Decker, Director, Diffuse Threat Issues, 
Defense Capabilities and Management Team, GAO; Gary McConnell, 
Director, Emergency Management Agency, State of Georgia; and public 
witnesses.
DRIVER DISTRACTIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing on Driver Distractions: Electronic 
Devices in the

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Automobile. Testimony was heard from L. Robert Shelton, Executive 
Director, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; and public witnesses.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION
Committee on Transportation and infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads approved for full Committee action, as amended, the following 
bills: H.R. 1140, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 
2001; and H.R. 1020, Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2001.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 622, Hope for Children Act; H.R. 586, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exclusion from 
gross income for foster care payments shall also apply to payments by 
qualified placement agencies; and H.R. 1727, Fallen Hero Survivor 
Benefit Act of 2001.
MODERNIZING BENEFICIARY COST SHARING
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Modernizing Beneficiary Cost Sharing. Testimony was heard from William 
J. Scanlon, Health Care Issues, GAO; Jennifer O'Sullivan, Specialist in 
Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
BALKANS BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on 
International Policy and National Security met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on the Balkans. The Subcommittee received a briefing 
on the Balkans. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental officials.
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                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                         THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2001

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary, to continue hearings to examine United States Federal 
Government capabilities with respect to terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, to 
hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Education, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, to hold hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of the 
Treasury Law Enforcement Bureaus, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for 
the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Congressional Budget Office, 
Government Printing Office, and General Accounting Office, 10 a.m., S-
128, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
continue hearings, in closed session, to examine United States Federal 
Government capabilities with respect to terrorism, 1:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, with the 
Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on intelligence 
matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to 
continue hearings to examine United States Federal Government 
capabilities with respect to terrorism, 4:45 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Thomas E. White, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Army; the nomination of 
Gordon R. England, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Navy; the nomination 
of Alfred Rascon, of California, to be Director of Selective Service; the 
nomination of David S.C. Chu, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; and the nomination of 
James G. Roche, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Air Force, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings on 
the nomination of John E. Robson, of California, to be President of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States; the nomination of Peter R. 
Fisher, of New Jersey, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
Domestic Finance; and the nomination of James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; and to 
hold a business meeting to consider the nomination of Grant D. Aldonas, 
of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; 
the nomination of Kenneth I. Juster, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; the nomination of 
Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; and 
the nomination of Robert Glenn Hubbard, of New York, to be a Member of 
the Council of Economic Advisers, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to hold hearings to examine government and industry wide 
efforts to address air traffic control delays, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, 
to hold oversight hearings on the Department of the Interior's proposed 
budget request for the National Park Service; to be followed by the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management hearing on H.R. 880, 
to provide for all right, title, and interest in certain property in 
Washington County, Utah, to be vested in the United States, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings on the Department of 
Transportation and the General Services Administration proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2002, 10:15 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings 
to examine opportunities and innovations involving biomedical research, 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to receive the goals and 
priorities of the Native Alaska Community for the 107th Congress, 2:45 
p.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 11:30 a.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, with the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of Charles A. James, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General; the nomination of Theodore Bevry Olson, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States; the nomination of 
Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General; the 
nomination of Larry D. Thompson, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General; the nomination of Viet D. Dinh, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Attorney General; the nomination of Michael Chertoff, of 
New Jersey, to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of 
Justice; 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; S.166, to limit access to body armor by violent felons and 
to facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and 
local law enforcement agencies; H.R. 802, to authorize the Public Safety 
Officer Medal of Valor; S. 39, to provide a national medal for public 
safety officers who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the 
call of duty; and S. Res. 63, to commemorate and acknowledge the 
dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their 
lives while serving as law enforcement officers, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and Judiciary, on International Organizations and Peacekeeping, 10 a.m., 
and on U.S. Trade Representative, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on Department of Energy, 
Energy Resources and Science, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on the Secretary of State, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, on 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, 10 a.m., and on Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, 11:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, on 
OMB, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, to continue on EPA, 
9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn and 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing on ``Beck Rights 2001: Are Workers Being Heard?'' 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, to mark up H.R. 1647, Electricity Emergency Act of 2001, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``Patients First: A 21st Century 
Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable Health Coverage, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit, to consider H.R. 1408 Financial Services Antifraud 
Network Act of 2001, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on Federal Election Reform, 
4:45 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 718, 
Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act of 2001; and H.R. 1017, Anti-
Spamming Act of 2001, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on Improving the Fairness and Quality of Issued 
Patents, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the capacity reduction 
programs, Federal investments in fisheries and the reauthorization of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 9:30 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on Classrooms 
as Laboratories: The Science of Learning Meets the Practice of Teaching, 
10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to mark up H.R. 1407, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
permit air carriers to meet to discuss their schedules in order to reduce 
flight delays, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, to mark up 
H.R. 1699, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2001, 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, hearing on The National Health Museum and the future use of 
Federal Office Building located at 2nd and C Streets, SW. in Washington, 
D.C., 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing 
on the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Ensuring the Integrity of 
Social Security Programs, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on Peru 
Update, 10 a.m., Capitol.