[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D445-D447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/SBA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2002, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for 
their respective activities from Scott B. Gudes, Acting Under Secretary 
and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce; and John Whitmore, Acting Administrator, Small 
Business Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for Department of Energy environmental management and the 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Crapo; Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant Secretary 
for Environmental Management, and Lake H. Barrett, Acting Director, 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, both of the Department 
of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 
for Foreign Operations, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, 
Secretary of State.
NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded open and closed hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense 
and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the Department of 
Energy's Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs, after receiving 
testimony from Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security and Administrator,

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National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy; Gary L. 
Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting 
Office; and certain officials of the intelligence community.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of John E. Robson, of California, to 
be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and James 
J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Export Administration.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Alphonso R. Jackson, of Texas, to be 
Deputy Secretary, Richard A. Hauser, of Maryland, to be General 
Counsel, John Charles Weicher, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Housing and serve as the Federal Housing 
Commissioner, and Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Community Planning and Development, all of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions on their own behalf. Mr. Jackson was introduced by 
Senators Bond and Hutchison, and Mr. Bernardi was introduced by 
Senators Clinton and Schumer and Representative Walsh.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the national energy policy with respect to federal, state, and local 
impediments to the siting of energy infrastructure, focusing on the 
natural gas pipeline and electric power industries, after receiving 
testimony from William M. Nugent, Maine Public Utilities Commission, 
Augusta, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility 
Commissioners; David N. Cook, North American Electric Reliability 
Council, Princeton, New Jersey; Jerald V. Halvorsen, Interstate Natural 
Gas Association of America, Washington, D.C.; and Stanley F. Szwed, 
FirstEnergy Corporation, Akron, Ohio.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from 
Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session to mark up 
an original bill, entitled Restoring Earnings to Lift Individuals and 
Empower Families (RELIEF) Act of 2001.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded joint hearings 
with Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services to examine the General Accounting Office assessment of the 
financial outlook of the United States Postal Service, after receiving 
testimony from William J. Henderson, Postmaster General/Chief Executive 
Officer, and Robert F. Rider, Chairman, Board of Governors, both of the 
United States Postal Service; George A. Omas, Vice Chairman, Postal 
Rate Commission; and David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United 
States, General Accounting Office.
DNA CRIME LABS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
implementation of the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science 
Improvement Act (P.L. 106-561), which authorized resources for state 
and local crime laboratories for personnel, facilities, training, and 
equipment, focusing on DNA crime labs, after receiving testimony from 
David G. Boyd, Director, Office of Science and Technology, and Deputy 
Director, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 
Department of Justice; Keith K. Coonrod, New York State Police, Albany, 
on behalf of the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations; Richard 
J. Townsend, Utah Bureau of Forensic Services, Salt Lake City; Eric 
Buel, Vermont Forensic Laboratory, Waterbury; James Claude Upshaw 
Downs, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Auburn; Milton E. Nix, 
Jr., Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Decatur; Michael T. Yura, West 
Virginia University Forensic Identification Program, Morgantown; 
Michael G. Sheppo, Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services, 
Springfield; and William Petersen, Valencia, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSIT ZONE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded hearings to examine counter drug interdiction strategy and 
operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, known as the Transit 
Zone, after receiving testimony from Edward

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H. Jurith, Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; 
Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
Department of Justice; Adm. James M. Loy, Commandant, United States 
Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, United States Interdiction 
Coordinator; and Charles Winwood, Acting Commissioner, United States 
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.