[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D460-D461] 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 the FBI and on the State Department Management. Testimony was heard from Louis H. Freeh, Director, FBI, Department of Justice; the following officials of the Department of State: Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary; and Grant Green, Jr., Under Secretary, Management. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a hearing on Management Reform. Testimony was heard from J. Christopher Mihm, Director, Strategic Issues, GAO; the following officials of the District of Columbia: John A. Koskinen, Deputy Mayor/ City Administrator; Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer; Suzanne Peck, Chief Technology Officer; Milou Carolan, Director, Personnel; and Jacques Abadie, Acting Chief Procurement Officer. LABOR, HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education held a hearing on NIH Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., Acting Director, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services. VA, HUD APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies held a hearing on the NSF. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NSF: Eamon Kelly, Chairman, National Science Board; and Rita Colwell, Director. SMALL BUSINESS LIABILITY RELIEF ACT Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act. MEDICARE REFORM Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings on Medicare Reform: Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors. Testimony was heard from Dan Crippen, Director, CBO; and public witnesses. NARAB AND BEYOND: ACHIEVING NATIONWIDE UNIFORMITY IN AGENT LICENSING Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Government Sponsored Enterprises, and Insurance held a hearing entitled ``NARAB & Beyond: Achieving Nationwide Uniformity in Agent Licensing.'' Testimony was heard from Representative Kelly; and public witnesses. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on Federal deposit insurance reform. Testimony was heard from Donna Tanoue, Chairwoman, FDIC; and public witnesses. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE'S UNCERTAIN FINANCIAL OUTLOOK Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``The U.S. Postal Service's Uncertain Financial Outlook--Part II.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses. SUDAN PEACE ACT; BRIDGING INFORMATION DIVIDE IN AFRICA Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 931, Sudan Peace Act. The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Bridging the Information Technology Divide in Africa. Testimony was heard from Lane Smith, Coordinator, USAID Leland Initiative, Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development, AID, Department of State; and public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following: H.R. 37, amended, to amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability studies of 4 national historic trails and provide for possible additions to such trails; H.R. 617, amended, to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian government; H.R. 640, amended, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary; H.R. [[Page D461]] 643, amended, African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; H.R. 645, amended, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; H.R. 700, amended, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001; H.R. 1000, amended, William Howard Taft National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001; H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act; and H.R. 1661, to extend indefinitely the authority of the States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage a Dungeness crab fishery until the effective date of a fishery management plan for the fishery under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND Committee on Rules: Granted by record vote of 9 to 2, a structured rule on H.R. 1, to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind providing two hours of general debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the Committee on Education and the Workforce amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which shall be considered as read. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments made in order may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 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 the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. SBA BUDGET Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2002 budget for the SBA. Testimony was heard from John D. Whitmore, Jr., Acting Administrator, SBA; and public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; RESOLUTIONS Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Con. Res. 76, authorizing the use of the East Front of the Capitol Grounds for performances sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; H. Con. Res. 79, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 87, authorizing the 2001 District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run through the Capitol Grounds; H.R. 495, to designate the Federal building located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Island, as the ``Ron de Lugo Federal Building;'' H.R. 691, to extend the authorization of funding for child passenger protection education grants through fiscal year 2003; H.R. 819, to designate the Federal Building located at 143 West Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. Pease Federal Building;'' H.R. 1020, amended, Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2001; H.R. 1140, amended, Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act of 2001; H.R. 1407, amended, to amend title 49, Unites States Code, to permit air carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays; H.R. 1699, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2002; and H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act. The Committee also approved 4 11(b) Project Building Survey Resolutions and 2 GSA Resolutions. ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held an oversight hearing on Management Options for concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. Testimony was heard from Representatives Smith of Michigan and Walden of Oregon; Jane Nishida, Executive Director, Department of the Environment, State of Maryland; Russell J. Harding, Director, Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan; and public witnesses. MILITARY OPERATIONS SUPPORT Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a hearing on Support to Military Operations. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses. CYBERTERRORISM Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Terrorism Working Group met in executive session to hold a hearing on Cyberterrorism. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.