[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.

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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.