[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 68 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D471-D473]
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 DEA. Testimony was heard from 
Donnie Marshall, Administrator, DEA, Department of Justice.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held 
a hearing on Housing and Environment Issues. Testimony was heard from 
Thomas Voltaggio, Acting Regional Administrator, Region III, EPA; 
Thomas S. Elias, Director, U. S. National Arboretum, USDA; the 
following officials of the District of Columbia: Michael Kelly, 
Director, Housing Authority; Eric Price, Deputy Mayor, Planning and 
Economic Development; Jerry N. Johnson, General Manager, Water and 
Sewer Authority; James L. Wareck, Special Assistant to the Mayor, 
Environmental Affairs; and Theodore J. Gordon, Director, Environmental 
Health; and Jay Fisette, member, Board of Directors, Metropolitan 
Washington Council of Governments, and Chairman, Arlington County 
Board, State of Virginia.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on AID Administrator. 
Testimony was heard from Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, AID, 
Department of State
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education held a hearing on NIH Health Budget (Research 
Infrastructure), and on the NLRB. Testimony was heard from Ruth L. 
Kirschstein, M.D., Acting Director; NIH, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and John C. Truesdale, Chairman, NLRB.
VA, HUD APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on FEMA. Testimony was heard from Joe M. 
Allbaugh, Director, FEMA.
TRICARE MANAGED CARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on lessons learned from the current version of the TRICARE 
managed care support contracts and recommendations for the design of 
the next round of contracts. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Lee Rodgers, USAF, 
Commander, 59th Medical Wing, Lackland Air Force Base; Brig. Gen. 
Kenneth Farmer, USA, Commander, Western Regional Medical Command, 
Madigan Army Medical Center; and Rear Adm. Kathleen L. Martin, USN, 
Commander, National Naval Medical Center; Stephen P. Backhus, Director, 
Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issues, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
DOD NETWORKS--EXAMINING VULNERABILITIES
Committee on Armed Serivces: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on examining vulnerabilities of Department of Defense networks. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Linton Well, II, Acting Assistant Secretary (Command, Control, 
Communications and Intelligence); Brig. Gen. Dale W. Meyerrose, USAF, 
Director, Command Control Systems, Headquarters, U.S. Space Command and 
North American Aerospace Defense Command and Director, Communications 
and Information, Headquarters, Air Force Space Command, Department of 
the Air Force; Maj. Gen. James Bryan, USMC, Commander, Joint Task Force 
on Computer Network Operations (JTF/CNO), Headquarters, U.S. Marine 
Corps; Lt. Gen. Peter Cuviello, USA, Director, Information Systems for 
Command, Control, Communications and Computers and Chief Information 
Officer, Department of the Army; Vice Ad. Richard Mayo, USN, Director, 
Space Information Warfare Command and Control, Department of the Navy; 
Lt. Gen. John L. Woodward, USAF, Director, Command, Control, 
Communications, and Computer Systems, Department of the Air Force; and 
Brig. Gen. Robert M. Shea, USMC, Director, Command, Control, 
Communications and Computers, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
SMALL BUSINESS LIABILITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 1831, Small 
Business Liability Protection Act.
COMMUNICATIONS ACT--INCREASE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing on H.R. 1765, to increase penalties for 
common violations of the Communications Act of 1934. Testimony was 
heard from David H. Solomon, Chief, Enforcement Bureau, FCC; and public 
witnesses.
FAIR DISCLOSURE OR FLAWED DISCLOSURE
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
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Insurance held a hearing entitled ``Fair Disclosure or Flawed 
Disclosure: Is Reg FD helping or hurting investors?'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the SEC: Laura S. Unger, Acting 
Chairman; and Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., Commissioner; and public witnesses.
PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVAL DEPOSITORY--DISCLOSE SOURCES AND AMOUNTS OF FUNDS 
RAISED
Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 577, 
to require any organization that is established for the purpose of 
raising funds for the creation of a Presidential archival depository to 
disclose the sources and amounts of any funds raised.
RULE OF LAW ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on ``Rule 
of Law Assistance Programs: Limited Impact, Limited Sustainability.'' 
Testimony was heard from Jess T. Ford, Associate Director, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; the following 
officials of the Department of State: Daniel Rosenblum, Deputy 
Coordinator, U.S. Assistance to the New Independent States; Viviann 
Gary, Director, Office of Democracy and Governance, Europe and Eurasia 
Bureau, AID; and Peter Prahar, Deputy Director, Office of Asian, 
African, and European NIS Programs, Bureau of International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement; Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and Pamela Hicks, Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Law Enforcement, Department of the 
Treasury.
VOTING TECHNOLOGY
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on Voting Technology. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CONGO--HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Suffering and Despair: 
Humanitarian Crisis in the Congo. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--MUSIC ON THE INTERNET
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on ``Music On The 
Internet.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and 
Public Lands approved for full Committee action, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 1161, to authorize the American Friends of the 
Czech Republic to establish a memorial to honor Tomas G. Masaryk in the 
District of Columbia; and H.R. 1384, Navajo Long Walk National Historic 
Trail Act.
DOE--OFFICE OF SCIENCE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on the 
Department of Energy Office of Science Issues and Opportunities. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Lawrence 
Berkeley National Laboratory: Charles V. Shank, Director; and T. James 
Symons, Chair, DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, National 
Sciences Division; and public witnesses.
EPA--ESTABLISH POSITION; EPA--SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards approved for full Committee, as amended, H.R. 64, to provide 
for the establishment of the position of Deputy Administrator for 
Science and Technology of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Science and Technology at the 
Environmental Protection Agency: The Fiscal Year Budget Request. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the EPA: Henry 
Longest, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and 
Development; and W. Randall Seeker, member, EPA's Science Advisory 
Board's Research Strategies Advisory Committee; and Ron Hammerschmidt, 
Director, Division of Environment, Department of Health and the 
Environment, State of Kansas.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Access to Capital. 
Testimony was heard from Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Vice Chairman, Board 
of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
RURAL AMERICA--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture and 
Technology held a joint hearing on Economic Development in Rural 
America-Small Business Access to Broadband. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY's PROCESSING ATTORNEY FEES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing on Social Security's Processing of Attorney Fees. Testimony was 
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William C. Taylor, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Office of Hearings 
and Appeals, SSA; Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director, Education, Workforce 
and Income Security Issues; and public witnesses.