[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D494-D496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL DAIRY POLICY REVIEW
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture 
held a hearing to review national dairy policy. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the FCC and the SEC. Testimony was 
heard from Michael Powell, Chairman, FCC; and Laura Unger, Acting 
Chairperson, SEC.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education on the Secretary of Labor. Testimony was heard 
from Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor.
  The Subcommittee also continued appropriations hearings. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the DOD-Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army, 
and the American Battle Monuments Commission. Testimony was heard from 
Claudia L. Tornblom, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Army (Management and 
Budget), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Civil Works), 
Department of Defense; and Maj. Gen. John P. Herrling, USA, (Ret.), 
American Battle Monuments Commission.
MILITARY TEST AND TRAINING RANGES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness held a 
hearing on constraints and challenges facing military test and training 
ranges. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Joseph J. Angello, Jr., Acting Deputy Under 
Secretary (Readiness); Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA, Assistant 
Chief of Staff, Installation Management, Department of the Army; Vice 
Adm. James F. Amerault, USN, Deputy

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Chief of Naval Operations (Fleet Readiness and Logistics), Department 
of the Navy; Maj. Gen. Walter E. Buchanan, III, USAF, Director, 
Operations and Training, and Deputy Chief of Staff, Air and Space 
Operations, USAF; and Maj. Gen. Edward Hanlon, Jr., USMC, Commanding 
General, Camp Pendleton, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
TERRORIST THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism held 
a hearing on patters of global terrorism and terrorist threats to the 
homeland. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of State: Mark Wong, Director, Regional Affairs; and Samuel 
Brinkley, Senior Advisor, Weapons of Mass Destruction.
IMPEDIMENTS TO DIGITAL TRADE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on Impediments to Digital Trade. 
Testimony was heard from Jeffrey D. Kovar, Chief U.S. Negotiator, Hague 
Convention and Assistant Legal Advisor for Private International Law, 
Department of State; and public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM--IMF REFORM AND COMPLIANCE WITH 
AGREEMENTS
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on the state of the 
international financial system, IMF reform, and compliance with IMF 
agreements. Testimony was heard from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity continued hearings on housing affordability issues. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AIRCRAFT CANNIBALIZATION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on 
Aircraft Cannibalization: An Expensive Appetite. Testimony was heard 
from Neal Curtin, Director, Defense Capabilities Management, GAO; and 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Michael 
Zettler, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Installation and Logistics; Rear 
Adm. Kenneth Heimgartner, USN, Director, Fleet Readiness; and Lt. Gen. 
Charles Mahan, Jr., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics.
SERVICES ACQUISITION REFORM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement held a hearing on the Next Steps in Services Acquisition 
Reform: Learning From the Past, Preparing for the Future. Testimony was 
heard from David Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
GAO; David Drabkin, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, GSA; David R. 
Oliver, Deputy Under Secretary, Acquisition and Technology, Department 
of Defense; and public witnesses.
BROADBAND COMPETITION LEGISLATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1698, American Broadband Competition Act of 2001; and H.R. 1697, 
Broadband Competition and Incentives Act of 2001. Testimony was heard 
from Terry Harvill, Commissioner, Commerce Commission, State of 
Illinois; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and 
Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 1866, amended, to extend title 35, United State Code, to 
clarify the basis for granting requests for reexamination of patents; 
and H.R. 1886, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for 
appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings.
OVERSIGHT--SHORT-TERM ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on Short-Term solutions for increasing energy 
supply from the public lands. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--BYPASS FLOWS ON NATIONAL FOREST LANDS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and 
the Subcommittee on Water and Power held a joint oversight hearing on 
``Bypass Flows on National Forest Lands.'' Testimony was heard from 
Senator Allard; Randy Phillips, Deputy Chief, Programs and Legislation, 
Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
VOTING TECHNOLOGY--ROLE OF STANDARDS
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on Improving Voting Technology: 
the Role of Standards. Testimony was heard from Doug Jones, member, 
Board of Examiners for Voting Machines, State of Iowa; and public 
witnesses.

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RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OBSTACLES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads held a hearing on obstacles to Rail Infrastructure 
Improvements. Testimony was heard from Linda Morgan, Chairman, Surface 
Transportation Board, Department of Transportation; John Okamoto, 
Transition Director for the Secretary, Department of Transportation, 
State of Washington; and public witnesses.
WELFARE AND MARRIAGE ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on welfare and marriage issues. Testimony was heard from Mark 
Anderson, Chairman, Human Services Committee, House of Representatives, 
State of Arizona; Jerry Regier, Secretary, Department of Health and 
Human Services, State of Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS--PROTECTING PRIVACY AND PREVENTING MISUSE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing on protecting privacy and preventing the misuse of Social 
Security numbers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Office of Inspector General, SSA: James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector 
General; and Mike Robinson, Special Agent; Michael Fabozzi, Detective, 
Computer Investigations and Technology Unit, Police Department, New 
York City; and public witnesses.