[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D504-D506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FREE TRADE PROPOSALS--IMPACT ON U.S. AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the Administration's 
proposals for the Free Trade Area of the Americas and their impact on United 
States Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of 
Agriculture; Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce; Robert B. Zoellick, 
U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses.
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS REVIEW
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural 
Development and Research held

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a hearing to review conservation programs. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the USDA: Thomas Weber, Deputy Chief, Programs, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Robert Stephenson, Director, 
Conservation and Environmental Programs, Farm Service Agency; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue June 6.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and 
Judiciary held a hearing on the SBA. Testimony was heard from John Whitmore, 
Acting Administrator, SBA.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2002 D.C. Budget. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the District of Columbia: Anthony A. Williams, Mayor; 
Linda W. Cropp, Chairwoman, Council; and Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial 
Officer; and Alice M. Rivlin, Chair, D.C. Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education held a hearing on Worker Protection, and on 
Employment Training, and Veterans Employment. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Labor: R. Davis Layne, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, OSHA; David Lauriski, Assistant Secretary, Mine Safety 
and Health; Joe N. Kennedy, Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment Standards 
Administration; Ann L. Combs, Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare 
Benefits Administration; Raymond J. Uhalde, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Employment and Training Administration; and Stanley A. Seidel, First 
Assistant, Veterans Employment and Training Services.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on HUD. Testimony was heard from Mel R. Martinez, 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
``ON-LINE FRAUD AND CRIME: ARE CONSUMERS SAFE?''
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on ``On-line Fraud and Crime: Are 
Consumers Safe?'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division; and Thomas T. Kubic, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal 
Division, FBI; Eileen Harrington, Associate Director, Marketing Practices, 
Bureau of Competition, FTC; Bruce Townsend, Special Agent in Charge, 
Financial Crimes Division, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; 
and public witnesses.
HCFA--COMPUTER SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on ``How Secure Is Private Medical 
Information? A Review of Computer Security at the Health Care Financing 
Administration and Its Medicare Contractors.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Jared 
Adair, Acting Chief Information Officer, Health Care Financing 
Administration; and Joseph E. Vengrin, Assistant Inspector General, Audit, 
Operations and Financial Statement Activities; and a public witness.
HOUSING GSE'S--FEDERAL SUBSIDIES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on Federal subsidies for 
the housing GSE's. Testimony was heard from Dan L. Crippen, Director, CBO.
EFFECTIVE FAITH-BASED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on Effective Faith-Based Drug 
Treatment Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT--CASE FOR RENEWAL
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Relations held a hearing on the Export Administration Act: The Case for Its 
Renewal. Testimony was heard from Kenneth I. Juster, Under Secretary, Bureau 
of Export Administration, Department of State.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended, the following 
bills: H.R. 169, Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
Retaliation Act of 2001; and H.R. 718, Unsolicited Commercial Electronic 
Mail Act of 2001.
OVERSIGHT--RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on Recreational Access to 
Public Lands. Testimony was heard from Courtland Nelson, Director, Parks and 
Recreation, State of Utah; and public witnesses.
SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE RULES 
COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a resolution waiving clause 6(a) 
of rule XIII (requiring a

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two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the 
Rules Committee) against certain resolutions reported from the Rules 
Committee. The resolution applies the waiver to any special rule reported on 
the legislative day of May 24, 2001, providing for consideration or 
disposition of any measure to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 
104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002, any 
amendment thereto, any conference report thereon, or any amendment reported 
in disagreement from a conference thereon.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY--NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY DEVELOPMENT GROUP REPORT
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on National Energy Policy-Report of the 
National Energy Policy Development Group. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
VETERANS' SBA PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing with respect to SBA Programs for 
Veterans and the National Veterans Business Development Corporation. 
Testimony was heard from William Elmore, Associate Administrator, Veterans 
Affairs, SBA; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--PORT AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Maritime Transportation, and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and 
Environment held a joint oversight hearing on Port and Maritime 
Transportation Congestion. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Transportation: Bruce J. Carlton, Acting Deputy 
Administrator, Maritime Administration; and Jeffrey P. High, Director, 
Waterways Management, U.S. Coast Guard; Charles M. Hess, Chief of Operations 
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; and public 
witnesses.
HIGHWAY CONGESTION SOLUTIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Highways and 
Transit held a hearing on Solutions to Highway Congestion. Testimony was 
heard from Thomas R. Wayne, Executive Director, Department of 
Transportation, State of Utah; Elwin Tinklenberg, Commissioner, Department 
of Transportation, State of Minnesota; and public witnesses.
COMMUNITY SKILLS MIX
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold 
a hearing on Community Skills Mix. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.
Joint Meetings
U.S. ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues 
related to the economic outlook of the nation, including a national energy 
policy, the tax code, and the impact of the slowing economy, after receiving 
testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
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