[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D539-D540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural 
Development and Research continued hearings to review conservation 
programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
approved for full Committee action the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 2002.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on NOAA. Testimony was heard from Scott B. 
Gudes, Acting Under Secretary and Administrator, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce.
JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Select 
Education held a hearing on H.R. 1900, Juvenile Crime Control and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from Jerry 
Regier, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, State of 
Oklahoma; David C. Bonfiglio, Judge, Superior Court, State of Indiana; 
and public witnesses.
SUBSIDY TERMINATION FOR OVERDUE PAYMENTS ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
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Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on H.R. 866, 
Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 2001. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Bilirakis; Frank Fuentes, Acting 
Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Department of Health 
and Human Services; J. B. Penn, Under Secretary, Farm and Foreing 
Agricultural Services, USDA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 931, Sudan Peace Act; and H. Con. Res. 145, condemning 
the recent order by the Taliban regime of Afghanistan to require Hindus 
in Afghanistan to wear symbols identifying them as Hindu.
U.N. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on ``Has the U.N. Commission 
on Human Rights Lost its Course? A Review of its Mission, Operations, 
and Structure.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of State: Michael E. Parmly, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; and William B. 
Woods, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International 
Organization Affairs; and public witnesses.
U.S. POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia held a hearing on U.S. Policy in Central Asia. Testimony 
was heard from Clifford G. Bond, Acting Principal Deputy, Office of the 
Special Adviser to the Secretary for the New Independent States, 
Department of State.
OVERSIGHT--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing on the U.S. 
Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from John D. Ashcroft, The 
Attorney General.
FAMILY SPONSOR IMMIGRATION ACT; PRIVATE BILLS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 1892, Family 
Sponsor Immigration Act of 2001.
  The Subcommittee also approved two private relief bills.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on National Energy 
Policy. Testimony was heard from Gail A. Norton, Secretary of the 
Interior.
NSF BUDGET--RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Research held a hearing on NSF 
fiscal year 2002 Budget Request: Research and Related Activities. 
Testimony was heard from Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director, NSF; and 
public witnesses.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES--UNFAIR COMPETITION WITH SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Federal Prison 
Industries-Unfair competition with small business, focusing on H.R. 
1577, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2001. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hoekstra and Maloney of New 
York; Joseph Aragon, Chairman, Federal Prison Industries, Bureau of 
Prisons, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.