[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 78 (Thursday, June 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D547-D549]
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 Bureau of Prisons. Testimony was 
heard from Kathleen Hawk, Director, Bureau of Prisons, Department of 
Justice.

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INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full 
Committee action the Interior appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002.
SALES INCENTIVE COMPENSATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing on H.R. 2070, Sales Incentive Compensation 
Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMPORTED PHARMACEUTICALS--CONTINUING CONCERNS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Continuing Concerns Over Imported 
Pharmaceuticals. Testimony was heard from Donald Vereen, Deputy 
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; Laura Nagel, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, DEA, Department 
of Justice; Elizabeth Durant, Executive Director, Trade Programs, U.S. 
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; the following officials of 
the Department of Health and Human Services: William Hubbard, Senior 
Associate Commissioner, Policy, Planning and Legislation, FDA; and Alan 
I. Leshner, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse; Landon 
Gibbs, First Sgt., State Police, State of Virginia; and public 
witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOW
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on 
Promotion of International Capital Flow through Accounting Standards. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S. WAR ON AIDS
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the United 
States' War on AIDS. Testimony was heard from Andrew Natsios 
Administrator, AID, Department of State; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on the Constitutional Role of Faith-Based 
Organizations in Competition for Federal Social Service Funds. 
Testimony was heard from Carl Esbeck, Senior Counsel to the Deputy 
Attorney General, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on the Operations of 
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including Review of Agency 
Funding. Testimony was heard from Nicholas Godici, Acting Under 
Secretary, Intellectual Property and Acting Director, U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--ETHICS OF CLONING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on ``The Ethics of Cloning.'' Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1989, 
Fisheries Conservation Act of 2001; and H.R. 896, to ensure the safety 
of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to 
access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin 
B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow 
transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can 
be safely driven and parked. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Mary 
Beth West, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oceans, Fisheries, and Space, 
Department of State; William Hogarth, Acting Assistant Administrator, 
Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce; the following officials of the 
Department of the Interior: Kathy Short, Assistant Director, Fisheries 
and Habitat Conservation; and Daniel M. Ashe, Assistant Director, 
Refuges and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Robert McDowell, 
Division Director, Fish and Wildlife, Department of Environmental 
Protection, State of New Jersey; and public witnesses
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1461, to amend 
the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 to remove the 
exemption for nonprofit organizations from the general requirement to 
obtain commercial use authorizations; and H.R. 1491, Utah Public Lands 
Artifact Preservation Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Matheson; Richard G. Ring, Associate Director, Park 
Operations and Education, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT; NATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE 
PARTNERSHIPS ACT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Research approved for full 
Committee action, as amended, the

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following bills: H.R. 100, National Science Education Act; and H.R. 
1858, National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act.
21ST CENTURY MONTGOMERY GI BILL ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Benefits concluded 
hearings on H.R. 1291, 21st Century Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act; 
and to discuss GAO's report on Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service (VETS). Testimony was heard from Representatives Dingell and 
Shows; Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Sigurd 
Nilsen, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, 
GAO; Chris Spear, Assistant Secretary, Policy, Department of Labor; and 
public witnesses.


                     COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,

                              JUNE 8, 2001

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, 
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Government Reform 
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia to examine the post control 
board period regarding the District of Columbia government, 11 a.m., 
2154, Rayburn Building.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring 
and the District of Columbia, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia to examine the post control board period regarding the 
District of Columbia government, 11 a.m., 2154, Rayburn Building.