[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D565-D566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REVIEW FORESTRY PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to review forestry 
programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved 
for full Committee action the Transportation appropriations for fiscal 
year 2002.
ERISA: THE FOUNDATION OR EMPLOYER HEALTH COVERAGE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations held a hearing on ``ERISA: The Foundation of 
Employer Health Coverage.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AUTHORIZATION REQUESTS--INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on International Monetary 
Policy and Trade held a hearing entitled ``FY 2002 Authorization 
Requests for International Financial Institutions, and Activities of 
the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the IMF in Africa.'' 
Testimony was heard from William E. Schuerch, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, International Development, Debt and Environmental Policy, 
Department of the Treasury.
OVERSIGHT--NEW DNA TECHNOLOGIES IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight 
hearing on ``How Effectively are States and Federal Agencies Working 
Together to Implement the Use of New DNA Technologies?'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Dwight 
E. Adams, Deputy Assistant Director, Laboratory Division, FBI; and 
David Boyd, Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice, Office of 
Justice Programs; Jamie Downs, Director and Chief Medical Examiner, 
Department of Forensic Science, State of Alabama; and public witnesses.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT--CASE FOR RENEWAL
Committee on International Relations: Continued hearings on the Export 
Administration Act: the Case for Its Renewal (Part II). Testimony was 
heard from Senators Gramm and Thompson; Representative Cox; and public 
witnesses.
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY--EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on U.S. Foreign Policy in East Asia and the 
Pacific: Challenges and Priorities for the Administration. Testimony 
was heard from James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on ``Constitutional Issues Raised by Recent Campaign 
Finance Legislation Restricting Freedom of Speech.'' Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FIGHTING CYBER CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime continued oversight 
hearings on ``Fighting Cyber Crime: Efforts by Federal Law 
Enforcement.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division; and Thomas T. Kubic, Deputy Assistant Director, 
Criminal Investigative Division, FBI; James A. Savage, Jr., Deputy 
Special Agent in Charge, Financial Crimes Division, U.S. Secret 
Service, Department of the Treasury; and a public witness.
  Hearings continue June 14.
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on ``Collection and disposition of federal 
oil and gas royalties taken in-kind.'' Testimony was heard from Walter 
Cruickshank, Director of Policy and Management, Minerals Management 
Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 271, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey a former Bureau of Land Management 
administrative site to the city of Carson City, Nevada, for use as a 
senior center; H.R. 980, to establish the Moccasin Bend National 
Historic Site in the State of Tennessee as a unit of the National Parks 
System; and H.R. 1668, to authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to 
establish a commemorative work on the Federal land in the District of 
Columbia and its environs to honor former President John Adams and his 
family. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wamp, Roemer and 
Delahunt; the following officials of the Department

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of the Interior: Carson Culp, Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and 
Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management; and Dennis Galvin, 
Acting Director, National Park Service; and public witnesses.
SUDAN PEACE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing l 
hour of debate on H.R. 2052, Sudan Peace Act. The rule waives clause 
4(a) of rule XIII (requiring a three-day availability of the committee 
report) against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the 
bill shall be open to amendment by section. The rule authorizes the 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Hyde 
and Representatives Tancredo and Lantos.
PACIFIC SALMON RECOVERY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of general debate on H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recover Act. The 
rule waives clause 4(a) of rule XIII (requiring a three-day 
availability of the committee report) against consideration of the 
bill. The rule makes in order, as base text for the purpose of 
amendment, the amendment printed in the Congressional Record and 
numbered 1, which shall be open for amendment by section. The rule 
authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who 
have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Finally, 
the rule lays H. Res. 156 on the table. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Simpson.
INVESTOR AND CAPITAL MARKETS FEE RELIEF ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets 
Fee Relief Act. The rule provides that, in lieu of the amendment 
recommended by the Committee on Financial Services, the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record and 
numbered 1 shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill as amended. The rule 
provides for consideration of the amendment printed in the 
Congressional Record and numbered 2, if offered by Representative 
LaFalce or his designee, which shall be considered as read and shall be 
separately debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the amendment number 2 printed in the Congressional 
Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on the 
Administration's National Energy Policy: Clean Coal Technology and Oil 
and Gas R&D. Testimony was heard from Robert S. Kripowicz, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; James E. 
Wells, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO: and public 
witnesses.
RURAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Rural Health Care: Provider and Beneficiary Issues. Testimony was heard 
from Glenn M. Hackbarth, Chairman, Medicare Payments Advisory 
Commission; and public witnesses
ENERGY TAX
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
continued hearings on the effect of Federal tax laws on the production, 
supply and conservation of energy. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Gephardt, Johnson of Connecticut, McDermott, Camp, 
Nussle, Dunn, Collins, Weller, Lewis of Kentucky, Markey, Stenholm, 
Cunningham, Filner, Sandlin, Inslee, Moore, Engel, Terry, Capito, and 
Issa.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.