[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D573-D574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PEANUT PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign 
Agriculture held a hearing to review the peanut program. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Shays and Kanjorski; and public witnesses.
INTERIOR AND AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS; FISCAL YEAR 2002 REPORT ON 
SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS;
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriation bills for fiscal year 2002: Interior and Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies.
  The Committee approved the Report on Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for fiscal year 2002.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2002 
Budget for Export Finance Assistance. Testimony was heard from John E. 
Robson, President, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Peter S. 
Watson, President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and Thelma 
Askey, the Director, Trade and Development Agency.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing on the National Energy Policy report of the 
National Energy Policy Development Group. Testimony was heard from 
Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
PHARMACEUTICALS--RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WHICH MAY IMPACT CONSUMER ACCESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on ``Recent Developments Which May Impact Consumer Access to, and 
Demand, for Pharmaceuticals.'' Testimony was heard from Janet Woodcock, 
M.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary 
Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth held a hearing on the 
reauthorization of the Defense Production Act of 1950. Testimony was 
heard from David R. Oliver, Jr., Principal Deputy Under Secretary, 
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense; Kenneth 
I. Juster, Under Secretary, Export Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Eric J. Fygi, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Energy; 
and Michael Brown, General Counsel, FEMA.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ANTIFRAUD NETWORK ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit approved for full Committee action, as amended, 
H.R. 1408, Financial Services Antifraud Network Act of 2001.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the Census held a 
hearing on ``Oversight of the Census Bureau's Proposed American 
Community Survey.'' Testimony was heard from William Barron, Acting 
Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Marilyn 
McMillen, Chief Statistician, Center for Education Statistics, 
Department of Education; Linda Gage, Census Data Center, Department of 
Finance, State of California; and public witnesses.

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METROPOLITAN AREA ACQUISITION PROGRAM REVIEW
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement held a hearing on ``Ensuring Program Goals are Met: A 
Review of the Metropolitan Area Acquisition Program.'' Testimony was 
heard from Linda Koontz, Associate Director, Government-wide and 
Defense System Information Systems, GAO; Sandra Bates, Commissioner, 
Federal Technology Service, GSA; Commander Robert Days, USCG, 
Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Electronic Support, Boston, Department 
of Transportation; Louis DeFalaise, Acting Director, Executive Office, 
U.S. Attorneys, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
ILSA EXTENSION ACT
Committee on International Relations: Began markup of H.R. 1954, ILSA 
Extension Act of 2001.
  Will continue June 20.
U.S. POLICY--EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe held a 
hearing on U.S. Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Managing the 
Turkey, Cyprus Triangle. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BROADBAND LEGISLATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported unfavorably H.R. 1542, 
Internal Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001.
  A motion to report H.R. 2120, Broadband Antitrust Restoration and 
Reform Act, failed.
NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT; NATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE 
PARTNERSHIPS ACT
Committee on Science: Ordered reported, as amended, the following 
bills: H.R. 100, National Science Education Act; and H.R. 1858, 
National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK AND SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTERS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on How Does the Export-
Import Bank Help Small Business Exporters. Testimony was heard from D. 
Vanessa Weaver, member, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the 
United States; and public witnesses.
FAA OPERATIONAL EVOLUTION PLAN
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on STARS Deployment Update and Review of FAA 
Operational Evolution Plan. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Transportation: Monte R. Belger, Acting 
Deputy Administrator; and Steven Zaidman, Associate Administrator, 
Research and Acquisitions, both with the FAA; and Alexis M. Stefani, 
Assistant Inspector General, Auditing; and public witnesses.
GSA'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on GSA's Fiscal Year 2002 Capital Investment Program. Testimony 
was heard from Joseph Moravec, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, 
GSA; and Jane R. Roth, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit.
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 public 
witnesses.