[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 83 (Thursday, June 14, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D582-D583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2001; FISCAL YEAR 2001 REPORT 
ON SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported a Supplemental 
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001.
  The Committee approved the Report on the Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for fiscal year 2001.
DOD--ROLE IN COMBATING TERRORISM--LESSONS LEARNED SINCE U.S.S. COLE 
ATTACK
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism held 
a hearing on the role of the Department of Defense in combating 
terrorism and force protection lessons learned since the attack on the 
U.S.S. Cole. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Robert Newberry, Acting Assistant Secretary 
(Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict); and Brig. Gen. 
Jonathan H. Cofer, USA., Deputy Director, Operations (Combating 
Terrorism), J-34, The Joint Staff.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TESTING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development held a hearing on Ballistic Missile Defense testing. 
Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish, USAF, Director, 
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Department of Defense.
OSHA RULEMAKING
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing on ``Making Sense of OSHA Rulemaking: A 30 
Year Perspective.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MEDICARE REFORM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on ``Medicare Reform: Modernizing Medicare and Merging Parts A and B. 
Testimony was heard from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care 
Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
911 EMERGENCY CALLING SYSTEMS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing on Ensuring Compatibility with Enhanced 
911 Emergency Calling Systems: A Progress Report. Testimony was heard 
from Thomas Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC; and 
public witnesses.
ARE INVESTORS GETTING UNBIASED RESEARCH FROM WALL STREET?
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Analyzing the Analysts: Are Investors Getting Unbiased Research from 
Wall Street?'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
``GASOLINE SUPPLY--ANOTHER ENERGY CRISIS?''
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on ``Gasoline Supply-
Another Energy Crisis?'' Testimony was heard from John Cook, Director, 
Petroleum Division, Energy Information Administration, Department of 
Energy; Robert D. Brenner, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Air and Radiation, EPA; and public witnesses.
VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM--HEPATITIS C SCREENING
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on 
``Hepatitis C: Screening in the VA Health Care System.'' Testimony was 
heard from Cynthia Basetta, Director, Health Care-Veterans' Health and 
Benefits Issues, GAO; and Frances M. Murphy, M.D., Deputy Under 
Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM--CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on Constitutional 
Perspectives of Campaign Finance Reform. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2002
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and 
Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action, as amended, 
H.R. 2047, Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002.
OVERSIGHT--FIGHTING CYBER CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime concluded oversight 
hearings on Fighting Cyber: Crime: Efforts by Private Business 
Interests. Testing was heard from public witnesses.

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OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on ecosystem-based 
fishery management and the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce: William T. Hogarth, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Fisheries; Steven A. Murawski, Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center; and Patricia A. Livingston, Alaska Fisheries Science 
Center; David L. Fluharty, Chairman, National Marine Service Ecosystems 
Principles Advisory Panel; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy continued hearings on the 
Administration's National Energy Policy: Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy 
R&D legislation. Testimony was heard from Representative Graham; the 
following officials of the Department of Energy: David K. Garman, 
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; H.M. 
Hubbard, Chair. Committee on Programmatic Review. Office of Power 
Technologies, National Research Council; and William D. Magwood, IV, 
Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology; and public 
witnesses
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FUTURE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards held a hearing on the Future of the Advanced Technology 
Program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2001
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources and the 
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a joint hearing on H.R. 7, 
Community Solutions Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Crane, Dunn, Hall of Ohio, Stearns, Edwards, Nadler, 
Scott and Watts of Oklahoma; Katherine Humphreys, Secretary, Family and 
Social Services Administration, State of Indiana; and public witnesses.