[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D645-D648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH REVIEW
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural 
Development and Research held a hearing to review agricultural 
research. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: 
Colien Hefferan, Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Extension, 
Education Service; and Floyd Horn, Administrator, Agriculture Research 
Service; and public witnesses.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM REVIEW
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to review the food 
stamp program. Testimony was heard from Representative Levin; Eric M. 
Bost, Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, USDA; 
Robert E. Robertson, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security 
Issues, GAO; Roger C. Viadero, Inspector General, USDA; Sonia Rivero, 
Commissioner, Department of Social Services, State of Virginia; Bruce 
Wagstaff, Deputy Director, Welfare Work Divisions, Department of Social 
Services, State of California; Douglas E. Howard, Director, Family 
Independence Agency, State of Michigan; Jennifer Reinert, Secretary, 
Department of Workforce Development, State of Wisconsin; Jerry W. 
Friedman, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Department of Human Services, 
State of Texas; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and Judiciary, approved for full Committee action the Commerce, 
Justice, State and Judiciary appropriations for fiscal year 2002.

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FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs approved for full Committee action the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs 
appropriations for fiscal year 2002.
QUALITY OF LIFE IN KOREA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on Quality of Life in Korea. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Adm. Dennis C. Blair, 
USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, 
USA, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, Commander in Chief, United Nations 
Command/Combined Forces Command; Raymond F. DeBois, Jr., Deputy Under 
Secretary, Installations and Environment; Chief Master Sgt. Steve 
Sullens, USAF, and Sgt. Dwayne Dozier, USA; and a public witness.
VIEQUES--MILITARY TRAINING
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on military training on the 
island of Vieques. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary; Gordon R. 
England, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Vern Clark, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations; and Gen. Michael J. Williams, USMC, Assistant Commandant, 
U.S. Marine Corps.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement held 
a hearing on the budget for atomic energy defense activities of the 
Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Energy: Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Carolyn L. 
Huntoon, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environmental Management.
BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT--FORTHCOMING EXTENSION/MODIFICATION
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Forthcoming Extension/
Modification of the Budget Enforcement Act (Spending Caps and PAYGO). 
Testimony was heard from Representative Sabo; Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., 
Director, OMB; Dan L. Crippen, Director, CBO; former Representative 
Leon Panetta of California; and public witnesses.
SALES INCENTIVE COMPENSATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections approved for full Committee action H.R. 2070, Sales 
Incentive Compensation Act.
HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING AND NUCLEAR ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing on Hydroelectric relicensing and nuclear energy. 
Testimony was heard from Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, NRC; the 
following officials of the Department of Energy: William D. Magwood, 
Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology; and Curtis 
T. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Barry 
T. Hill, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and pubic 
witnesses.
PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on Advancing the Health of the American People: Addressing Various 
Public Health Needs, focusing on the following measurers: H.R. 293, to 
elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within 
the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary of 
Indian Health; H.R. 632, Men's Health Act of 2001; H.R. 717, Duchenne 
Muscular Dystrophy Childhood Assistance, Research and Education 
Amendments of 2001; H.R. 943, Flu Vaccine Availability Act of 2001; 
H.R. 1340, Biomedical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act; H. Con. 
Res. 25, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding tuberous 
sclerosis; H. Con. Res. 36, urging increased Federal funding for 
Juvenile (Type1) diabetes research; H. Con. Res. 61, expressing support 
for a National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSA) Awareness Month; and 
H. Con. Res. 84, supporting the goals of Red Ribbon Week in promoting 
drug-free communities. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported the following: as 
amended, the Financial Services Antifraud Network Act of 2001; and H.R. 
1850, Senior Housing Commission Extension Act of 2001.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 2069, as amended, Global Access to HIV/AIDs Prevention, 
Awareness, Education and Treatment Act of 2001; and H. Con. Res. 158, 
expressing the sense of Congress in support of victims of torture.

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ORGANS FOR SALE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Organs For Sale: China's 
Growing Trade and Ultimate Violations of Prisoners' Rights. Testimony 
was heard from Michael E. Parmly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State; and 
public witnesses.
TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, AND COPYRIGHT HARMONIZATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing on S. 487, Technology, Education, 
and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from 
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2278, to 
provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany 
transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain 
intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before 
applying for admission to the United States; H.R. 2277, to provide for 
work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of treaty traders and 
treaty investors; H.R. 2276, to amend the illegal Immigration and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline for aliens 
to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric identifier 
matching the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien; and 
H.R. 1840, as amended, to extend eligibility for refugee status of 
unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported 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. 434, amended, to direct the Secretary 
of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement to provide for 
retention, maintenance, and operation, at private expense, of the 18 
concrete dams and weirs located within the boundaries of the Emigrant 
Wilderness in the Stanislaus National Forest, California; H.R. 451, 
amended, Mount Nebo Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 695, 
amended, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1628, El Camino 
Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2001; H.R. 427, to 
provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River 
as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon; H.R. 1937, 
amended, Pacific Northwest Feasibility Studies Act of 2001; and H.R. 
2187, amended, to amend title 10, United States Code, to make receipts 
collected from mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale 
reserves available to cover environmental restoration, waste 
management, and environmental compliance costs incurred by the United 
States with respect to the reserves.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing l 
hour of debate on H.R. 2330, making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. The rule waives 
all points of order against the bill. The rule provides that the bill 
shall be considered for amendment by paragraph. The rule provides that 
the amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying the rule shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives 
points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or 
legislative provision in a general appropriations bill). The rule 
allows 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 Representatives 
Bonilla, Smith of Michigan; Kaptur, DeLauro, Clayton and Thompson of 
Mississippi.
INDEPENDENCE DAY DISTRICT WORK PERIOD--ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a resolution providing for 
the consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for the 
adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence Day district 
work period. All points of order against consideration of the 
resolution are waived. The resolution lays H. Res. 179 on the table.
VOTING TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS ACT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2275, 
Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001.

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BRIEFING--COUNTERTERRORISM ISSUES
Select Committee on Intelligence: Working Group on Terrorism and 
Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy and 
National Security met in executive session to receive a joint briefing 
on Counterterrorism Issues. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.