[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D677-D678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS AND THE FOREIGN 
OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2002: Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary; and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies approved for full Committee action the VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2002.
ENERGY ADVANCEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality began discussion of the Energy Advancement and Conservation Act 
of 2001.
  Will continue tomorrow.
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION PROTOCOL
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs and International Relations held a hearing on 
Biological Weapons Convention Protocol: Status and Implications. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
State: Ambassador Donald A. Mahley, Special Negotiator for Chemical and 
Biological Arms Control, and Edward Lacey, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Verification and Compliance; and a public witness.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Benefits held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 862, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to add Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) to the list of diseases 
presumed to be service-connected for veterans exposed to certain 
herbicide agents; H.R. 1406, Gulf War Undiagnosed Illness Act of 2001; 
H.R. 1435, Veterans Emergency Telephone Service Act of 2001; H.R. 1746, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to require that the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs establish a single 1-800 telephone number for access 
by the public to veterans benefits counselors; H.R. 1929, Native 
American Veterans Home Loan Act of 2001; H.R. 2359, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to authorize the payment of National Service Life 
Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance proceeds to an 
alternate beneficiary; and H.R. 2361, Veterans Compensation Cost-of-
Living Adjustment Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Udall of New Mexico; Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary, Benefits, 
Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and 
representatives of veterans organizations.
RENEWAL OF NORMAL TRADE WITH CHINA
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
Renewal of Normal Trade Relations with China. Testimony was heard from

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Representatives Wolf, Pelosi, Rohrabacher, Brown of Ohio and 
Blumenauer; Jeffrey A. Bader, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, 
China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, and Taiwan; and public witnesses.