[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D682-D684]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded hearings on proposed legislation making appropriations for 
the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, after receiving 
testimony from Mayor Anthony Williams, Alice M. Rivlin, Chairman, 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, Linda W. 
Cropp, Chairman, City Council, and Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial 
Officer, all of the Government of the District of Columbia.
ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings to examine the Administration's proposed foreign 
operations budget request for additional funds for the Andean Regional 
Initiative and implementation of Plan Columbia as part of the United 
States counter drug strategy, after receiving testimony from Rand 
Beers, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs; Michael Deal, Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; and Jose Miguel Vivanco, Human Rights Watch, 
Washington, D.C.
GENOMIC RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine recent scientific 
advances in genomic research, the development of therapies to treat 
various illnesses, genetic diseases and birth defects, and finishing 
the human genome sequence, after receiving testimony from Francis S. 
Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute,

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National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Philip Needlemen, Pharmacia Corporation, Peapack, New Jersey; Stephen 
S. Rich, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, 
North Carolina, on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 
International; Jeffrey C. Murray, University of Iowa Department of 
Pediatrics, Iowa City; and Ben Affleck, Los Angeles, California, and 
Brad Margus, Deerfield Beach, Florida, both on behalf of the A-T 
Children's Project.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, and Douglas Jay 
Feith, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Stephen A. 
Cambone, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, Michael 
W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and 
Technology, Diane K. Morales, of Texas, to be Deputy Under Secretary 
for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, Jack Dyer Crouch II, of Missouri, 
to be Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy, Peter W. 
Rodman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
International Security Affairs, Thomas P. Christie, of Virginia, to be 
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Susan Morrisey 
Livingstone, of Montana, to be Under Secretary, Alberto Jose Mora, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, and William A. Navas, Jr., of 
Virginia, John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, and Dionel M. Aviles, of 
Maryland, each to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of 
the Navy, Steven John Morello, Sr., of Michigan, to be General Counsel, 
and Reginald Jude Brown, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, 
both of the Department of the Army, and Michael Montelongo, of Georgia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of 
Defense.
CLOSED MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session with Jack 
Straw, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years 
Defense Program, focusing on the readiness of United States military 
forces and the fiscal year 2002 budget amendment, after receiving 
testimony from Gen. John M. Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United 
States Army; Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Vice Chief of Naval 
Operations; Gen. John W. Handy, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air 
Force; and Gen. Michael J. Williams, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the 
United States Marine Corps.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE/STRATEGIC PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 
for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on the budget request for national security space programs, 
policies, operations, and strategic systems and programs, after 
receiving testimony from Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, Commander-in-
Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Space 
Command; Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN, Commander-in-Chief, United States 
Strategic Command; Maj. Gen. Franklin J. Blaisdell, USAF, Director, 
Nuclear and Counterproliferation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff 
for Air and Space Operations, United States Air Force; and Rear Adm. 
Dennis M. Dwyer, USN, Director, Strategic Systems Program Office, 
United States Navy.
INTERNET PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine existing laws protecting Internet privacy both in 
the United States and abroad, focusing on the impact privacy 
legislation may have on the information market, receiving testimony 
from Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Paul 
Misener, Amazon.com, both of Washington, D.C.; Fred H. Cate, Indiana 
University School of Law Information Law and Commerce Institute, 
Bloomington; Paul M. Schwartz, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York; 
Hans Peter Brondmo, Netcentives, Inc., San Francisco, California; Les 
Seagraves, EarthLink, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Jason Catlett, 
Junkbusters Corporation, Green Brook, New Jersey; and Ira Rubinstein, 
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
TAX INCENTIVES IN ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine the role of 
tax incentives in energy policy and the balance between energy, 
environment and transportation tax policies against revenue 
constraints, focusing on energy supply and demand, or production and 
consumption, receiving testimony from Jay E. Hakes, Jimmy Carter 
Presidential Library, Atlanta, Georgia, former Administrator, Energy 
Information Administration, Department of Energy; David S. Hall, Berry 
Petroleum Company,

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Taft, California, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of 
America and the National Stripper Well Association; Ronald W. Williams, 
Gary-Williams Energy Corporation, Denver, Colorado; Daniel M. Kammen, 
University of California Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley; and 
Virinder Singh, Renewable Energy Policy Project, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Sierra Leone, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Donald J. 
McConnell, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Nancy J. 
Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, and George 
McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cameroon, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Othoneil Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to 
be Director, Office of Personnel Management.
E-GOVERNMENT ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
803, to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government 
services and processes by establishing a Federal Chief Information 
Officer within the Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing 
a broad framework of measures that require using Internet-based 
information technology to enhance citizen access to Government 
information and services, after receiving testimony from Senator Burns; 
Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Greg 
Woods, Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial Assistance, 
Department of Education; Anne K. Altman, IBM Corporation, Bethesda, 
Maryland; Costis Toregas, Public Technology, Inc., and Patricia 
McGinnis, Council for Excellence in Government, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Aldona Valicenti, National Association of State Chief Information 
Officers, Frankfurt, Kentucky; Sharon A. Hogan, University of Illinois 
Library, Chicago, on behalf of the American Library Association, 
America Research Libraries, and American Association of Law Libraries; 
Barry Ingram, EDS Global Government Industry Group, Arlington, 
Virginia, on behalf of the Information Technology Association of 
America; Joseph R. Wright, Terremark Worldwide, Inc., New York, New 
York, former Director, Office of Management and Budget.
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on S. 543, to provide for equal coverage of mental 
health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless 
comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Wellstone and Domenici; William 
E. Flynn III, Associate Director for Retirement and Insurance, Office 
of Personnel Management; Henry Harbin, Magellan Health Services, 
Columbia, Maryland; Darrel A. Regier, American Psychiatric Institute 
for Research and Education, Washington, D.C.; and Lisa R. yuCohen, 
Bordentown, New Jersey.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Roger L. Gregory, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Richard F. Cebull and Sam E. 
Haddon, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Montana, and Eileen J. O'Connor, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General for the Tax Division, all of the Department of 
Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Gregory was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, 
and Representative Scott, Mr. Cebull and Mr. Haddon were introduced by 
Senators Baucus and Burns, and Ms. O'Connor was introduced by 
Representative Morella.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, July 18.