[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 97 (Thursday, July 12, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D696-D698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of James R. Moseley, of Indiana, to 
be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, and Joseph J. Jen, of California, 
to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and 
Economics.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the 
aforementioned nominations, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Moseley was introduced by Senator 
Lugar and Representatives Buyer and Kerns.
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings to examine the context, framework, and content of the 
comprehensive federal Farm Bill reauthorization and new agriculture 
policy that can provide a more sustainable and predictable long-term 
economic safety net, receiving testimony from Lee Klein, Battle Creek, 
Nebraska, on behalf of the National Corn Growers Association; Keith 
Dittrich, Tilden, Nebraska, on behalf of the American Corn Growers 
Association; Tony Anderson, Mount Sterling, Ohio, on behalf of the 
American Soybean Association, the National Sunflower Association, and 
the United States Canola Association; John C. Miller, Miller Milling 
Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the Coalition For a 
Competitive Food and Agricultural System; Trudi Evans, Merrill, Oregon, 
on behalf of the Barley Growers Association; and Bill Kubecka, 
Palacios, Texas, on behalf of the National Grain Sorghum Producers.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, July 17.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 1171), making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002;
  An original bill making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002; and
  An original bill (S. 1172) making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
(S. 1171), making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved 
for full committee consideration an original bill, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
AUTHORIZATION--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department 
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on ballistic 
missile defense policies and programs, receiving testimony from Paul D. 
Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, 
USAF, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, July 17.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future 
Years Defense Program, focusing on Cooperative Threat Reduction, 
chemical weapons demilitarization, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 
nonproliferation research and engineering, and related programs, after 
receiving testimony from Anna Johnson-Winegar, Deputy Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense; Maj. Gen. 
Robert P. Bongiovi, USAF, Acting Director, Defense Threat Reduction 
Agency; Robert E. Waldron, Assistant Deputy Administrator for 
Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy; Susan Koch, Acting Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, Donald E. Powell, of Texas, to be a Member and 
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, Angela Antonelli, of Virginia, to be Chief

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Financial Officer, and Ronald Rosenfeld, of Maryland, to be President, 
Government National Mortgage Association, both of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, and Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be 
Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Mark B. McClellan, of California, to be 
a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Sheila C. Bair, of 
Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial 
Institutions, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Ms. Bair was introduced by Senator Roberts.
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
current economic and budget situation facing the United States, 
focusing on fiscal expectations, the 2002 budget resolution, and plans 
for further economic efficiency including continued restraint on total 
spending, reviews of antiquated duplicative and non-performing 
programs, and collaboration to strengthen the economy, after receiving 
testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management 
and Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, William Gerry 
Myers III, of Idaho, to be Solicitor, Bennett William Raley, of 
Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Vicky A. 
Bailey, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
International Affairs and Domestic Policy, Frances P. Mainella, of 
Florida, to be Director of the National Park Service, John W. Keys III, 
of Utah, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, all of the Department of 
the Interior.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Graham (Chairman), Akaka, Wyden, 
Johnson, Landrieu, Bayh, Feinstein, Schumer, Cantwell, Carper, 
Bingaman, Nickles (Ranking Member), Domenici, Shelby, Hagel, Thomas, 
Kyl, Craig, Campbell, Burns, and Murkowski.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests: Senators Wyden (Chairman), 
Akaka, Dorgan, Johnson, Landrieu, Bayh, Feinstein, Schumer, Cantwell, 
Bingaman, Craig (Ranking Member), Burns, Domenici, Nickles, Gordon 
Smith, Thomas, Kyl, Shelby, and Murkowski.
  Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Akaka (Chairman), Dorgan, 
Graham, Landrieu, Bayh, Schumer, Carper, Bingaman, Thomas (Ranking 
Member), Campbell, Burns, Gordon Smith, Hagel, Domenici, and Murkowski.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Dorgan (Chairman), Graham, 
Wyden, Johnson, Feinstein, Cantwell, Carper, Bingaman, Gordon Smith 
(Ranking Member), Kyl, Craig, Campbell, Shelby, Hagel, and Murkowski.
ENERGY POLICY, SUPPLY, AND SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on 
provisions to protect energy supply and security (Title I of S. 388, 
the National Energy Security Act of 2001), oil and gas production 
(Title III and Title V of S. 388, and Title X of S. 597, the 
Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001), drilling 
moratoriums on the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 901, the Coastal States 
Protection Act, S. 1086, the COAST Anti-Drilling Act, and S. 771, to 
permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer 
Continental Shelf of the State of Florida), energy regulatory reviews 
and studies (Title III of S. 597), S. 900, the Consumer Energy 
Commission Act of 2001, and provisions to promote nuclear power 
(sections 126 and 128-130 of Title I, and Titles II and III of S. 472, 
the Nuclear Energy Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001), S. 919, 
to require the Secretary of Energy to study the feasibility of 
developing commercial nuclear energy production facilities at existing 
Department of Energy sites, and S. 1147, to amend Title X and Title XI 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, receiving testimony from Francis S. 
Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the 
Interior; Ashok C. Thadani, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; former Senator Bennett 
Johnston, Johnston and Associates, and Charles M. Clusen, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, 
and Anna Aurilio, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Bill Burton, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, and Tom 
Young, Mariner Energy, Inc., on behalf of the Independent Petroleum 
Association of America, both of Houston, Texas; and Jerry Hood, 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Anchorage, Alaska.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 1021, to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 
through fiscal year 2004;

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  S. 180, to facilitate famine relief efforts and a comprehensive 
solution to the war in Sudan, with an amendment;
  S. 494, to provide for a transition to democracy and to promote 
economic recovery in Zimbabwe, with amendments;
  S. Con. Res. 28, calling for a United States effort to end 
restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in 
the occupied area of Cyprus, with an amendment;
  S. Con. Res. 34, congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, 
Latvia, and Lithuania on the tenth anniversary of the reestablishment 
of their full independence, with an amendment;
  S. Con. Res. 53, encouraging the development of strategies to reduce 
hunger and poverty, and to promote free market economies and democratic 
institutions, in sub-Saharan Africa;
  S. Res. 122, relating to the transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the 
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 128, calling on the Government of the People's Republic of 
China to immediately and unconditionally release Li Shaomin and all 
other American scholars of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, 
calling on the President of the United States to continue working on 
behalf of Li Shaomin and the other detained scholars for their release; 
and
  The nominations of Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Lori A. Forman, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator for Asia and Near East of 
the United States Agency for International Development, 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.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Feingold (Chairman), Dodd, 
Boxer, Rockefeller, Frist (Ranking Member), Brownback, and Gordon 
Smith.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Kerry 
(Chairman), Torricelli, Feingold, Rockefeller, Sarbanes, Hagel (Ranking 
Member), Helms, Lugar, and Allen.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Biden (Chairman), 
Sarbanes, Dodd, Wellstone, Kerry, Gordon Smith (Ranking Member), Lugar, 
Hagel, and Chafee.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion: Senators Sarbanes (Chairman), Bill Nelson, Wellstone, 
Torricelli, Feingold, Allen (Ranking Member), Hagel, Chafee, and Enzi.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism: Senators 
Boxer (Chairman), Kerry, Bill Nelson, Biden, Dodd, Enzi (Ranking 
Member), Frist, Helms, and Brownback.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators 
Wellstone (Chairman), Torricelli, Boxer, Sarbanes, Rockefeller, 
Brownback (Ranking Member), Gordon Smith, Frist, and Allen.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics 
Affairs: Senators Dodd (Chairman), Bill Nelson, Kerry, Feingold, Biden, 
Chafee (Ranking Member), Helms, Enzi, and Lugar.
MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on the situation in the Middle East from George J. 
Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; and William J. Burns, 
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
MONTANA WYOMING TRIBAL LEADERS COUNCIL
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the goals and priorities of the member tribes of the Montana Wyoming 
Tribal Leaders Council for the 107th session of the Congress, after 
receiving testimony from Anthony Addison, Sr., Arapaho Business 
Council, Fort Washakie, Wyoming; Alvin Windy Boy, Sr., and Bruce 
Sunchild, both of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Box Elder, Montana; Geri Small, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, 
Lame Deer, Montana; Ivan D. Posey, Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind 
River Reservation, Fort Washakie, Wyoming; and Jami Hamel, Confederated 
Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Pablo, Montana.