[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D712-D714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the proposed federal farm bill, focusing on cotton, 
wheat, rice, sugar, and peanut related provisions, after receiving 
testimony from James Echols, Hohenberg Brothers Company, Memphis, 
Tennessee, on behalf of the National Cotton Council of America; Dusty 
Tallman, Brandon, Colorado, on behalf of the National Association of 
Wheat Growers; John Denison, Rice Foundation, Iowa, Louisiana, on 
behalf of the United States Rice Producers' Group and the United States 
Rice Producers Association; Jack Roney, American Sugar Alliance, 
Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the United States Sugar Industry; Art 
Jaeger, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C., on behalf of 
the Coalition for Sugar Reform; and Armond Morris, Georgia Peanut 
Commission, Ocilla, on behalf of a coalition of state peanut 
organizations; Wilbur Gamble, Dawson, Georgia, on behalf of the 
National Peanut Growers Group; and Evans J. Plowden, Jr., Albany, 
Georgia, on behalf of the American Peanut Shellers Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
AUTHORIZATION--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed 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 Thursday, July 19.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana, to 
be Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration, 
Allan Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration, both of the Department of Transportation, and Samuel W. 
Bodman, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Aviation: Senators Rockefeller (Chairman), Hollings, 
Inouye, Breaux, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, Edwards, Carnahan, Bill Nelson, 
Hutchison (Ranking Member), Stevens, Burns, Lott, Snowe, Brownback, 
Gordon Smith, Fitzgerald, and Ensign.
  Subcommittee on Communications: Senators Inouye (Chairman), Hollings, 
Kerry, Breaux, Rockefeller, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, Boxer, Edwards, 
Carnahan, Burns (Ranking Member), Stevens, Lott, Hutchison, Snowe, 
Brownback, Gordon Smith, Fitzgerald, Ensign, and Allen.

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  Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism: 
Senators Dorgan (Chairman), Rockefeller, Wyden, Boxer, Edwards, 
Carnahan, Bill Nelson, Fitzgerald (Ranking Member), Burns, Brownback, 
Gordon Smith, Ensign, and Allen.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries: Senators Kerry 
(Chairman), Hollings, Inouye, Breaux, Boxer, Bill Nelson, Snowe 
(Ranking Member), Stevens, Hutchison, Gordon Smith, and Fitzgerald.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Wyden 
(Chairman), Rockefeller, Kerry, Dorgan, Cleland, Edwards, Carnahan, 
Bill Nelson, Allen (Ranking Member), Stevens, Burns, Lott, Hutchison, 
Brownback, and Fitzgerald.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Senators 
Breaux (Chairman), Inouye, Rockefeller, Kerry, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, 
Boxer, Carnahan, Edwards, Gordon Smith (Ranking Member), Stevens, 
Burns, Lott, Hutchison, Snowe, Brownback, Fitzgerald, and Ensign.
MEDIA INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine media consolidation in the broadcast and newspaper 
industries, focusing on the Federal Communications Commission rules and 
issues associated with restrictions on media ownership, after receiving 
testimony from Mel Karmazin, Viacom, Inc., William F. Baker, Thirteen/
WNET New York, and Eli M. Noam, Columbia University Institute For Tele-
Information, all of New York, New York; Alan Frank, Post-Newsweek 
Stations, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of the Network Affiliated 
Stations Alliance; Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing Company, Chicago, 
Illinois; and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings 
on energy efficiency proposals, focusing on reducing the demand for 
petroleum products in the light duty vehicle sector, including Titles 
III and XII of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act 
of 2001, Title VII of S. 388, The National Energy Security Act of 2001, 
S. 883, the Energy Independence Act of 2001, S. 1053, Hydrogen Future 
Act of 2001, and S. 1006, Renewable Fuels for Energy Security Act of 
2001, receiving testimony from Barry D. McNutt, Senior Policy Analyst, 
Office of Domestic Policy and International Affairs, Department of 
Energy; L. Robert Shelton, Executive Director, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Gregory Dana, 
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, J. Byron McCormick, Global 
Alternative Propulsion Center, Richard R. Kolodziej, Natural Gas 
Vehicle Coalition, and Eugene Zeltmann, Electric Vehicle Association of 
the Americas, all of Washington, D.C.; Charles A. Gibbens, Henrico 
County Automotive Fleet, Richmond, Virginia; and Gary Marshall, 
Missouri Corn Growers Association, Jefferson City, on behalf of the 
National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEMORIALS/PARKS/RIVERS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings on S. 281, to authorize the design and 
construction of a temporary education center at the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial; S. 386 and H.R. 146, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Great Falls Historic District in the city of Paterson, in Passaic 
County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System; S. 513 and 
H.R. 182, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a 
segment of the Eightmile River in Connecticut for potential addition to 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. 921 and H.R. 1000, to 
adjust the boundary of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site 
in the State of Ohio, and to authorize an exchange of land in 
connection with the historic site; S. 1097, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines 
within the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; and 
H.R. 1668, to authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its 
environs to honor former President John Adams and his family, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Kennedy, Dodd, DeWine, and 
Torricelli; Representatives Roemer and Pascrell; John G. Parsons, 
Associate Regional Director, Lands, Resources, and Planning, National 
Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; 
Patricia E. Gallagher, Executive Director, National Capital Planning 
Commission; Deborah Hoffman, Passaic County Department of Economic 
Development, Paterson, New Jersey; Jan Craig Scruggs, Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Nathan M. Frohling, The Nature 
Conservancy, Essex, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.J. Res. 16, approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment 
to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute; and

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  The nominations of Wade F. Horn, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Family Support, Kevin Keane, of Wisconsin, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, both of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Allen Frederick Johnson, of Iowa, to be 
Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, Brian Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets, and William Henry Lash 
III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market 
Access and Compliance.
  Also, committee appointed Senators Baucus, Rockefeller, Daschle, 
Grassley, and Hatch to the Joint Committee on Taxation and the 
Congressional Trade Advisors on Trade Policy and Negotiations, and 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chairman), 
Daschle, Jeffords, Bingaman, Kerry, Torricelli, Lincoln, Breaux, 
Graham, Snowe (Ranking Member), Gramm, Grassley, Kyl, Hatch, Nickles, 
Thompson, and Thomas.
  Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Baucus (Chairman), 
Rockefeller, Daschle, Conrad, Jeffords, Kerry, Lincoln, Graham, 
Torricelli, Hatch (Ranking Member), Grassley, Thompson, Murkowski, 
Gramm, Lott, Snowe, and Thomas.
  Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Breaux 
(Chairman), Rockefeller, Bingaman, Daschle, Jeffords, Kerry, Kyl 
(Ranking Member), Nickles, Lott, Gramm, and Thomas.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Conrad 
(Chairman), Torricelli, Breaux, Bingaman, Lincoln, Baucus, Rockefeller, 
Nickles (Ranking Member), Lott, Hatch, Thompson, Snowe, and Murkowski.
  Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction: Senators Graham 
(Chairman), Baucus, Conrad, Murkowski (Ranking Member), and Kyl.
FLEXIBLE GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine the expansion of flexible personnel 
systems throughout the United States government, to determine if they 
have been successfully employed and if they should be extended, after 
receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the 
United States, General Accounting Office; Sean O'Keefe, Deputy 
Director, Office of Management and Budget; Charles O. Rossotti, 
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; 
Charles S. Abell, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management 
Policy; Bobby L. Harnage, Sr., American Federation of Government 
Employees, AFL-CIO, Susan Shaw, National Treasury Employees Union, and 
Myra Howze Shiplett, National Academy of Public Administration Center 
for Human Resources Management, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Administrator of Drug 
Enforcement, Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Hutchinson and Lincoln, and Representative 
Conyers, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.