[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D716-D718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DRAFT FARM BILL CONCEPT
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review Draft Farm Bill 
Concept. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES AND THE TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, 
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriation bills for fiscal year 2002: VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies; and the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government.
  The Committee also approved revised Suballocations of Budget 
Allocations for fiscal year 2002.
21ST CENTURY--IMPROVING AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Education 
Reform held a hearing on ``From Research to Practice: Improving 
America's Schools in the 21st Century.'' Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
RETIREMENT SECURITY ADVICE ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations held a hearing on H. R. 2269, Retirement Security 
Advice Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from Ann L. Combs, Assistant 
Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits, Department of Labor; and 
public witnesses.
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ADVANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Began markup of the Energy 
Conservation and Advancement Act.

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  Will continue tomorrow.
21ST CENTURY--ELDERLY HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Elderly Housing and Affordability 
for the 21st Century.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on `` Opportunities and 
Advancements in Stem Cell Research.'' Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
TOWARD GREATER PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement Policy held a hearing entitled ``Toward Greater Public-
Private Collaboration in Research and Development: How the Treatment of 
Intellectual Property Rights is Minimizing Innovation in the Federal 
Government.'' Testimony was heard from Jack Brock, Managing Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management, GAO; Deidre Lee, Director, Defense 
Procurement, Department of Defense; Eric Fygi, Deputy General Counsel, 
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
ENERGY SECURITY ACT
  Committee on Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 2436, 
Energy Security Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1518, Avery 
Point Lighthouse Restoration Act of 2001; H.R. 1776, Buffalo Bayou 
National Heritage Area Act; and H.R. 2114, National Monument Fairness 
Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from Representatives Green of Texas 
and Simmons; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: 
John Robbins, Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship and 
Partnership, National Park Service; and Tom Fulton, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Land and Minerals Management; Dee Hauber, Mayor, Groton, 
Connecticut; James L. Streeter, Co-Chairman, Avery Point Lighthouse 
Society, Groton, Connecticut; and public witnesses.
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act of 2001. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule provides that, in lieu of the amendments recommended by the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional 
Record and numbered 1 shall be considered as adopted. The rule provides 
for consideration of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in the Rules Committee report, if offered by Representative 
Rangel or Representative Conyers or a designee, which shall be 
considered as read, and shall be separately debatable for one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the amendment 
printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Foley, Sensenbrenner, Rangel, Cardin, Thurman, Frank 
and Scott.
REGROWING RURAL AMERICA
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Agriculture and Technology held a hearing on Regrowing Rural America 
Through Value-Added Agriculture. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
OMNIBUS MARITIME IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation approved for full Committee action 
H.R. 2481, Omnibus Maritime Improvements Act of 2001.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2501, 
Appalachian Regional Development Reauthorization Act of 2001; and H.R. 
988, to designate the United States courthouse located at 40 Centre 
Street in New York, New York, as the ``Thurgood Marshall United States 
Courthouse.''
TAX CODE SIMPLIFICATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight and the 
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a joint hearing on Tax 
Code Simplification. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TRADE AGENCY BUDGET AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER CUSTOMS ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
Trade Agency Budget Authorizations and other Customs Issues. Testimony

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was heard from Representatives Filner and Gonzalez; from the following 
officials of the Department of the Treasury: Charles W. Winwood, Acting 
Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service; and Dennis S. Schindel, Deputy 
Inspector General; Peter Allfgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; 
Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Justice Issues, GAO; and public 
witnesses.