[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 101 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D739-D741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DRAFT FARM BILL CONCEPT
Committee on Agriculture: Concluded hearings to review Draft Farm Bill 
Concept. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on national missile 
defense. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary; and Lt. Gen. 
Ronald Kadish, USAF, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS--STRUCTURAL REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Federal Budget Process 
Structural Reform. Testimony was heard from Representative Cox; Barry 
B. Anderson, Deputy Director, CBO; Susan J. Irving, Director, Federal 
Budget Analysis, GAO; the following former Representatives: William E. 
Frenzel, State of Minnesota and Robert L. Livingston, State of 
Louisiana; and Robert D. Reischauer, former Director, CBO.
ENERGY ADVANCEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001.
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing on national Flood Insurance program and 
repetitive loss properties including the following bills: H.R. 1428, 
Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 2001; and 
H.R. 1551, Repetitive Flood Loss Reduction Act of 2001. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Bereuter, Baker, Bentsen and Blumenauer; Bob 
Shea, Acting Administrator, Flood Insurance Administration and 
Mitigation Directorate, FEMA; Stan Czerwinski, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure, GAO; and public witnesses.
AUDIO-VISUAL TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS--ADDRESSING RACIAL PROFILING
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``The Benefits of 
Audio-Visual Technology in Addressing Racial Profiling.'' Testimony was 
heard from Viet Dinh, Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice; Royce West and Robert Duncan, both members of the Senate, 
State of Texas; Col.

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Charles Dunbar, Jr., Superintendent, State Police, State Of New Jersey; 
and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 2505, Human 
Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001; and H.R. 1007, James Guelff Body Armor 
Act of 2001.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 1230, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge 
Establishment Act; and H.R. 2062, amended, to extend the effective 
period of the consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to 
the restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and 
creating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission.
OVERSIGHT--WESTERN ALASKA AND WESTERN PACIFIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 
QUOTA PROGRAMS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing to oversee the Western Alaska and 
Western Pacific Community Development Quota Programs, and on H.R. 553, 
Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Implementation 
Improvement Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from Jim Balsiger, Alaska 
Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Services, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; Jeffrey Bush, Deputy Commissioner, Department 
of Community and Economic Development, State of Alaska; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and 
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the detrimental effects of 
Mormon crickets, and other grasshoppers, to the Great Basin area of the 
United States. Testimony was heard from Senator Bennett; Nina Rose 
Hatfield, Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior; Richard Dunkle, Deputy Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, USDA; Carey Peterson, Commissioner, Department of 
Agriculture and Food, State of Utah; Michael Anderson, Mayor, Oak City, 
Utah; and a public witness.
FY 2001 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report on H.R. 2216, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001 and against its consideration. The rule provides that the 
conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Young of Florida.
NEXT GENERATION--AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on Developing the Next Generation Air Traffic Management 
System. Testimony was heard from Sam Venneri, Associate Administrator; 
Aerospace Technology, NASA; Steve Zaidman, Associate Administrator, 
Research and Acquisitions, FAA, Department of Transportation; and 
public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and 
Government Programs held a hearing on proposed legislation to increase 
the extent and scope of services provided by Small Business Development 
Centers. Testimony was heard from Representatives Sweeney, Brady of 
Pennsylvania and Udall of New Mexico; Rudolph Cartier, Jr., Small 
Business Ombudsman, State of New Hampshire; and public witnesses
OVERSIGHT--STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held an oversight hearing on Strategies to 
Address Contaminated Sediments. Testimony was heard from Linda J. 
Fisher, Deputy Administrator, EPA; Dominic Izzo, Acting Assistant 
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Corps of Engineers, Department of 
the Army; and public witnesses.
VETERANS BENEFITS ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 2540, Veterans 
Benefits Act of 2001.
ADMINISTRATION'S PRINCIPLES TO STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Administration's 
Principles to Strengthen and Modernize Medicare. Testimony was heard 
from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
DECEPTIVE MAILING CONCERNING TAX REFUNDS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on Deceptive Mailing Concerning Tax Refunds. Testimony was heard from 
Robert E. Wenzel, Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; and 
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Charge, Fraud, Child Exploitation, and Asset Forfeiture Division, 
Postal Inspection Service. U.S. Postal Service.
STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGET ISSUES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Department of State Budget Issues. Testimony was 
heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 1, to close the achievement gap with 
accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left 
behind, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to 
call.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2216, making supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.