[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D763-D764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
GENETIC NON-DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations, hearing on Genetic Non-Discrimination: Implications 
for Employers and Employees. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STATUS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Select 
Education held a hearing on Status of Financial Management at the 
Department of Education. Testimony was heard from Linda Calbom, 
Director, Division of Financial Management and Assurance, GAO; and the 
following officials of the Department of Education: William D. Hansen, 
Deputy Secretary; and Lorraine Lewis, Inspector General.
THIRD GENERATION WIRELESS SERVICE--U.S. DEPLOYMENT--WHEN AND WHERE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled: ``U.S. Deployment of Third 
Generation Wireless Services: When Will It Happen and Where Will It 
Happen?'' Testimony was heard from William Hatch, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Communications and Information, Department of 
Commerce; Julius P. Knapp, Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering and 
Technology, FCC; Linton Wells, Assistant Secretary, Command, Department 
of Defense; and public witnesses.
CURRENCY--DESIGN AND SECURITY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary 
Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth held a hearing on the design 
and security of currency. Testimony was heard from Senator Allen; 
Representative Cantor; the following officials of the Department of the 
Treasury: Thomas A. Ferguson, Director, Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing; and Daniel G. Snow, Special Agent in Charge, Counterfeit 
Division, U.S. Secret Service; and public witnesses.
INTERNET GAMBLING PROPOSALS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing on H.R. 556, Unlawful Internet 
Gambling Funding Prohibition Act, and other Internet gambling 
proposals. Testimony was heard from Senator Kyl; Representatives Leach 
and Goodlatte; and public witnesses.
DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM--EXTEND AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, and 
Human Resources, approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
2991, to extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support 
Program for an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community 
Antidrug Coalition Institute.
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY DATA--SECURITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on 
Federal Interagency Data-Sharing and National Security. Testimony was 
heard from Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice; Bruce Townsend, Special Agent in 
Charge, Financial Crimes Division, U.S. Secret Service, Department of 
the Treasury; Catherine Barry, Director, Consular Affairs Visa 
Services, Department of State; and Col. Mike Deacy, USAF, Assistant 
Deputy Director, Information Engineering, Defense Information Systems 
Agency, Department of Defense.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following measures: 
H.R. 2175, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001; H.R. 2505, Human 
Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001; H. Res. 193, requesting that the 
President focus appropriate attention on the issues of neighborhood 
crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime by 
delivering speeches, convening meetings, and directing his 
Administration to make reducing crime an important priority; H.R. 2047, 
amended, Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002; H.R. 
2048, to require a report on the operations of the State Justice 
Institute; H.R. 2278, to provide for work authorization for 
nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the 
period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be 
continuously employed before applying for admission to the United 
States; H.R. 2277, to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant 
spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors; and

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H.R. 1007, amended, James Guelff Body Armor Act of 2001.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1456, Booker 
T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001; and 
H.R. 1814, Metacomet-Monadnock-Sunapee-Mattabesett Trail Study Act of 
2001. Testimony was heard from Representatives Goode, Olver, Maloney of 
Connecticut, Johnson of Connecticut and Neal of Massachusetts; Denis 
Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 2590, making appropriations for the 
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendments 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying the rule 
shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 
of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a 
general appropriations bill). The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendment printed in the Congressional Record and 
numbered 5, which may be offered only by Representative Smith of New 
Jersey or his designee and only at the appropriate point in the reading 
of the bill and shall be considered as read. The rule allows the 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Istook, Hoyer and Lowey.
RENEWABLE FUELS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, 
Agriculture and Technology held a hearing on renewable fuels. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY/TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports, 
hearing on Trade Promotion Authority and the reauthorization of the 
Trade Adjustment Assistant program, and their respective impacts on 
small business exporters and farmers. Testimony was heard from Grant 
Aldonas, Under Secretary, International Trade, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Highway Work Zone Safety. Testimony 
was heard from Vincent F. Schimmoller, Deputy Executive Director, 
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Ian 
MacGillivray, Director, Research Management Division, Department of 
Transportation, State of Iowa; and public witnesses.