[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 106 (Thursday, July 26, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D784-D787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Began markup of H.R. 2646, Agriculture Act of 
2001.

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  Will continue tomorrow.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported a measure making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the Fiscal Year ending 
September 30, 2002.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant 
Marine approved recommendations to H.R. 2586, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare 
and Recreation approved recommendations to H.R. 2586, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2586, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
CONSUMER INFORMATION USE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on ``How Do Businesses Use Customer 
Information: Is the Customer's Privacy Protected?'' Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
MEDICARE MODERNIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Medicare Modernization: Examining the President's Framework 
for Strengthening the Program.'' Testimony was heard from Tommy 
Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
MARKET DATA
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Market Data II: Implications to investors and market transparency of 
granting ownership rights over stock quotes.'' Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Viewpoints of Select 
Regulators on Deposit Insurance Reform.'' Testimony was heard from 
Laurence H. Meyer, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; 
and the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Sheila 
Bair, Assistant Secretary, Financial Institutions; John D. Hawke, Jr., 
Comptroller; and Ellen Seidman, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision.
AMERICANS ABROAD
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Census held a hearing 
on Americans Abroad, How Can We Count Them? Testimony was heard from 
Representative Gilman; Edward Betancourt, Director, Office of Policy 
Review and Interagency Liaison Overseas Citizens Services, Bureau of 
Consular Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--DOD'S ILLEGAL MANIPULATION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations held an 
``Oversight hearing on the Department of Defense's Illegal Manipulation 
of Appropriated Funds.'' Testimony was heard from Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, 
Managing Director, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO; and the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Thomas R. Bloom, 
Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service; and Tina W. Jonas, 
Deputy Under Secretary, Financial Management.
U.S.-KOREA RELATIONS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on U.S.-Korea Relations after the Policy Review. 
Testimony was heard from Charles L. Pritchard, Special Envoy for Korean 
Peace Talks, U.S. Representative to KEDO, Department of State.
U.S. POLICY TOWARDS PALESTINIANS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia held a hearing on U.S. Policy Towards the Palestinians--Part 
I. Testimony was heard from William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
FEDERAL COURTS IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing on H.R. 2522, Federal Courts 
Improvement Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from Deanell R. Tacha, 
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
CONSUMER PRODUCT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2621, Consumer Product Protection 
Act of 2001.

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  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this 
measure. Testimony was heard from Representative Hart; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests, and Forest Health held 
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1576, James Peak Wilderness, 
Wilderness Study, and Protection Area Act; and H.R. 1772, to provide 
for an exchange of certain property between the United States and 
Ephraim City, Utah. Testimony was heard from Representatives Cannon and 
Udall of Colorado; Denny Bschor, Director, Recreation, Heritage, and 
Wilderness Resources, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2385, Virgin 
River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act; and H.R. 2488, to designate 
certain lands in the Pilot Range in the State of Utah as wilderness, 
Testimony was heard from Tom Fulton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land 
and Minerals, Department of the Interior; Col. Tom Larkin, USAF, 
Director, Utah Test and Training Range, U.S. Air Force, Hill Air Force 
Base, Utah; Dan McArthur, Mayor, St. George, Utah; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1985, Short-Term and Long-Term California 
Water Security; and H.R. 2404, California Water Quality and Reliability 
Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from Gale Norton, Secretary of the 
Interior; Thomas M. Hannigan, Director, Department of Water Resources, 
State of California; and public witnesses.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 4, an open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 2620, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment by paragraph. 
The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized 
or legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill and 
prohibiting reappropriations in a general appropriations bill), except 
as specified in the rule. The rule provides that the amendment printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying the rule may be 
offered only by a Member designated in the report and only at the 
appropriate point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as 
read, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole. The rule waives all point of order against the amendment 
printed in the report. The rule waives clause 2(e) of rule XXI 
(prohibiting non-emergency designated amendments to be offered to an 
appropriations bill containing an emergency designation) against 
amendments offered during consideration of the bill. The rule 
authorizes 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.
COMBATING THE INVADERS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and 
Standards held a hearing on Combating the Invaders: Research on Non-
Native Species. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
NOAA, Department of Commerce: David Evans, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Oceanic and Atmosphere Research; and Stephen B. Brandt, 
Director, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; Scott Smith, 
Coordinator, Aquatic Nuisance Species, Department of Fish and Wildlife, 
State of Washington; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held an oversight hearing on the Competitiveness of the U.S. 
Aircraft Manufacturing Industry. Testimony was heard from Grant D. 
Aldonas, Under Secretary. International Trade, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Steve Falken, Director, 
Aerospace and Automotive Trade Policy, Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative; Robert A. Rogowsky, Director, Office of Operations, 
U.S. International Trade Commission; Samuel L. Venneri, Associate 
Administrator, Aerospace Technology, NASA; Jeffrey L. Miller, Group 
Vice President, Structured Trade and Finance Group, Export-Import Bank 
of the United States; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following measures: 
H.J. Res. 51, approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment 
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to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; and H.R. 2603, 
amended, United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 
2001.
SENIORS--MISLEADING MAILINGS TARGETED
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing on Misleading Mailings Targeted to Seniors. Testimony was heard 
from James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General, SSA; Darrin Williams, Chief 
of Staff, Office of the Attorney General, State of Arkansas; and public 
witnesses.
COUNTERNARCOTICS ISSUES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Counternarcotics Issues. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witness.