[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 31, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D814-D816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 2586, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2586, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development approved for full Committee action H.R. 2586, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Education 
Reform held a hearing on the Dawn of Learning: What's Working in Early 
Childhood Education. Testimony was heard from Eugene W. Hickok, Under 
Secretary, Department of Education; and Wade F. Horn, Assistant 
Secretary, Children and Families, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
REWARDING PERFORMANCE IN COMPENSATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing on H.R. 1602, Rewarding Performance in 
Compensation Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CURRENT ISSUES BEFORE--FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on Current Issues Before the 
Financial Accounting Standards Board. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
ANALYZING THE ANALYSTS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on 
Analyzing the Analysts II: Additional Perspectives. Testimony was heard 
from Laura Unger, Acting Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses.
AIR TRAVEL--CUSTOMER PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on Air Travel-Customer 
Problems and Solutions. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Transportation: Donna McLean, Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer;

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and Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, FAA; and public witnesses.
PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement Policy held a hearing on ``Public Service for the 21st 
Century: Innovative Solutions to the Federal Government's Technology 
Workforce Crisis.'' Testimony was heard from David Walker, Comptroller 
General, GAO; Kay Coles James, Director, OPM; Stephen Perry, 
Administrator, GSA; and public witnesses.
U.N. WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on A Discussion on the U.N. 
World Conference Against Racism. Testimony was heard from following 
officials of the Department of State: William B. Wood, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; and 
Steven Wagenseil, Director, Office of Multilateral Affairs, Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on 
H.R. 2146, Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act. Testimony 
was heard from Robert Fusfeld, Probation and Parole Agent, Sexual 
Offender Intensive Supervision Team, Department of Corrections, State 
of Wisconsin; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NATIONAL FIRE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on the Implementation of the National Fire Plan. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Forest Service, 
USDA: Dale Bosworth, Chief; Robert Lewis, Jr., Deputy Chief, Research 
and Development, and Kevin Ryan, Rocky Mountain Research Station; Tim 
Hartzell, Director, Office of Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of 
the Interior; Barry T. Hill, Associate Director, Energy, Resources and 
Science Issues, GAO; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills: 
H.R. 1456, Booker T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment 
Act of 2001; H.R. 1814, Metacomet-Monadnock-Sunapee-Mattabesett Trail 
Study Act of 2001; H.R. 2114, amended, National Monument Fairness Act 
of 2001; and H.R. 2385, amended, Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint 
Preserve Act.
SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ENERGY (SAFE) ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 9 to 1, a structured rule on 
H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy Act of 2001, providing ninety 
minutes of general debate with 30 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the chairmen and ranking minority members of each of the following 
Committees: Science, Ways and Means, and Resources. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the rule shall be considered as adopted. The rule makes in 
order only those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee 
report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the 
amendments made in order may be offered only in the order printed in 
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, 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 points of order against the 
amendments printed in the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the rule provides 
authorization for a motion in the House to go to conference with the 
Senate on the bill H.R. 4.
  Testimony was heard from Chairmen Tauzin, Boehlert, Thomas and Hansen 
and Representatives Wilson, Bono, Terry, Rohrabacher, Johnson of 
Connecticut, English, Horn, Bachus, Thune, Capito, Kelly, Petri, 
Gutknecht, Dingell, Markey, Eshoo, Boucher, Green of Texas, Strickland, 
Harman, Woolsey, Jackson-Lee, Etheridge, Larson of Connecticut, 
McDermott, Rahall, Smith of Washington, Kind, Inslee, Udall of 
Colorado, Filner, Berkley, Sanders, Maloney of New York, Carson of 
Indiana, Sherman, Kaptur, Stenholm, Boswell and Napolitano.
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a resolution providing that 
it will be in order at any time on the legislative day of Wednesday, 
September 5, 2001, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House 
suspend the rules. The resolution provides that the Speaker or his 
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the Minority Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter 
for consideration pursuant to the resolution.
INNOVATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Research held a hearing on 
Innovation in Information Technology: Beyond Faster Computers and 
Higher Bandwidth. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--RED LIGHT CAMERAS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held an oversight hearing on Red Light Cameras. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Barr of Georgia; and public 
witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY AND PENSION REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing on Social Security and Pension Reform: Lessons from Other 
Countries. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BRIEFING--FISCAL YEAR 2002 BUDGET REVIEW
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Overview. The Committee 
was briefed by departmental witnesses.