[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 111 (Thursday, August 2, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D841-D842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AIRLINE DELAYS AND AVIATION SYSTEM CAPACITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation on Airline 
Delays and Aviation System Capacity. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Jane F. 
Garvey, Administrator, FAA; and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General; and 
public witnesses.
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY ACT
Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 981, Budget 
Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001.
RETIREMENT SECURITY ADVICE ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations approved for full Committee action H.R. 2269, 
Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001.
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Select 
Education held a hearing on ``CAPTA: Successes and Failures at 
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect.'' Testimony was heard from Wade 
Horn, Assistant Secretary, Children and Families, Department of Health 
and Human Services; and public witnesses.
SEC'S BROKER-DEALER RULES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a joint hearing 
entitled ``Pushing Back the Pushouts: the Securities and Exchange 
Commission's Broker-Dealer Rules.''

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Testimony was heard from Laura S. Under, Acting Chairwoman, SEC; 
Laurence H. Meyer, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; 
William F. Kroener, General Counsel, FDIC; Ellen Broadman, Director, 
Securities and Corporate Practices, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
REGULATORS IN DEREGULATED ELECTRICITY MARKETS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on FERC: Regulators in 
Deregulated Electricity Markets. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
Energy: Kevin Madden, General Counsel; and Shelton Cannon, Deputy 
Director, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates; James E. Wells, Jr., 
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and public witnesses.
F-22 COST CONTROLS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on F-22 
Cost Controls: How Realistic are Production Cost Reduction Plan 
Estimates? Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO: Allen Li, 
Associate Director; and Donald Springman, Senior Analyst; and the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Darleen A. Druyun, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Air Force, Acquisition and 
Management, and George Schneiter, Director, Strategic and Tactical 
Systems, both with the Department of the Air Force; and Francis P. 
Summers, Regional Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe approved 
for full Committee action the following measures: H. Res. 200, amended, 
relating to the transfer of Slobodan Milosevic, and other alleged war 
criminals, to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia; H. 
Con. Res. 131, congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, 
and Lithuania on the tenth anniversary of the reestablishment of their 
full independence; and H. Con. Res. 58, amended, urging the President 
of Ukraine to support democratic ideals, the rights of free speech, and 
free assembly for Ukrainian citizens.
INTERNET TAX NONDISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law approved for full Committee action H.R. 1552, 
Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act.
TWO STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT CHILD PROTECTION ACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRIBUTE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2146, amended, Two Strikes 
and You're Out Child Protection Act; and H.R. 2624, Law Enforcement 
Tribute Act.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
an oversight hearing on the U.S. Population and Immigration. Testimony 
was heard from John F. Long, Chief, Population Division, Bureau of the 
Census, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
FISHERIES CONSERVATION ACT; ATLANTIC HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES 
CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action, as amended, 
H.R. 1989, Fisheries Conservation Act of 2001.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 1367, Atlantic Highly 
Migratory Species Conservation Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce: William T. Hogarth, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Fisheries; and Gerry Scott, Director, Sustainable 
Fisheries Division; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--THE TERRORIST THREAT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Working Group on Terrorism 
and Homeland Security met in executive session to receive a briefing on 
``CBRN 101,'' The Terrorist Threat. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.