[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 115 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to 
continue markup of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, but did 
not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Friday, September 
7.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense.
BUDGET REVIEW
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
Office of Management and Budget mid-session review and the budget and 
economic outlook, after receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels, 
Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
SPACE SHUTTLE SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space held hearings to examine workforce and 
safety issues facing the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration's (NASA) space shuttle program, receiving testimony from 
William F. Readdy, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Space 
Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Allen Li, 
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team, General Accounting 
Office; Michael James McCulley, United Space Alliance, Houston, Texas; 
Richard D. Blomberg, Dunlop and Associates, Inc, Stamford, Connecticut, 
on behalf of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel; and Bryan D. 
O'Connor, Futron Corporation, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the 
National Research Council Committee on Space Shuttle Upgrades.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on the nomination of Brian Jones, of California, to 
be General Counsel, Department of Education, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Hatch and DeWine, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 703, 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;
  S. 1233, to provide penalties for certain unauthorized writing with 
respect to consumer products, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of Sharon Prost, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Reggie B. Walton, 
of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia, and Deborah J. Daniels, of Indiana, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, and Richard R. Nedelkoff, of Texas, to be 
Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, both of the Department of 
Justice.
AUTHORIZATION--INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session and 
ordered favorably reported an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States Government, the Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System.