[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 149 (Thursday, November 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1083-D1085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Wednesday, 
October 31, Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1519, to amend the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide farm credit 
assistance for activated reservists.
  Also, committee approved the credit title provisions, which will 
assist beginning farmers and ranchers gain greater access to federal 
farm lending programs, of the new federal farm bill, and announced the 
following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators Conrad 
(Chairman), Daschle, Baucus, Lincoln, Miller, Dayton, Roberts (Ranking 
Member), Helms, Cochran, Fitzgerald, and McConnell.
  Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: 
Senators Baucus (Chairman), Leahy, Conrad, Lincoln, Nelson, Wellstone, 
Fitzgerald (Ranking Member), Helms, Cochran, Roberts, and Thomas.
  Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: 
Senators Lincoln (Chairman), Leahy, Daschle, Baucus, Stabenow, Dayton, 
Crapo (Ranking Member), McConnell, Thomas, Allard, and Hutchinson.
  Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: 
Senators Leahy (Chairman), Conrad, Miller, Stabenow, Ben Nelson, 
Wellstone, McConnell

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(Ranking Member), Allard, Hutchinson, Crapo, and Helms.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1428, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence 
and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, 
the Community Management Account of the Director of Central 
Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System, with an amendment.
DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM: RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions concluded oversight hearings to examine the 
expansion of federal deposit insurance coverage for retirement 
accounts, after receiving testimony from L. William Seidman, CNBC-TV, 
Washington, D.C., former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation; Howell E. Jackson, 
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Glenn C. Dahlke, 
Dahlke Financial Group, Glastonbury, Connecticut.
RAIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine certain initiatives to provide improved safety and 
security measures for the national rail transportation system, 
including related measures S. 1550 (pending on Senate calendar), and S. 
1530, after receiving testimony from Senators Biden, Carper, Durbin, 
and Gramm; Allan Rutter, Administrator, Federal Railroad 
Administration, and Mark R. Dayton, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Transportation; George D. Warrington, 
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (Amtrak); and Edward R. Hamburger, Association of American 
Railroads, Frank Turner, American Short Line and Regional Railroad 
Association, and Edward Wytkind, Transportation Trades Department (AFL-
CIO), all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of R. David Paulison, of Florida, to be 
Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, and the nomination of Arden Bement, Jr., 
of Indiana, to be Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Department of Commerce, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Paulison was introduced by 
Senator Bill Nelson, and Mr. Bement was introduced by Representative 
Morella.
CLEAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 556, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric 
powerplants, focusing on the bill's impact on the environment, economy, 
energy supply, achievement of regulatory and statutory goals, including 
the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and relevant costs and 
benefits, after receiving testimony from Representative Boehlert; 
Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Mary J. Hutzler, Acting Administrator, 
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Michael O. 
Callaghan, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, 
Charleston; Kenneth A. Colburn, New Hampshire Department of 
Environmental Services, Concord; David Ouimette, Colorado Department of 
Public Health and the Environment, Denver; and Brock M. Nicholson, 
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 
Raleigh.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, November 15.
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on legislative proposals to promote infrastructure security, chemical 
site security, and economic recovery for the city of New York, after 
receiving testimony from Michael D. Brown, Acting Deputy Director, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency; F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner, 
Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration; David A. 
Sampson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; 
Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Herbert L. 
Mitchell, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance, Small 
Business Administration; and Marianne L. Horinko, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 942, to authorize the supplemental grant for population increases 
in certain states under the temporary assistance to needy families 
program for fiscal year 2002; and
  The nomination of Jo Anne Barnhart, of Delaware, to be Commissioner 
of Social Security.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 721, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Nurse 
Corps and recruitment and retention strategies to address the nursing 
shortage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1597, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish programs 
to alleviate the nursing profession shortage, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1094, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
research, information, and education with respect to blood cancer, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Edith Brown Clement, of Louisiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, M. Christina Armijo, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, Karon O. Bowdre, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama, Stephen P. Friot, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Oklahoma, Larry R. Hicks, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Nevada; and Juan Carlos Benitez, of 
Puerto Rico, to be Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair 
Employment Practices, Sharee M. Freeman, of Virginia, to be Director, 
Community Relations Service, Leura Garrett Canary, to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, Paul K. Charlton, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Jeffrey Gilbert 
Collins, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, William S. Duffey, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Georgia, Dunn Lampton, to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Alice Howze Martin, 
to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 
William Walter Mercer, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Montana, Thomas E. Moss, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of Idaho, J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., to be the United States Attorney for 
the District of South Carolina, Maxwell Wood, to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, and Drew Howard Wrigley, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, all of 
the Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Wednesday, October 31, committee 
held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from 
officials of the intelligence community.