[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1113-D1114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENSURING DOMESTIC SECURITY
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Ensuring Domestic Security: 
Issues and Potential Costs,. Testimony was heard from David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General, GAO; and the following members of the U.S. 
Commission on National Security/21st Century: former Speaker Newt 
Gingrich, State of Georgia; and former Representative Lee H. Hamilton, 
State of Indiana.
FTC--CHALLENGES FACING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Challenges Facing the 
Federal Trade Commission.'' Testimony was heard from Timothy J. Muris, 
Chairman, FTC.
PHYSICAL SECURITY--NIH AND CDC FACILITIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``HHS Inspector General's Review 
of Physical Security at NIH and CDC Facilities.'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human 
Services: Janet Rehnquist, Inspector General; Virginia Bales, Deputy 
Director, Program Management, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; and Stephen A. Ficca, Associate Director, Research 
Services, NIH.
TERRORISM RISK PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered Reported, as amended, H.R. 
3210.
DOD MEDICAL READINESS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs, and International Relations hearing on ``Chemical and 
Biological Defense: DoD Medical Readiness.'' Testimony was heard from 
Nancy Kingsbury, Managing Director, Applied Research and Methods, GAO; 
and William

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Winkenwerder, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs, Department of 
Defense.
AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Future of 
Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ANTI-HOAX TERRORISM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on 
H.R. 3209, Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Justice: James F. Jarboe, 
Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, Domestic Terrorism, FBI; and 
James Reynolds, Chief, Terrorism and Violent Crime Section, Criminal 
Division.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, the following 
bills: H.R. 2828, Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and Maintenance 
Refund Act of 2001; and H.R. 3208, to authorize funding through the 
Secretary of the Interior for the implementation of a comprehensive 
program in California to achieve increased water yield and 
environmental benefits, as well as improved water system reliability, 
water quality, water use efficiency, watershed management, water 
transfers, and levee protection..
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on the views and vision of the Under Secretary, 
Natural Resources and Environment, Department of the Interior. 
Testimony was heard from Mark Rey, Under Secretary, Natural Resources 
and Environment, Department of the Interior.
CONFERENCE REPORT--VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany 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, and against its consideration . The rule provides 
that the conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Walsh and Mollohan.
SPACE STATION TASK FORCE REPORT
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on the Space Station Task Force 
Report. Testimony was heard from Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Director, OMB; 
and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following bills: H.R. 525, amended, Preparedness Against Domestic 
Terrorism Act of 2001; H.R. 2841, to designate the building located at 
1 Federal Plaza in New York, New York the ``James L. Watson United 
States Court of International Trade Building;'' H.R. 2972, to designate 
the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 550 West 
Fort Street in Boise, Idaho, as the ``James A. McClure Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 3093, to designate the Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 501 Bell Street in 
Alton, Illinois, as the ``William L. Beatty Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse;'' H.R. 2546, Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 
2001; H.R. 2776, to designate buildings 315, 318, and 319 located at 
the Federal Aviation Administration's William J. Hughes Technical 
Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg 
Aviation Security Complex;'' S. 378, to redesignate the Federal 
building located at 3348 South Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois, as 
the ``Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center.''
  The Committee also approved miscellaneous public building 
resolutions.
RETIREMENT SECURITY ADVICE ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 2269, 
Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001.

Joint Meetings
AVIATION SECURITY
Conferees met and began to resolve the differences between the Senate 
and House passed versions of S. 1447, to improve aviation security, but 
did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.