[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 157 (Wednesday, November 14, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1140-D1143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NEW FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee met and 
approved Title IV (Nutrition Programs) of S. 1628, to strengthen the 
safety net for agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation 
and rural development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural 
research, nutrition, and related programs, to ensure consumers abundant 
food and fiber.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine emergency operations planning and 
response in the metropolitan Washington area, focusing on a request for 
emergency supplemental funding, after receiving testimony from Mayor 
Anthony A. Williams, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Margaret Nedelkoff 
Kellems, Linda W. Cropp, Chair of the District of Columbia Council, 
Chief Charles Ramsey, Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Ronnie Few, 
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, Ivan C. Walks, 
Director, Department of Health, Peter LaPorte, Director, Emergency 
Management Services Agency, Richard A. White, General Manager, 
Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, and Michael Rogers, Executive 
Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, all of the 
Government of the District of Columbia.
HAWALA
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance concluded hearings to examine informal 
banking systems, focusing on hawala--an informal structure referring a 
creditor to a third party to receive his/her money, and the potential 
for abuse of this particular system in terrorist financing, drug 
trafficking, alien smuggling, and tax evasion, after receiving 
testimony from James F. Sloan, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, and John Varrone, Assistant Commissioner, Office of 
Investigations, U.S. Customs Service, both of the Department of the 
Treasury; Tarik M. Yousef, Georgetown University School of Foreign 
Service Department of Economics, Washington, D.C.; Patrick Jost, SRA 
International Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; and Rahim Bariek, Bariek 
Money Transfer.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Kathleen Burton Clarke, of Utah, to be Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Hatch and Bennett, testified 
and answered questions in her own behalf.
FOREST FIRE PREVENTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests held hearings to examine the investigative report of the 
Thirtymile Fire accident in the State of Washington and the prevention 
of future fire fatalities, receiving testimony from Representative Doc 
Hastings; Dale Bosworth, Chief, and Jerry Williams, Director, Aviation 
and Fire Management, both of the Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Paul Gleason, Colorado State University, Fort Collins; 
Philip Schaenman, TriData Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; and Ken 
Weaver, Yakima, Washington.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water concluded oversight hearings to examine national 
water supply issues, focusing on regional differences of water 
shortages, potential causes for shortages, how federal programs work to 
ensure that state and local governments are dealing with water supply 
needs, and programs to facilitate an efficient and effective federal 
role in water supply, after receiving testimony from Mike Parker, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; John Keys, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, and Robert M. Hirsch, Assistant 
Director for Water, U.S. Geological Survey, both of the Department of 
the Interior; Thomas A.Weber, Deputy Chief for Programs, Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; Michael B. 
Cook, Director of the Office of Water Quality, Environmental Protection 
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Jay L. Rutherford, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, 
Waterbury, on behalf of the Association of State Drinking Water 
Administrators; Ane D. Deister, Metropolitan Water District of Southern 
California, Los Angeles; Kenneth Frederick, Resources for the Future, 
Washington, D.C.; and Leland L. Mink, University of Idaho Water 
Resources Research Institute, Moscow.
CHEMICAL SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment concluded hearings on S.1602, to 
help protect the public against the threat of chemical attacks, after 
receiving testimony from Robert C. Shinn, Jr., New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection, Trenton; Frederick L. Webber, American 
Chemistry Council, Rosslyn, Virginia; Paul Orum, Working Group on 
Community Right-to-Know, and Rena Steinzor, National Resources Defense 
Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and William Stanley, Deepwater 
Chemicals, Woodward, Oklahoma, on behalf of the Synthetic Organic 
Chemical Manufacturers Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business meetings:
  An original bill to authorize appropriations under the Arms Export 
Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security 
assistance for fiscal years 2002 and 2003;
  S. Res. 174, expressing appreciation to the United Kingdom for its 
solidarity and leadership as an ally of the United States and 
reaffirming the special relationship between the two countries;
  International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 
adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 15, 1997, 
and signed on behalf of the United States of America on January 12, 
1998 (Treaty Doc. 106-6), with 2 reservations, 3 understandings, and 3 
conditions;
  Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the 
International Registration of Marks adopted at Madrid June 27, 1989, 
entered into force on December 1, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 106-41), with 1 
understanding, 4 declarations, and 2 conditions;
  International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of 
Terrorism adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 
1999, and signed on behalf of the United States of America on January 
10, 2000 (Treaty Doc. 106-49), with 2 reservations, 2 understandings, 
and 3 conditions; and
  The nominations of George L. Argyros, Sr., of California, to be 
Ambassador to Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, Robert M. Beecroft, of Maryland, 
a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Head of Mission, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(OSCE), Bosnia and Herzegovina, J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to 
be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Lyons Brown, Jr., of 
Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, Raymond F. 
Burghardt, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam, Christopher Bancroft Burnham, of Connecticut, to be Chief 
Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Resource Management, 
Department of State, Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, a Career Member of 
the Foreign Service, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Jose A. Fourquet, of New Jersey, to be United States 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, Charles 
Lawrence Greenwood, Jr., of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Coordinator for Asia Pacific 
Economic Cooperation (APEC), William J. Hybl, of Colorado, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-sixth 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Darryl Norman 
Johnson, of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Thailand, Ernest L. Johnson, of Louisiana, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-sixth 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Nancy Cain 
Marcus, of Texas, to be an Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America to the Fifty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, John Marshall, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Management, United States Agency for International 
Development, Stephan Michael Minikes, of the District of Columbia, to 
be U. S. Representative to the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, William D. 
Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Yugoslavia, Constance Berry Newman, of Illinois, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Africa, United States Agency for 
International Development, Cynthia Shepard Perry, of Texas, to be 
United States Director of the African Development Bank, Charles Lester 
Pritchard, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as Special Envoy for Negotiations with the Democratic People's 
Republic of Korea (DPRK) and United

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States Representative to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
Organization (KEDO), Melvin F. Sembler, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
Italy, Ronald Weiser, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Slovak 
Republic, and certain Foreign Service Officer Promotion lists received 
in the Senate on October 16, 2001.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, to be Director, and 
Josephine K. Olsen, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director, both of the 
Peace Corps, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Vasquez was introduced by Senator Boxer and 
Representatives Cox and Sanchez, and Ms. Olsen was introduced by 
Senator Hatch. Testimony was also received from Jack Hoodvaughn, former 
Director, Peace Corps.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 1498, to provide that Federal employees, members of the foreign 
service, members of the uniformed services, family members and 
dependents of such employees and members, and other individuals may 
retain for personal use promotional items received as a result of 
official Government travel;
  H.R. 2456, to provide that Federal employees, members of the foreign 
service, members of the uniformed services, family members and 
dependents of such employees and members, and other individuals may 
retain for personal use promotional items received as a result of 
official Government travel, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1382, to amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to redesignate 
the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 
as the Family Court of the Superior Court, to recruit and retain 
trained and experienced judges to serve in the Family Court, and to 
promote consistency and efficiency in the assignment of judges to the 
Family Court and in the consideration of actions and proceedings in the 
Family Court, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2657, to amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to 
redesignate the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia as the Family Court of the Superior Court, to recruit and 
retain trained and experienced judges to serve in the Family Court, and 
to promote consistency and efficiency in the assignment of judges to 
the Family Court and in the consideration of actions and proceedings in 
the Family Court, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1499, to amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 
1999 to permit individuals who graduated from a secondary school prior 
to 1998 and individuals who enroll in an institution of higher 
education more than 3 years after graduating from a secondary school to 
participate in the tuition assistance programs under such Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2199, to amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 to permit any Federal law 
enforcement agency to enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to assist 
the Department in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement 
activities in the District of Columbia if deemed appropriate by the 
Chief of the Department and the United States Attorney for the District 
of Columbia;
  H.R. 2061, to amend the charter of Southeastern University of the 
District of Columbia;
  S. 1271, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, for the 
purpose of facilitating compliance by small business concerns with 
certain Federal paperwork requirements, and to establish a task force 
to examine the feasibility of streamlining paperwork requirements 
applicable to small business concerns, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  H.R. 2336, to make permanent the authority to redact financial 
disclosure statements of judicial employees and judicial officers;
  H.R. 2559, to amend chapter 90 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to Federal long-term care insurance;
  S. 1184/H.R. 2261, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2853 Candler Road in Decatur, Georgia, as the 
``Earl T. Shinhoster Post Office'';
  S. 1381/H.R. 2454, to redesignate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5472 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ``Congressmen Julian C. Dixon Post Office 
Building'';
  H.R. 1766, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4270 John Marr Drive in Annandale, Virginia, as the 
``Stan Parris Post Office Building'';
  S. 737, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 811 South Main Street in Yerington, Nevada, as the ``Joseph 
E. Dini, Jr. Post Office''; and
  The nomination of Odessa F. Vincent, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

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AIRPORT SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded joint hearings 
with the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia to examine aviation security 
measure improvements that have been implemented since terrorist attacks 
on September 11, 2001, and improvements that still need to be made, 
after receiving testimony from Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal 
Aviation Administration, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both 
of the Department of Transportation; Bruce E. Carter, Quad City 
International Airport, Moline, Illinois; Jacqueline Mathes, United 
Airlines, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Association of Flight 
Attendants, AFL-CIO; Marianne McInerney, National Business Travel 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Duane E. Woerth, Northwest 
Airlines, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Air Line Pilots 
Association, International.
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services held hearings on S. 673, 
to establish within the executive branch of the Government an 
interagency committee to review and coordinate United States 
nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet 
Union, and to examine certain other United States non-proliferation 
programs designed to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction and reduce the threat to national security, receiving 
testimony from Senator Hagel; Gary L. Jones, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; and Laura S. H. 
Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Leonard S. Spector, Monterey 
Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 
both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES: BIOMETRICS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the availability 
of security related equipment and the status of the development of 
future technologies to prevent terrorism, focusing on applied 
biometrics (the statistical study of biological phenomena), including 
an integrated automated fingerprint identification system, and facial 
and iris recognition technology, after receiving testimony from Michael 
D. Kirkpatrick, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Criminal Justice 
Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; Monte R. Belger, Acting Deputy Administrator, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Joseph 
J. Atick, Visionics Corporation, Jersey City, New Jersey; Joanna Lau, 
Lau Technologies/VIISAGE Technology, Littleton, Massachusetts; Valerie 
J. Lyons, Identix Incorporated, Los Gatos, California; William Willis, 
Iridian Technologies, Inc., Moorestown, New Jersey; Martin Huddart, 
Recognition Systems, Inc., Campbell, California; and Richard Haddock, 
Drexler Technology Corporation/LaserCard Systems Corporation, Mountain 
View, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.