[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 171 (Tuesday, December 11, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1234-D1235]
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 Armed Services: Committee met to discuss the status of the 
conference on S. 1438, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2002, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, 
to be First Vice President, and J. Joseph Grandmaison, of New 
Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., 
of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
Palau, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the local role in homeland security, focusing on the federal 
government's role in preparedness assessment and planning, and in 
providing resources necessary to local areas for terrorism defense, 
after receiving testimony from Mayor Marc H. Morial, New Orleans, 
Louisiana, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Joseph 
E. Tinkham II, Maine Department of Defense Veterans and Emergency 
Management, Augusta; Jay Fisette, Arlington County Board, Arlington, 
Virginia; Javier Gonzales, Santa Fe County Commission, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Michael C. 
Caldwell, Dutchess County Department of Health, Dutchess County, New 
York, on behalf of the National Association of County and City Health 
Officials; Richard J. Sheirer, New York City Mayor's Office of 
Emergency Management, New York, New York; John D. White, Jr., Tennessee 
Emergency Management Agency, Nashville, on behalf of the State 
Government of Tennessee; William B. Berger, International Association 
of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, Virginia; and Michael J. Crouse, 
International Association of Fire Fighters, Washington, D.C.
HOMELAND DEFENSE--LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded hearings on S. 1615, to provide for the 
sharing of certain

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foreign intelligence information with local law enforcement personnel, 
after receiving testimony from Mayor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore, 
Maryland; Chuck Canterbury, Horry County Police Department, Myrtle 
Beach, South Carolina, on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police; Jon 
J. Greiner, Utah Chief's of Police Association, Ogden; and Bernard B. 
Kerik, New York, New York.