[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 173 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1252-D1253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
[D13DE1-B40]D1252 NUCLEAR WE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[D13DE1-B41]D1252 Committee
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded open and 
closed hearings to examine the security of United States nuclear weapons and 
nuclear weapons facilities, focusing on effective intelligence gathering, 
system vulnerability assessments, and responsive improvement programs and 
communication, after receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Franklin J. 
Blaisdell, USAF, Director, Nuclear Operations and Counterproliferation 
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations; Brig. Gen. 
Ronald Haeckel, USAF, Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, 
National Nuclear Security Administration; Rear Adm. Dennis M. Dwyer, USN, 
Director, Strategic Systems Programs Office; and Linton Wells II, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, 
and Intelligence.
[D13DE1-B42]D1252 COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
[D13DE1-B43]D1252 Committee
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine housing and community development needs in America, 
focusing on providing a mortgage cut rate for National Guardsmen and 
Reservists called to active duty, relief on FHA insured mortgages for the 
victims families of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and for New York City's 
economic recovery, after receiving testimony from Mel Martinez, Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
[D13DE1-B44]D1252 CAMPAIGN A
CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM
[D13DE1-B45]D1252 Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Central Asia and South 
Caucasus concluded hearings to examine contributions of central Asian 
nations to the campaign against terrorism, including basing facilities for 
U.S. and allied forces, over-flight rights, intelligence sharing, and use of 
airports for military and humanitarian activities in Afghanistan, after 
receiving testimony from Elizabeth A. Jones, Assistant Secretary of State 
for European Affairs; and S. Frederick Starr, Johns Hopkins University Nitze 
School of Advanced International Studies Central Asia and Caucasus 
Institute, and Fiona Hill, Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
[D13DE1-B46]D1252 RAILROAD S
RAILROAD SAFETY
[D13DE1-B47]D1252 Committee
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the security status of U.S. passenger and transit rail infrastructure, 
focusing on counter-terrorism equipment, security related training programs, 
and technologies capable of detecting chemical and biological agents on 
transit systems, after receiving testimony from Jennifer L. Dorn, 
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation; 
Ernest R. Fraizer, Sr., National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); 
Dorothy W. Dugger, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, San 
Francisco, California; Jeffrey A. Warsh, New Jersey Transit Corporation, 
Newark; Richard A. White, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 
Washington, D.C.; and Trixie Johnson, San Jose State University Mineta 
Transportation Institute, San Jose, California.
[D13DE1-B48]D1252 BUSINESS M
BUSINESS MEETING
[D13DE1-B49]D1252 Committee
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
[D13DE1-B50]D1252 H.R. 1892,
  H.R. 1892, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the 
original sponsor has died and the Attorney General has determined for 
humanitarian reasons that the original sponsor's classification petition 
should not be revoked, with an amendment;
[D13DE1-B51]D1252 H.R. 2277,
  H.R. 2277, to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of 
treaty traders and treaty investors;
[D13DE1-B52]D1252 H.R. 2278,
  H.R. 2278, to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of 
intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which 
certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before 
applying for admission to the United States;
[D13DE1-B53]D1252 H.R. 1840,
  H.R. 1840, to extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and 
daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees;
[D13DE1-B54]D1252 H.R. 861,
  H.R. 861, to make technical amendments to section 10 of title 9, United 
States Code;
[D13DE1-B55]D1252 H.R. 2048,
  H.R. 2048, to require a report on the operations of the State Justice 
Institute;
[D13DE1-B56]D1252 S.J. Res.
  S.J. Res. 8, designating 2002 as the ``Year of the Rose'';
[D13DE1-B57]D1252 S.J. Res.
  S.J. Res. 13, conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Paul 
Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, also known as the Marquis de Lafayette; and
[D13DE1-B58]D1253 The nomina

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  The nominations of Callie V. Granade, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Alabama, Marcia S. Krieger, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, James C. Mahan, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Nevada, Philip R. Martinez, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, C. Ashley 
Royal, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Georgia, and Michael A. Battle, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of New York, Christopher James Christie, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Harry E. Cummins III, to be United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, David Preston York, to 
be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Mauricio J. 
Tamargo, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission of the United States, and Dwight MacKay, of Montana, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Montana, all of the Department of 
Justice.
[D13DE1-B59]D1253 HOMELAND D
HOMELAND DEFENSE
[D13DE1-B60]D1253 Committee
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the protection of our 
homeland against terror, focusing on policy, planning, and resource 
allocation responsibilities coordination, future operational solutions which 
balance apportionment of forces nationally and abroad, and local, state, and 
federal interagency cooperation improvement, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Bond; Lt. Gen. Frank G. Libutti, USMC (Ret.), Special Assistant to 
the Interim Department of Defense Executive Agent for Homeland Security; Lt. 
Gen. Russell C. Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Richard 
C. Alexander, NGAUS (Ret.), Executive Director, National Guard Association 
of the United States; and Maj. Gen. Paul D. Monroe, Jr., Adjutant General, 
California National Guard.