[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 13, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D95-D97]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on active and reserve military and civilian 
personnel programs, after receiving testimony from David S. C. Chu, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Reginald J. Brown, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; William A. 
Navas, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs; Michael L. Dominguez, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs; SMA Jack L. Tilley, USA, Sergeant Major of the 
Army; SM Alford L. McMichael, USMC, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; 
MCPON James L. Herdt, USN, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy; CMSGT 
Frederick J. Finch, USAF, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force; Craig W. 
Duehring, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve 
Affairs; Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, ANG, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. 
Gen. Craig Bambrough, USAR, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve 
Command; VADM John B. Totushek, USNR, Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve Force; 
Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III, USAF, Chief, Air Force Reserve; and Lt. Gen. 
Dennis M. McCarthy, USMCR, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve.

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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2003 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving 
testimony from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; 
Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington, D.C.; 
Joseph F. Reilly, JP Morgan Chase Community Development Group, New York, New 
York, on behalf of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders; 
and Thomas L. Jones, Habitat for Humanity International, Americus, Georgia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered unfavorably reported S.J. Res. 
31, suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 258(a)(2) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing 
on the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Paul Wolfowitz, 
Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
EPA 2003 BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Christine 
Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill 
establishing Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002.
SECTORAL TRADE DISPUTES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine sectoral trade 
disputes concerning lumber and steel, focusing on open and fair competition 
in international markets, receiving testimony from Grant D. Aldonas, Under 
Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Peter Allgeier, Deputy United 
States Trade Representative; Bobby Rayburn, National Association of Home 
Builders, Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife, and Jon E. Jenson, 
Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; W. J. 
Wood, Tolleson Lumber Company, Perry, Georgia, on behalf of the Coalition 
for Fair Lumber Imports; Thomas J. Usher, United States Steel Corporation, 
and Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, both of Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Daniel R. DiMicco, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, North 
Carolina; Gary C. Hill, National Metalwares, Aurora, Illinois, on behalf of 
the Emergency Committee for American Trade; and Joseph Cannon, Geneva Steel, 
Vineyard, Utah.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
HIV/AIDS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
bilateral and multilateral responses to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, 
focusing on new prevention tools including microbicides, treatment and care 
of people living with HIV/AIDS, and mitigation of current and future social 
and economic impacts of the epidemic, after receiving testimony from Tommy 
G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Andrew Natsios, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; Paula J. 
Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Peter Piot, UNAIDS, 
Geneva, Switzerland; Princeton Lyman, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C., on 
behalf of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Task Force on 
HIV/AIDS; Sunanda Ray, Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination 
Service, Harare, Zimbabwe; and Peter Okaalet, Medical Assistance Program 
International, Nairobi, Kenya.
DIAMOND TRADE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to 
examine the implementation and enforcement of the Kimberly Process Agreement 
(to ban the source of income from illicit diamonds), after receiving 
testimony from Senators DeWine, Feingold, and Gregg; John E. Leigh, 
Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the United States; Joseph H. Melrose, Jr., 
former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone; Loren Yager, Director, International 
Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office; Alan W. Eastham, Special 
Negotiator for Conflict Diamonds, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, 
Department of State; Timothy Skud, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Regulatory, Tariff, and Trade Enforcement; and James 
Mendenhall, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Trade Representative.
GENETIC DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the existing laws and proposed legislation necessary to 
protect genetic information, in order to prevent genetic discrimination that 
may lead to loss of health insurance or employment discrimination, including 
S. 318/S. 382, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic 
information with respect to health insurance, after receiving testimony from 
Cari M. Dominguez, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Bobby 
P. Jindal, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and 
Evaluation; Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families, 
Joanne L. Hustead,

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Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Andrew 
J. Imparato, American Association of People with Disabilities, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Ronald L. Adler, Laurden Associates, Inc., Potomac, 
Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1857, 
to Encourage the Negotiated Settlement of Tribal Claims.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the 
implementation and reauthorization of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA), after receiving testimony from Michael 
Liu, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Office of 
Public and Indian Housing; Kelsey A. Begaye, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, 
Arizona; Robert Gauthier, Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority, Pablo, 
Montana; Chester Carl, Coalition for Indian Housing and Development, 
Washington, D.C.; and Joe Garcia, National Congress of American Indians, San 
Juan Pueblo, New Mexico.
BASEBALL ANTITRUST EXEMPTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the 
application of federal antitrust laws to Major League Baseball, receiving 
testimony from Senators Wellstone, Nelson, and Dayton; Florida Attorney 
General Bob Butterworth, Tallahassee; Minnesota Deputy Attorney General Lori 
R. Swanson, St. Paul; Robert A. DuPuy, Major League Baseball, and Donald M. 
Fehr, Major League Baseball Players Association, both of New York, New York; 
and Stanley M. Brand, Minor League Baseball, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
CYBER TERROR ATTACK
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts met to receive a briefing on issues surrounding potential threats of 
cyber terror attacks from Richard A. Clarke, Special Advisor to the 
President for Cyberspace Security, and Chairman of the President's 
Infrastructure Board.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters, made no announcements, and recessed 
subject to call.
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