[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 34 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D279-D281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--D.C. COURTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, 
after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Jasper Ormond, Interim Director, Court Services and 
Offender Supervision Agency, Cynthia E. Jones, Director, Public 
Defender Service, Rufus G. King III, Chief Judge, Superior Court, and 
Annice M. Wagner, Chair, Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, 
all of the District of Columbia.
APPROPRIATIONS--NIH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the National Institutes of Health of 
the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony 
from Ruth L. Kirschstein, Acting Director, National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
CARGO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded 
hearings to examine how the Department of Transportation will work with 
state and local authorities in order to face security challenges 
presented by transportation of cargo by air, sea, and land, after 
receiving testimony from John Magaw, Under Secretary for Security, 
RAdm. Paul J. Pluta, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and 
Environmental Protection, Joseph Clapp, Administrator, Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, Allan Rutter, Administrator, Federal 
Railroad Administration, Ellen G. Engleman, Administrator, Research and 
Special Programs Administration, and Cpt. Christopher McMahon, Special 
Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation, on behalf of the Maritime 
Administration, all of the Department of Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded open and closed hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, 
focusing on U.S. Armed Forces readiness for all assigned missions, 
after receiving testimony from Paul W. Mayberry, Deputy Under Secretary 
of Defense for Readiness; Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Newbold, USMC, Director 
of Operations (J-3), Joint chiefs of Staff; Lt. Gen. David D. 
McKiernan, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G3, Operations and Plans, United 
States Army; Lt. Gen. Emil R. Bedard, USMC, Deputy Commandant for 
Plans, Policy, and Operations, Headquarters, United States Marine 
Corps; Lt. Gen. Charles F. Wald, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air 
and Space Operations, Headquarters, United States Air Force; and RAdm. 
Joseph J. Krol, Jr., USN, Director, Navy Plans, Policy, and Operations, 
Chief of Naval Operations.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues 
raised by the fall of the Enron Corporation and by other public 
companies, focusing on oversight and regulation of the accounting 
profession, and the potential need for a more responsive federal 
securities law, receiving testimony from Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original concurrent resolution, setting forth the fiscal years 2003-
2012 budget for the Federal Government.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Robert Watson Cobb, of Maryland, 
to be Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
Vice Adm. Thomas H. Collins, to be Commandant, United States Coast 
Guard, Department of Transportation, James R. Mahoney, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and 
certain nominations for promotion in the Unites States Coast Guard.
CHICAGO AIRPORT CAPACITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine airport capacity expansion plans in the Chicago 
area, focusing on runway construction, and the reduction of aircraft 
noise, after receiving testimony from Senators Bayh, Durbin, and 
Grassley; Representatives Hyde, Kirk, Manzullo, and Visclosky; Woodie 
Woodward,

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Associate Administrator for Airports, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Illinois Governor George H. Ryan, and 
Kirk Brown, Illinois Secretary of Transportation, Springfield; Chicago 
Mayor Richard M. Daley, John Harris, Chicago Department of Aviation, 
and Sam Skinner, U.S. Freightways, all of Chicago, Illinois; and John 
Geils, Suburban O'Hare Commission, Bensenville, Illinois.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of 
Randal Quarles, of Utah, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for International Affairs, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
CORPORATE TAX SHELTERS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation 
that would enhance the corporate tax shelter regulations implemented by 
the Department of Treasury in 2000 by providing a protection from 
penalties in order to encourage disclosure of potentially abusive 
transactions, after receiving testimony from B. John Williams, Chief 
Counsel, and Larry R. Langdon, Commissioner, Large and Mid-Size 
Business Division, both of the Internal Revenue Service, and Mark A. 
Weinberger, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, all of the Department 
of the Treasury.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following bills:
  H.R. 169, to require that Federal agencies be accountable for 
violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws, 
with amendments;
  S. 803, to enhance the management and promotion of electronic 
Government services and processes by establishing a Federal Chief 
Information Officer within the Office of Management and Budget, and by 
establishing a broad framework of measures that require using Internet-
based information technology to enhance citizen access to Government 
information and services, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1867, to establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 
Upon the United States, with an amendment;
  S. 1811, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) to streamline the financial disclosure process for executive 
branch employees, with an amendment;
  S. 1822, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain 
catchup contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan to be made by 
participants age 50 or over;
  H.R. 577, to amend title 44, United States Code, to require any 
organization that is established for the purpose of raising funds for 
creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a 
Presidential archival depository or any facilities relating to a 
Presidential archival depository to disclose the sources and amounts of 
any funds raised;
  H.R. 2305, to require certain Federal officials with responsibility 
for the administration of the criminal justice system of the District 
of Columbia to serve on and participate in the activities of the 
District of Columbia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council;
  S. Res. 187, commending the staffs of Members of Congress, the 
Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician and his health 
care staff, and other members of the Capitol Hill community for their 
courage and professionalism during the days and weeks following the 
release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office, with an amendment;
  H. Con. Res. 339, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the 
Bureau of the Census on the 100th anniversary of its establishment;
  S. 1222, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 89 River Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, as the 
``Frank Sinatra Post Office Building'';
  S. 1892, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer Park, New York, as the 
``Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3379, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer Park, New York, as the 
``Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building'';
  S. 1906, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3698 Inner Perimeter Road in Valdosta, Georgia, as 
the ``Major Lyn McIntosh Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1748, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 805 Glen Burnie Road in Richmond, Virginia, as the 
``Tom Bliley Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1749, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 685 Turnberry Road in Newport News, Virginia, as the 
``Herbert H. Bateman Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2577, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 310 South State Street in St. Ignace, Michigan, as 
the ``Bob Davis Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2876, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located in Harlem, Montana, as the ``Francis Bardanouve United 
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  H.R. 2910, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia, as 
the ``Norman Sisisky Post Office Building''; and
  H.R. 3072, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 125 Main Street in Forest City, North Carolina, as 
the ``Vernon Tarlton Post Office Building''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 1992, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve 
diversification of plan assets for participants in individual account 
plans, to improve disclosure, account access, and accountability under 
individual account plans, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 1335, to support business incubation in academic settings, with an 
amendment.
DISABILITIES ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held 
hearings to examine the implementation of the Individuals With 
Disabilities Act, as it applies to children and schools, receiving 
testimony from Robert H. Pasternack, Assistant Secretary of Education 
for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Lilliam Rangel-Diaz, 
National Council on Disability, Washington, DC; Bob Vaadeland, 
Minnewaska Area Schools, Glenwood, Minnesota; Robert Runkel, Montana 
Office of Public Instruction/Division of Special Education, Helena; Kim 
Goodrich Ratcliffe, Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri; and 
Valerie Findley, Des Moines, Iowa.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
FBI REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1974, to 
make needed reforms in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to 
examine the Department of Justice Inspector General report regarding 
records, information, and technology management issues addressed after 
the handling of the Oklahoma City bombing investigation, after 
receiving testimony from Robert J. Chiaradio, Executive Assistant 
Director, Bob E. Dies, Chief Technology Officer, and Bill Hooten, 
Assistant Director for Records Management, all of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, all of the 
Department of Justice.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded 
hearings on S. 924, to provide reliable officers, technology, 
education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods, 
and to examine the funding needs of state and local law enforcement 
programs to meet the demands of homeland defense, including the 
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, after receiving 
testimony from Mayor Patrick Henry Hays, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 
on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Glenda E. 
Hood, Orlando, Florida, on behalf of the National League of Cities; 
Michael J. Szczerba, Wilmington Department of Police, Wilmington, 
Delaware; William J. Johnson, National Association of Police 
Organizations, and David B. Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation Center for 
Data Analysis, both of Washington, DC; and Tommy Ferrell, Adams County 
Sheriff's Department, Natchez, Mississippi, on behalf of the National 
Sheriff's Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Robert H. Roswell, of Florida, to be Under Secretary 
for Health, and Daniel L. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary for Benefits, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs.