[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D345-D348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and Judiciary held a hearing on SEC, and on FCC. Testimony was heard 
from Harvey Pitts, Chairman, SEC; and Michael Powell, Chairman, FCC.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held an oversight 
hearing on Energy Research-Measuring Success. Testimony was heard from 
Mark W. Everson, Controller, OMB; the following officials of the 
Department of Energy: Carl Michael Smith, Assistant Secretary, Fossil 
Energy; and David K.

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Garman, Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; 
and a public witness.
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on Department of Education 
Panel: Foundations for Learning. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Education: Susan B. Neuman, Assistant 
Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; Robert H. Pasternack, 
Assistant Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitation Services; 
Grover J. Whitehurst, Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and 
Improvement; and Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, Administration on 
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Ray Dubois, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Installations and Environment; and Dov S. Zakheim, Under 
Secretary and Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on the Transportation Security Administration. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Transportation: 
Michael Jackson, Deputy Secretary; and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector 
General; and public witnesses.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session to continue hearings 
on the Transportation Security Administration. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Transportation: Stephen 
McHale, Deputy Under Secretary, Security; Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector 
General; and Adm. James M. Loy, USCG, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICES, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government held a hearing on Secretary of the Treasury. 
Testimony was heard from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on NASA. Testimony was heard from Sean O'Keefe, 
Administrator, NASA.
MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Creating a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Assessing 
Efforts to Help America's Low-Income Seniors.'' Testimony was heard 
from Mark McClellan, M.D., member, Council of Economic Advisers; and 
public witnesses.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT REFORM ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
3717, Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2002.
AIDS--CHILDREN IN AFRICA
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on AIDS Orphans 
and Vulnerable Children in Africa: Identifying the Best Practices for 
Care, Treatment, and Prevention. Testimony was heard from Anne 
Peterson, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, AID, 
Department of State; Ken Casey, Special Representative to the President 
for HIV/AIDS; and public witnesses.
NATO FUTURE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe held a 
hearing on The Future of NATO and Enlargement. Testimony was heard from 
Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick, former Ambassador to the United Nations, 
Department of State; Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, USA, (Ret.) former 
Director of NSA, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2623, 
Posthumous Citizenship Restoration Act of 2001; H.R. 3214, to amend the 
chapter of the AMVETS organization; H.R. 3838, to amend the charter of 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make 
members of the armed forces who receive special pay for duty subject to 
hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for membership in the 
organization; H.R. 3988, to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American Legion; 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.

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  The Subcommittee also approved private relief bills.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
103, Tribal Sovereignty Protection Act; H.R. 3534, Cherokee, Choctaw, 
and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement Act; and H.R. 3476, to protect 
certain lands held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians from condemnation until a final decision is made by the 
Secretary of the Interior regarding a pending fee to trust application 
for that land. Testimony was heard from Representative Issa; Jim 
Brulte, Senator, State of California; Wayne Smith, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 3558, Species Protection and Conservation of the 
Environment Act; H.R. 3908, amended, North American Wetlands 
Conservation Reauthorization Act; and H.R. 4044, amended, authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the State of 
Maryland for implementation of a program to eradicate nutria and 
restore marshland damaged by nutria.
MOTION TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE FAIRNESS 
FOR FOSTER CARE FAMILIES ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 6 to 3, a rule providing for 
a motion offered by the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means or 
his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 586, 
Fairness for Foster Care Families Act of 2001, with the amendment 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying the 
resolution. The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment. The 
rule provides 1 hour of debate in the House equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Ways and Means. Finally, the rule provides that the previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to final adoption 
without intervening motion or demand for division of the question. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Thomas and Representatives Rangel, 
Tanner, Turner and Phelps.
CLIMATE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES--NEW DIRECTIONS
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on New Directions for Climate 
Research and Technology Initiatives. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
4231, Small Business Advocacy Improvement Act; H.R. 2867, Small 
Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2001; and S. 174, amended, 
Microloan Program Improvement Act of 2001.
HOW TRANSIT SERVES AND BENEFITS U.S. COMMUNITIES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing on How Transit Serves and Benefits 
U.S. Communities. Testimony was hearing on Jenna Dorn, Administrator, 
Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation; JayEtta 
Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WATER RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT ACT PROPOSALS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment continued oversight hearings on Proposals for 
a Water Resources Development Act of 2002. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Matsui, Tauzin, Visclosky, Woolsey, Underwood, Shimkus, 
Carson of Indiana, Crowley, Gonzalez and Acevedo-Vila.
INTEGRATING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS INTO MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on Integrating Prescription 
Drugs into Medicare. Testimony was heard from Tommy G. Thompson, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; David M. Walker, Comptroller 
General, GAO; and public witnesses.
WATER QUALITY FINANCING ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3930, 
Water Quality Financing Act of 2002.
BRIEFING--U.S. INTELLIGENCE RELATIONSHIPS--PARTIES IN ISRAELI-
PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a briefing regarding U.S. intelligence relationships with parties 
in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental briefers.

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NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Testimony was 
heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
MONETARY POLICY/ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
monetary policy and economic outlook in the context of the current 
economic situation, focusing on the economic rebound now underway, 
after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of 
Governors, Federal Reserve System.