[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 44 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D357-D359]
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 Bureau of Prisons. Testimony was heard 
from Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director, Bureau of Prisons, Department of 
Justice.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held 
a hearing on Economic Development. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the District of Columbia: Eric Price, Deputy 
Mayor, Planning and Economic Development; Stanley Jackson, Director, 
Department of Housing and Community Development, and Michael Kelly, 
Director, Housing Authority; John M. Derrick, Jr., Chairman, Greater 
Washington Board of Trade; the following officials of the National 
Capital Revitalization Corporation: John Roderick Heller, Chairman; and 
Lloyd D. Smith, Acting President and CEO; Charlene Drew Jarvis, 
Chairwoman, Board of Trustees, Chamber of Commerce, District of 
Columbia; and Michael Rogers, Executive Director, Metropolitan 
Washington Council of Governments.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Fiscal Year 2002 
Supplemental and Fiscal Year 2003 Regular Appropriations Requests for 
Security Assistance and Assistance to the Front Line States. Testimony 
was heard from Richard C. Armitage, Deputy Secretary, Department of 
State.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from Members of Congress.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on Customs/Trade Issue. Testimony 
was heard from Douglas M. Browning, Deputy Commissioner Designee, U.S. 
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, and public witnesses.
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission, on 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, and on Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board. Testimony was heard from Gen. John Herling, USA, 
(Ret.), Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; Thomas Moore, 
Acting Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission; and the following 
officials of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board: Mary 
Sheila Gall, Commissioner; Gerald Poje, M.D., Isadore Rosenthal, and 
Andrea Kidd Taylor, M.D., all members of the Board.
WORKING TOWARD INDEPENDENCE ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
4092, Working Toward Independence Act of 2002.
SPECIAL EDUCATION FINANCE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Education 
Reform held a hearing on Special Education Finance at the Federal, 
State and Local Levels. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 2037, Protection of Lawful 
Commerce in Arms Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REVIEW PROPOSED NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY IN NEVADA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``A Review of the President's Recommendation 
to Development a Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.'' 
Testimony was heard from Senator Ensign; Representatives Gibbons and 
Berkeley; Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy; Greta Joy Dicus, 
Commissioner, NRC; Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Assistant Administrator, Air 
and Radiation, EPA; Gary Jones, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment Team, GAO; Jared L. Cohon, Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Waste 
Technical Review Board; and public witnesses.
ENCOURAGING CAPITAL FORMATION
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary 
Policy, Technology, and Economic Growth held a hearing entitled 
``Encouraging Capital Formation in Key Sectors of the Economy.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AUTISM EPIDEMIC
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``The Autism 
Epidemic--Is the NIH and CDC Response Adequate?'' Testimony was heard 
from Steven Foote, Director, Division of Neuroscience and Basic 
Behavioral Science, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
CHAD-CAMEROON PIPELINE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on The Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: A New Model for Natural Resource 
Development. Testimony was heard from Donal Norland, former U.S. 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chad; and public witnesses.
AMERICAN INTERESTS IN MIDDLE EAST--IMPACT OF INCITEMENT, ANTI-AMERICAN 
AND ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia held a hearing on Words Have Consequences: The Impact of 
Incitement, Anti-American and Anti-Semitic Propaganda on American 
Interests in the Middle East. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT
  Committee on the Judiciary: Began markup of H.R. 1577, Federal 
Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2001.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
OVERSIGHT--OIL AND GAS RESOURCE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on ``Oil and Gas Resource Assessment 
Methodology.'' Testimony was heard from Kathleen Clarke, Director, 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills: 
H.R. 1906, amended, to amend the Act that established the Pu'uhonua O 
Honaunau National Park to expand the boundaries of that park: H.R. 
2388, amended, National Heritage Areas Policy Act of 2001; H.R. 2643, 
amended, Fort Clatsop Memorial Expansion Act of 2001; and H.R. 2818, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land 
within the Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area in the State of Idaho to 
resolve an occupancy encroachment dating back to 1971.
SPACE SHUTTLE AND SPACE LAUNCH INITIATIVE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on Space Shuttle and Space Launch Initiative. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the NASA: Fred Gregory, Associate 
Administrator, Human Spaceflight; Richard Blomberg, Chairman, Aerospace 
Safety Advisory Panel; and Sam Venneri, Associate Administrator; and a 
public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation approved for full Committee action the following measures: 
H.R. 4466, National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act 
of 2002; H.R. 1979, amended, to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic 
control towers; and Airport Project Streamlining.
FEDERAL PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a 
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H.R. 3947, Federal Property Asset Management Reform Act of 2002. 
Testimony was heard from Bernard Ungar, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Division, GAO; and Stephen A. Perry, Administrator, GSA.
JOBS FOR VETERANS ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Benefits held a hearing 
on H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act. Testimony was heard from Frederico 
Juarbe, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training 
Service, Department of Labor; Rodger Madsen, Director, Department of 
Labor, State of Idaho; T. P. O'Mahoney, Commissioner, Workforce 
Commission, State of Texas; representatives of veterans organizations; 
and public witnesses.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WORK, AND FAMILY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved 
for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4090, Personal 
Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002.