[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 48 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D393-D395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

 Committee Meetings
 (Committees not listed did not meet)
 APPROPRIATIONS -- FOREST SERVICE
 Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM BRIEFING
 Committee on Armed Services:  Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on the Administration's request for a waiver in the 
certifications required for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program 
and on a recent report from the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence 
Committee from representatives of the Department of Defense, Department 
of Energy, Department of State, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
 TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:  Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (TEA-21), after receiving testimony from Jennifer L. Dorn, 
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Faye L. Moore, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation 
Authority, Philadelphia; Beverly A. Scott, Rhode Island Public Transit 
Authority, Providence; and Larry Worth, Northeast Colorado Association 
of Local Governments, Ft. Morgan.
 ONLINE PERSONAL PRIVACY ACT
 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:  Committee 
concluded hearings on S. 2201, to protect the online privacy of 
individuals who use the Internet, after receiving testimony from 
Barbara Lawler, Hewlett Packard Company, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic 
Privacy Information Center, Paul Misener, Amazon.com, Frank Torres, 
Consumers Union, and John C. Dugan, Covington and Burling, on behalf of 
the Financial Services Coordinating Council, all of Washington, D.C.

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 NOMINATION
 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:  Committee 
concluded hearings on the nomination of Harold D. Stratton, of New 
Mexico, to be Commissioner and Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Domenici, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
 BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on Environment and Public Works:  Committee order favorably 
reported the following bills:
   S. 975, to improve environmental policy by providing assistance for 
State and tribal land use planning, to promote improved quality of 
life, regionalism, and sustainable economic development, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. 1079, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 to provide assistance to communities for the redevelopment of 
brownfield sites, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. 1646, to identify certain routes in the States of Texas, 
Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains 
Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System;
   S. 2024, to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize use of 
electric personal assistive mobility device on trails and pedestrian 
walkways constructed or maintained with Federal-aid highway funds;
   S. 2064, to reauthorize the United States Institute for 
Environmental Conflict Resolution;
   H.R. 3480, to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide 
a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in 
the Upper Mississippi River Basin;
   S. 1721, to designate the building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New 
York, New York, as the ``James L. Watson United States Court of 
International Trade Building'', with an amendment;
   H.R. 495, to designate the Federal building located in Charlotte 
Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the ``Ron de Lugo 
Federal Building'';
   H.R. 819, to designate the Federal building located at 143 West 
Liberty Street, Medina, Ohio, as the ``Donald J. Pease Federal 
Building'';
   H.R. 3093, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 501 Bell Street in Alton, Illinois, as the 
``William L. Beatty Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; 
and
   H.R. 3282, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 400 North Main Street in Butte, Montana, as the 
``Mike Mansfield Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
 WELFARE REFORM
 Committee on Finance:  Subcommittee on Social Security and Family 
Policy concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, created by 
the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, focusing on helping hard-to-employ 
families successfully transition from welfare to work, after receiving 
testimony from Natasha K. Metcalf, Tennessee Department of Human 
Services, Nashville; Stephanie Smith, Goodwill Industries of Southern 
Arizona, Tucson; David Butler, Manpower Demonstration Research 
Corporation, New York, New York; and Michelle Laureano, Patterson, New 
Jersey.
 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:  Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the implementation of the Individuals 
With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), focusing on behavioral support 
in schools to ensure safe schools for students and teachers while 
protecting the rights of students with disabilities, after receiving 
testimony from Ronnie M. Jackson, Dale County School District, Ozark, 
Alabama; Kathleen B. Boundy, Center for Law and Education, Boston, 
Massachusetts; George Sugai, University of Oregon Center on Positive 
Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Eugene; Marsha Weissman, Center 
for Community Alternatives, Syracuse, New York; and Sarah A. Flanagan, 
Falls Church, Virginia.
 WOMEN'S HEALTH
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:  Subcommittee on 
Public Health concluded hearings to examine women's health issues, 
including the role of the Department of Health and Human Services in 
improving the health of women and making prevention a centerpiece, 
after receiving testimony from Eve E. Slater, Assistant Secretary for 
Health, and James S. Marks, Director, National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Carolyn M. Mazure, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, 
Connecticut, on behalf of the Women's Health Research Coalition; 
Marlene B. Jezierski, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota; Thomas Gellhaus, Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialists, 
Davenport, Iowa, on behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and 
Gynecologists; and Alice Ammerman, University of North Carolina Schools 
of Public Health and Medicine, Chapel Hill, on behalf of the WISEWOMAN 
Program.

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 BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on the Judiciary:  Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
   S. 2010, to provide for criminal prosecution of persons who alter or 
destroy evidence in certain Federal investigations or defraud investors 
of publicly traded securities, to disallow debts incurred in violation 
of securities fraud laws from being discharged in bankruptcy, to 
protect whistleblowers against retaliation by their employers, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. 1974, to make needed reforms in the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. 410, to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 by expanding 
the legal assistance for victims of violence grant program to include 
legal assistance for victims of dating violence;
   S. Res. 245, designating the week of May 5 through May 11, 2002, as 
``National Occupational Safety and Health Week'';
   S. Res. 109, designating the second Sunday in the month of December 
as ``National Children's Memorial Day'' and the last Friday in the 
month of April as ``Children's Memorial Flag Day'', with an amendment;
   S. Res. 249, designating April 30, 2002, as ``Dia de los Ninos: 
Celebrating Young Americans'';
   S. Con. Res. 102, proclaiming the week of May 4 through May 11, 
2002, as ``National Safe Kids Week''; and
   The nominations of Gorden Edward Eden, Jr., to be United States 
Marshal for the District of New Mexico, David Phillip Gonzales, to be 
United States Marshal for the District of Arizona, Ronald Henderson, to 
be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri, John Lee 
Moore, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, 
John Edward Quinn, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
District of Iowa, Charles M. Sheer, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of Missouri, and Edward Zahren, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Colorado, all of the Department of Justice.
   Also, committee approved a committee resolution to authorize the 
issuance of a subpoena with respect to the forthcoming hearings of the 
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and Business and Consumer 
Rights on the subject of hospital group purchasing.
 NOMINATIONS
 Committee on the Judiciary:  Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Julia Smith Gibbons, of Tennessee, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Leonard E. Davis, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, David C. 
Godbey, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Texas, Andrew S. Hanen, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Texas, Samuel H. Mays, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Thomas M. Rose, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Ms. Gibbons and Mr. Mays were introduced by Senators Frist and 
Thompson, Mr. Davis was introduced by Senators Hutchison, and Gramm, 
and Representatives Ford Jr., Sandlin, and Hall, Mr. Godbey and Mr. 
Hanen were introduced by Senators Hutchison and Gramm, and 
Representatives Ford, Jr., and Sandlin, and Mr. Rose was introduced by 
Senator DeWine, and Representative Hobson.
 VA NURSING HOME CARE OPTIONS
 Committee on Veterans' Affairs:  Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the Veterans' Association's expansion of noninstitutional long-
term care services in response to the Veterans Millennium Health Care 
and Benefits Act, as well as the types of noninstitutional long-term 
services being offered, after receiving testimony from Cynthia A. 
Bascetta, Director, Health Care-Veterans' Health and Benefits Issues, 
General Accounting Office; Robert H. Roswell, Under Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Health; Gladys M. Dickerson, VA North Texas Health 
Care Systems, Dallas; Jennifer Moye, Harvard Medical School Department 
of Psychiatry, Boston, on behalf of the VA Medical Center Geriatric 
Mental Health Clinic/Unified Psychogeriatric Biopsychosocial Evaluation 
and Treatment (UPBEAT) program; Paula Hemmings, New York Veterans 
Integrated Services Network, Albany, on behalf of the Alzheimer's 
Association; and Thomas G. McClure, Central Arkansas Veterans 
Healthcare System, Little Rock.
 BUSINESS MEETING
 Select Committee on Intelligence:  Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of John Leonard Helgerson, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency.