[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 48 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D397-D398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

 Committee Meetings
 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
 Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on National Foreign Intelligence Program. 
Testimony was heard from Jane Dempsey, Deputy Director, CIA; and George 
Tenet, former Director, CIA.
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
 Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
held a hearing on D.C. Public Schools and D.C. Charter Schools. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of 
Columbia: Peggy Cooper Cafritz, President, Board of Education; Paul 
Vance, Superintendent, Public Schools; Josephine Baker, Chair, Public 
Charter School Board; and Laurent Ross, Director, Tuition Assistance 
Grant Program; Col. Charles J. Fiala, Jr., USA, Commander and District 
Engineer, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; David E. 
Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
 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: Transition into the Workforce. 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 Rehabilitative 
Services; Carol D'Amico, Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult 
Education; Sally Stroup, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary Education; 
Grover J. Whitehurst, Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and 
Improvement; and Thomas P. Skelly, Director, Budget Service.
 LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
 Committee on Appropriations:  Subcommittee on Legislative held a 
hearing on Architect of the Capitol, and on CBO. Testimony was heard 
from Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol; and Dan L. Crippen, 
Director, CBO.
 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
 Committee on Armed Services:  Subcommittee on Military Installations 
and Facilities approved for full Committee action H.R. 4546, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
 Committee on Armed Services:  Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4546, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
 Committee on Armed Services:  Subcommittee on Military Readiness 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4546, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
 RESTORING BUDGET DISCIPLINE
 Committee on the Budget:  Held a hearing on the Predictability and 
Control Twin Reasons for Restoring Budget Disciplines. Testimony was 
heard from Susan J. Irving, Director, Federal Budget Analysis, GAO; 
Barry B. Anderson, Deputy Director, CBO; former Representative William 
Frenzel of Minnesota; and public witnesses.
 CITIZEN SERVICE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
 Committee on Education and the Workforce:  Subcommittee on Select 
Education held a hearing on Citizen Service in the 21st Century. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Shays, Ford and Osborne; and 
public witnesses.
 REDUCE ERGONOMIC INJURIES -- OSHA's PLAN
 Committee on Education and the Workforce:  Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing

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on A Review of OSHA's Plan to Reduce Ergonomic Injuries. Testimony was 
heard from John Henshaw, Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and 
Health, Department of Labor.
 YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY -- RADIOACTIVE WASTE
 Committee on Energy and Commerce:  Ordered reported H.J. Res. 87, 
approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a 
repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent 
nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Policy Act of 1982.
 DIGITAL AGE -- ENSURING CONTENT PROTECTION
 Committee on Energy and Commerce:  Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Ensuring Content Protection 
in the Digital Age.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
 FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY RELIEF ACT
 Committee on Financial Services:  Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit continued hearings on H.R. 3951, 
Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2002. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
 FEDERAL WORK FORCE SECURITY
 Committee on Government Reform:  Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement Policy held a hearing on Ensuring the Safety of our Federal 
Workforce: GSA's Use of Technology to Secure Federal Buildings. 
Testimony was heard from Keith A. Rhodes, Chief Technologist, GAO; the 
following officials of the GSA: F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner, Public 
Buildings Service; and Wendell Shingler, Director, Federal Protective 
Service; John N. Jester, Chief, Defense Protective Service, Department 
of Defense; and public witnesses.
 MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
 Committee on International Relations:  Ordered reported,  as amended, 
the following bills: H.R. 4073, to amend the Microenterprise for Self-
Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase 
assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under 
microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts; and H.R. 3969, 
Freedom Promotion Act of 2002.
 OVERSIGHT -- COMMUNITY-BASED LAND MANAGEMENT AND CHARTER FORESTS
 Committee on Resources:  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health 
held an oversight hearing on Community-Based Land Management and 
Charter Forests. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
 OVERSIGHT -- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT POLICIES
 Committee on Resources:  Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation 
and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the 2001 National Park 
Service Management Policies. Testimony was heard from Fran Mainella, 
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
 YUCCA MOUNTAIN STORAGE FACILITY -- TRANSPORTATION OF SPENT RODS
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:  Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit and the Subcommittee on Railroads held a joint 
hearing on Transportation of Spent Rods to the Proposed Yucca Mountain 
Storage Facility. Testimony was heard from Senator Ensign; 
Representatives Gibbons and Kucinich; the following officials of the 
Department of Transportation: Ellen G. Engleman, Administrator, 
Research and Special Programs Administration; and Allan Rutter, 
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration; Lake Barrett, Deputy 
Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department 
of Energy; Carl J. Paperiello, Deputy Executive Director, Operations, 
NRC; the following officials of the State of Nevada: Kenny Guinn, 
Governor; Jon C. Porter, member, Senate; and Dario Herrera, Chairman, 
Clark County Commission; and public witnesses.
 SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM PROTECTION ACT
 Committee on Ways and Means:  Subcommittee on Social Security approved 
for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4070, Social Security 
Program Protection Act of 2002.
 LATIN AMERICA ISSUES
 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:  Subcommittee on 
Intelligence Policy and National Security and the Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence met in executive session 
to hold a joint hearing on Latin America Issues. Testimony was heard 
from departmental witnesses.