[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D454-D456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Defense 
Health Programs, after receiving testimony from William Winkenwerder, 
Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. James 
B. Peake, USA, Surgeon General of the Army; VAdm. Michael L. Cowan, 
USN, Surgeon General of the Navy; Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton, USAF, Air 
Force Surgeon General; Br. Gen. William T. Bester, USA, Chief, Army 
Nurse Corps and Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection; RAdm. 
Nancy J. Lescavage, USN, Director, Navy Nurse Corps and Assistant Chief 
for Healthcare Operations of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; 
and Br. Gen. Barbara C. Brannon, USAF, Assistant Surgeon General, Air 
Force Nursing Services.
APPROPRIATIONS--GAO/CBO/GPO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, 
after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from David M. Walker, Comptroller General, General 
Accounting Office; Dan L. Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget 
Office; and Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer, Government Printing 
Office.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2003 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to mark up 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, but did not complete 
action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, May 9.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations 
for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Anthony Lowe, of Washington, to be 
Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator DeWine, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.

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NASA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving testimony from 
Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, and William F. Readdy, Deputy Associate 
Administrator, Office of Space Flight, both of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Guy F. Caruso, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
the Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK COMPLIANCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management concluded hearings on S. 1850, to 
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to bring underground storage tanks 
into compliance with subtitle I of that Act, to promote cleanup of 
leaking underground storage tanks, to provide sufficient resources for 
such compliance and cleanup, after receiving testimony from Marianne L. 
Horinko, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, Environmental Protection Agency; John Stephenson, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Craig 
Perkins, City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California; Grant Cope, 
U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Washington, D.C.; Kathleen 
Stiller, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental 
Control, New Castle, on behalf of the Association of State and 
Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials; Arthur J. DeBlois III, DB 
Companies, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, on behalf of the Society of 
Independent Gasoline Marketers of America and the National Association 
of Convenience Stores; and Roger Brunner, Zurich North America, East 
Lansing, Michigan.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on 
critical infrastructure information security issues, focusing on 
facilitating the security of the critical infrastructure of the United 
States, to encourage the secure disclosure and protected exchange of 
critical infrastructure information, to enhance the analysis, 
prevention, and detection of attacks on critical infrastructure, and to 
enhance the recovery from such attacks, after receiving testimony from 
Ronald L. Dick, Director, National Infrastructure Protection Center, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and John G. Malcolm, Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division, both of the Department of Justice; 
John S. Tritak, Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, 
Department of Commerce; Michehl R. Gent, North American Electric 
Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey; Harris N. Miller, 
Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; 
Alan Paller, SANS Institute, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Ty R. Sagalow, 
American International Group, New York, New York, on behalf of the 
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center; David L. 
Sobel, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C.; and 
Rena I. Steinzor, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, on 
behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
AFFORDABLE PHARMACEUTICALS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine certain provisions of the 1984 Drug Price 
Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, known as the Hatch-Waxman 
Act, assuring greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, after 
receiving testimony from Senators McCain, Schumer, and Hatch; South 
Dakota Governor William Janklow, Pierre, on behalf of the Business for 
Affordable Medicine; and Bruce E. Bradley, General Motors Corporation, 
on behalf of the RxHealth Value, Gregory J. Glover, Ropes and Gray, on 
behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and 
Kathleen D. Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, all of 
Washington, D.C.
NATIVE AMERICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 343, to 
establish a demonstration project to authorize the integration and 
coordination of Federal funding dedicated to the community, business, 
and economic development of Native American communities, after 
receiving testimony from Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Indian Affairs; Tex G. Hall, National Congress of American 
Indians, Washington, D.C.; Ivan Makil, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community Council, Scottsdale, Arizona; James DeLaCruz, Quinault Indian 
Nation, Taholah, Washington, on behalf of the Self-Governance Six-Tribe 
Consortium; and Katherine A. Spilde, Harvard University John F. Kennedy 
School of Government/Project on American Indian Economic Development, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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FBI REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the reformation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
focusing on how the FBI can reorganize and refocus its efforts to 
protect our national security by rooting out spies and terrorists, and 
protecting our public safety by investigating criminal activity with 
the resources made available by the Administration and the Congress, 
after receiving testimony from Larry D. Thompson, Deputy Attorney 
General, and Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, both of the Department of Justice.