[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 58 (Thursday, May 9, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D466-D467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Began markup of the supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 2002.
  Will continue on May 14.
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection approved for full Committee action, as amended, 
H.R. 2037, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
RECOVERING DICTATORS' PLUNDER
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing on Recovering Dictators' Plunder. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on 
``Oversight of the Management Practices of the Office of Workers' 
Compensation: Are the Complaints Justified?'' Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the GAO: George Stalcup, Director, Strategic 
Issues; and Bernard Unger, Director, Physical Infrastructure; the 
following officials of the Department of Labor: Shelby Hallmark, 
Director, Workers' Compensation Program; and Gordon S. Heddell, 
Inspector General; and the following officials of the U.S. Postal 
Service: Ronald E. Henderson, Manager, Health and Resource Management; 
and Karla W. Corcoran, Inspector General.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT--PROTECTING RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.J. Res. 91, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States to protect the rights of crime victims. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 4623, amended, Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention 
Act of 2002; and H.R. 4477, Sex Tourism Prohibition Improvement Act of 
2002.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these 
measures. Testimony was heard

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Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.
FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATING--ASSESSING ACCURACY
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Legislation and Budget Process 
continued hearings on ``Assessing the Accuracy of Federal Budget 
Estimating,'' Part II. Testimony was heard from Representatives Cox, 
Stenholm, Matsui and Ryan of Wisconsin; Daniel L. Crippen, Director, 
CBO; and R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors.
TECHNOLOGY TALENT ACT; NSF REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Research approved for full 
Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 3130, 
Technology Talent Act of 2001; and H.R. 4664, National Science 
Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2002.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 4664, 
National Science Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2002. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
NASA'S SCIENCE PRIORITIES
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on NASA's Science Priorities. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of NASA: Edward Weiler, Associate Administrator, 
Space Science; Ghassem Asrar, Associate Administrator, Earth Science; 
and Mary Kicza, Associate Administrator, Biological and Physical 
Research.
VETERANS' LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following bills: H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act; H.R. 4085, Veterans' 
and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act of 2002; H.R. 4514, Veterans 
Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002; H.R. 3253, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Research, 
Education, and Bio-Terrorism Prevention Act of 2002, and H.R. 4608, to 
name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Wichita, 
Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center.''
EXTRATERRITORIAL INCOME REGIME
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
continued hearings on the Extraterritorial Income (ETI) Regime. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
WAR ON TERRORISM
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
On Wednesday, May 8, Commission concluded hearings to examine efforts 
of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to 
coordinate counter-terrorism activities among its participating States 
and the level to which these States are fulfilling their commitments to 
cooperate in this endeavor, as well as diplomatic and financial 
dimensions of the war and the role of the European Union, after 
receiving testimony from James Gurule, Under Secretary of the Treasury 
for Enforcement; Mark F. Wong, Principal Deputy Coordinator for 
Counter-Terrorism, Department of State; Portuguese Foreign Minister 
Antonio Martins da Cruz, Chairman-in-Office, OSCE, Lisbon; and Javier 
Ruperez, Ambassador of Spain to the United States, Madrid.
RUSSIAN-CHECHEN WAR
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission concluded hearings to examine developments in the conflict 
in Chechnya, after receiving testimony from Steven Pifer, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Andrei 
Babitsky, Radio Liberty, Prague, Czechoslovakia Republic; Anatol 
Lieven, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.; 
and Aset Chadaeva, New York, New York.