[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 15, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D488-D490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Air Force, 
after receiving testimony from James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air 
Force; and Gen. John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, United States Air 
Force.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2003 for the Internal Revenue Service, after receiving testimony 
from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, 
Department of the Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2003, after receiving testimony on behalf of funds for their 
respective activities from Rita R. Colwell, Director, and Warren 
Washington, Chair, National Science Board, both of the National Science 
Foundation; and John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded hearings to examine the challenges 
of expanding the supply of affordable housing for working families, and 
certain related provisions of S. 1248, to establish a National Housing 
Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States to provide for the 
development of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income 
families, after receiving testimony from Senator Kerry; Robert J. Reid, 
National Housing Conference, Sheila Crowley, National Low Income 
Housing Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; JoAnn Kane, McAuley 
Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland; and David W. Curtis, Leon N. Weiner 
and Associates, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the National 
Association of Home Builders.
ENRON CORPORATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine Enron's potential role in electricity market manipulation and 
the subsequent effect on the western states, after receiving testimony 
from Representative Eshoo; Patrick Wood III, Chairman, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; California State Senator 
Joseph Dunn, and S. David Freeman, California Power Authority, both of 
Sacramento; Loretta Lynch, California Public Utilities Commission, and 
Gary S. Fergus, Brobeck, Phleger, and Harrison, both of San Francisco; 
Frank Wolak, Stanford University Department of Economics, Stanford, 
California; Jean C. Frizzell, Gibbs and Bruns, and Richard B. Sanders, 
Enron Wholesale Services, both of Houston, Texas; and Stephen C. Hall, 
Stoel Rives, and Christian G. Yoder, UBS Warburg Energy, both of 
Portland, Oregon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began 
consideration of the following bills:

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  S. 1768, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement the 
Calfed Bay-Delta Program;
  S. 281, to authorize the design and construction of a temporary 
education center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial;
  S. 1175, to modify the boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park 
to include the property known as Pemberton's Headquarters;
  S. 1227, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Niagara 
River National Heritage Area in the State of New York;
  S. 1240, to provide for the acquisition of land and construction of 
an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to 
American Fork Canyon, Utah;
  S. 1325, to ratify an agreement between the Aleut Corporation and the 
United States of America to exchange land rights received under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak 
Island;
  S. 1649, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1996 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the 
Vancouver National Historic Reserve and for the preservation of 
Vancouver Barracks;
  S. 1894, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to determine the national significance of the Miami 
Circle site in the State of Florida as well as the suitability and 
feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of 
Biscayne National Park;
  S. 1907, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
land to the city of Haines, Oregon;
  S. 1946, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old 
Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail; and
  H.R. 640, to adjust the boundaries of Santa Monica Mountains National 
Recreation Area.
  Committee did not complete final action thereon, and recessed subject 
to call.
ENERGY MARKET MANIPULATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine certain trading practices engaged in by Enron Power Marketing, 
Inc. trading in California and Western markets in an attempt to 
manipulate the Western energy markets during 2000-2001, as suggested in 
recent documents made public in the course of the investigation under 
way at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, receiving testimony 
from Patrick Wood III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Department of Energy; Terry Winter, California Independent System 
Operator Corporation, Folsom; Jean C. Frizzell, Gibbs and Bruns, 
Houston, Texas; Christian G. Yoder, UBS Warburg Energy, and Stephen C. 
Hall, Stoel Rives, both of Portland, Oregon; Gary S. Fergus, Brobeck, 
Phleger, and Harrison, San Francisco, California; Cynthia First, 
Snohomish Public Utility District, Everett, Washington; Lynne H. 
Church, Electric Power Supply Association, Washington, D.C.; Gary 
Ackerman, Western Power Trading Forum, San Mateo, California; and Henry 
Martinez, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, 
California.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings 
to examine the effectiveness of the current Federal surface 
transportation planning program and explore ideas for the scope of the 
program in the future, in preparation for reauthorization of 
Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty First Century (TEA 21) and 
planning goals of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 
of 1991 (ISTEA), after receiving testimony from Cynthia Burbank, 
Program Manager, Planning and Environment Core Business Unit, Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Kenneth J. 
Leonard, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison, on behalf of 
the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; 
Ronald Kirby, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Planning 
Organizations; Peter Gregory, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional 
Commission, Woodstock, Vermont, on behalf of the National Association 
of Regional Councils; Andrew C. Cotugno, Metro, Portland, Oregon; 
Judith Espinosa, University of New Mexico Alliance for Transportation 
Research Institute, Albuquerque, on behalf of the Surface 
Transportation Policy Project; Tom Downs, University of Maryland 
National Center for Smart Growth Education and Research, Baltimore; 
Wendell Cox, Wendell Cox Consultancy, Belleville, Illinois; and Joy 
Wilson, National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, Arlington, 
Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
COLLEGE BINGE DRINKING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
the magnitude and dimensions of college student drinking problems and 
binge drinking on college campuses, and prevention and treatment 
strategies that have been tested and found to reduce these problems, 
receiving testimony from Raynard S. Kington, Acting Director, National 
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Mark S. Goldman, 
University of South Florida Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research

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Institute, Tampa, and Ralph W. Hingson, Boston University School of 
Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, all on behalf of the Task Force 
on College Drinking; Drew Hunter, BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education 
Network, Denver, Colorado; Robert F. Nolan, Hamden Police Department, 
Hamden, Connecticut; John D. Welty, California State University, 
Fresno; and Daniel P. Reardon, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recesses subject to call.
COPYRIGHT ROYALTIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
copyright royalties, focusing on webcasting and the proposed sound 
recording royalty rate released by the Copyright Arbitration Royalty 
Panel (CARP), after receiving testimony from Hilary Rosen, Recording 
Industry Association of America, Inc., and Jonathan Potter, Digital 
Media Association, both of Washington, D.C.; William J. Rose, Arbitron 
Webcast Services, and Dan Navarro, American Federation of Television 
and Radio Artists, both of New York, New York; Frank Schliemann, Onion 
River Radio, Montpelier, Vermont; and Billy Straus, Websound, Inc., 
Brattleboro, Vermont.