[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D529-D531]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill (S. 2551) making supplemental appropriations for further 
recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on the United States 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine issues with 
regard to Parkinson's disease research, after receiving testimony from 
Audrey S. Penn, Acting Director, National Institute of Neurological 
Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Ole Isacson, Harvard Medical School Center 
on Neuroregeneration Research/McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Joan Samuelson, Parkinson's Action Network, Alexandria,

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Virginia; Michael J. Fox, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's 
Research, New York, New York; Muhammad Ali, Berrien Springs, Michigan; 
and Don Schneider, Clinton, Iowa.
BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the promotion of local telecommunication 
competition and greater broadband deployment, focusing on consumer 
protection, and the effects on residents and businesses, after 
receiving testimony from Representatives Markey and Cannon; 
Pennsylvania State Senator Mary Jo White, Franklin; Loretta M. Lynch, 
California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco; Robert B. 
Nelson, Michigan Public Service Commission, Lansing, on behalf of the 
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and Paul B. 
Vasington, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, 
Boston.
BOXING REGULATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine the state of boxing and boxing regulations, focusing on future 
authority for a Federal boxing commission, liability insurance coverage 
for boxers, and mandatory safety measures, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Reid; Tim Lueckenhoff, Missouri Office of Athletics, 
Jefferson City, on behalf of the Association of Boxing Commissions; 
Muhammad Ali and Yolanda Ali, Greatest of All Time, Inc., both of 
Berrien Springs, Michigan; Emanuel Steward, Kronk Boxing Team, Detroit, 
Michigan; Louis J. DiBella, DiBella Entertainment, New York, New York; 
Roy Jones, Jr., Pensacola, Florida; and Bert R. Sugar, Chappaqua, New 
York.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine activities 
of the National Science Foundation, focusing on the Federal research 
and development budget to enhance homeland security, promote long term 
economic growth, and harness informational technology, after receiving 
testimony from former Representative Newt Gingrich, The Gingrich Group, 
Atlanta, Georgia; John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy; Rita R. Colwell, Director, National Science 
Foundation; John D. Podesta, Georgetown University Law Center, former 
White House Chief of Staff, and Alan I. Leshner, American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, both of Washington, D.C.; Thomas McCoy, 
Montana State University Department of Plant Science, Bozeman, on 
behalf of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
(EPSCoR); and Marsha R. Torr, Virginia Commonwealth University, 
Richmond.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings 
on S.J. Res. 34, 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 Waste Policy Act 
of 1982, and a related Administration proposal recommending the Yucca 
Mountain site for development of a repository, and the objections of 
the Governor of Nevada to the Administration's recommendation, 
receiving testimony from Victor Gilinsky, Glen Echo, Maryland, former 
Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Robert J. 
Halstead, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, Carson City; Mayor Ross 
C. Anderson, and Stephen M. Prescott, University of Utah Huntsman 
Cancer Institute, both of Salt Lake City; James D. Ballard, Grand 
Valley State University School of Criminal Justice, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan; and Michael J. Ervin, Sr., Pomona Police Department, Pomona, 
California, on behalf of the Peace Officers Research Association of 
California.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2452, to establish the Department of National Homeland Security 
and the National Office for Combating Terrorism, with amendments;
  S. 2530, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
to establish police powers for certain Inspector General agents engaged 
in official duties and provide an oversight mechanism for the exercise 
of those powers;
  S. 1713, to amend title 39, United States Code, to direct the Postal 
Service to adhere to an equitable tender policy in selecting air 
carriers of non-priority bypass mail to certain points in the State of 
Alaska, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1970, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2829 Commercial Way in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as the 
``Teno Roncalio Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3789, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2829 Commercial Way in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as the 
``Teno Roncalio Post Office Building'';
  S. 1983, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 201 Main Street, Lake Placid, New York, as the 
``John A. `Jack' Shea Post Office Building'';

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  S. 2217, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, California, 
as the ``Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1366, to designate the United States Post Office building 
located at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, California, as the 
``Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building'';
  S. 2433, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1590 East Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 
as the ``Clarence B. Craft Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4486, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1590 East Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas, 
as the ``Clarence B. Craft Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1374, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 600 Calumet Street in Lake Linden, Michigan, as the 
``Philip E. Ruppe Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3960, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3719 Highway 4 in Jay, Florida, as the ``Joseph W. 
Westmoreland Post Office Building''; and
  The nominations of Todd Walther Dillard, of Maryland, to be United 
States Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Paul 
A. Quander, Jr., to be Director of the District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency, and Robert R. 
Rigsby, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia.
  Also, committee approved the issuance of subpoenas to the Executive 
Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President in 
connection with the Committee's investigation regarding Enron 
Corporation.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1340, 
to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to provide for probate 
reform with respect to trust or restricted lands, after receiving 
testimony from Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Indian Affairs; Tex G. Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes Business Council, 
New Town, North Dakota, on behalf of the National Congress of American 
Indians; Maurice Lyons, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Banning, 
California; Benjamin Speakthunder, Fort Belknap Community Council, 
Harlem, Montana; and Austin Nunez, Tucson, Arizona, on behalf of the 
Indian Land Working Group.
FEDERAL COCAINE SENTENCING POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded 
hearings to examine laws governing Federal cocaine sentencing, focusing 
on the disparity between penalties for both powder cocaine and crack 
cocaine, after receiving testimony from Diana E. Murphy, Judge, Eighth 
Circuit Court of Appeals, on behalf of the United States Sentencing 
Commission; Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney for the 
District of Columbia, Department of Justice; Charles J. Hynes, Kings 
County District Attorney, Brooklyn, New York; Charles R. Schuster, 
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, former 
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and William G. Otis, 
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia, former 
White House Special Counsel and former Assistant United States Attorney 
for the Eastern District of Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.