[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D533-D534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EU'S FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTION PLAN--AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES 
INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on European Union's 
Financial Services Action Plan and its implications for the American 
financial services industry. Testimony was heard from Mark W. Olson, 
member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Randy K. Quarles, 
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; 
Annette Nazareth, Director, Division, Market Regulation, SEC; and 
public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on International 
Adoptions: Problems and Solution. Testimony was heard from James W. 
Ziglar, Commissioner, INS, Department of Justice; Mary Ryan, Assistant 
Secretary, Consular Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
FUTURE--U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia held a hearing on the Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Frank; R. James Woolsey, former 
Director, CIA; Richard W. Murphy, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi 
Arabia; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WHOIS DATABASE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on ``The Accuracy and 
Integrity of the WHOIS DATABASE.'' Testimony was heard from J. Howard 
Beales III, Director, FTC; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following measures: H. 
Con. Res. 352, amended, expressing the sense of Congress that Federal 
land management agencies should fully implement the Western Governors 
Association ``Collaborative 10-year Strategy for Reducing Wildland Fire 
Risks to Communities and the Environment'' to reduce the overabundance 
of forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of 
catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy 
that minimizes risks of escape; H. Con. Res. 395, amended, celebrating 
the 50th anniversary of the constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rice; H.R. 521, amended, to amend the Organic Act of Guam for the 
purposes of clarifying the local judicial structure of Guam; H.R. 1606, 
amended, to amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for 
historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching 
requirement related to such appropriations; H.R. 2388, amended, 
National Heritage Areas Policy Act of 2001; H.R. 2982, amended, to 
authorize the establishment of a memorial within the area in the 
District of Columbia referred to in the Commemorative Works Act as 
``Area I'' or ``Area II'' to the victims of terrorist attacks on the 
United States, to provide for the design and construction of such a 
memorial; H.R. 3307, Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary 
Modification Act; H.R. 3380, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines within the 
boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; H.R. 3558, amended, 
Species Protection and Conservation of the Environment Act; H.R. 3786, 
amended, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Boundary Revision Act of 
2002; H.R. 3858, New River Gorge Boundary Act of 2002; H.R. 3936, 
amended, to designate and provide for the management of the Shoshone 
National Recreation Trail; H.R. 3942, John Muir National Historic Site 
Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 4103, amended, Martin's Cove Land 
Transfer Act; H.R. 4129, amended, to amend the Central Utah Project 
Completion Act to clarify the responsibilities of the Secretary of the 
Interior with respect to the Central Utah Project, to redirect 
unexpended budget authority for the Central Utah Project for wastewater 
treatment and reuse and other purposes, to provide for prepayment of 
repayment contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery 
facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment; and H.R. 
4609, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
comprehensive study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer, 
located in Idaho and Washington.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3561, Twenty-First Century Water Policy 
Commission Establishment Act; and H.R. 4638, to reauthorize the Mni 
Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Linder

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and Thune; John W. Keys, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior; Betsy A. Cody, Section Head, Natural 
Resources and Earth Sciences and Specialist in Natural Resources 
Policy, Congressional Research Services, Library of Congress; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
  Committee on Science: Ordered reported, as amended, the following 
bills: H.R. 4664, Investing in America's Future Act of 2002; H.R. 
3130, Technology Talent Act of 2001; H.R. 4687, National 
Construction Safety Team Act; H.R. 2486, Inland Flood Forecasting 
and Warning Act of 2001; and H.R. 2733, Enterprise Integration Act 
of 2001.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported 
the following: H.R. 3429, Over-the-Road Bus Security and Safety Act 
of 2001; H.R. 3609, amended, Pipeline Infrastructure Protection To 
Enhance Security and Safety Act; and H.R. 4770, amended, Ronald C. 
Sheffield Federal Property Protection Act of 2002.
  The Committee also approved the following: several public building 11 
(b) resolutions; and Army Corps of Engineers Survey resolutions.

Joint Meetings
ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE
U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki 
Commission): Commission concluded hearings to examine the escalation of 
violence against the Jewish communities in Western Europe and Russia, 
and certain measures to protect individuals from anti-Semitic violence, 
after receiving testimony from Shimon Samuels, Simon Weisenthal Center, 
Paris, France; Mark B. Levin, NCSJ: Advocates on behalf of Jews in 
Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and Eurasia; Alexandra Arriaga, 
Amnesty International, USA, and Rabbi Andrew Baker, American Jewish 
Committee, both of Washington, D.C.; and Kenneth Jacobson, Anti-
Defamation League, New York, New York.
AUTHORIZATION--EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Conferees on Tuesday, May 21, agreed to file a conference report on the 
differences between the Senate and House passed versions of S. 1372, to 
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 333, to amend title 11, United States Code, but 
did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.