[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D592-D593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 
for the government of the District of Columbia, focusing on the 
Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, after receiving testimony from Mayor 
Anthony A. Williams, Margret Kellums, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety 
and Justice, Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, Council of the District of 
Columbia, Julia Friedman, Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Research 
and Analysis, Andrew Altman, Director, Office of Planning, and Jerry N. 
Johnson, General Manager, Water and Sewer Authority, all of the 
government of the District of Columbia.
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the history and current issues related to radio 
spectrum management, focusing on improving the process for assigning 
and allocating spectrum, reimbursing government users for their 
relocation costs if they are required to relinquish their spectrum for 
commercial uses, increasing U.S. participation in the World Radio 
Conference process, and the status of third generation wireless 
service, receiving testimony from Senators Jeffords and Dodd; Peter F. 
Guerrero, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting 
Office; Steven Price, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Spectrum, Space, and Sensors and C3; Nancy J. Victory, Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration; and Thomas J. 
Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the status of U.S. public diplomacy and its role in the war on 
terrorism, particularly as it relates to our challenges in the Middle 
East, after receiving testimony from former Representative Newt 
Gingrich; Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State for Public 
Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Norman J. Pattiz, Governor, Broadcasting 
Board of Governors; Marc Charles Ginsberg, Northstar Equity Group, 
former Ambassador to Morocco, Washington, D.C.; David Hoffman, 
Internews, Arcada, California; and Veton Surroi, KOHA Media Group, 
Prishtina, Kosova.
U.S./LIBERIA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine how the decline in Liberia's fortunes 
have affected the sub region and created an opening for international 
criminal and terrorist activities, and how U.S. policy in Liberia can 
help to bring Liberia back into the fold of democratically well-
governed nations, after receiving testimony from Walter Kansteiner, 
Assistant Secretary of State for Africa; Binaifer Nowrojee, Human 
Rights Watch, New York, New York; and Rory Anderson, World Vision, and 
Benedict F. Sannoh, National Endowment for Democracy, both of 
Washington, D.C.
CRUISE MISSILE AND UAV THREATS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to 
examine proliferation issues of cruise missiles and unmanned aerial 
vehicle (UAV) threats to the United States, after receiving testimony 
from Vann H. Van Diepen, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Nonproliferation; Christopher Bolkcom, Analyst in National Defense, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and Dennis M. 
Gormley, Blue Ridge Consulting, Arlington, Virginia.

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ELDERLY FALL PREVENTION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Aging concluded hearings to examine the prevention of elderly falls, 
identifying opportunities to improve the health and safety of older 
Americans, reducing the negative economic impact that falls produce, 
and certain related provisions of S. 1922, to direct the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect 
to research and related activities concerning elder falls, after 
receiving testimony from Peter Merles, South East Senior Housing 
Initiative, Baltimore, Maryland; Mary E. Watson, Central Arkansas 
Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock; Bobby Jackson, National Safety 
Council, and Lillie Maria Struchen, both of Washington, D.C.
INDIAN AFFAIRS BRANCH OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RESEARCH
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to 
examine the activities of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of 
Indian Affairs' Branch of Acknowledgment and Research for review of 
petitions of tribal groups that are seeking Federal recognition, 
receiving testimony from Michael R. Smith, Director, Office of Tribal 
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, who was 
accompanied by several of his associates.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
MENTALLY ILL AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
impact of mentally ill offenders on our justice system, focusing on the 
Council of State Governments' ``Criminal Justice/Mental Health 
Consensus Project'' report, which provides a guidebook and 
recommendations for the criminal justice system to improve their 
response to people with mental illness, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Strickland; Marylou Sudders, Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Boston, on behalf of the 
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors; Kenneth 
Mayfield, Dallas County Commissioners Court, Dallas, Texas, on behalf 
of the National Association of Counties; Gary J. Margolis, University 
of Vermont Police Department, Burlington, on behalf of the Police 
Executive Research Forum; and John Caceci, Monroe County Jail, 
Rochester, New York.