[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D641-D642] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government concluded hearings to examine the effectiveness of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, focusing on evaluations, comparisons with other social marketing campaigns, and planned modifications in response to findings, after receiving testimony from John P. Walters, Director, National Drug Control Policy; James E. Burke, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, New York, New York; Lloyd D. Johnston, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Harbor; and Robert C. Hornik, University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication, Philadelphia. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Communications concluded hearing to examine future sufficiency and stability of the Universal Service Fund, which ensures that consumers living in rural, insular and high cost areas have access to telecommunications services, after receiving testimony from Dorothy T. Attwood, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; G. Nanette Thompson, Regulatory Commission of Alaska, Anchorage, on behalf of the Federal-State Universal Service Joint Board; Billy Jack Gregg, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, Charleston, on behalf of the National Association of State Consumer Advocates; Lila A. Jaber, Florida Public Service Commission, Tallahassee; Don Bond, Public Service Telephone Company, Reynolds, Georgia, on behalf of the National Rural Telecom Association; Margaret H. Greene, BellSouth Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia; Victoria D. Harker, MCI Group, Arlington, Virginia; and Michael F. Altschul, Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, Washington, D.C. NASA EDUCATION PROGRAM Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine certain provisions of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, focusing on the Education Program, Minority University Research and Education Program, and human capital proposals, after receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who was accompanied by several of his associates. RECREATION FEES Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2473, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for the National Park Service; and S. 2607, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to collect recreation fees on Federal lands, after receiving testimony from P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management, and Budget; and Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment. U.S./CUBA POLICY Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings on S. 1017/H.R. 2138, to provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United States, to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, to provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals, focusing on provisions relating to recent medical advances in Cuba which could potentially have widespread application in the U.S. and existing travel restrictions on U.S. citizens permitted to visit Cuba, after receiving testimony from Bernard [[Page D642]] W. Aronson, ACON Investments/Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on Cuba, former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter- American Affairs, and Alan I. Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science, both of Washington, D.C.; Donald L. Morton, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California; Kenneth R. Bridges, Brigham and Women's Hospital Joint Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, Boston, Massachusetts; Mark M. Rasenick, University of Illinois College of Medicine Biomedical Neuroscience Training Program, Chicago; Nancy Chang, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; and Ramon Humberto Colas, Cuban Independent Libraries Movement, Miami, Florida. NOMINATION Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Michael D. Brown, of Colorado, to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Allard and Campbell, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 2184, to provide for the reissuance of a rule relating to ergonomics, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2558, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the collection of data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1115, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nominations of Thomas Mallon, of Connecticut, and Wilfred M. McClay, of Tennessee, each to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, W. Roy Grizzard, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, Patricia Pound, of Texas, Lex Frieden, of Texas, Carol Hughes Novak, of Georgia, Kathleen Martinez, of California, and Young Woo Kang, of Indiana, each to be a Member of the National Council On Disability, J. Russell George, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community Service, and Jeffrey D. Wallin, of California, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Science Foundation, focusing on math and science research, development, and education, after receiving testimony from former Senator John Glenn, John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy, Columbus, Ohio; Rita R. Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation; and Keith Verner, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine/Center for Science and Health Education, Hershey. WHITE COLLAR CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs held hearings on S. 2010, to provide for criminal prosecution of persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain Federal investigations or defraud investors of publicly traded securities, to disallow debts incurred in violation of securities fraud laws from being discharged in bankruptcy, to protect whistleblowers against retaliation by their employers, receiving testimony from James B. Comey, Jr., United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; West Virginia State Auditor Glen B. Gainer III, Morgantown, on behalf of the National White Collar Crime Center; Indiana Securities Commissioner Bradley W. Skolnik, on behalf of the North American Securities and Administrators Association, Inc., and Frank O. Bowman III, Indiana University School of Law, both of Indianapolis; Paul Rosenzweig, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Charles Prestwood, Conroe, Texas; Janice Farmer, Orlando, Florida; and Howard Deputy, Smyrna, Delaware. Hearings recessed subject to call.