[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 83 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D651-D652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AMTRAK
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded 
hearings to examine Amtrak's financial condition, focusing on 
investment in infrastructure, long term financing options, and long 
term effective public partnerships, after receiving testimony from 
David Gunn, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); and Allan Rutter, Administrator, 
Federal Railroad Administration, Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, 
and Donna McLean, Chief Financial Officer, all of the Department of 
Transportation.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander in Chief, United States Northern 
Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings on S. 139/H.R. 3928, to assist in the 
preservation of archaeological, paleontological, zoological, 
geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of a new 
facility for the University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, S. 1609/H.R. 1814, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to direct the Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail extending 
through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut for study for 
potential addition to the National Trails System; S. 1925, to establish 
the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the States of Massachusetts 
and New Hampshire, S. 2196, to establish the National Mormon Pioneer 
Heritage Area in the State of Utah, S. 2388, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to study certain sites in the historic district of 
Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era, S. 2519, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of 
Coltsville in the State of Connecticut for potential inclusion in the 
National Park System, and S. 2576, to establish the Northern Rio Grande 
National Heritage Area in the State of New Mexico, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Dodd, Lieberman, and Bennett; Brenda Barrett, 
National Coordinator for Heritage Areas, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; Mayor Mary Whitney, Fitchburg, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Freedom's Way Heritage Association, 
Inc.; Wilson G. Martin, Utah Division of State History, and Fred C. 
Esplin, University of Utah, both of Salt Lake City; Kathryn M. Cordova, 
El Prado, New Mexico, and Jose D. Villa, Espanola, New Mexico, both on 
behalf of the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area; and Heather 
Clish, Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
ASBESTOS REMEDIATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management concluded hearings to examine 
lessons learned from asbestos remediation activities in Libby, Montana, 
as well as home insulation concerns relating to asbestos, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Murray; Marianne Horinko, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Gregory R. Wagner, Director, Division 
of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 
Henry Falk, Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Michael R. Spence, Montana State Department of Public Health and Human 
Services, Helena; Brad Black, Lincoln County Health Department, and Pat 
Cohan, both on behalf of the Center for Asbestos-Related Disease, 
Libby, Montana; and John Konzen, Lincoln County Commission, Troy, 
Montana.
NUCLEAR SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded closed 
hearings to examine nuclear plant security, after receiving testimony 
from certain Federal witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the President's proposal to create a Department of Homeland 
Security, after receiving testimony from former Senators Gary Hart and 
Warren Rudman, both Co-Chairs, United States Commission on National 
Security/21st Century; and Tom Ridge, Director, Office of Homeland 
Security.
FORMING UNIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine workers

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freedom of association, focusing on whether current American labor laws 
impose unacceptable obstacles to forming unions, after receiving 
testimony from John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, and Daniel V. Yager, Labor 
Policy Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Kenneth Roth, Human 
Rights Watch, New York, New York; Nancy Schweikhard, St. John's Medical 
Center, Oxnard, California; Robert MacDaniels, ONCORE Construction, 
Bladensburg, Maryland; Eric J. Vizier, Galliano, Louisiana; Sherri 
Bufkin, Bladenboro, North Carolina; and Mario Vidales, Las Vegas, 
Nevada.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1291, to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State 
residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the 
cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien 
college-bound students who are long term United States residents, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2621, to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal 
penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence 
against mass transportation systems;
  S. 1754, to authorize appropriations for the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office for fiscal years 2002 through 2007, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1866, to amend title 35, United States Code, to clarify the 
basis for granting requests for reexamination of patents;
  H.R. 1886, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for 
appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings;
  H.R. 2068, to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change 
certain general and permanent laws, related to public buildings, 
property, and works, as title 40, United States Code, ``Public 
Buildings, Property, and Works''; and
  The nominations of David S. Cercone, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Morrison C. England, 
Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
California, Kenneth A. Marra, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Florida, and Lawrence A. Greenfeld, of 
Maryland, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, James 
Thomas Roberts, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Southern 
District of Georgia, Michael Lee Kline, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Washington and Anthony Dichio, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, all of the Department 
of Justice.
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.
LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
long term care financing, focusing on entitlement reform, including 
expanding home care, and expanding Medicare to address the need for 
adult day health care, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Rockefeller; former Senator Durenberger, on behalf of the Citizens for 
Long-Term Care Coalition; Carol V. O'Shaughnessy, Specialist in Social 
Legislation, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; 
Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier, on behalf of the National 
Governors Association; and Steven Chies, American Health Care 
Association, Washington, D.C.