[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 88 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D698-D700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2003; and
  An original bill making appropriations for military construction, 
family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
  Also, committee approved subcommittee allocations for fiscal year 
2003.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 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, and 1,607 
routine military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps.
SENIOR HOUSING AND HEALTH FACILITY NEEDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the preliminary findings of the 
Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors 
in the 21st Century, after receiving testimony from Ellen Feingold, 
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly, Brighton, Massachusetts, and 
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C. Erickson, Erickson Retirement Community, Baltimore, Maryland, both 
on behalf of the Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility 
Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century.
BORDER OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation/Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation and Merchant Marine: Subcommittees concluded joint 
hearings to examine cross border trucking issues, focusing on the 
implementation of commercial vehicle safety requirements at the U.S.-
Mexico border, after receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, 
Secretary, Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, and Joe Clapp, 
Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, all of the 
Department of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 351, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the quantity 
of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever 
thermometers and improving collection, recycling, and disposal of 
mercury, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 556, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric 
powerplants, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2664, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to establish a program to provide assistance 
to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of 
terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, 
with amendments.
  H.R. 3322, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct an 
education and administrative center at the Bear River Migratory Bird 
Refuge in Box Elder County, Utah; and
  H.R. 3958, to provide a mechanism for the settlement of claims of the 
State of Utah regarding portions of the Bear River Migratory Bird 
Refuge located on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CENTRAL ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Central Asia and the 
South Caucasus concluded hearings to examine the balancing of military 
assistance and support for human rights in central Asia for the purpose 
of ensuring stability, security, and prosperity in the region, after 
receiving testimony from Lorne W. Craner, Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau, and B. Lynn Pascoe, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Central Asia, both of the Department of State; 
J. D. Crouch II, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Policy; and William H. Courtney, DynCorp, former Ambassador to 
Kazakhstan and Georgia, and former Senior Advisor to the National 
Security Council, and Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace, both of Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the relationship between a future Department of Homeland 
Security and the current federal, state, and local intelligence 
communities, after receiving testimony from Senators Graham and Shelby; 
Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence 
Agency; and William H. Webster, former Director of Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice, and Director of Central 
Intelligence Agency.
TITLE IX
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held 
hearings to examine the implementation and progress of Title IX of the 
Education Amendments Act of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in 
all aspects of education, receiving testimony from former Senator Birch 
Bayh; Roderick Paige, Secretary of Education; Nancy Hogshead-Makar, 
Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville; and Arthur L. Coleman, 
Nixon Peabody, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2134, to allow American victims of state sponsored terrorism to 
receive compensation from blocked assets of those states, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2633, to prohibit an individual from knowingly opening, 
maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available 
for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, 
distributing, or using any controlled substance;
  S. 1339, to amend the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000 to provide an 
asylum program with regard to American Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, with 
an amendment;
  S. Res. 281, designating the week beginning August 25, 2002, as 
``National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week'';
  S. Res. 284, expressing support for ``National Night Out'' and 
requesting that the President make neighborhood crime prevention, 
community policing, and reduction of school crime important priorities 
of the Administration; and

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  The nomination of Lavenski R. Smith, of Arkansas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Dennis W. Shedd, of South Carolina, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Terrence F. McVerry, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and 
Arthur J. Schwab, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Shedd was introduced by Senators 
Thurmond and Hollings, and Representative Wilson, and Mr. McVerry and 
Mr. Schwab were introduced by Senators Specter, Santorum, and 
Representative Hart.