[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 91 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D722-D724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERIOR AND TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS; REVISED SUBALLOCATION OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2003: Interior; and Treasury, Postal 
Service and General Government.
  The Committee also approved the Report on the Revised Suballocation 
of Budget Allocations for fiscal year 2003.
QUALITY HEALTH CARE--EXPANDING ACCESS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations held a hearing on Expanding Access to Quality Health 
Care: Solutions for Uninsured Americans. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Fletcher and Tierney; Mark B. McClellan, member, 
Council of Economic Advisers; and public witnesses.
CREATING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations continued hearings on ``Creating the Department of 
Homeland Security: Consideration of the Administration's Proposal,'' 
with emphasis on research and development and critical infrastructure 
activities proposed for transfer to the new Department. Testimony was 
heard from Jerome Hower, Director, Office of Public Health Emergency 
Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services: the following 
officials of the GAO: Jan Heinrich, Director, Health Care and Public 
Health Issues; and Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security 
Issues; John S. Tritak, Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance 
Office, Department of Commerce; James McDonald, Director, Energy 
Security and Assurance Program, Department of Energy; Samuel G. 
Varnado, Director, Infrastructure

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and Information Systems Center, Sandia National Laboratories; Donald D. 
Cobb, Associate Director, Threat Reduction, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory; and public witnesses.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session on this subject. 
Testimony was heard from Jason Ahearn, Assistant Commissioner, Field 
Operations, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Frank 
Panico, Manager, International Networks and Transportation, U.S. Postal 
Service; Linton Brooks, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Department of Energy; Gary Jones, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment Issues, GAO: David Nokes, Director, Systems Assessment and 
Research Center, Sandia National Laboratories; Donald D. Cobb, 
Associate Director, Threat Reduction, Los Alamos National Laboratory; 
Wayne J. Shotts, Associate Director, Nonproliferation, Arms Control and 
International Security, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Steven 
W. Martin, Director, Homeland Security Programs, Pacific Northwest 
National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
NEW ECONOMY SPEED--HELPING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Procurement Policy held a hearing on ``Helping State and Local 
Governments Move at New Economy Speed: Adding Flexibility to the 
Federal IT Grant Process.'' Testimony was heard from David L. McClure, 
Director, Information Technology Management Issues, GAO; Sherri Z. 
Heller, Director, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration 
for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Roberto Salazar, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; and 
public witnesses.
FEDERAL AGENCY PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT; OVERSIGHT--CERTAIN 
RAMIFICATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CREATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law approved for full Committee action H.R. 4561, 
Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on ``Administrative Law, 
Adjudicatory Issues, and Privacy Ramifications of Creating a Department 
of Homeland Security.'' Testimony was heard from Mark W. Everson, 
Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, OMB; and public 
witnesses.
PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 4965, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act. 
Testimony was heard from Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, FEMA; from the 
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Robert C. 
Bonner, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service; and Brian L. Stafford, 
Director, U.S. Secret Service; and the following officials of the 
Department of Transportation: Adm. Thomas H. Collins, USCG, Commandant, 
U.S. Coast Guard; and John W. Magaw, Under Secretary, Security, 
Transportation Security Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2099, to amend 
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide 
adequate funding authorization for the Vancouver National Historic 
Reserve; H.R. 3917, to authorize a national memorial to commemorate the 
passengers and crew of Flight 93 who, on September 11, 2001, 
courageously gave their lives thereby thwarting a planned attack on our 
Nation's Capital; and H.R. 4874, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit 
Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from possible 
omission of land from an 1880 survey. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Baird and Otter; the following officials of the 
Department of the Interior: P. Daniel Smith, Special Assistant to the 
Director, National Park Service; and Robert Anderson, Deputy Assistant, 
Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management; 
Royce Pollard, Mayor, Vancouver, Washington; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 4708, Fremont-Madison Conveyance Act; H.R. 
4739, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning and construction of a project to 
reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of 
the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas; and H.R. 5039, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to certain 
irrigation project property in the Humboldt Project, Nevada, to the 
Pershing County Water Conservation District, Pershing County, Lander 
County and the State of Nevada. Testimony was heard from John W.

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Keys, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; 
Gustavo Garcia, Mayor, Austin, Texas; and public witnesses.
ARMING PILOTS AGAINST TERRORISM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 4635, Arming Pilots Against 
Terrorism Act, The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure now printed in the bill shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule waives all points 
of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The rule makes in order only those amendments to the committee 
amendment that are printed in the Congressional Record or are pro forma 
amendments for the purpose of debate. The rule provides that each 
amendment printed in the Congressional Record may be offered only by 
the Member who caused it to be printed or his designee, and that each 
amendment shall be considered as read. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Mica and Oberstar.
NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 4687, National Construction Safety Team Act. The 
rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Science now printed in the bill shall 
be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The 
rule waives all points of order against the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered for amendment by section. The rule authorizes the Chairman 
of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Boehlert and 
Representative Hall of Texas.
TROPICAL CYCLONE INLAND IMPROVEMENT AND WARNING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2486, Tropical Cyclone Inland Forecasting 
Improvement and Warning System Development Act of 2002. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Science now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule provides 
that the bill shall be considered for amendment by section. The rule 
authorizes the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord 
priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Boehlert and Representative Hall of Texas and Etheridge.
ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2733, Enterprise Integration Act of 2002. The 
rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Science now printed in the bill shall 
be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The 
rule provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment by 
section. The rule authorizes the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Boehlert and Representative Hall of Texas.
TRUCKING SAFETY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing on Trucking Safety. Testimony was 
heard from Representative McGovern; Joseph M. Clapp, Administrator, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; and public witnesses.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Benefits approved for 
full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4940, the Arlington 
National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act; and H.R. 5055, to authorize 
the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial honoring the 
World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
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