[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 93 (Thursday, July 11, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D739-D741]
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 an 
original bill (S. 2720), making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
approved for full committee consideration an original bill making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the U.S. Climate Action Report concerning global 
climate change, focusing on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, 
and cooperating with other nations to develop a global response, 
receiving testimony from James L. Connaughton, Chairman, Council on 
Environmental Quality; R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic 
Advisers; John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy; and James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
DOE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the Department of Energy's Environmental Management (EM) 
program, focusing on DOE's progress in implementing its accelerated 
cleanup initiative, and the changes DOE has proposed to the EM science 
and technology program, after receiving testimony from Senator Bunning; 
Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, 
and Aristides Patrinos,

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Associate Director, Biological and Environmental Research, Office of 
Science, both of the Department of Energy; Washington State Attorney 
General Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia; Kathleen E. Trever, Idaho 
Department of Environmental Quality, Boise; and Peter Maggiore, New 
Mexico Environment Department, Santa Fe.
NATIONAL RECYCLING EFFORTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the progress of national recycling efforts, focusing on 
federal procurement of recycled-content products and producer 
responsibility related to the beverage industry, after receiving 
testimony from Debra Yap, Director, Environmental Strategies and Safety 
Division, Office of Business Operations, Public Buildings Service, 
General Services Administration; Dobbins Callahan, C and A 
Floorcoverings, Inc., Dalton, Georgia, on behalf of the Buy Recycled 
Business Alliance; Clifford P. Case, Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, New 
York, New York, on behalf of the National Recycling Coalition; Fred von 
Zuben, Newark Group, Cranfornd, New Jersey, on behalf of the American 
Forest and Paper Association; Darryl Young, California Department of 
Conservation, Sacramento; Edward Boisson, Boisson and Associates, 
Carrboro, North Carolina; and Kevin S. Dietly, Northbridge 
Environmental Management Consultants, Westford, Massachusetts, on 
behalf of the Coalition for Comprehensive Recycling.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 321, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage 
under the Medicaid program for such children, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 724, to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 
coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income 
pregnant women, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1971, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect the retirement 
security of American workers by ensuring that pension assets are 
adequately diversified and by providing workers with adequate access 
to, and information about, their pension plans, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PROTECTION
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy 
held hearings on S. 848, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
limit the misuse of social security numbers, and to establish criminal 
penalties for such misuse, receiving testimony Senators Feinstein and 
Gregg; James B. Lockhart III, Deputy Commissioner, and James G. Huse, 
Jr., Inspector General, both of the Social Security Administration; 
John D. Arterberry, Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, 
Department of Justice; Norman A. Willox, Jr., LexisNexis, Washington, 
D.C.; and Rob Evans, NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S./SUDAN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine implementing United States policy in 
Sudan, in an attempt to bring about a peace settlement to end the civil 
war, after receiving testimony from Walter H. Kansteiner, Assistant 
Secretary of State for African Affairs; Roger Winter, Assistant 
Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 
U.S. Agency for International Development; John Prendergast, 
International Crisis Group, Jemera Rone, Human Rights Watch, and J. 
Stephen Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies, all 
of Washington, D.C.; and Paul Townsend, Catholic Relief Services, 
Nairobi, Kenya.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 812, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide 
greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, with an amendment;
  S. 2489, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a 
program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-
quality respite care, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 
and
  The nominations of Naomi Shihab Nye, of Texas, and Michael Pack, of 
Maryland, each to be a Member of the National Council on the 
Humanities, Earl A. Powell III, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts, Robert Davila, of New York, to be a 
Member of the National Council On Disability, and Peter J. Hurtgen, of 
Maryland, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director.
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment, Safety and Training concluded hearings to examine workplace 
safety and health oversight of the Mine Safety Health Administration 
and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulation and 
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testimony from John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary for Occupational 
Safety and Health, and David D. Lauriski, Assistant Secretary for Mine 
Safety and Health, both of the Department of Labor.
TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine contemporary tribal governments and challenges in tribal law 
enforcement related to the rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, focusing 
on barriers and challenges that tribal law enforcement agencies and 
tribal courts are facing as they attempt to protect Indians and non-
Indians in Indian country and adjudicate cases affecting tribal lands, 
tribal governments, and tribal members, after receiving testimony from 
Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, and Thomas B. 
Heffelfinger, United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, on 
behalf of the Attorney General Advisory Committee's Native American 
Issues Subcommittee, both of the Department of Justice; Darrell 
Hillaire, Theresa Pouley, and Gary James, all of the Lummi Nation, 
Bellingham, Washington, all on behalf of Lummi Indian Business Council; 
and Monty J. Bengochia, Bishop Paiute Tribal Council, Bishop, 
California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of John M. Rogers, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Sixth Circuit; and Marcos D. Jimenez, to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Miriam F. Miquelon, to 
be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James 
Robert Dougan, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of 
Michigan, and George Breffni Walsh, of Virginia, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Columbia, all of the Department of Justice.
  Also, committee began markup of H.R. 3375, to provide compensation 
for the United States citizens who were victims of the bombings of 
United States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, on the same 
basis as compensation is provided to victims of the terrorist-related 
aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001, and S. 486, to reduce the risk 
that innocent persons may be executed, but did not complete action 
thereon, and recessed subject to call.