[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 93 (Thursday, July 11, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D742-D743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Adopted a motion to report recommendations on 
H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002, to the Select Committee on 
Homeland Security.
LEGISLATIVE AND AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2003: Legislative; and the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies.
IMPROVE ANTI- AND COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS--ARMY AND AIR FORCE 
INITIATIVES
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism held 
a hearing on Army and Air Force initiatives to improve anti- and 
counterterrorism operations. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. David D. McKiernan, 
USA, Director, Army Operations, Department of the Army; and Maj .Gen. 
Randall Schmidt, USAF, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Air and Space 
Operations, Department of the Air Force.
RESOLUTION--OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH; HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 385, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services should conduct or support research on certain tests to 
screen for ovarian cancer, and Federal health care programs and group 
and individual health plans should cover the tests if demonstrated to 
be effective.
  The Committee also favorably reported recommendations on H.R. 5005, 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, to the Select Committee on Homeland 
Security.
PROTECTING RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND A PARENT'S 
RIGHT TO KNOW
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on ``Protecting the Rights of Conscience of Health Care Providers and a 
Parents's Right to Know.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Began consideration of recommendations 
on H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002, to be submitted to the 
Select Committee on Homeland Security.
MIDDLE EAST PEACE COMMITMENTS ACT; ARAFAT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1795, Middle 
East Peace Commitments Act of 2001; and H.R. 4693, Arafat 
Accountability Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Blunt; and 
David Satterfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs, Department of State.
PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved 
for full Committee action H.R. 4965, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 
2002.
OVERSIGHT--CRISIS FACING WILDLIFE SPECIES--BUSHMEAT CONSUMPTION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the Developing Crisis 
Facing Wildlife Species due to Bushmeat Consumption. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Jeffry 
M. Burnam, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment, Bureau of Oceans 
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; and James A. 
Graham, Project Manager, Central African Regional Program, Environment, 
Bureau for Africa, AID; Kenneth Stansell, Assistant Director, 
International Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WILDFIRES--NATIONAL FORESTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on Wildfires on the National Forests: An Update on 
the 2002 Wildland Fire Season. Testimony was heard from Sally Collins, 
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, USDA; 
Tim Hartzell, Director, Office of Wildlife Fire Coordination, 
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH MARKET
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight held a hearing on the Small Business Health Market: Bad 
Reforms Higher Prices and Fewer Choices.
  Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Approved 
recommendations, as amended, on H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 
2002, to be submitted to the Select Committee on Homeland Security.
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY PROGRAMS' CHALLENGERS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security continued 
hearings on Social Security Disability Programs' Challengers and 
Opportunities. Testimony was heard from Martin Gerry, Deputy 
Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs, SSA; Robert 
Robertson, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues, 
GAO; and public witnesses.
TRANSFORMING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT AMERICA FROM TERRORISM
Select Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled 
``Transforming the Federal Government to Protect America from 
Terrorism.'' Testimony was heard from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of 
State; Paul O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; Paul D. Wolfowitz, 
Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense; and John Ashcroft, The 
Attorney General.