[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 98 (Thursday, July 18, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D780-D781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PESTICIDE HARMONIZATION ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Production and Price Competitiveness concluded hearings on S. 532, to 
amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit 
a State to register a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use 
within that State, after receiving testimony from Senator Dorgan; 
Representative Pomeroy; William T. Hawks, Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; Stephen L. Johnson, 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic 
Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; North Dakota Lt. Governor 
Jack Dalrymple, on behalf of North Dakota Crop Protection Product 
Harmonization and Registration Board, and Roger Johnson, North Dakota 
Department of Agriculture, both of Bismarck; Barry Bushue, Oregon Farm 
Bureau Federation, Boring, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau 
Federation; and David J. Frederickson, National Farmers Union, and Jay 
Vroom, CropLife America, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 5010, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003;
  An original bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2003;
  An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003; and
  An original resolution encouraging the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations to report thirteen, fiscally responsible, bipartisan 
appropriation bills to the Senate not later than July 31, 2002.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Paul S. Atkins, of Virginia, and Harvey 
Jerome Goldschmid, of New York, each to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Atkins was introduced by Senators 
Allen and Warner.
ENRON ENERGY MARKET MANIPULATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the role of Enron Energy Services, Inc. (EESI) 
played in manipulation of western State electricity markets, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Frederick W. Gregory, of Maryland, to be 
Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and Kathie L. Olsen, of Oregon, and Richard M. Russell, 
of Virginia, each to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gregory was introduced by Senator 
Bill Nelson, and Mr. Russell was introduced by Senator Allen.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY/CONSUMER PROTECTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine perspectives on improving corporate responsibility and consumer 
protection, in light of the recent corporate accounting scandals, after 
receiving testimony from former Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum, Consumer 
Federation of America, Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen, and Nell Minnow, 
Corporate Library, all of Washington, D.C.; and Richard H. Moore, North 
Carolina Department of State Treasurer, Raleigh.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings on S. 1865, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the 
Lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds in the State 
of California as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1943, to expand 
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boundary of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, S. 
2571, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resources study to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of 
establishing the Rim of the Valley Corridor as a unit of the Santa 
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, S. 2595, to authorize the 
expenditure of funds on private lands and facilities at Mesa Verde 
National Park, in the State of Colorado, and H.R. 1925, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the Waco Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the 
National Park System, after receiving testimony from Senator Warner; 
Representatives Schiff and Solis; Durand Jones, Deputy Director, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Lori A. Mellon, 
Mesa Verde Foundation, Mesa Verde, Colorado.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of John S. Bresland, of New Jersey, to be a Member, 
and Carolyn W. Merritt, of Illinois, to be a Member and Chairperson, 
both of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 1210, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 2711, to reauthorize and improve programs relating to Native 
Americans, with amendments.
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 2743, to 
approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe 
in Apache County, Arizona; receiving testimony from Senator Kyl; Neal 
McCaleb, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Joe 
Carter, Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Safford; Malcolm B. Bowekaty, 
Pueblo of Zuni, Zuni, New Mexico; Norman Ray Brown, Lyman Water 
Company, St. Johns, Arizona; David Brown, Brown and Brown Law Offices, 
Pinetop, Arizona; and David C. Roberts, Salt River Project, and John B. 
Weldon, Jr., Salmon, Lewis, and Weldon, both of Phoenix, Arizona.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on certain 
provisions of S. 2065, to provide for the implementation of air quality 
programs developed pursuant to an intergovernmental Agreement between 
the Southern Ute Indian Tribes and the State of Colorado concerning Air 
Quality Control on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, receiving 
testimony from Renny Fagan, Colorado Deputy Attorney General, Denver; 
and Leonard C. Burch and Fran King Brown, both of Southern Ute Indian 
Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 486, to reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 862, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out the 
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program;
  S. 2395, to prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2513, to assess the extent of the backlog in DNA analysis of rape 
kit samples, and to improve investigation and prosecution of sexual 
assault cases with DNA evidence, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. Res. 293, designating the week of November 10 through November 16, 
2002, as ``National Veterans Awareness Week'' to emphasize the need to 
develop educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to 
the country.
IDENTITY THEFT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
issues with respect to identify theft and senior citizens, including 
related provisions of S. 2541, to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, after receiving 
testimony from Alice S. Fisher, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; James G Huse, Jr., Inspector 
General, Social Security Administration; Howard Beales, Director, 
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Douglas 
Coombs, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Financial Crimes Division, U.S. 
Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; Boris F. Melnikoff, 
Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; Stuart 
K. Pratt, Consumer Data Industry Association, and Dennis Carlton, 
International Biometric Group, both of Washington, D.C.; Lt. Col. John 
T. Stevens, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Upper Marlboro, Maryland; and Mari J. 
Frank, Laguna Niguel, California.