[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 31, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D862-D866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Vinicio E. Madrigal, of Louisiana, L.D. Britt, of 
Virginia, Linda J. Stierle, of Maryland, and William C. De La Pena, of 
California, each to be a Member of the Board of Regents of the 
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; John Edward 
Mansfield, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board; Lt. Gen. James T. Hill, for appointment in the 
United States Army to the grade of General while assigned to a position 
of importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601; 
Vice Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., for appointment in the United 
States Navy to the grade of Admiral while assigned to a position of 
importance and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., section 601; and 
4,694 nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the status of Operation Enduring Freedom in 
Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, 
Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander in 
Chief, United States Central Command.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, 
and Donald L. Kohn, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Rebecca Dye, of North Carolina, to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner, after the witness testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
RAILROAD SHIPPER CONCERNS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings to 
examine railroad shipper issues, including progress since the 
implementation of the Staggers Rail Act (P.L. 96-448), after receiving 
testimony from Linda Morgan, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board, 
Department of Transportation; John W. Snow, CSX Corporation, Richmond, 
Virginia; Terry Huval, Lafayette Utilities System, Lafayette, 
Louisiana, on behalf of the American Public Power Association and 
Consumers United for Rail Equity; Mark W. Schwirtz, Arizona Electric 
Power Cooperative, Inc., Benson; Charles E. Platz, Basell North 
America, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; Steve Strege, North Dakota Grain 
Dealers Association, Fargo; and Dennis Williams, Roseburg Forest 
Products Company, Roseburg, Oregon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 198, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to provide assistance through States to eligible weed 
management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on 
public and private land, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1028, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal 
Features of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, South 
Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the 
Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for 
the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that 
the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase 
the parcels from the Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1069, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal 
authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the 
majority of the trails in the System, with amendments;
  S. 1638, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage 
Area in the State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park System, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1846, to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National 
Forest in the State of New York, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1883, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the 
rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon,
  S. 1943, to expand the boundary of the George Washington Birthplace 
National Monument, with an amendment;
  S. 1944, to revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the 
State of Colorado, with amendments;
  S. 1999, to reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, 
with an amendment;
  S. 2018, to establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area 
within the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico to resolve 
a land claim involving the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, with an 
amendment;
  S. 2222, to resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative 
land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related 
to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2388, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study certain 
sites in the historic district of Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to 
the Reconstruction Era, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2482, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to grant to 
Deschutes and Crook Counties in the State of Oregon a right-of-way to 
West Butte Road, with an amendment;
  S. 2519, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of Coltsville in the State of Connecticut for potential inclusion in 
the National Park System, with an amendment;
  S. 2571, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to conduct a joint 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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 2598, to enhance the criminal penalties for illegal trafficking of 
archaeological resources, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 37, to amend the National Trails System Act to update the 
feasibility and suitability studies of 4 national historic trails and 
provide for possible additions to such trails, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 38, to provide for additional lands to be included within the 
boundaries of the Homestead National Monument of America in the State 
of Nebraska;
  H.R. 107, to require that the Secretary of the Interior conduct a 
study to identify sites and resources, to recommend alternatives for 
commemorating and interpreting the Cold War, with amendments;
  H.R. 695, to establish the Oil Region National Heritage Area, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute (As approved by the committee, 
the substitute amendment incorporates provisions of S. 1526, S. 1925, 
S. 1939, S. 2033, S. 2196, and S. 2576.);
  H.R. 706, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
properties in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the 
Caballo Reservoir, New Mexico;
  H.R. 1712, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make 
adjustments to the boundary of the National Park of American Samoa to 
include certain portions of the islands of Ofu and Olosega within the 
park;
  H.R. 1776, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Buffalo Bayou National 
Heritage Area in west Houston, Texas;
  H.R. 1814, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail extending through western 
Massachusetts and central Connecticut for study for potential addition 
to the National Trails System;
  H.R. 1870, to provide for the sale of certain real property within 
the Newlands Project in Nevada, to the city of Fallon, Nevada;
  H.R. 1906, to amend the Act that established the Pu'uhonua O Honaunau 
National Historical Park to expand the boundaries of that park;
  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;
  H.R. 2109, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study of Virginia Key Beach Park in Biscayne Bay, 
Florida, for possible inclusion in the National Park System;
  H.R. 2115, 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 Lakehaven Utility District, Washington;
  H.R. 2828, to authorize payments to certain Klamath Project water 
distribution entities for amounts assessed by the entities for 
operation and maintenance of the Project's transferred works for 2001, 
to authorize refunds to such entities of amounts collected by the 
Bureau of Reclamation for reserved works for 2001; and
  H.R. 3048, to resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands 
adjacent to the Russian River in the State of Alaska.
WATER AND POWER
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded hearings on S. 1577/H.R. 2990, bills to amend the Lower 
Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 
2000 to authorize additional projects under that Act, S. 1882, to amend 
the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, S. 934, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to construct the Rocky Boy's North Central 
Montana Regional Water System in the State of Montana, to offer to 
enter into an agreement with the Chippewa Cree Tribe to plan, design, 
construct, operate, maintain and replace the Rocky Boy's Rural Water 
System, and to provide assistance to the North Central Montana Regional 
Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the 
noncore system, S. 2556, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in 
the State of Idaho, S. 2696, to clear title to certain real property in 
New Mexico associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, and S. 2773, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the High 
Plains Aquifer States in conducting a hydrogeologic characterization, 
mapping, modeling and monitoring program for the High Plains Aquifer, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Baucus and Crapo; John W. Keys 
III, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, and Charles G. Groat, 
Director, U.S. Geological Survey, both of the Department of the 
Interior; Dan Keil, North Central Montana Regional Water Authority, 
Conrad; Peter A. Scholle, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral 
Resources, Socorro, on behalf of the High Plains Aquifer Coalition; 
Mayor Martin J. Chavez, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Bruce Sunchild, Sr., 
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Box Elder, Montana; 
Jeff Raybould, Fremont-Madison Irrigation District, St. Anthony, Idaho; 
Peter Carlson, Will and Calson, Inc., Washington,

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D.C., on behalf of the Small Reclamation Program Act Coalition; and 
Wayne Halbert, Harlingen Irrigation District, Harlingen, Texas, on 
behalf of the Texas Water Conservation Association and Texas Irrigation 
Council.
SUPERFUND PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General's Report 
on the Superfund Program, focusing on the clean-up of non Federal 
National Priority List sites, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Torricelli, and Bill Nelson; Nikki L. Tinsley, Inspector General, and 
Marianne Lamont Horinko, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 
and Emergency Response, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine 
threats, responses, and regional considerations surrounding Iraq, 
receiving testimony from Gen. Joseph Hoar, USMC, (Ret.), Delmar, 
California, former Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Central Command; Lt. Gen. 
Thomas G. McInerney, USAF, (Ret.), Washington, D.C., former Assistant 
Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; Richard Butler, New York, New 
York, and Morton Halperin, Washington, D.C., both of the Council on 
Foreign Relations; Khidhir Hamza, Council on Middle Eastern Affairs, 
New York, New York; Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland Department 
of Government and Politics, College Park; Anthony H. Cordesman and 
Charles Duelfer, both of the Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, Robert L. Gallucci, Georgetown University School of Foreign 
Service, Fouad Ajami, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced 
International Studies, Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center, and Mark R. Parris, 
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, and Caldwell, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
WEIGHT-LOSS SUPPLEMENT SAFETY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine consumer safety and weight loss 
supplements, focusing on the extent of the use of supplements for 
weight loss purposes, the validity of claims currently being made for 
and against weight loss supplements, and the structure of the current 
federal system of oversight and regulation for dietary supplements, 
after receiving testimony from Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care--
Public Health Issues, General Accounting Office; Joseph A. Levitt, 
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Michael F. Mangano, Principal Deputy Inspector 
General, Office of the Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Health and Human Services; Cynthia T. Culmo, Association of Food and 
Drug Officials, Austin, Texas; Steven B. Heymsfield, Columbia 
University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, on 
behalf of the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York Obesity 
Research Center; Michael McGuffin, American Herbal Products 
Association, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Karen Ruiz, San Clemente, 
California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorable reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2713, to amend title 28, United States Code, to make certain 
modifications in the judicial discipline procedures;
  H.R. 3892, to amend title 28, United States Code, to make certain 
modifications in the judicial discipline procedures, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 486, for the relief of Barbara Makuch;
  H.R. 487, for the relief of Eugene Makuch; and
  The nominations of Timothy J. Corrigan, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Jose E. Martinez, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 
Terrence F. McVerry, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania, Arthur J. Schwab, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and J.B. Van 
Hollen, of Wisconsin, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Wisconsin, Charles E. Beach, Sr., to be United States 
Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa, Peter A. Lawrence, to be 
United States Marshal for the Western District of New York, Richard 
Vaughn Mecum, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of 
Georgia, and Burton Stallwood, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Rhode Island, all of the Department of Justice.
CLASS ACTION LITIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine class 
action litigation issues, including the misuse of class actions to 
escape accountability, the expansion of federal courts' jurisdiction to 
hear class actions, and related provisions of S. 1712/H.R. 2341, to 
amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class 
actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, 
receiving testimony from Lawrence H. Mirel, District of Columbia 
Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation, F. Paul Bland, Jr., 
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Justice, Walter E. Dellinger III, O'Melveny and Myers, and Thomas J. 
Henderson, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Shaneen Wahl, Port Charlotte, Florida, on behalf of 
the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; and Hilda Bankston, 
Bankston Drug Store, Fayette, Mississippi.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
PRISON RAPE REDUCTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2619, to 
provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in 
Federal, State, and local institutions and to provide information, 
resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from 
prison rape, after receiving testimony from Representative Wolf; Mark 
Earley, Prison Fellowship Ministries, Reston, Virginia; Robert W. 
Dumond, Franklin Pierce College, Hudson, New Hampshire, on behalf of 
Stop Prison Rape; Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of 
Reform Judaism, Washington, D.C.; and Linda Bruntmyer, Amarillo, Texas.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine S. 2586, to exclude United States persons from the definition 
of ``foreign power'' under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 relating to international terrorism, and S. 2659, to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to modify the standard of 
proof for issuance of orders regarding non-United States persons from 
probable cause to reasonable suspicion, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Schumer; James A. Baker, Counsel for Intelligence Policy, and 
Marion E. Bowman, Deputy General Counsel, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, both of the Department of Justice; Frederic F. Manget, 
Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency; and Jerry Berman, 
Center for Democracy and Technology, and Clifford S. Fishman, Catholic 
University of America Columbus School of Law, both of Washington, D.C.