[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 113 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D914-D915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
IRAQ WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the state of the Iraqi 
weapons of mass destruction program and the history of the United 
Nations inspection efforts in Iraq. Testimony was heard from David A. 
Kay, former United Nations Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector in Iraq, 
United Nations Special Commission on Iraq and International Atomic 
Energy Agency; and Richard O. Spertzel, former Head of Biology Section, 
United Nations Special Commission on Iraq.
RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR AMERICAN WORKERS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations held a hearing entitled ``Retirement Security for 
American Workers: Examining Pension Enforcement and Accountability.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Labor: Ann Combs, Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration; and Stephen J. Cossu, Deputy Inspector General, Office 
of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations; and public witnesses.
STEEL INDUSTRY LEGACY RELIEF ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 4646, Steel Industry Legacy 
Relief Act of 2002. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11--AMERICA'S BLOOD SUPPLY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``America's Blood Supply in the 
Aftermath of September 11, 2001.'' Testimony was heard from Jerome M. 
Hauer, Acting Assistant Secretary, Public Health Emergency 
Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services; Janet Heinrich, 
Director, Health Care--Public Health Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
CAPITOL SECURITY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES 
SINCE 9/11
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on Capitol Security, 
Emergency Preparedness, and Infrastructure Upgrades since September 
11th. Testimony was heard from the following officers of the House of 
Representatives: Jeff Trandahl, Clerk; Wilson Livingood, Sergeant at 
Arms; and James M. Eagen III, Chief Administrative Officer; Alan 
Hantman, Architect of the Capitol; and Robert Howe, Assistant Chief, 
U.S. Capitol Police,
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
4600, amended, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care 
(HEALTH) Act 2002; H.R. 4689, Fairness in Sentencing Act of 2002; S. 
2690, amended, to reaffirm the reference to one Nation under God in the 
Pledge of Allegiance; H.R. 4125, amended, Federal Courts Improvement 
Act of 2002; and H.R. 4561, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act.

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INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing on Intelligent Transportation 
Systems. Testimony was heard from Aves Thompson, Director, Division of 
Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Department of 
Transportation, State of Alaska; Miguel D'Escoto, Commissioner, 
Department of Transportation, Chicago, Illinois; and public witnesses.
REDUCE MEDICAL ERRORS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
legislation to Reduce Medical Errors. Testimony was heard from Tommy 
Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
AMERICAN LEGION
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the American Legion, after receiving 
testimony from Ronald F. Conley, American Legion, Washington, D.C., who 
was accompanied by several of his associates.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 4546, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for 
the Armed Forces, focusing on seapower provisions, but did not complete 
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.