[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D980-D982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness and the Subcommittee on Select Education held a joint 
hearing on ``Homeland Security: Tracking International Students in 
Higher Education-Progress and Issues since 9/11.'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Glenn A. 
Fine, Inspector General; and Jane Sposato, Assistant Deputy Executive 
Associate Commissioner, Immigration Services, INS; Stephen A. Edson, 
Acting Managing Director, Directorate of Visa Services, Bureau of 
Consular Affairs, Department of State; and a public witness.
CONSUMER PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 4678, Consumer Privacy 
Protection Act of 2002. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CAPACITY SWAPS BY GLOBAL CROSSING AND QWEST
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on entitled ``Capacity Swaps by Global 
Crossing and Qwest: Sham Transactions Designed to Boost Revenues?'' 
Testimony was heard from the following former officials of Global 
Crossing Ltd., Patrick Joggerst, President, Carrier Sales; and Roy 
Olofson, Vice President, Finance; and public officials.
  Hearings continue October 1.
HOLOCAUST VICTIMS INSURANCE RELIEF ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on 
H.R. 2693, Holocaust Victims Insurance Relief Act of 2001. Testimony 
was heard from Randall Marshall Bell, Special Envoy, Holocaust Issues, 
Department of State; Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist, Records 
Services, National Archives and Records Administration; Leslie Tick, 
Senior Staff Counsel, Department of Insurance, State of California; and 
a public witness.
COMBATING TERRORISM: PREVENTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on 
Combating Terrorism: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism. Testimony was heard 
from Rensslear Lee, Research Associate, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and 
Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; 
and public witnesses.

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SENSE OF HOUSE RESOLUTIONS--COMPLETE ACTION ON PENSION SECURITY ACT; 
PERMANENCE OF PENSION REFORM PROVISIONS; AND COMPLETED ACTION MAKING 
MARRIAGE TAX RELIEF PERMANENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 
that H. Res. 540, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
that the 107th Congress should complete action on H.R. 3762, the 
Pension Security Act of 2002, shall be debatable in the House for one 
hour equally divided among and controlled by the chairmen and ranking 
minority members of the Committees on Education and the Workforce and 
Ways and Means. The rule provides that H. Res. 540 shall be considered 
as read for amendment. The rule provides that H. Res. 544, Expressing 
the Sense of the House of Representatives on permanency of pension 
reform provisions, shall be debatable in the House for one hour equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule provides that H. Res. 544 
shall be considered as read for amendment. The rule provides that H. 
Res. 543, expressing the sense of the House that Congress should 
complete action on H.R. 4019, making marriage tax relief permanent, 
shall be debatable in the House for one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Ways and Means. The rule provides that H. Res. 543 shall be 
considered as read for amendment.
ABORTION NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by record vote of 7 to 3, a closed rule on 
H.R. 4691, Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2002, providing one hour 
of debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Waxman and Brown of Ohio.
CONFERENCE REPORT--FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 1646, Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003, and against 
its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall 
be considered as read. Testimony was heard from Chairman Hyde and 
Representative Lantos.
STATE OF THE NATION'S ECOSYSTEMS
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on the ``The State of the Nation's 
Ecosystems,'' The Heinz Center Report and Its Implications. Testimony 
was heard from Kim Nelson, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Environmental Information, EPA; Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary, 
Policy, Management and Budget, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the role the Federal 
Government and small businesses are playing in assisting individuals 
with disabilities. Testimony was heard from W. Roy Grizzard, Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Department of Labor; 
former Representative Anthony L. Coehlo of California; and public 
witnesses.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Financial Condition of the Airline Industry. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Transportation and infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment approved for full Committee action H.R. 5428, 
Water Resources Development Act of 2002.

Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held joint 
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to 
examine activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection 
with the September 11, 201 terrorist attacks on the United States, 
receiving testimony from Eleanor Hill, Staff Director, Joint Inquiry 
Staff; and members of the intelligence community.
  Hearings will continue on Thursday, September 26.
REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA DEMOCRACY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission concluded hearing to examine Georgia's prospects for 
democratization, its security situation and how Washington can best 
promote the complementary goals of advancing democracy, human rights 
and economic liberty while leading the battle against international 
terrorism, after receiving testimony from B. Lynn Pascoe, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Levan 
Mikeladze, Georgian Ambassador

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to the United States of America, Washington, D.C.; Malkhaz 
Songulashvili, Baptist Union, Genadi Gudadze, Jehovah's Witnesses, and 
Ghia Nodia, Caucasus Institute for Peace, Development and Democracy, 
Tbilisi, Georgia; and Stephen Jones, Mount Holyoke College, South 
Hadley, Massachusetts.