[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D997-D998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 606, to provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman of 
the Environmental Protection Agency; with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.
  S. 2928, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to modify provisions relating 
to the Lake Champlain basin; with amendments.
  H.R. 1070, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
carry out projects and conduct research for remediation of sediment 
contamination in areas of concern in the Great Lakes; with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  H.R. 3908, to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation 
Act; with amendments.
  H.R. 4807, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the 
property in Cecil County, Maryland, known as Garrett Island for 
inclusion in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge; with amendments.
  S. 2983, to authorize a project for navigation, Chickamauga Lock and 
Dam, Tennessee; with an amendment.
  S. 2847, to assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and 
providing, through projects of persons and organizations with expertise 
in crane conservation, financial resources for the conservation 
programs of countries the activities of which directly or indirectly 
affect cranes; with amendments.
  S. 2897, to assist in the conservation of marine turtles and the 
nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries; with 
amendments.
  H.R. 4044, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance to the State of Maryland and the State of Louisiana for 
implementation of a program to eradicate or control nutria and restore 
marshland damaged by nutria;
  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;
  S. 2975, to authorize the project for hurricane and storm damage 
reduction, Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi 
River and Tributaries;
  S. 2978, to modify the project for flood control, Little Calumet 
River, Indiana;
  S. 2984, to authorize a project for environmental restoration at 
Smith Island, Maryland;
  S. 2999, to authorize the project for environmental restoration, Pine 
Flat Dam, Fresno County, California;
  H.R. 2595, to direct the Secretary of the Army to convey a parcel of 
land to Chatham County, Georgia;
  H.R. 4727, to reauthorize the national dam safety program;
  S. 2715, to provide an additional extension of the period of 
availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of 
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001;
  S. 2730, to modify certain water resources projects for the 
Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida and 
Alabama; and
  S. 2332, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, 
Ohio, as the ``Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building And United States 
Courthouse''; with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
U.S.-IRAQ POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
U.S. policy on Iraq, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, 
Secretary of State; and Madeleine K. Albright, National Democratic 
Institute for International Affairs, Washington, D.C., and Henry A. 
Kissinger, Kissinger Associates, Inc., New York, New York, both former 
Secretaries of State.
INTERNET EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the benefits and challenges of web-based 
education, growth in distance education programs and implications for 
federal education policy, and exploring the benefits and challenges of 
web-based education, after receiving testimony from Cornelia M. Ashby, 
Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues,

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General Accounting Office; A. Frank Mayadas, Alfred P. Sloan 
Foundation, New York, New York; Robert W. Mendenhall, Western Governors 
University, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Stephen G. Shank, Capella 
University, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
INTRA-TRIBAL LEADERSHIP DISPUTES AND TRIBAL GOVERNANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
intra-tribal leadership disputes and the role of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs in resolving those disputes, after receiving testimony from 
Aurene M. Martin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian 
Affairs; Donna Marie Potts, Buena Vista Rancheria, Ione, California; 
and Derril Jordan, Stetson Law Office, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Stanley R. Chesler, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, 
Daniel L. Hovland, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of North Dakota, James E. Kinkeade, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Texas, Linda R. Reade, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa; and Freda L. Wolfson, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Estrada was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, Mr. 
Chesler and Ms. Wolfson were introduced by Senator Corzine, Mr. Hovland 
was introduced by Senator Dorgan, Mr. Kinkeade was introduced by 
Senators Gramm and Hutchison, and Ms. Reade was introduced by Senators 
Grassley and Harkin.
LONG-TERM CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
issues related to long-term health care, focusing on care options and 
current provisions of long-term care, and the role of the public sector 
in assuring the needs of the impending surge of the baby boom 
generation, after receiving testimony from Kathryn G. Allen, Director, 
Health Care-Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Issues, General 
Accounting Office; Shannon Broussard, Cajun Area Agency on Aging, Inc., 
Lafayette, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Association of Area 
Agencies on Aging; Lisa Yagoda, National Association of Social Workers, 
Washington, D.C.; and Kevin Stevenson, Silver Spring, Maryland.