[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D260-D261] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS: HHS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services. ARMY POSTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to examine the Posture of the United States Army, focusing on the power of new technologies, different organizations, and revitalized leader development initiatives, after receiving testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army, and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the Army, both of the Department of Defense. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on acquisition policy and outsourcing issues, after receiving testimony from Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; Angela B. Styles, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Stan Z. Soloway, Professional Services Council, Arlington, VA; and Bobby L. Harnage, Sr., American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO), Washington, D.C. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the National Guard and Reserve military and civilian personnel programs, after receiving testimony from Thomas F. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Bob Hollingsworth, Executive Director, National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Major General Raymond F. Rees, ARNG, Acting Chief, National Guard Bureau; Lieutenant General Roger C. Schultz, ARNG, Director, Army National Guard; Lieutenant General Daniel James III, ANG, Director, Air National Guard; Lieutenant General James R. Helmly, USAR, Chief, Army Reserve; Vice Admiral John B. Totushek, USNR, Chief, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant General Dennis M. McCarthy, USMCR, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve; and Major General John J. Batbie, Jr., USAFR, Vice Chief of Air Force Reserve. NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine nonproliferation policies and programs of the Department of State, focusing on curbing the supply of material, equipment, and technology for weapons of mass destruction and missiles to proliferators or terrorists, persuading states seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction and missiles to cease those efforts, maintaining and strengthening the international system of nonproliferation treaties and regimes, promoting international nuclear cooperation under the highest nonproliferation and [[Page D261]] safety standards, and containing the transfer of advanced conventional arms to states of concern, and terrorists, after receiving testimony from John S. Wolf, Assistant Secretary of Nonproliferation, and Richard J.K. Stratford, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy Affairs, Bureau of Nonproliferation, both of the Department of State; and Rose E. Gottemoeller, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Charles B. Curtis, Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Amy E. Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center, all of Washington, D.C. CHINA Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine the effects and consequences of the economic emergence of China and presence in U.S. capital markets, focusing on its role as a strategic power in East Asia, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Korean peninsula, free trade and national security, after receiving testimony from Randall G. Schriver, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Charles Freeman, Deputy Assistant, U.S. Trade Representative; Robert A. Kapp, United States-China Business Council, Hilary Rosen, Recording Industry Association of America, Larry M. Wortzel, Heritage Foundation, and David M. Lampton, Nixon Center, all of Washington, D.C. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: An original bill, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high- quality respite care; An original bill, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients; S. 15, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the payment of compensation for certain individuals with injuries resulting from the administration of smallpox countermeasures, to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States, and to improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nominations of Karen Lias Wolff, of Michigan, Mary Costa, of Tennessee, and Jerry Pinkney and Makoto Fujimura, both of New York, each to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts. ENERGY RESOURCES ON INDIAN LANDS Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine S. 424, to establish, reauthorize, and improve energy programs relating to Indian tribes, and S. 522, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to assist Indian tribes in developing energy resources, after receiving testimony from Theresa Rosier, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Vicky Bailey, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs; Arvin Trujillo, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Vernon Hill, Eastern Shoshone Business Council, Fort Washakie, Wyoming; Sam Maynes, Southern Ute Tribal Council, Ignacio, Colorado; A. David Lester and Victor Roubidoux, both of the Council of Energy Resource Tribes, Denver, Colorado; and Robert P. Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, Rosebud, South Dakota. REPRODUCTIVE CLONING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the ethical issues of human cloning, focusing on both reproductive cloning and the use of nuclear transplantation in research with human stem cells, after receiving testimony from Senator Brownback; Representative Langevin; Leon Kass, American Enterprise Institute, Chicago, Illinois; Thomas H. Murray, The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York; Harold Varmus, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Anton-Lewis Usala, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina; Micheline M. Mathews-Roth, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Paul Berg, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; Greg Wasson, Cotati, California, on behalf of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research; and James Kelly, Granbury, Texas. SECRETARY OF THE SENATE/ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the operations of the offices of the Secretary of the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from Emily J. Reynolds, Secretary of the Senate; and Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol, who were both accompanied by several of their associates.