[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D633-D634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence programs, after receiving testimony from 
Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of the Air Force and Director, National 
Reconnaissance Office; Stephen A. Cambone, Under Secretary of Defense 
for Intelligence; and Charles E. Allen, Assistant Director of Central 
Intelligence for Collection.
SAFETEA
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Administration's proposal authorizing funds for 
the Federal Public Transportation Assistance Programs--the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 
(SAFETEA), focusing on a framework to address transportation problems 
of national significance, while giving state and local transportation 
decisionmakers flexibility to solve problems in their communities, 
after receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of 
Transportation; Jim Seal, consultant, Federal Transit Administration, 
Department of Transportation; William Millar, American Public 
Transportation Association, and Robert Molofsky, Amalgamated Transit 
Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Jeff Morales, California Department of 
Transportation, Sacramento, on behalf of the American Association of 
State Highway and Transportation Officials; and Harry W. Blunt, Jr., 
Concord Coach Lines, Concord, New Hampshire, on behalf of the American 
Bus Association.
AUTHORIZATION--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Program, focusing on the Transportation Efficiency 
Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and the Motor Carrier Safety 
Improvement Act of 1999, after receiving testimony from Annette 
Sandberg, Acting Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Douglas G. Duncan, FedEx 
Freight, Memphis, Tennessee, on behalf of the American Trucking 
Associations; LaMont Byrd, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (AFL-
CIO), and Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen, on behalf of Citizens for 
Reliable and Safe Highways, both of Washington, D.C.; Peter Hurst, 
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Ontario, Canada, and Paul Sullivan, 
Massachusetts State Police, Framingham, both on behalf of the 
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance; and Joseph M. Harrison, American 
Moving and Storage Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings to examine S. 499, to authorize the American 
Battle Monuments Commission to establish in the State of Louisiana a 
memorial to honor the Buffalo Soldiers, S. 546, to provide for the 
protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, S. 643, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the 
University of New Mexico, to construct and occupy a portion of the 
Hibben Center for Archaeological Research at the University of New 
Mexico, S. 677, to revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in 
the State of Colorado, S.

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1060 and H.R. 1577, bills to designate the visitor center in Organ Pipe 
National Monument in Arizona as the ``Kris Eggle Visitor Center'', H.R. 
255, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant an easement to 
facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center in 
Nebraska City, Nebraska, and H.R. 1012, to establish the Carter G. 
Woodson Home National Historic Site in the District of Columbia, after 
receiving testimony from District of Columbia Delegate Norton; D. 
Thomas Ross, Assistant Director, Recreation and Conservation, National 
Park Service, and Christopher Kearney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Policy, Management and Budget, both of the Department of the Interior; 
and Elizabeth Estill, Deputy Chief, Programs, Legislation and 
Communications, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
SUPREME COURT CASE: CLEAN WATER ACT JURISDICTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water concluded hearings to examine the current 
regulatory and legal status of federal jurisdiction of navigable waters 
under the Clean Water Act, focusing on issues raised by the Supreme 
Court in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers No. 99-1178, and a related measure, S. 473, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
United States over waters of the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Feingold; G. Tracy Mehan, Assistant 
Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; George S. 
Dunlop, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Policy and 
Legislation; Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; L. 
Michael Bogert, Counsel to Governor of Idaho, Boise; Richard Hamann, 
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville; Robert J. 
Pierce, Wetland Training Institute, Inc., Glenwood, New Mexico; and 
Scott Yaich, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee.