107th Congress (2001 - 2002)
Senate Hearings, Printed and Unprinted, by
Date
Compiled April 2, 2008 at North Carolina
State University
** HEARINGS FOR 20010104
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee held hearings on the nomination of Donald L. Evans, of
Texas, to be Secretary of Commerce, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Donald L. Evans, to be Secretary of the
Department of Commerce
S.Hrg. 107-1023
** HEARINGS FOR 20010109
* Foreign Relations
UNITED NATIONS REFORM REPORT: On January 9, Committee concluded hearings to
review the Report on United Nations Reform, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Report on the United Nations Reforms
S.Hrg. 107-0015
** HEARINGS FOR 20010110
* Health
NOMINATION: On Wednesday, January 10, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Roderick R. Paige, of Texas, to be Secretary of Education, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination [on Roderick Paige, of Texas, to be Secretary of
Education] (This number was incorrectly assigned to the hearing, "Current and
Projected National Security Threats to the United States " (7 Feb. 2001); its
correct designation is S.Hrg. 107-12.)
S.Hrg. 107-0002
** HEARINGS FOR 20010111
* Armed Services
NOMINATION: On Thursday, January 11, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Donald Henry Rumsfeld, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Defense,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, First
Session, 107th Congress (Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dr. Parul D. Wolfowitz, Dr. Dov
S. Zakheim, Charles S. Abell, Victoria Clarke, Edward C. Aldridge, William J.
Haynes, Powell A. Moore, Dr/ David S.C. Chu, Thomas E. White, Jr., Gordon R.
England, Dr. James G. Roche, Alfred V. Rascon, Douglas Jay Feith, Dr. Jack
Dyer Crouch II, Peter W. Rodman, Susan Morrisey Livingstone, Jessie Hill
Roberson, Thomas P. Christie, Alberto J. Mora, Diane K. Morales, Steven J.
Morello, Sr., William A. Navas, Jr., Michael W. Wynne, Dionel M. Aviles,
Reginald Jude Brown, Dr. Steven A. Cambone, Michael Montelong, John J. Young,
Jr., John P. Stenbit, Dr. Ronald M. Sega, Michael L. Dominguez, Paul Michael
Parker, Dr. Mario P. Fiori, H.T. Johnson, Nelson F. Gibbs, Gen. John P.
Jumper, USAF, Gen. Gichard B Myers, USAF, Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Gen. John W.
Handy, USAF, ADM. James O. Ellis, Jr., USN; Linton F. Brooks, Marvin R.
Sambur, William Winkenwerder, Jr., Evert Beckner, Mary L. Walker, Joseph E.
Schmitz, Sandra L. Pack, R.L. Brownlee, Dr. Dale Klein, Peter B. Teets, and
Gen. Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF
S.Hrg. 107-0749
Hearings also held on 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27, 7/31,
8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010116
* Commerce
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Decline of the West Coast Groundfish Fishery (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0992
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: On Tuesday through Friday, January 16-19, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney
General of the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of John Ashcroft to be
Attorney General of the United States
S.Hrg. 107-0196
Hearings also held on 1/17, 1/18, 1/19/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010117
* Banking
NOMINATION: ... On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Melquiades Rafael Martinez, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Mel Martinez
S.Hrg. 107-0244
* Environment
NOMINATION: On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Christine Todd Whitman, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Christine Todd Whitman
S.Hrg. 107-0003
* Finance
NOMINATION: On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Paul Henry O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of the
Treasury, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Anticipated Nomination of Paul O'Neill
S.Hrg. 107-0005
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: ... On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Colin Luther Powell, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Colin L. Powell to be Secretary of State
S.Hrg. 107-0014
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: On Tuesday through Friday, January 16-19, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney
General of the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/16/01
Hearings also held on 1/16, 1/18, 1/19/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010118
* Agriculture
NOMINATION: On Thursday, January 18, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Ann Margaret Veneman, of California, to be Secretary of
Agriculture, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation of Ann M. Veneman
S.Hrg. 107-0137
* Energy
NOMINATION: On Thursday, January 18, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Spencer Abraham, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Energy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Spencer Abraham Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0031
NOMINATION: On Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary of
the Interior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Gale Norton Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0033
Hearings also held on 1/19/01
* Finance
NOMINATION: On Thursday, January 18, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health and
Human Services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Anticipated Nomination of Governor Tommy G. Thompson
S.Hrg. 107-0009
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: On Tuesday through Friday, January 16-19, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney
General of the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/16/01
Hearings also held on 1/16, 1/17, 1/19/01
* Veterans Affairs
NOMINATION: On Thursday, January 18, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Anthony Joseph Principi, of California, to be Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Anthony J. Principi to be Secretary of the
Department of Veterans Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0392
** HEARINGS FOR 20010119
* Budget
FINAL BUDGET REPORT: On Friday, January 19, Committee concluded hearings to
review the former Administration's final report on the budget and the economy,
including a review of fiscal years 1994-2001, and fiscal year 2002 baseline
projections and economic outlook, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2002
S.Hrg. 107-0169, v.1
Hearings also held on 1/25, 1/30, 1/31, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/12/01
* Energy
NOMINATION: On Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary of
the Interior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Gale Norton Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0033
Hearings also held on 1/18/01
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: On Friday, January 19, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
S.Hrg. 107-0004
* Health
NOMINATION: On Friday, January 19, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health and
Human Services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination [on Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be
Secretary of Health and Human Services]
S.Hrg. 107-0001
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: On Tuesday through Friday, January 16-19, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney
General of the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/16/01
Hearings also held on 1/16, 1/17, 1/18/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010124
* Commerce
NOMINATION: ... Prior to this action, Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Norman Y. Mineta, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Norman Y. Mineta, to be Secretary of the
Department of Transportation
S.Hrg. 107-1047
* Health
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Elaine L. Chao,
of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Labor, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination [of Elaine Chao to be Secretary of Labor]
S.Hrg. 107-0024
** HEARINGS FOR 20010125
* Budget
EVOLVING FISCAL CHALLENGES: Committee concluded hearings to examine important
issues surrounding the outlook for the federal budget and the attendant
implications for the formulation of fiscal policy, as well as the former
administration's final budget projections, after receiving testimony from Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/19/01
Hearings also held on 1/19, 1/30, 1/31, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/12/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010130
* Agriculture
COMMISSION ON 21ST CENTURY PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE REPORT: Committee concluded
hearings on the Report from the Commission on 21st Century Production
Agriculture, outlining the recommendations of the Commission with regard to
the role of the Federal Government in support of production agriculture in the
future, recent key developments in farm policy, and the current state of the
farm economy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Review of the Final Report of the 21st Century Commission on
Production Agriculture
S.Hrg. 107-0136
* Budget
U.S. ECONOMY SECTOR ANALYSIS: Committee concluded hearings to examine how
ongoing developments in the financial, agricultural, and energy sectors will
impact the domestic economic outlook, after receiving testimony from James E.
Glassman, JP Morgan Chase and Company, New York, New York; Robert E. Young II,
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Columbia, Missouri; Matthew
R. Simmons, Simmons and Company International, Houston, Texas; and Peter S.
Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/19/01
Hearings also held on 1/19, 1/25, 1/31, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/12/01
* Finance
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Robert B.
Zoellick, of Virginia, to be United States Trade Representative, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Robert Zoellick
S.Hrg. 107-0011
** HEARINGS FOR 20010131
* Budget
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: Committee concluded hearings on the issues of
the budget and the economic outlook of the United States, after receiving
testimony from Barry B. Anderson, Deputy Director, Congressional Budget
Office.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/19/01
Hearings also held on 1/19, 1/25, 1/30, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/12/01
* Energy
CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
the elements, including electric utility industry deregulation, that may have
lead to California's current electricity crisis, and what impact it may have
on the West, ...
PRINTED TITLE: California's Electricity Crisis
S.Hrg. 107-0027
** HEARINGS FOR 20010201
* Commerce
AIRLINES INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION: Committee concluded hearings on the effects
of the American Airlines' proposed acquisition of Trans World Airlines (TWA),
and part of DC Air, and other airline industry consolidation on competition
and the consumer, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Effects of the American Airlines/TWA Transaction and Other
Airline Industry Consolidation on Competition and the Consumer
S.Hrg. 107-1094
* Governmental Affairs
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HUMAN CAPITAL: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia held hearings to
examine the decision of the General Accounting Office to place strategic human
capital management on GAO's "High-Risk" list of federal agencies and programs
that are vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement, including
administrative and legislative solutions to the human capital crisis, ...
PRINTED TITLE: High Risk; Human Capital in the Federal Government
S.Hrg. 107-0065
** HEARINGS FOR 20010206
* Budget
LONG-TERM BUDGET ISSUES: Committee concluded hearings to examine the General
Accounting Office perspective on the long-range fiscal policy challenges
facing this Congress and the nation, and the impact the surplus projections
have on budgetary decision making, after receiving testimony from David M.
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/19/01
Hearings also held on 1/19, 1/25, 1/30, 1/31, 2/7, 2/8, 2/12/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010207
* Banking
EXPORT CONTROLS: Committee held hearings on S. 149, to provide authority to
control exports, and to examine how to establish an effective, modern
framework for computer, manufacturing, and electronics export controls, and
its potential impact on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
worldwide, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Establishing an Effective, Modern Framework for Export
Controls
S.Hrg. 107-0272
Hearings also held on 2/14/01
* Budget
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IMPACT: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact
of demographic trends, such as the apparent end of the population explosion,
population aging, the retirement of the baby boom generation, and the
possibility of large budget surpluses, on the budget and long-term fiscal
policy, after receiving testimony from Ben J. Wattenberg, American Enterprise
Institute, and Robert B. Friedland, Georgetown University Center on an Aging
Society, both of Washington, D.C.; Ronald D. Lee, University of California
Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging, Berkeley; and Peter R.
Orszag, Sebago Associates, Belmont, California.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/19/01
Hearings also held on 1/19, 1/25, 1/30, 1/31, 2/6, 2/8, 2/12/01
* Intelligence
WORLD THREATS ASSESSMENTS: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
examine worldwide threats to national security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United
States (This title when printed was identified incorrectly as S.Hrg. 107-2;
the correct designation is S.Hrg. 107-12.)
S.Hrg. 107-0012
* Judiciary
AIRLINE CONSOLIDATION: Committee held hearings to examine the competitive
impact of the announced mergers involving United Airlines, US Airways, DC Air,
American Airlines, and TWA, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Airline Consolidation: Has It Gone Too Far?
S.Hrg. 107-0220
** HEARINGS FOR 20010208
* Armed Services
DOE NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Secretary's priorities and plans for the Department of Energy national
security programs, including weapons, nonproliferation, naval reactor, and
environmental management programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Secretary of Energy's Priorities and Plans for Department of
Energy National Security Programs
S.Hrg. 107-0420
* Budget
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
budgetary issues, including the projected federal budget surpluses and tax
reduction initiatives, and their impact on the economic outlook of the United
States, after receiving testimony from Wayne D. Angell, Bear, Stearns and
Company, Inc., New York, New York; and Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, and Alice M. Rivlin,
Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/19/01
Hearings also held on 1/19, 1/25, 1/30, 1/31, 2/6, 2/7, 2/12/01
* Health
HEALTH CARE PRIVACY: Committee held hearings to examine the effectiveness of
the new Department of Health and Human Services' regulations that maintain the
privacy of personal health information in the face of advanced information
technology and the increasing number of access to identifiable health
information, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Making Patient Privacy a Reality: Does the Final HHS
Regulation Get the Job Done?
S.Hrg. 107-0006
* Judiciary
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT: Committee concluded hearings on bankruptcy reform
issues, including related provisions of S. 220, to amend title 11, United
States Code, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0195
** HEARINGS FOR 20010209
* Banking
CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS: On Friday, February 9, Committee concluded hearings
to examine the current state of California's energy crisis and the use of the
Defense Production Act to address this crisis, ...
PRINTED TITLE: California Energy Crisis and Use of the Defense Production Act
S.Hrg. 107-0215
** HEARINGS FOR 20010212
* Budget
NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current
outlook for the national defense budget, focusing on funding and structural
reform needed to preserve our national security, after receiving testimony
from Robert J. Lieberman, Deputy Inspector General, Department of Defense;
Adm. William A. Owens, USN (Ret.), Bellevue, Washington, former Vice Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Center for
Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/19/01
Hearings also held on 1/19, 1/25, 1/30, 1/31, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010213
* Banking
MONETARY POLICY REPORT: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the
first Monetary Policy Report for 2001, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Federal Reserve's First Monetary Policy Report for 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0132
* Budget
BUDGET OUTLOOK AND TAX POLICY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
budget outlook and tax policy issues, including the Administration's tax cut
proposal, the projected budget surpluses, and the effects of high marginal tax
rates, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2002
S.Hrg. 107-0169, v.2
Hearings also held on 2/15, 3/1, 3/2, 3/6, 3/8, 3/14, 3/22/01
* Commerce
AIRLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Department of Transportation Inspector General's final report on airline
customer service, ...
PRINTED TITLE: DOT Inspector General's Final Report on Airline Customer
Service
S.Hrg. 107-1082
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Joe M.
Allbaugh, of Texas, to be Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Joe M. Allbaugh
S.Hrg. 107-0013
* Health
NURSING SHORTAGE: Subcommittee on Aging concluded hearings to examine the
impact of the current nurse staffing shortage on America's health care
delivery system, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nursing Shortage and its Impact on America's Health Care
Delivery System
S.Hrg. 107-0007
** HEARINGS FOR 20010214
* Appropriations
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES: Subcommittee on
Transportation concluded hearings on Department of Transportation management
oversight issues, including transportation safety, stewardship of
transportation funding, immediate budget issues, and aviation system
performance, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R. 2299/S. 1178) (Department of
Transportation, General Accounting Office, National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (Amtrak), Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0395
Hearings also held on 3/15, 4/26, 6/1, 6/13, 6/28/01
* Banking
COMPETITIVE MARKET SUPERVISION: Committee concluded hearings on S. 143, to
amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to
reduce securities fees in excess of those required to fund the operations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, to adjust compensation provisions for
employees of the Commission, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Saving Investors Money and Strengthening the SEC
S.Hrg. 107-0266
EXPORT CONTROLS: Committee concluded hearings on S. 149, to provide authority
to control exports, and examined issues relating to the establishment of an
effective, modern framework for export controls, and the impacts of
globalization and export controls on national security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/7/01
Hearings also held on 2/7/01
* Commerce
INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS: Subcommittee on
Communications held hearings to examine the structure of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization in charge of
creating and distributing Internet domain names, and the effort underway to
expand available domain names, ...
PRINTED TITLE: ICANN Governance
S.Hrg. 107-1100
* Finance
EDUCATION TAX AND SAVINGS INCENTIVES: Committee concluded hearings to examine
proposed legislation that would offer education tax and saving incentives,
including related provisions of S. 289, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide additional tax incentives for education, S. 133, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion for
employer-provided educational assistance programs, and S. 152, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the 60-month limit and increase the
income limitation on the student loan interest deduction, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Education Tax and Savings Incentives
S.Hrg. 107-0021
* Judiciary
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of
recent pardons and commutations granted by President Clinton, including the
pardons of Marc Rich and Pincus Green, as well as the pardon process, the role
of the Department of Justice, and constitutional and legal issues that could
arise from legislative efforts to revise the current system, ...
PRINTED TITLE: President Clinton's Eleventh Hour Pardons
S.Hrg. 107-0194
** HEARINGS FOR 20010215
* Budget
MEDICARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
need for Medicare reform and efforts to provide prescription drug coverage to
Medicare beneficiaries, and the budgetary issues these proposals raise, after
receiving testimony from Gail R. Wilensky, Project HOPE, Bethesda, Maryland,
on behalf of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; and Robert D.
Reischauer and Marilyn Moon, both of the Urban Institute, and Kathleen E.
Means, Patton Boggs, all of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/01
Hearings also held on 2/13, 3/1, 3/2, 3/6, 3/8, 3/14, 3/22/01
* Health
EDUCATION REFORM: Committee concluded hearings on the Administration's
education proposals to improve accountability and close the achievement gap in
the education system, ...
PRINTED TITLE: President Bush's Educational Proposals
S.Hrg. 107-0008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010226
* Agriculture
FCA NATIONAL CHARTERS: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues related
to proposed regulations of the Farm Credit Administration on national
charters, which would remove the Farm Credit System's limitation of lending
activity to certain geographical regions, and allow individual farm credit
lending institutions to lend to farmers and other agribusinesses nationally,
...
PRINTED TITLE: FCA's Proposed Regulations on National Charters
S.Hrg. 107-0188
** HEARINGS FOR 20010227
* Appropriations
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on activities of the Army Corps of Engineers, including the
Civil Works Program, water resources planning, and the Upper Mississippi and
Illinois navigation study, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year
2002 (H.R. 2311/S. 1171) (Department of Defense, Department of Energy,
Department of the Interior, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0683
Hearings also held on 3/13, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/15/01
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine muscular dystrophy research funding
levels, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Muscular Dystrophy (Special Hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0099
* Armed Services
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Paul D.
Wolfowitz, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, after the nominee,
who was introduced by Senators Warner and Levin, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27, 7/31,
8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Environment
BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION: Subcommittee on
Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment concluded hearings on S. 350, to
amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide
financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response
programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act
of 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0076
* Finance
U.S. TRADE POLICY: Committee held hearings to examine United States trade
policy, focusing on principal trade policy challenges and opportunities, the
importance of maintaining America's leadership role in building and sustaining
the international trading system, and rebuilding free trade consensus, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Globalization and American Trade Policy
S.Hrg. 107-0034
* Foreign Relations
NATO ALLIANCE: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings to examine
issues which have bearing on the state of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Alliance, including the transitions occurring in the Balkans and
Southeast Europe, NATO enlargement, ballistic missile defense, and the
European Union Rapid Reaction Force, ...
PRINTED TITLE: State of the NATO Alliance
S.Hrg. 107-0016
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Sean O'Keefe,
of New York, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Sean O'Keefe
S.Hrg. 107-0039
** HEARINGS FOR 20010228
* Agriculture
FARM BILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS: Committee held hearings to examine statutes
of conservation programs in the current farm bill, including Conservation
Reserve Program, Emergency Conservation Program, Pasture Recovery Program, and
Debt for Nature, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Conservation
S.Hrg. 107-0225
Hearings also held on 3/1/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE MEDICAL PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Defense concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for certain
Department of Defense medical programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002
(H.R. 3338)(Department of Defense, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0233
Hearings also held on 3/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 9/5/01
BUDGET REVENUE PROPOSALS: Committee held hearings to examine certain revenue
proposals and tax cuts within the President's proposed budget request for
fiscal year 2002, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Revenue Proposals and Tax Cuts in the President's Budget
(This number was incorrectly assigned to the hearing, "Nation's Wireline and
Wireless Communications Infrastructure in Light of September 11th"; the
correct designation for that title is S.Hrg. 107-1025.)
S.Hrg. 107-0025
* Finance
NOMINATIONS: ... committee concluded hearings on the aforementioned
nominations [those of Mark A. Weinberger, of Maryland, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, and John M. Duncan, of the District
of Columbia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury.]
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Mark A. Weinberger and John Duncan
S.Hrg. 107-0022
* Foreign Relations
STATE DEPARTMENT REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the report
of the Independent Task Force cosponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
and the Center for Strategic and International Studies on State Department
Reform, ...
PRINTED TITLE: State Department Reform: Reviewing the Report of the
Independent Task Force Cosponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the
Center for Strategic and International Studies
S.Hrg. 107-0017
* Indian Affairs
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR: Committee concluded oversight hearings to receive
the views of the Department of the Interior on issues and matters related to
Indian Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Views of the Secretary of the Interior on Indian Matters
S.Hrg. 107-0029
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Narcotics
PLAN COLOMBIA: Caucus concluded hearings to examine the current drug
situation in Colombia, focusing on United States efforts to support the
implementation of the government of Colombia's plan to deal more effectively
with violence, drug trafficking, and general crime and corruption that exists
in Colombia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Plan Colombia: An Initial Assessment
S.Hrg. 107-0056
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
on the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010301
* Agriculture
FARM BILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS: Committee concluded hearings to examine
statutes of conservation programs in the current farm bill, including
Conservation Reserve Program, Emergency Conservation Program, Pasture Recovery
Program, and Debt for Nature, after receiving testimony from Nathan L.
Rudgers, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany, on behalf of
the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture; Craig Cox, Soil
and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa; John Hassell, Conservation
Technology Information Center, West Lafayette, Indiana; Bob Stallman,
Columbus, Texas, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Dan Specht,
McGregor, Iowa, on behalf of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition; and Tom
Buis, National Farmers Union, Rollin D. Sparrow, Wildlife Management
Institute, Gerald Cohn, American Farmland Trust, David Stawick, Alliance for
Agricultural Conservation, and Paul Faeth, World Resources Institute, all of
Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28/01
* Budget
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL: Committee held hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, receiving testimony
form Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/01
Hearings also held on 2/13, 2/15, 3/2, 3/6, 3/8, 3/14, 3/22/01
* Commerce
TRANSITION TO DIGITAL TELEVISION: Committee concluded hearings to examine
issues related to the broadcast industry's transition to digital television,
including digital rollout by the cable industry, cable industry upgrades,
cable's new digital and high definition programming, digital must carry and
retransmission consent, compatibility issues, and digital television set
sales, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Transition to Digital Television
S.Hrg. 107-1103
* Foreign Relations
ANTI-DRUG CERTIFICATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposed
legislation to reform the anti-drug certification process, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Review of the Anti-Drug Certification Process
S.Hrg. 107-0018
U.S./IRAQ POLICY: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs held
hearings to examine United States policy towards Iraq, ...
PRINTED TITLE: United States Policy Toward Iraq
S.Hrg. 107-0019
* Governmental Affairs
INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held
hearings to examine the role of United States correspondent banking and
offshore banks as vehicles for international money laundering, and the efforts
of financial entities, federal regulators, and law enforcement to limit money
laundering activities within the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Role of U.S. Correspondent Banking in International Money
Laundering
S.Hrg. 107-0084, v.1
Hearings also held on 3/2, 3/6/01
PRINTED TITLE: Role of U.S. Correspondent Banking in International Money
Laundering
S.Hrg. 107-0084, v.2
Hearings also held on 3/2, 3/6/01
PRINTED TITLE: Role of U.S. Correspondent Banking in International Money
Laundering
S.Hrg. 107-0084, v.3
Hearings also held on 3/2, 3/6/01
PRINTED TITLE: Role of U.S. Correspondent Banking in International Money
Laundering
S.Hrg. 107-0084, v.4
Hearings also held on 3/2, 3/6/01
PRINTED TITLE: Role of U.S. Correspondent Banking in International Money
Laundering
S.Hrg. 107-0084, v.5
Hearings also held on 3/2, 3/6/01
* Small Business
Forum not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Encouraging and Expanding Entrepreneurship: Examining the
Federal Role (Forum)
S.Hrg. 107-0141
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS PROGRAMS: Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to
review the legislative recommendations of certain veterans organizations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010302
* Budget
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2002]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/01
Hearings also held on 2/13, 2/15, 3/1, 3/6, 3/8, 3/14, 3/22/01
* Governmental Affairs
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Role of U.S.
Correspondent Banking in International Money Laundering]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/1/01
Hearings also held on 3/1, 3/6/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010305
* Appropriations
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Special Olympics Report (Special Hearing) (Field hearing held
in Anchorage, AK)
S.Hrg. 107-0092
** HEARINGS FOR 20010306
* Agriculture
SCHOOL LUNCH NUTRITION: Committee concluded hearings to examine nutritional
issues surrounding school lunch programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Examine Nutrition Issues Surrounding School Lunch Programs
S.Hrg. 107-0302
* Appropriations
OSHA ERGONOMICS STANDARDS: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine the impact of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration on workplace safety ergonomics regulations,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R.
3061/S. 1536) (Department of Education, Department of Health and Human
Services, Department of Labor, Nondepartment witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0404
Hearings also held on 4/25, 4/26, 5/2, 5/10, 5/23/01
* Budget
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/01
Hearings also held on 2/13, 2/15, 3/1, 3/2, 3/8, 3/14, 3/22/01
* Foreign Relations
U.S./PHILIPPINE RELATIONS: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings to examine current foreign policy, domestic political
development, and economic reform in the Philippines, its role in the new Asia,
and its relationship with the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Philippines: Present Political Status and its Role in the New
Asia
S.Hrg. 107-0020
* Governmental Affairs
INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
concluded hearings to examine the role of United States correspondent banking
and offshore banks as vehicles for international money laundering, and the
efforts of financial entities, federal regulators, and law enforcement to
limit money laundering activities within the United States, after receiving
testimony from Joseph M. Myers, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Enforcement Policy; Mary Lee Warren, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and Arthur O. Jacques,
Jacques Little, Toronto, Canada.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/1/01
Hearings also held on 3/1, 3/2/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010307
* Commerce
ELECTION REFORM: Committee held hearings to examine the need for electoral
process and voting technology reform, in order to ensure accessible, accurate
and secure elections, including proposed legislation to eliminate punch card
voting, and require uniform voting standards and quality voting equipment, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Commerce
PRINTED TITLE: Election Reform
S.Hrg. 107-1153
* Finance
PRESIDENT'S INCOME TAX PROPOSALS: Committee resumed hearings to examine
issues related to the President's income tax rate proposals, focusing on
marginal income tax rate reduction, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Marginal Tax Rate Reductions
S.Hrg. 107-0135
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Small Business
Roundtable not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: PNTR/WTO: A Good Deal for U.S. Small Businesses in China?
(Roundtable)
S.Hrg. 107-0203
** HEARINGS FOR 20010308
* Armed Services
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine
current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United
States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Budget
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL: Committee continued hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony from Roderick R. Paige, Secretary of Education.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/01
Hearings also held on 2/13, 2/15, 3/1, 3/2, 3/6, 3/14, 3/22/01
* Economic
IMF/WORLD BANK REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the status of
proposed reforms relating to International Monetary Fund financial structure
and transparency, IMF interest subsidies, moral hazard, and effectiveness of
IMF operations, and World Bank financing and effectiveness, and IMF programs
in Argentina, Turkey, and certain other countries, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reform of the IMF and World Bank (at Y4.Ec7:R25/2/2001)
S.Hrg. 107-0051
* Finance
PRESIDENT'S INCOME TAX PROPOSALS: Committee continued hearings to examine
issues related to the President's income tax rate proposals, focusing on child
tax credit, the marriage tax penalty, and the Alternative Minimum Tax, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Easing the Family Tax Burden
S.Hrg. 107-0170
* Foreign Relations
FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES AND BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to review
foreign policy issues and related areas of the President's budget proposals,
including embassy infrastructure improvements and various programs to help
advance America's foreign policy interests overseas, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Overview of Foreign Policy Issues and Budget
S.Hrg. 107-0041
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans organizations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010309
* Economic
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation: February 2001 (at
Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2001-3-9)
S.Hrg. 107-0050
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans organizations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010310
* Appropriations
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Coalbed Methane Development in Montana (Special hearing)
(Field hearing held in Billings, MT)
S.Hrg. 107-0104
** HEARINGS FOR 20010313
* Appropriations
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development concluded oversight hearings to examine issues related to the
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, including the
condition of the facilities and infrastructure of vital nuclear weapons
complex, safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile in the absence
of nuclear testing, and infrastructure needs at Los Alamos National
Laboratory, after receiving testimony from John A. Gordon, Under Secretary of
Energy for Nuclear Security; and James R. Schlesinger, Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service, Washington, D.C., former Secretary of Energy, on
behalf of the Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the
U.S. Nuclear Stockpile.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/01
Hearings also held on 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/15/01
* Commerce
AIRMEN AGE LIMITATION: Committee concluded hearings on S. 361, to establish
age limitations for airmen, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 361, A Bill to Establish Age Limitations for Airmen
S.Hrg. 107-1063
AVIATION COMPETITION: Committee held hearings on S. 415 to amend title 49,
United States Code, to require that air carriers meet public convenience and
necessity requirements by ensuring competitive access by commercial air
carriers to major cities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 415, Aviation Competition Restoration Act
S.Hrg. 107-1130
* Finance
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE: Committee held hearings on issues relative to living
without health insurance and identifying populations that make up the
uninsured and their unique characteristics, including age, ethnicity,
employment status, and geographic location, that cause them to go without
health coverage, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Living Without Health Insurance
S.Hrg. 107-0081
Hearings also held on 3/15/01
* Judiciary
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AND COPYRIGHT HARMONIZATION: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 487, to amend chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code,
relating to the exemption of certain performances or displays for educational
uses from copyright infringement provisions, to provide that the making of a
single copy of such performances or displays is not an infringement, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Promoting Technology and Education: Turbo-Charging the School
Buses on the Information Highway
S.Hrg. 107-0221
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Administration's proposed budget for veterans' programs for fiscal year 2002,
...
PRINTED TITLE: President's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Proposal for VA
S.Hrg. 107-0393
** HEARINGS FOR 20010314
* Appropriations
INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed hearings to
review intelligence programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
WILDFIRE PROGRAM: Senate Appropriations' Subcommittee on the Interior
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Appropriations'
Subcommittee on the Interior on issues dealing with the wildfire program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Budget
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/01
Hearings also held on 2/13, 2/15, 3/1, 3/2, 3/6, 3/8, 3/22/01
* Commerce
INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM: Committee concluded hearings to examine whether to
extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act's moratorium on the ability of state or
local governments to impose new sales taxes on Internet access services, or to
impose new taxes on electronic commerce allowing states to require all remote
sellers to collect and remit sales taxes on deliveries into that state, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Commerce
PRINTED TITLE: Extension of the Internet Tax Moratorium
S.Hrg. 107-1134
* Finance
CHARITABLE GIVING TAX RELIEF: Committee resumed hearings on the President's
tax proposals to provide tax relief to working families, focusing on proposals
to expand federal tax incentives for charitable giving, including S. 35, to
provide relief to America's working families and to promote continued economic
growth by returning a portion of the tax surplus to those who created it, S.
37, to provide for a charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory,
S. 205, to waive the income inclusion on a distribution from an individual
retirement account to the extent that the distribution is contributed for
charitable purposes, S. 298, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
allow non-itemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable
contributions, S. 312, to provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen, and S.
393, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable
contributions to public charities for use in medical research, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Encouraging Charitable Giving
S.Hrg. 107-0026
* Indian Affairs
NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT: Committee concluded hearings on S.
211, to amend the Education Amendments of 1978 and the Tribally Controlled
Schools Act of 1988 to improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and
Alaskan Natives, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Native American Education Improvement Act (S. 211)
S.Hrg. 107-0032
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
DRUG TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION: Committee held hearings on proposed
legislation to reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and to help provide
appropriate drug education, prevention, and treatment programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Treatment, Education, and Prevention: Adding to the Arsenal
in the War on Drugs
S.Hrg. 107-0222
* Rules
ELECTION REFORM: Committee held hearings on election reform issues, including
voter registration, ballot casting, voting equipment, election administration,
and issues related to the 2000 election, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Election Reform
S.Hrg. 107-1036
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/23/01
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010315
* Appropriations
DC CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY: Subcommittee on District of Columbia
held oversight hearings on the termination of the District of Columbia's Child
and Family Services Agency receivership and the return of Agency control to
the District government, ...
PRINTED TITLE: District of Columbia Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R.
2944/S. 1543)
S.Hrg. 107-0402
Hearings also held on 5/16, 7/10, 7/11/01
* Appropriations
FREIGHT RAIL INDUSTRY: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded oversight
hearings on competition and mobility issues in the freight rail industry,
including re-regulation, differential pricing, relationships with ports and
maritime shipping industry, infrastructure investment, and rail access, after
receiving testimony from Perry L. Dozier, Waitsburg, Washington, on behalf of
the Washington Association of Wheat Growers; Lamar Self, Mississippi Chemical
Corporation, Yazoo City; Michael W. Snovitch, Pennsylvania Power and Light,
Allentown; Robert E. Martinez, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk,
Virginia, former Association Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Richard K.
Davidson, Union Pacific Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; Peter J. Rickershauser,
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, Fort Worth, Texas; Mic
Dinsmore, Port of Seattle, Seattle, Washington; and Karen Schmidt, Freight
Mobility Strategic Investment Board, Olympia, Washington.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/14/01
Hearings also held on 2/14, 4/26, 6/1, 6/13, 6/28/01
* Energy
ELECTRIC ENERGY COSTS: Committee concluded hearings on S. 26, to amend the
Department of Energy Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to
impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers
from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market, S. 80, to
require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order refunds of unjust,
unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential rates or charges for
electricity, to establish cost-based rates for electricity sold at wholesale
in the Western Systems Coordinating Council, S. 287, to direct the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission to impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by
public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market,
and a proposed committee amendment to S. 287, to clarify the circumstances
under which the Commission may impose interim limitations on the cost of
electric energy, and to provide a sunset provision, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Electricity Rates (S. 26, S. 80, S. 287, Amdt. to S. 287)
S.Hrg. 107-0049
* Environment
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FEASIBILITY STUDIES REFORM: Subcommittee on
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine reforms made
to address concerns with how the Army Corps of Engineers conducts feasibility
studies, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Army Corps of Engineers: Management of Feasibility Studies
S.Hrg. 107-0314
* Finance
FAMILY BUSINESS LEGACIES PROTECTION: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS
Oversight held hearings to examine proposed legislation related to the impact
of the federal estate tax on the preservation and protection of family
business legacies, including S. 9, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide tax relief, S. 31, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, S. 35, to provide
relief to America's working families and to promote continued economic growth
by returning a portion of the tax surplus to those who created it, S. 82, to
repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping
transfers, S. 83, to phase-out and repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes
and the tax on generation-skipping transfers, S. 84, to increase the unified
estate and gift taxes and the tax credit to exempt small businesses and
farmers from estate taxes, S. 100, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to repeal the estate and gift taxes, S. 179, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business
interests and to increase the unified credit exemption, and S. 275, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes
and the tax on generation-skipping transfers, to preserve a step up in basis
of certain property acquired from a decedent, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Preserving and Protecting Family Business Legacies
S.Hrg. 107-0037
* Finance
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE: Committee held hearings on issues relative to living
without health insurance, focusing on solutions including individual tax
credits, employer tax credits, increased flexibility in Medicaid and the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, program expansions, and ways to improve
outreach, receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care
Issues, General Accounting Office; Christine C. Ferguson, Rhode Island
Department of Human Services, Cranston; Janet Stokes Trautwein, National
Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, Virginia; Jack A. Meyer,
Economic and Social Research Institute, and Donna Cohen Ross, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.; and Karen Davis, Commonwealth
Fund, New York, New York.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/13/01
Hearings also held on 3/13/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Richard Lee
Armitage, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State, after the nominee, who
was introduced by Senators Warner and McCain, testified and answered questions
in his own behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Foreign Relations
U.S./SERBIA ASSISTANCE: Subcommittee on European Affairs held hearings to
examine whether the government of President Kostunica in Belgrade has met the
standards of certification for United States assistance to Serbia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Assistance to Serbia: Benchmarks for Certification
S.Hrg. 107-0036
* Governmental Affairs
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER EXPORT CONTROLS: Committee concluded hearings to
examine certain related General Accounting Office studies regarding high
performance computer export control issues, ...
PRINTED TITLE: High Performance Computer Export Controls
S.Hrg. 107-0028
** HEARINGS FOR 20010319
* Armed Services
NUCLEAR STOCKPILE: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings to examine
the Fiscal Year 2000 Report to Congress of the Panel to Assess the
Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Fiscal Year 2000 Report to Congress of the Panel to Assess the
Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile
S.Hrg. 107-0075
* Banking
HUD FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION INSURANCE FUND: Subcommittee on Housing
and Transportation concluded hearings to examine the General Accounting Office
report on the financial health of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development's Federal Housing Administration Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Health of HUD's Federal Housing Administration's Insurance
Fund
S.Hrg. 107-0276
** HEARINGS FOR 20010320
* Armed Services
ENCROACHMENT ISSUES: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings to examine the readiness impact of range encroachment
issues, including endangered species and critical habitats; sustainment of the
maritime environment; airspace management; urban sprawl; air pollution;
unexploded ordinance; and noise ...
PRINTED TITLE: Readiness Impact of Range Encroachment Issues, Including
Endangered Species and Critical Habitats; Sustainment of the Maritime
Environment; Airspace Management; Urban Sprawl; Air Pollution; Unexploded
Ordinance; and Noise
S.Hrg. 107-0737
* Finance
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TRUSTEES REPORTS: Senate Committee on Finance
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Ways and Means to examine
the 2001 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Marc Isaiah
Grossman, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* U.S.-JORDAN FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT: Committee held hearings on the United States-Jordan Free Trade
Agreement, focusing on regional economic integration in the Middle East,
support for Jordan's economic reform program, and development of a
comprehensive and innovative Free Trade Agreement, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Jordan Free Trade Agreement
S.Hrg. 107-0162
** HEARINGS FOR 20010321
* Appropriations
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION: Subcommittee on Defense concluded
hearings to examine issues surrounding the status of certain North Atlantic
Treaty Organization programs, meeting our national security interests, the
need for infrastructure upgrades and replenishment, and funding needs to
maintain readiness, continue engagement efforts, and quality of life
sustainment, after receiving testimony from Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF,
Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/28, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 9/5/01
* Armed Services
INSTALLATION READINESS: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on installation readiness, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2002 (S. 1416) (Readiness and Management Support)
S.Hrg. 107-0355, pt.3
Hearings also held on 7/11, 8/2/01
* Commerce
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and
Merchant Marine concluded oversight hearings to review activities of the
Surface Transportation Board, focusing on actions taken by the Board on
certain rail transportation issues, including the Board's budget and major
rail merger policy and rules, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Oversight Hearing on the Surface Transportation Board
S.Hrg. 107-1049
* Energy
KLAMATH PROJECT: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded oversight hearings
on the Klamath Project in Oregon, including implementation of PL 106-498
(Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act), and how the project might
operate in what is projected to be a short water year, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Klamath Project
S.Hrg. 107-0058
U.S. ENERGY TRENDS: Committee concluded hearings to examine United States
energy trends and recent changes in global, national and regional energy
markets, focusing on the development of national energy policy with respect to
crude oil, foreign imports, refining capacity, gasoline, heating oil and
diesel fuel, natural gas, and electricity, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Energy Trends
S.Hrg. 107-0090, pt.1
Hearings also held on 4/3, 4/26/01
* Environment
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private
Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings to examine the interaction
between United States energy policy and environmental regulations,
specifically the Clean Air Act, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Clean Air Act Oversight Issues (Field hearing held (4/27) in
Salem, NH)
S.Hrg. 107-0315
Hearings also held on 4/5, 4/27, 5/2, 8/1/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Grant S. Green,
Jr., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for Management, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 3/22/01
* Judiciary
AVIATION COMPETITION AND HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS: Subcommittee on Antitrust,
Business Rights, and Competition concluded hearings on S. 520, to amend the
Clayton Act, which would impose limits on the amount of takeoff and landing
slots large airlines can own at Washington Reagan National and New York
LaGuardia Airports, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Aviation Competition and Concentration at High-Density
Airports
S.Hrg. 107-0223
* Narcotics
ECSTASY ABUSE: Caucus concluded hearings to examine the use and effects of
the drug ecstasy, what can be done to curb its use by our nation's youth, and
proposed legislation to change the federal sentencing guidelines for ecstasy
trafficking, ...
PRINTED TITLE: America at Risk: The Ecstasy Threat
S.Hrg. 107-0109
** HEARINGS FOR 20010322
* Agriculture
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
review activities of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, focusing on
allegations of corruption in the meat inspection program in the New York City
metropolitan area, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Oversight of the Food Safety and Inspection Service
S.Hrg. 107-0120
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION--MILITARY STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Committee concluded open and closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on military strategy
and operational requirements, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2002 (S. 1416) (Unified Commands, Military Posture/Budget
Amendments, Service Secretaries/Service Chiefs, Ballistic Missile Defense)
S.Hrg. 107-0355, pt.1
Hearings also held on 3/27, 6/28, 7/10, 7/12, 7/17, 7/19/01
* Budget
DEBT MANAGEMENT: Committee concluded hearings to examine management
activities of the Department of the Treasury with respect to paying off the
publicly held debt by the year 2011, and related international economic and
financial implications, after receiving testimony from Gary Gensler, former
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, and Edwin M. Truman,
Institute for International Economics, both of Chevy Chase, Maryland; F. Ward
McCarthy, Jr., Stone & McCarthy Research Associates, Princeton, New Jersey;
and Albert M. Wojnilower, Craig Drill Capital, New York, New York.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/01
Hearings also held on 2/13, 2/15, 3/1, 3/2, 3/6, 3/8, 3/14/01
* Energy
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS MANAGEMENT: Subcommittee on National Parks,
Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight hearings to review
the National Park Service's implementation of management policies and
procedures to comply with the provisions of Title IV of the National Parks
Omnibus Management Act (P.L. 105-391), relating to concession reform, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Park Service Concessions Management
S.Hrg. 107-0059
Hearings also held on 3/29/01
* Finance
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND MEDICARE FINANCING: Committee held hearings to examine
issues related to the projections of future Medicare spending and growth, as
well as restructuring of the program, focusing on designing and funding
prescription drug benefits for Medicare beneficiaries, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Prescription Drugs and Medicare Financing
S.Hrg. 107-0057
Hearings also held on 4/24/01
* Foreign Relations
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the intelligence assessment of emerging national security threats
...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
assess the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department's year 2000
performance, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Assessing the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police
Department's Year 2000 Performance
S.Hrg. 107-0095
* Health
HEALTH CARE SERVICES: Subcommittee on Public Health concluded hearings to
examine the United States health care safety net system and the challenges
facing providers who care for the uninsured and medically underserved,
focusing on the authorization of several programs including the Consolidated
Health Centers Program, the National Health Service Corps, and the Healthy
Communities Access Program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Strengthening the Safety Net: Increasing Access to Essential
Health Care Services
S.Hrg. 107-0038
* Indian Affairs
MEMBER TRIBES OBJECTIVES: Committee held hearings to examine the legislative
priorities and objectives of national, regional, and inter-tribal
organizations that represent tribal governments, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Goals and Priorities of the Member Tribes of the National
Congress of American Indians and the United South and Eastern Tribes
S.Hrg. 107-0035
Hearings also held on 4/5/01
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21/01
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans organizations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010324
* Agriculture
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Agricultural and Rural Community Issues
S.Hrg. 107-0254
** HEARINGS FOR 20010327
* Agriculture
FARM BILL: Committee concluded hearings to examine the progress the
Department of Agriculture has made in implementing the research provisions of
the 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act and the 1998
Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act, in preparation for
the 2002 Farm Bill, ...
PRINTED TITLE: To Prepare for the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Education Title of the Upcoming Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0304
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: MILITARY STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Committee concluded open and closed hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, focusing on military strategy and operational
requirements, after receiving testimony from Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Commander-in-
Chief, U.S. Southern Command; and Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, USA, Commander-in-
Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command and Commander, U.S.
Forces Korea.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22, 6/28, 7/10, 7/12, 7/17, 7/19/01
* Environment
WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and
Water held hearings to examine environmental issues related to water and
wastewater infrastructure needs, such as building and maintaining the
facilities, in order to deliver safe drinking water and to treat wastewater,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Needs
S.Hrg. 107-0316
* Finance
LONG-TERM CARE AFFORDABILITY: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
that would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a
deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such
insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a
credit for individuals with long-term care needs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Affordability of Long-Term Care
S.Hrg. 107-0061
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: ... Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
William Howard Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of
State, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Health
EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE: Committee concluded hearings to examine and
compare early childhood education and care in the United States and abroad,
including all arrangements providing care and education for children under
compulsory school age regardless of setting, funding, hours, or curriculum,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Early Education and Child Care: Does the United States
Measure Up?
S.Hrg. 107-0030
* Judiciary
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TERRORISM: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism,
and Government Information concluded hearings to examine domestic response
capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons
of Mass Destruction
S.Hrg. 107-0224
** HEARINGS FOR 20010328
* Appropriations
ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to examine
issues related to the forward-stationed, forward-deployed forces of the U.S.
Pacific Command and its influence on Asia-Pacific region security, after
receiving testimony from Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S.
Pacific Command.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 9/5/01
* Appropriations
INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT REFORM: Subcommittee on Interior concluded oversight
hearings to examine the status of Department of the Interior efforts and
commitments made to resolve trust fund management issues for both Tribal and
individual Indian account holders, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R. 2217) (Department of Agriculture, Department of
Energy, Department of the Interior, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0337
Hearings also held on 4/24, 5/1, 5/8/01
* Armed Services
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION: Subcommittee on
Strategic concluded hearings to examine the report of the Commission to Assess
United States National Security Space Management and Organization, which
focused on Department of Defense and Intelligence Community space activities,
as well as civil and commercial activities relationship to, and effect on,
national security space, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Report of the Commission to Assess United States National
Security Space Management and Organization
S.Hrg. 107-0640
* Commerce
2000 DECENNIAL CENSUS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Commerce
Department's decision to release unadjusted Census data, and not utilize the
Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation, which is believed to evaluate accuracy and
compensate for people missed by the census, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Year 2000 Decennial Census
S.Hrg. 107-1061
* Finance
SMALL BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE TAXATION REFORM: Committee held hearings to
examine issues relating to the Federal income taxation of small business and
agriculture, focusing on expensing and accounting methods, differing income
tax treatment for various business choices made by small business and
agriculture, and certain legislative proposals to address tax problems facing
small business and farmers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Tax Relief for Small Business and Farmers
S.Hrg. 107-0048
* Foreign Relations
DOE RUSSIAN NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the Russian nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy,
focusing on certain recommendations to eliminate the danger of inadequate
controls over weapons of mass destruction and weapons usable materials, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Energy Non-Proliferation Programs With Russia
S.Hrg. 107-0043
* Health
CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
related to health information for consumers, and proposed legislation that
would provide assistance to the states that wish to establish, or strengthen
their existing, health care consumer assistance, or ombudsman, programs ...
PRINTED TITLE: Advocating for Patients: Information for Consumers
S.Hrg. 107-0131
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010329
* Aging
HEALTHY AGING IN RURAL AMERICA: Committee concluded hearings to examine
certain initiatives that promote and support healthy aging in rural America,
focusing on certain areas that impact the lives of older Americans, including
transportation, housing, access to high-quality health care, diet and
nutrition, and employment, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Healthy Aging in Rural America
S.Hrg. 107-0052
* Agriculture
BIOMASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRADING: Committee concluded hearings to examine
issues related to progress and funding of research to promote the conversion
of biomass into biobased, chemicals, fuels, and other industrial products,
products which are derived from plant material, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Biomass and Environmental Trading: Opportunities for
Agriculture and Forestry
S.Hrg. 107-0350
* Banking
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT: Subcommittee on Securities and Investment
concluded hearings on S. 206, to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, and to enact the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001--S. 206
S.Hrg. 107-0279
* Commerce
AVIATION DELAY PREVENTION ACT: Subcommittee on Aviation concluded hearings on
S. 633, to provide for the review and management of airport congestion, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 633, Aviation Delay Prevention Act
S.Hrg. 107-1080
* Energy
NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT ACT: Subcommittee on National Parks,
Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight hearings to review
the National Park Service's implementation of management policies and
procedures to comply with the provisions of Titles I, II, III, V, VI, VII, and
VIII of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, after receiving
testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Acting Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; Peter J. Ward, Washington, D.C., and Greg Jackson,
Santa Monica, California, both on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police;
Scot McElveen, Santa Monica, California, on behalf of the Association of
National Park Rangers; and Jay Vestal, National Park Foundation, Washington,
D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22/01
* Energy
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management
concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Administration's
National Fire Plan, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Fire Plan
S.Hrg. 107-0062
* Finance
FEDERAL DEBT REDUCTION: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
related to Federal debt reduction as part of prioritizing the projected budget
surpluses among competing priorities, such as tax cuts, Social Security and
Medicare, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Budget Surpluses and Debt Reduction
S.Hrg. 107-0163
* Finance
NOMINATIONS: Committee held hearings on the nominations of Kenneth W. Dam, of
Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary, David Aufhauser, of the District of
Columbia, to be General Counsel, and Michele A. Davis, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, all of the Department of the Treasury,
and Faryar Shirzad, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Import Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Kenneth W. Dam, David D. Aufhauser, Michele A.
Davis, and Faryar Shirzad
S.Hrg. 107-0119
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of John Robert
Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
HUMAN CAPITAL CHALLENGES: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the
District of Columbia held joint hearings with the House Committee on
Government Reform's Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization to
examine the final report of the U.S. Commission on National Security in the
21st Century, focusing on national security implications of the human capital
crisis, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Security Implications of the Human Capital Crisis
(Joint with Government Reform Committee (House))
S.Hrg. 107-0133
** HEARINGS FOR 20010403
* Appropriations
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine issues related to
the need for funding of medical research of Alzheimer's Disease at various
facilities, including the National Institutes of Health, the Alzheimer's
Clinical Research and Training Program, and the Alzheimer's Matching Grant
Programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Alzheimer's Disease, Fiscal Year 2002 (Special Hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0293
* Armed Services
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE, IMAGERY, AND MAPPING: Subcommittee on Strategic
concluded hearings to examine the Report of the National Commission for the
Review of the National Reconnaissance Office and the Report of the Independent
Commission on the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Report of the National Commission for the Review of the
National Reconnaissance Office and the Report of the Independent Commission on
the National Imagery and Mapping Agency
S.Hrg. 107-0227
* Energy
DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS RESOURCES: Committee concluded hearings to
examine issues related to the development of a national energy policy for the
next decade, focusing on impediments to domestic oil and gas production and
its impact on availability and price of energy in the United States, after
receiving testimony from P. Patrick Leahy, Associate Director for Geology,
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; David J. Hayes, Latham and
Watkins, D307former Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and
Mark Rubin, American Petroleum Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Matthew R.
Simmons, Simmons and Company International, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the
National Petroleum Council; and Neal A. Stanley, Forest Oil Corporation,
Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of
Mountain States and Independent Petroleum Association of America.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21, 4/26/01
* Finance
MEDICARE+CHOICE REFORM: Committee held hearings to examine ways to improve
the relationship between Medicare and managed care, focusing on
Medicare+Choice program reform, which was designed to expand health plans to
markets where existing access was limited or non-existent and to offer new
types of plans, in addition to controlling costs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Medicare and Managed Care: Finding Successful Solutions
S.Hrg. 107-0251
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Also, on Tuesday, April 3, committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 4/4/01
* Judiciary
ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT AND COPYRIGHT LAW: Committee concluded hearings to
examine issues related to progress being made in finding a balance between
ever-advancing online entertainment technology and accessibility, and
copyright law and the rights of the artists and entertainment industry, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Online Entertainment and Copyright Law: Coming Soon to a
Digital Device Near You
S.Hrg. 107-0238
NATIONAL SECURITY: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government
Information concluded hearings to examine the U.S. Commission on National
Security/21st Century Hart-Rudman Report, which makes certain recommendations
with regard to national security, based on a thorough analysis of the future
global security environment and the development of the United States National
Security Strategy to deal with that environment, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Homeland Defense: Exploring the Hart-Rudman Report
S.Hrg. 107-0239
** HEARINGS FOR 20010404
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION--SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE: Subcommittee on SeaPower
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on shipbuilding industrial base issues and initiatives, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2002 (S. 1416) (Seapower)
S.Hrg. 107-0355, pt.2
Hearings also held on 4/26, 6/7, 7/31/01
* Commerce
MAD COW DISEASE: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs Foreign Commerce, and
Tourism concluded hearings to examine specific measures that have been taken
in the United States to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) "Mad
Cow Disease" and assess their adequacy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Mad Cow Disease: Are Our Precautions Adequate?
S.Hrg. 107-1060
* Finance
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND U.S. ECONOMY: Committee held hearings to examine
certain issues with respect to international trade and the attendant
implications for the United States and world economy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: International Trade and the American Economy
S.Hrg. 107-0173
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Argeo Paul
Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Canada, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS: Committee held hearings to examine the
current Presidential appointment process and the original purposes of the laws
and processes affecting appointments, ascertain its effects on public service,
and review recommendations for reform, ...
PRINTED TITLE: State of the Presidential Appointment Process
S.Hrg. 107-0118
Hearings also held on 4/5/01
* Health
EMPLOYMENT LAWS CONSTITUTIONALITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the constitutionality of employment laws, focusing on recent Supreme Court
decisions affecting Congress' ability to redress employment discrimination and
other unfair treatment of state employees, ...
PRINTED TITLE: States Rights and Federal Remedies: When Are Employment Laws
Constitutional?
S.Hrg. 107-0078
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE Select: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/3/01
Hearings also held on 4/3/01
* Judiciary
CABLE AND VIDEO COMPETITIVE CHOICES: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business
Rights, and Competition held oversight hearings on competitive choices in the
cable and multichannel video industry, focusing on deregulation results, cable
rate increases, the growing direct broadcast satellite service, and the
emergence of new cable systems, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Cable and Video: Competitive Choices
S.Hrg. 107-0248
U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to
review certain issues with respect to United States immigration policy,
including the migration process between the United States and Mexico, ensuring
a safe haven for foreign victims of persecution, and proposed sex trafficking
legislation that would protect against the victimization of women around the
world, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Immigration Policy: An Overview
S.Hrg. 107-0249
* Small Business
Roundtable not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Tax Agenda for Small Business (Joint Roundtable with Small
Business Committee (House))
S.Hrg. 107-0185
* Veterans Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Tim S. McClain,
of California, to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation of Tim S. McClain as General Counsel for
Department of Veterans Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0634
** HEARINGS FOR 20010405
* Environment
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND ENERGY POLICY: Subcommittee on Clean Air,
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety resumed hearings to examine the
interaction between United States environmental regulations and energy policy,
and specific policy questions regarding the oil and gas sector, receiving
testimony from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, New York, New York;
Robert L. Hirsch, Annapolis Center for Science Based Public Policy, Arlington,
Virginia; Thomas E. Stewart, Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Grandville, on
behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America; Jason S. Grumet,
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts;
Bob Slaughter, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Taylor R.
Bowlden, American Highway Users Alliance, Washington, D.C.; and Carlos J.
Porras, Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, California.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21, 4/27, 5/2, 8/1/01
* Finance
TAX SCAMS: Committee held hearings to examine the spread of tax scams by con
artists by way of the Internet, including pure trusts, constitutional trusts,
compensation for slaves' descendants, and church creation, and how to stop the
practice and protect taxpayers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Taxpayer Beware: Schemes, Scams, and Cons
S.Hrg. 107-0077
* Governmental Affairs
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS: Committee held hearings to examine the
current Presidential appointment process and the original purposes of the laws
and processes affecting appointments, ascertain its effects on public service,
and review recommendations for reform, receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe,
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Robert J. Nash, former
Director, White House Office of Presidential Personnel, Paul C. Light,
Brookings Institution, Scott Harshbarger, Common Cause, Patricia McGinnis,
Council for Excellence in Government, and Norman J. Ornstein, American
Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and G. Calvin Mackenzie, Colby
College, Waterville, Maine.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/4/01
Hearings also held on 4/4/01
* Indian Affairs
UNITED SOUTH AND EASTERN TRIBES: Committee held oversight hearings to examine
the goals and priorities of the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) for the
107th Congress, receiving testimony from Keller George, United South and
Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22/01
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Larry D.
Thompson, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General, and Theodore B. Olson, of
the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, both
of the Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Larry D. Thompson
to be Deputy Attorney General and Theodore B. Olson to be Solicitor General of
the United States
S.Hrg. 107-0250
** HEARINGS FOR 20010410
* Environment
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: State Wildlife Conservation Needs (Field hearing held in
Reno, NV)
S.Hrg. 107-0317
** HEARINGS FOR 20010412
* Environment Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily
Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Childhood Leukemia Clusters in Fallon, NV (Field hearing held
in Fallon, NV)
S.Hrg. 107-0318
** HEARINGS FOR 20010417
* Appropriations
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: National Writing Project (Special Hearing) (Field hearing
held in Bay St. Louis, MS)
S.Hrg. 107-0047
* Health
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Nursing Shortage: Perspectives From the Field (Field hearing
held in Little Rock, AR)
S.Hrg. 107-0042
** HEARINGS FOR 20010419
* Aging
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Modernization of Social Security and Medicare
S.Hrg. 107-0063
** HEARINGS FOR 20010420
* Appropriations
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Title I Program (Special hearing) (Field hearing held in
Jackson, MS)
S.Hrg. 107-0046
** HEARINGS FOR 20010421
* Appropriations
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Impact of the National Education Budget on Iowa Schools
(Special hearing) (Field hearings held in Cedar Rapids, IA and Clear Lake,
IA)
S.Hrg. 107-0334
** HEARINGS FOR 20010424
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving testimony from Claudia
L. Tornblom, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Management and
Budget/Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and Lt.
Gen. Robert B. Flowers, USA, Commander/Chief of Engineers, Maj. Gen. Hans A.
Van Winkle, USA, Deputy Commanding General for Civil Works, and Rob Vining,
Chief, Programs Management Division, Directorate of Civil Works, all of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/01
Hearings also held on 2/27, 3/13, 4/26, 5/1, 5/15/01
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Dov S.
Zakheim, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller), Charles S. Abell,
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Force Management Policy, and
Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs,
all of the Department of Defense. Mr. Zakheim was introduced by Senator Reed,
Mr. Abell was introduced by Senator Hutchinson, and Ms. Clarke was introduced
by Senator McCain.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27, 7/31,
8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
RECRUITING INITIATIVES: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
recruiting initiatives of the Department of Defense and the military services
and to receive an update on the status of recruiting and retention goals, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2002 (S. 1416) (Personnel)
S.Hrg. 107-0355, pt.6
Hearings also held on 7/18/01
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Grant D.
Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for International Trade, Kenneth
I. Juster, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Export
Administration, Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary and
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, all of
the Department of Commerce, and Robert Glenn Hubbard, of New York, to be a
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of: Grant D. Aldonas, Kenneth I. Juster, Maria
Cino, and Robert Glenn Hubbard
S.Hrg. 107-0329
* Commerce
NASA AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
held hearings to examine the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's
aeronautics research program funding requirements, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Aeronautical Research at NASA
S.Hrg. 107-1021
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce,
and Tourism concluded hearings to examine what measure may be needed to
improve child passenger safety as they graduate from child safety seats to
adult seatbelts, focusing on the benefits of the use of booster seats by
children between the ages of four and eight years old, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Booster Seats and the Forgotten Child: Closing a Safety Gap
S.Hrg. 107-1091
* Finance
MEDICARE REFORM AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Committee continued hearings to
examine prescription drug options currently available to Medicare
beneficiaries and necessary reforms to expand prescription drug coverage,
receiving testimony from Steven M. Coppock, Hewitt Associates, Rowayton,
Connecticut; Karen M. Ignagni, American Association of Health Plans, Deborah
J. Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., and Raymond C. Scheppach,
National Governors Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Stephen Crystal,
Rutgers University Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging
Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22/01
* Small Business
SMALL BUSINESS RIGHTS: Committee held hearings to examine the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and the protection of small business
rights, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting Small Business Rights: SBREFA On Its First
Anniversary
S.Hrg. 107-0226
** HEARINGS FOR 20010425
* Agriculture
FARM BILL: TRADE ISSUES: Committee concluded hearings to examine agricultural
trade issues, focusing on access to world markets, declining export values,
tariffs, and barriers to trade, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Review of the Trade Title of the Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0370
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2002 for the Department of Agriculture, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R. 2330/S. 1191) (Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human
Services: Food and Drug Administration, Farm Credit Administration,
Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0312
Hearings also held on 5/3, 5/10/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE/NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002
(H.R. 2620/S. 1216) (Corporation for National and Community Service,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs,
... Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0442
Hearings also held on 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 6/6, 6/13, 6/14/01
* Appropriations
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to
examine issues related to the state of the Chemical Demilitarization Program,
which was implemented to eliminate the United States chemical weapons
inventory consistent with an international treaty obligation, the Chemical
Weapons Convention, including the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness
Program, after receiving testimony from Joseph Westphal, Acting Secretary,
James Bacon, Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, and Michael
Parker, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, all of the
Department of the Army; Russell Salter, Director, Chemical and Radiological
Preparedness Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency; James Eli
Henderson, Calhoun County Commission, and Rufus Kinney and Brenda Lindell,
both on behalf of the Families Concerned About Nerve Gas Incineration, all of
Anniston, Alabama; and Craig Williams, Chemical Weapons Working Group, Berea,
Kentucky.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 3/28, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 9/5/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after
receiving testimony from Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/01
Hearings also held on 3/6, 4/26, 5/2, 5/10, 5/23/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: Subcommittee on
Strategic concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense
Program, focusing on the National Nuclear Security Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2002 (S. 1416) (Strategic)
S.Hrg. 107-0355, pt.7
Hearings also held on 6/26, 7/11, 7/25/01
* Banking
HUD PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded hearings
to examine the Department of Housing and Urban Development's program, budget,
and management priorities for fiscal year 2002, ...
PRINTED TITLE: HUD's Program, Budget and Management Priorities for Fiscal
Year 2002
S.Hrg. 107-0403
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on Brenda L. Becker, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental
Affairs, and Michael P. Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of
Transportation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Michael P. Jackson, to be Deputy Secretary of
the Department of Transportation, and Brenda L. Becker, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Department of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental
Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0936
WEST COAST GASOLINE PRICES: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign
Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine the causes of high retail
gasoline prices and competition in the gasoline industry in West Coast
markets, ...
PRINTED TITLE: West Coast Gasoline Prices
S.Hrg. 107-1022
AVIATION INDUSTRY LABOR ISSUES: Committee held hearings to examine labor
relations problems that are confronting the airline industry today, focusing
on the large passenger airline's recent union negotiations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Status of Labor Issues in the Aviation Industry
S.Hrg. 107-1062
* Finance
MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS: Committee held hearings to examine
certain improper payments of Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, and
disability programs benefits to prisoners, fugitives, the deceased and other
ineligibles, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Medicare and Social Security Benefits: Turning Off the Spigot
to Prisoners, Fugitives, the Deceased, and Other Ineligibles
S.Hrg. 107-0372
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Andrew S.
Natsios, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Paula J.
Dobriansky, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Global Affairs, Lincoln P.
Bloomfield, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military
Affairs, and Richard Nathan Haass, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of Service as Director, Policy Planning Staff, all of the
Department of State.
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
POLYGRAPH USAGE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the accuracy and
reliability of polygraphs, as well as the policy and potential legal issues
that may arise from their use as a screening tool in counterintelligence
context, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Issues Surrounding the Use of Polygraphs
S.Hrg. 107-0294
** HEARINGS FOR 20010426
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--JUSTICE: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R. 2500/S. 1215)
(Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, Department of State, Federal
Communications Commission, Nondepartmental witnesses, Securites and Exchange
Commission, Small Business Administration, the Judiciary)
S.Hrg. 107-0325
Hearings also held on 5/1, 5/3, 5/15, 5/17, 6/28/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: Subcommittee on
Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 2002 for the National Nuclear Security Administration,
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from John A. Gordon, Under
Secretary for Nuclear Security/Administrator, and Adm. Frank L. Bowman, USN,
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, both of the National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/01
Hearings also held on 2/27, 3/13, 4/24, 5/1, 5/15/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Transportation, after receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary
of Transportation.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/14/01
Hearings also held on 2/14, 3/15, 6/1, 6/13, 6/28/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of the Treasury, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Treasury and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year
2002 (H.R. 2590/S.1398)
S.Hrg. 107-0139
Hearings also held on 5/3, 5/10, 5/17/01
* Appropriations
ERGONOMIC STANDARDS: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine the costs, benefits and feasibility of
the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations ergonomics standards, after
receiving testimony from Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor; Stanley J. Bigos,
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Bradley Evanoff,
Washington University School of Medicine Division of General Medical Sciences,
St. Louis, Missouri; Baruch A. Fellner, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, Margaret M.
Seminario, AFL-CIO, Franklin E. Mirer, United Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Derry Dean Sparlin, Jr., Gibson,
Dunn and Crutcher, and Jacqueline Nowell, United Food and Commercial Workers
International Union, all of Washington, D.C.; Nortin M. Hadler, University of
North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill; Jeremiah A. Barondess, New York Academy
of Medicine, on behalf of the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine,
and Eric Frumin, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, both
of New York, New York; Kim Burton, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield,
United Kingdom; Jane Derebery, Concentra Health Services, Austin, Texas; Laura
Punnett, University of Massachusetts Department of Work Environment, Lowell;
David C. Alexander, Auburn Engineers, Inc., Auburn, Alabama; and Heidi
Eberhardt, Somerville, Massachusetts.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/01
Hearings also held on 3/6, 4/25, 5/2, 5/10, 5/23/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--STRATEGIC AIRLIFT AND SEALIFT: Subcommittee on SeaPower
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on strategic airlift and sealift imperatives for the 21st Century,
after receiving testimony from Gen. Charles T. Robertson, Jr., USAF,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation Command.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/4/01
Hearings also held on 4/4, 6/7, 7/31/01
* Aging
ASSISTED LIVING: Committee concluded hearings to evaluate current
developments in assisted living facilities, focusing on consumer protection,
state regulations, staff training, and assistance with medications, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Assisted Living in the 21st Century: Examining Its Role in
the Continuum of Care
S.Hrg. 107-0064
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Edward C.
Aldridge, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology,
William J. Haynes II, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, and Powell A.
Moore, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, all of
the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf. Mr. Aldridge was introduced by Senator Warner, and Mr.
Moore was introduced by Senator Thompson.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 7/22, 7/27, 7/31, 8/1,
9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Theodore
William Kassinger, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of
Commerce, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Theodore W. Kassinger to be General Counsel of
the Department of Commerce
S.Hrg. 107-0964
AMATEUR SPORTS INTEGRITY: Committee concluded hearings on S. 718, to direct
the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a program to
support research and training in methods of detecting the use of
performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Amateur Sports Industry Act, S. 718
S.Hrg. 107-1092
UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL: Subcommittee on Communications concluded
hearings to examine the problem of unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam), the
consumer protection issues raised by its widespread use, the Federal Trade
Commission's program to combat deceptive and fraudulent spam, and proposed
legislation that would deter it, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Spamming
S.Hrg. 107-1135
* Energy
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY: Committee concluded oversight hearings to consider
national energy policy with respect to fuel specifications and infrastructure
constraints and their impacts on energy supply and price, after receiving
testimony from Gary Heminger, Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Findlay, Ohio;
Thomas L. Robinson, Robinson Oil Corporation, San Jose, California, on behalf
of the National Association of Convenience Stores and the Society of
Independent Gasoline Marketers of America; Daniel S. Greenbaum, Health Effects
Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Don H. Daigle, ExxonMobil Refining and
Supply Company, Fairfax, Virginia; and Craig Moyer, Manatt, Phelps and
Phillips, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the Western Independent
Refiners Association.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21, 4/3/01
* Energy
FOREST SERVICE ROADLESS AREA RULEMAKING: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded oversight hearings to examine the energy
implications of the Forest Service Roadless Area Rulemaking which prohibits
new road construction and reconstruction and the cutting, sale, and removal of
timber in certain inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands,
focusing on the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy
assessment of how the roadless rulemaking affects the energy resource
potential of roadless areas, and their plans to address the issue, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Forest Service's Roadless Area Rulemaking
S.Hrg. 107-0066
* Environment
ARMY BUDGET: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure concluded
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
2002 for the Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Corps of Engineers Budget for Fiscal Year 2002
S.Hrg. 107-0319
* Finance
FEDERAL TAX CODE COMPLEXITY: Committee held hearings to examine the
complexity of the federal tax code and proposed recommendations to create a
more efficient and simplified tax code, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Tax Code Complexity: New Hope for Fresh Solutions
S.Hrg. 107-0060
* Finance
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Grant D.
Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International
Trade, John B. Taylor, of California, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury
for International Affairs, and Scott Whitaker, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Legislation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Grant D. Aldonas, John B. Taylor, and Scott
Whitaker
S.Hrg. 107-0230
* Foreign Relations
BUSINESS MEETING: ... Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on
the nomination of Mr. Kelly [James Andrew Kelly, of Hawaii, to be Assistant
Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State], ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010427
* Environment
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Clean Air Act
Oversight Issues]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21, 4/5, 5/2, 8/1/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010430
* Environment
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Wastewater Infrastructure Needs in Ohio (Field hearing held
in Columbus, OH)
S.Hrg. 107-0320
** HEARINGS FOR 20010501
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Donald L.
Evans, Secretary of Commerce.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/3, 5/15, 5/17, 6/28/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for
certain Department of Energy programs relating to energy efficiency renewable
energy, science, and nuclear issues, after receiving testimony from James
Decker, Acting Director, Office of Science, Robert K. Dixon, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Office of Power Technologies, EE-10, and William D. Magwood, IV,
Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, all of the
Department of Energy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/01
Hearings also held on 2/27, 3/13, 4/24, 4/26, 5/15/01
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Dov S.
Zakheim, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller), Charles S. Abell,
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Force Management Policy, Victoria
Clarke, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Edward C.
Aldridge, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology,
William J. Haynes II, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, and Powell A.
Moore, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, all of
the Department of Defense; and 773 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Marine Corps.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
V-22 PROGRAM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the findings and
recommendations of the Panel to Review the V-22 Program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Report of the Panel to Review the V-22 Program
S.Hrg. 107-0348
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Capabilities concluded hearings to examine the United States military's
capabilities to respond to domestic terrorist attacks involving the use of
weapons of mass destruction, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Military's Capabilities to Respond to Domestic Terrorist
Attacks Involving the Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
S.Hrg. 107-0731
* Commerce
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: Committee held hearings to examine the third
assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on
global climate change entitled Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third
Assessment Report
S.Hrg. 107-1027
* Foreign Relations
WESTERN EUROPE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded
hearings to examine recurrent problems effecting religious freedom in western
Europe, including persecution of smaller religious groups, the anti-cult
initiatives, and the spread to these activities to other countries, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Religious Freedom in Europe and Around the World
S.Hrg. 107-0044
Hearings also held on 6/5/01
U.S./CHINA RELATIONS: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings to examine issues related to the future relationship
between the United States and China, including economic development and trade,
Chinese military build-up, and China/Taiwan relations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Where are U.S.--China Relations Headed?
S.Hrg. 107-0045
* Small Business
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the Small Business Administration's funding priorities for fiscal year 2002,
...
PRINTED TITLE: SBA's Funding Priorities for Fiscal Year 2002
S.Hrg. 107-0237
** HEARINGS FOR 20010502
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from Elaine L. Chao,
Secretary of Labor.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/01
Hearings also held on 3/6, 4/25, 4/26, 5/10, 5/23/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Legislative Branch Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R.
2647/S. 1172)
S.Hrg. 107-0143
Hearings also held on 5/10, 5/16, 6/26/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--VETERANS AFFAIRS: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Anthony
J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who was accompanied by several of
his associates.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/9, 5/16, 6/6, 6/13, 6/14/01
* Commerce
HUMAN CLONING: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space held hearings
to examine the scientific, ethical, moral, and social concerns of human
cloning, including a proposal to prohibit the cloning of human embryos, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Human Cloning
S.Hrg. 107-1050
INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA: Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries concluded
hearings on S. 637, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act to authorize the establishment of individual fishery quota
systems, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 637, Individual Fishing Quota Act of 2001
S.Hrg. 107-1059
* Environment
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the science of
global climate change and issues related to the timing, options and obstacles
of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions, after receiving testimony from Kevin
E. Trenberth, Head, Climate Analysis Section, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, National Science Foundation; Marilyn A. Brown, Director, Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and
Jamee Edmonds, Senior Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
both of the Department of Energy; Richard S. Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge; John R. Christy, University of Alabama Earth System
Science Center, Huntsville; Rattan Lal, Ohio State University Carbon
Management and Sequestration Program, Columbus; and James E. Rogers, Cinergy
Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21, 4/5, 4/27, 8/1/01
* Judiciary
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT IMPLEMENTATION: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business
Rights, and Competition concluded hearings on the state of local telephone
competition five years after the implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications
Act, and the potential need for additional legislation to provide a different
balance between the incumbent and competitive providers of local telephone
service, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Telecom Act Five Years Later: Is it Promoting Competition?
S.Hrg. 107-0275
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Charles A.
James, Jr. and Daniel J. Bryant, both of Virginia, each to be an Assistant
Attorney General, Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Charles A. James,
Jr., and Daniel J. Bryant to be Assistant Attorneys General
S.Hrg. 107-0282
** HEARINGS FOR 20010503
* Aging
PRESCRIPTION DRUG TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY: Committee concluded hearings to
examine new technologies that could be used to ensure the safe and efficient
distribution of prescription drugs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Technology and Prescription Drug Safety
S.Hrg. 107-0079
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Agriculture, focusing on assistance to
producers and the farm economy, after receiving testimony from Thomas Hunt
Shipman, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services, and Keith J. Collins, Chief Economist, Office of the Deputy
Secretary, both of the Department of Agriculture.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/10/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/1, 5/15, 5/17, 6/28/01
* Appropriations
AMISH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine the employment needs of Amish youth,
focusing on the statutory and regulatory requirements of the Fair Labor
Standards Act as they apply to the employment of Amish youth in the sawmill
and woodworking industries, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Needs of Amish Youth (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0094
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY: Subcommittee on Treasury and
General Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2002 for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, after receiving
testimony from Edward H. Jurith, Acting Director, Office of National Drug
Control Policy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/10, 5/17/01
* Armed Services
U.S.S. COLE: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the
lessons learned from the attack on U.S.S. Cole, the report of the
Crouch/Gehman Commission, and the Navy's Judge Advocate General Manual
Investigation into the attack, including a review of appropriate standards of
accountability for United States military services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Lessons Learned From the Attack on U.S.S. Cole, on the Report
of the Crouch--Gehman Commission, and on the Navy's Judge Advocate General
Manual Investigation Into the Attack, Including a Review of Appropriate
Standards of Accountability for U.S. Military Services
S.Hrg. 107-0609
* Energy
NUCLEAR ENERGY STRATEGY: Committee concluded joint oversight hearings with
the Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
on the state of the nuclear power industry and the future of the industry in
acomprehensive energy strategy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nuclear Power Industry (Joint with Appropriations)
S.Hrg. 107-0089
* Energy
WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY PRICES: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order addressing wholesale
electricity prices in California and the Western United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Wholesale Electricity Prices in California and the Western
United States
S.Hrg. 107-0116
* Governmental Affairs
FEDERAL ELECTION REFORM: Committee held oversight hearings to examine issues
related to reform of federal election practices and procedures, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Federal Election Practices and Procedures
S.Hrg. 107-0069
Hearings also held on 5/9/01
* Judiciary
ASYLUM POLICY: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to examine
certain aspects of United States immigration policy, focusing on asylum
issues, including detention practices, expedition removal, asylum claim filing
deadline, and refugee resettlement and protection, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Overview of Asylum Policy
S.Hrg. 107-0274
** HEARINGS FOR 20010508
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Subcommittee on Foreign
Operations concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the Agency for International Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R. 2506) (Agency for International
Development, Department of State, Nondepartmental Witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0283
Hearings also held on 5/15, 7/11/01
* Appropriations
COUNTERTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary
concluded hearings to examine the roles and capabilities of various United
States federal government departments' counterterrorism efforts, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 5/9, 5/10/01
* Banking
FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine the mission of the
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, and the financial safety and
soundness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Housing Mission of the Office of Federal Enterprise Oversight
and the Financial Safety and Soundness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
S.Hrg. 107-0303
* Commerce
ELECTION REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine election reform
issues, focusing on solutions to the problems of our existing national voting
system and restoring the public's confidence in our election system, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 368 and Election Reform
S.Hrg. 107-1041
* Energy
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture, focusing on the National Fire Plan, Agency
infrastructure, accountability, and administrative operations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request for the Forest
Service
S.Hrg. 107-0114
INTERIOR BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of the
Interior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 Budgets for the Department of the
Interior and the National Park Service
S.Hrg. 107-0115
Hearings also held on 5/10/01
* Environment
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private
Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded oversight hearings on the funding and
activities of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure the protection of
public health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment
in the application of nuclear technology for civilian use, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Fiscal Year 2002 Programs
S.Hrg. 107-0321
* Health
PEDIATRIC PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
impact of the Pediatric Exclusivity provision of the Better Pharmaceuticals
for Children Act, which grants a pharmaceutical company an additional six
months of market exclusivity for new or marketed drugs in exchange for
conducting pediatric studies requested by the Food and Drug Administration,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Better Pharmaceuticals for Children: Assessment and
Opportunities
S.Hrg. 107-0129
** HEARINGS FOR 20010509
* Agriculture
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Mary Kirtley
Waters, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
Congressional Relations, Lou Gallegos, of New Mexico, to be Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture for Administration, and J. B. Penn, of Arkansas, to
be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination Hearing for Mary Kirtley Waters, Lou Gallegos, and
J.B. Penn
S.Hrg. 107-0434
* Appropriations
COUNTERTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary
resumed hearings to examine the roles and capabilities of various United
States federal government departments' counterterrorism efforts, after
receiving testimony from John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Department of
Justice; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Donald L.
Evans, Secretary of Commerce; Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture; and
Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/8/01
Hearings also held on 5/8, 5/10/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense,
focusing on Reserve Chiefs and National Guard Programs, after receiving
testimony from Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Plewes, USAR, Chief, Army Reserve; Rear
Adm. John Totushek, USNR, Chief, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. Dennis M. McCarthy,
USMCR, Director, Marine Corps Reserve Affairs Division; Maj. Gen. James E.
Sherrard, III, USAFR, Chief, Air Force Reserve, and Commander, Air Force
Reserve Command; Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard
Bureau; Maj. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, Director, Air National Guard; and Maj.
Gen. Paul A. Weaver, Jr., USAF, Director, Air National Guard.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 9/5/01
* Appropriations
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings on research funding issues surrounding breast
cancer, including the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Breast Cancer Research and Development (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0297
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NASA: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving testimony from
Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/2, 5/16, 6/6, 6/13, 6/14/01
* Commerce
RAILROAD INDUSTRY: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine
held hearings to examine the state of the Rail Industry, including it's
current financial condition, infrastructure capacity, and long term capital
funding needs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Oversight Hearing on the State of the Railroad Industry
S.Hrg. 107-1052
* Energy
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Francis S.
Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary, Robert Gordon Card, of
Colorado, to be Under Secretary, Bruce Marshall Carnes, of Virginia, to be
Chief Financial Officer, and David Garman, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, all of the Department of
Energy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Blake, Card, Carnes and Garman Nominations
S.Hrg. 107-0082
* Environment
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water held
hearings to examine the listing and de-listing processes of the Endangered
Species Act, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Listing and Delisting Processes Under the Endangered Species
Act
S.Hrg. 107-0322
* Governmental Affairs
FEDERAL ELECTION PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES: Committee concluded hearings to
examine Federal election practices and procedures, focusing on certain voting
irregularities that occurred during the November, 2000 Presidential election
and recommendations to reform the current voting system, after receiving
testimony from Stephen Knack, Senior Research Economist, World Bank; Arkansas
Secretary of State Sharon Priest, Little Rock, on behalf of the National
Association of Secretaries of State; Hilary O. Shelton, National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, Washington, D.C.; Hans A. von
Spakovsky, Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, Atlanta,
Georgia; R. Doug Lewis, Election Center, Houston, Texas; and Arturo Vargas,
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational
Fund, and Conny B. McCormack, both of Los Angeles, California.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/3/01
Hearings also held on 5/3/01
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 5/10/01
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Viet D. Dinh,
of the District of Columbia, and Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, each to be
an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Michael Chertoff
and Viet D. Dinh to be Assistant Attorneys General
S.Hrg. 107-0298
** HEARINGS FOR 20010510
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--FDA: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and
Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2002 for the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving testimony from
Bernard Schwetz, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, who was accompanied
by several of his associates.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/3/01
* Appropriations
COUNTERTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary
concluded hearings to examine the roles and capabilities of various United
States federal, state, and local government departments' counterterrorism
efforts, after receiving testimony from Brig. Gen. Bruce M. Lawlor, USANG,
Commanding General, Joint Task Force-Civil Support, U.S. Joint Forces Command,
Department of Defense; Bernadine Healy, American Red D428Cross, and Peter La
Porte, District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency, both of Washington,
D.C.; Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr., Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, Littleton,
Colorado; John Fanning, New York City Fire Department, Brooklyn, New York; and
Stephen Cantrill, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/8/01
Hearings also held on 5/8, 5/9/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Roderick
R. Paige, Secretary of Education.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/01
Hearings also held on 3/6, 4/25, 4/26, 5/2, 5/23/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--GAO/CBO/GP0: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from David M.
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office,
who was accompanied by several of his associates; Daniel L. Crippen, Director,
Congressional Budget Office, who was accompanied by an associate; and Michael
F. DiMario, Public Printer, Government Printing Office.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/2/01
Hearings also held on 5/2, 5/16, 6/26/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES: Subcommittee on Treasury
and General Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of the Treasury Law Enforcement Agencies,
after receiving testimony from James F. Sloan, Acting Under Secretary for
Enforcement, Bradley A. Buckles, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, Charles W. Winwood, Acting Commissioner, United States Customs
Service, Brian L. Stafford, Director, United States Secret Service, W. Ralph
Basham, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, William F. Baity,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and R. Richard Newcomb,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, all of the Department of the
Treasury.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/3, 5/17/01
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of David S.C.
Chu, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness, Thomas E. White, of Texas, to be Secretary of the
Army, Gordon R. England, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Navy, James G.
Roche, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Air Force, and Alfred Rascon, of
California, to be Director of Selective Service, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. White was introduced by
Senator Hutchison, Mr. England was introduced by Senators Gramm and Hutchison,
Mr. Roche was introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes, and Mr. Rascon was
introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes and Representative Bartlett.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27, 7/31,
8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of John E.
Robson, of California, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United
States, Peter R. Fisher, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury
for Domestic Finance, and James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of: John E. Robson, Peter R. Fisher, James J.
Jochum, Alphonso R. Jackson, Richard A. Hauser, John Charles Weicher, and
Romolo A. Bernardi
S.Hrg. 107-0343
Hearings also held on 5/15/01
* Commerce
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DELAYS: Subcommittee on Aviation held hearings to examine
the role of the Federal Aviation Administration modernization program in
reducing air traffic delays and congestion and its impact on the aviation
industry, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Government and Industry-Wide Efforts to Address Air Traffic
Control Delays
S.Hrg. 107-1096
* Energy
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of Energy, focusing on national security, energy resources, science
and technology, and environmental quality issues, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request for the Department of Energy
S.Hrg. 107-0107
* Energy
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUDGET: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic
Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Interior, focusing on the National Park Service programs and operations, after
receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Acting Director, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/8/01
Hearings also held on 5/8/01
* Energy
DESERT TORTOISE HABITAT CONSERVATION: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management held hearings on H.R. 880, to provide for the acquisition of
property in Washington County, Utah, for implementation of a desert tortoise
habitat conservation plan, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation
S.Hrg. 107-0067
* Environment
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND GSA BUDGET: Subcommittee on Transportation
and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Transportation's
Federal Highway Administration, focusing on the Transportation Equity Act
(TEA-21) highway and highway safety programs, and the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the General Services Administration's
Federal buildings program, including the courthouse construction budget, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Transportation and General Services
Administration: Fiscal Year 2002 Budget
S.Hrg. 107-0323
* Indian Affairs
ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the goals
and priorities of the Alaska Native Community, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Goals and Priorities of the Alaska Native Community
S.Hrg. 107-0088
* Health
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: Committee concluded hearings to examine opportunities
and innovations involving biomedical research, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Biomedical Research: Opportunities and Innovation
S.Hrg. 107-0167
** HEARINGS FOR 20010514
* Appropriations
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Consideration of the Complexities Involved in Mild (sic, ie,
Milk) Distribution and Pricing From the Farm to the Consumer (Special
hearing) (Field hearing held in Philadelphia, PA)
S.Hrg. 107-0216
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Predatory Lending (Special hearing) (Joint hearing) (Field
hearing held in Baltimore, MD)
S.Hrg. 107-0856
** HEARINGS FOR 20010515
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/SBA: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Scott B. Gudes, Acting Under Secretary and Administrator,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and
John Whitmore, Acting Administrator, Small Business Administration.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/1, 5/3, 5/17, 6/28/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for
Department of Energy environmental management and the Office of Civilian
Radioactive Waste Management, after receiving testimony from Senator Crapo;
Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, and Lake
H. Barrett, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management,
both of the Department of Energy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/01
Hearings also held on 2/27, 3/13, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for
Foreign Operations, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary
of State.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/8/01
Hearings also held on 5/8, 7/11/01
* Armed Services
NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Capabilities concluded open and closed hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the Department of Energy's Defense
Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2002 (S. 1416) (Emerging Threats and Capabilities)
S.Hrg. 107-0355,pt.5
Hearings also held on 7/12/01
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Alphonso R.
Jackson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary, Richard A. Hauser, of Maryland, to
be General Counsel, John Charles Weicher, of the District of Columbia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Housing and serve as the Federal Housing Commissioner,
and Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Community
Planning and Development, all of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions on their own
behalf. Mr. Jackson was introduced by Senators Bond and Hutchison, and Mr.
Bernardi was introduced by Senators Clinton and Schumer and Representative
Walsh.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/10/01
Hearings also held on 5/10/01
* Energy
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY: Committee concluded hearings on the national energy
policy with respect to federal, state, and local impediments to the siting of
energy infrastructure, focusing on the natural gas pipeline and electric power
industries, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Energy Trends
S.Hrg. 107-0090, pt.2
Hearings also held on 6/21/01
* Environment
EPA BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2002 for the Environmental Protection Agency, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Environmental Protection Agency's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget
S.Hrg. 107-0053
* Governmental Affairs
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: Committee concluded joint hearings with Subcommittee on
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services to examine the
General Accounting Office assessment of the financial outlook of the United
States Postal Service, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Financial Outlook of the U.S. Postal Service
S.Hrg. 107-0070
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 5/16, 5/17/01
* Judiciary
DNA CRIME LABS: Committee concluded hearings on the implementation of the
Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act (P.L. 106-561), which
authorized resources for state and local crime laboratories for personnel,
facilities, training, and equipment, focusing on DNA crime labs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: DNA Crime Labs: The Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences
Improvement Act
S.Hrg. 107-0342
* Narcotics
ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSIT ZONE: Caucus concluded hearings to examine counter drug
interdiction strategy and operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific,
known as the Transit Zone, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 2/16/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010516
* Agriculture
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Eric M. Bost,
of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services,
and William T. Hawks, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs, both of the Department of Agriculture, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination Hearing for William T. Hawks and Eric M. Bost
S.Hrg. 107-0435
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of
Department of Agriculture farm loan programs, focusing on current credit
conditions confronting American farmers and farm lenders, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Agriculture Credit
S.Hrg. 107-0590
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--CAPITOL ARCHITECT: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Architect of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from Alan M. Hantman,
Architect of the Capitol.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/2/01
Hearings also held on 5/2, 5/10, 5/16/01
* Appropriations
D.C. FAMILY DIVISION REFORM: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings on the District of Columbia Superior Court's proposed reform of its
Family Court Division, after receiving testimony from Chief Judge Rufus G.
King, III, and Presiding Judge Reggie B. Walton, Family Court Division, both
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and Judge David E.
Grossmann, Hamilton County Juvenile Court (Ret.), Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf
of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/15/01
Hearings also held on 3/15, 7/10, 7/11/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from James W.
Ziglar, Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; James J. Varey, Chief, United
States Capitol Police; and Bill Thompson, Executive Director, Office of
Compliance.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/2/01
Hearings also held on 5/2, 5/10, 6/26/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, after receiving testimony from Joe M.
Allbaugh, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 6/6, 6/13, 6/14/01
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Timothy J.
Muris, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner; Maria Cino, of
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States
and Foreign Commercial Service, Kathleen B. Cooper, of Texas, to be Under
Secretary for Economic Affairs, Bruce P. Mehlman, of Maryland, to be Assistant
Secretary for Technology Policy, all of the Department of Commerce; and Sean
B. O'Hollaren, of Oregon, to be Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs,
and Donna R. McLean, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary
for Budget Programs and Chief Financial Officer, both of the Department of
Transportation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations to the Federal Trade Commission, Department of
Transportation, and Department of Commerce
S.Hrg. 107-1085
* Energy
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of J. Steven
Griles, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and Lee Sarah
Liberman Otis, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Jessie Hill Roberson, of
Alabama, to be Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Nora Mead
Brownell, of Pennsylvania, and Patrick Henry Wood III, of Texas, both to be
Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, all of the Department of
Energy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Griles, Otis, Roberson, Brownell, and Wood Nominations
S.Hrg. 107-0125
* Finance
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Claude A.
Allen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Thomas Scully, of Virginia, to be
Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, and Piyush Jindal,
of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, all of
the Department of Health and Human Services, Linnet F. Deily, of California,
and Peter F. Allgeier, of Virginia, each to be a Deputy United States Trade
Representative, each with the rank of Ambassador, Peter R. Fisher, of New
Jersey, to be Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, and James Gurule, of
Michigan, to be Under Secretary for Enforcement, both of the Department of the
Treasury, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Claude Allen, Thomas Scully, Piyosh Jindal,
Linnet F. Deily, Peter Allgeier, Peter R. Fisher, and James Gurule
S.Hrg. 107-0130
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Thelma J.
Askey, of Tennessee, to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency, and
Peter S. Watson, of California, to be President of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Stephen
Brauer, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Belgium, and A. Elizabeth Jones, of
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/15/01
Hearings also held on 5/15, 5/17/01
* Narcotics
ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSIT ZONE: Caucus concluded hearings to examine counterdrug
interdiction strategy and operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific,
known as the Transit Zone, after receiving testimony from Edward H. Jurith,
Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; Donnie R. Marshall,
Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Adm.
James M. Loy, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation, United States Interdiction Coordinator; and Charles Winwood,
Acting Commissioner, United States Customs Service, Department of the
Treasury.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/15/01
Hearings also held on 5/15/01
* Veterans Affairs
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Leo S.
Mackay, Jr., of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary, Robin L. Higgins, of Florida,
to be Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, Maureen Patricia Cragin, of Maine,
to be Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Jacob
Lozada, of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and
Administration, and Gordon H. Mansfield, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Various Presidential Nominations for the Department of
Veterans Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0629
** HEARINGS FOR 20010517
* Aging
NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the implementation of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, a
component of the Older Americans Act, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Family Caregiving and the Older American Act: Caring for the
Caregiver
S.Hrg. 107-0080
* Appropriations
AGRICULTURE MARKET CONCENTRATION: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine factors
contributing to consolidation and concentration in the food production and
marketing system, present data on recent structural trends in the food system,
including farm inputs, farm production, transportation, processing,
merchandising, and retailing, and economic issues that have been raised
regarding increasing levels of concentration in the food production and
marketing system, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Agriculture Market Concentration (Special Hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0229
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--FBI/DEA/INS: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement
Administration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, after
receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, and Kevin D. Rooney, Acting Commissioner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, all of the Department of Justice.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/1, 5/3, 5/15, 6/28/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--IRS: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of the Treasury, focusing on the Internal Revenue Service, after
receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue
Service, Department of the Treasury.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/3, 5/10/01
* Banking
U.S. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK: Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance held
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Export-Import Bank
of United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
S.Hrg. 107-0245
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Michael K.
Powell, of Virginia, Kathleen Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, Michael Joseph Copps,
of Virginia, and Kevin J. Martin, of North Carolina, each to be a Member, all
of the Federal Communications Commission, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Commerce
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations to the Federal Communications Commission
S.Hrg. 107-1131
* Environment
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Linda J.
Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Administrator, Stephen L.
Johnson, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, and
Jeffrey R. Holmstead, of Colorado, to be Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, and James Laurence
Connaughton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Council on
Environmental Quality, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of the 107th Congress, First Session (Fisher,
Holmstead, Johnson, Connaughton, Sampson, Fabricant, Mehan, Ayres,
Schregardus, Arnold, Strock, Diaz, Johnson, Manson, Horinko, Parker, Peters,
Baxter, Nelson, Williams)
S.Hrg. 107-0324
Hearings also held on 7/25, 9/21, 10/17/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of William J.
Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern
Affairs, and Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
South Asian Affairs, both of the Department of State, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Walter H.
Kansteiner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Angela
Styles, of Virginia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy,
Stephen A. Perry, of Ohio, to be Administrator of General Services, and John
D. Graham, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Angela B. Styles, Stephen A. Perry, and John D.
Graham
S.Hrg. 107-0071
* Health
NURSE STAFFING SHORTAGES: Committee concluded hearings on issues related to
the current recruitment and retention of nursing staff, including both nurses
and nurse aids, and concerns about the future supply of these workers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Addressing Direct Care Staffing Shortages
S.Hrg. 107-0164
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/15/01
Hearings also held on 5/15, 5/16/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010522
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Lorne W.
Craner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor, Donald Burnham Ensenat, of Louisiana, to be Chief of Protocol, with
the rank of Ambassador, Carl W. Ford, Jr., of Arkansas, to be Assistant
Secretary for Intelligence and Research, Ruth A. Davis, of Georgia, to be
Director General of the Foreign Service, and Paul Vincent Kelly, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, all of the Department of
State, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Erik Patrick
Christian and Maurice A. Ross, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Erik P. Christian and Maurice A. Ross
S.Hrg. 107-0072
* Judiciary
RURAL AND URBAN HEALTH CARE NEEDS: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings
to examine United States immigration policy regarding the immigration of
nurses, physicians and other health care professionals to the United States,
focusing on rural and urban nursing shortages and the immigration of
foreign-trained nurses, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Rural and Urban Health Care Needs
S.Hrg. 107-0356
** HEARINGS FOR 20010523
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense
and related programs, after receiving testimony from certain public witnesses.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/9, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 9/5/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the National Institutes of Health, after
receiving testimony from Ruth L. Kirschstein, Acting Director, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, who was
accompanied by several of her associates.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/01
Hearings also held on 3/6, 4/25, 4/26, 5/2, 5/10/01
* Commerce
CARBON SEQUESTRATION: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
concluded hearings to examine issues relating to the capture, separation and
storage or reuse of excess carbon, known as carbon sequestration, in order to
stabilize and ultimately reduce concentrations of carbon emissions in the
atmosphere, including soil carbon measurement processes, methods used to
measure soil carbon changes, and the research related to such measurements,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Carbon Sequestration: Measurements and Benefits
S.Hrg. 107-1019
BOXING INDUSTRY REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of
past legislation on the professional boxing industry, and whether additional
federal, state, and private sector reforms, including the establishment of a
centralized association or league, a boxers union, a promoters and managers
collective, and consistent state regulations among the state athletic
commissioners, are needed to further improve the sport, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Review of the Professional Boxing Industry--Is Further Reform
Needed?
S.Hrg. 107-1090
* Economic
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues related to the
economic outlook of the nation, including a national energy policy, the tax
code, and the impact of the slowing economy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Economic Outlook and Tax Policy (at Y4.Ec7:T19/34)
S.Hrg. 107-0112
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Howard H.
Baker, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Japan, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
U.S./NORTH KOREA POLICY: Committee concluded hearings to examine future
policy between the United States and North Korea, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Policy Toward North Korea: Where Do We Go From Here?
S.Hrg. 107-0054
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Deborah L.
Cook and Jeffrey S. Sutton, both of Ohio, each to be a United States Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Ralph F. Boyd,
Jr., of Massachusetts, and Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, each to be an
Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Ralph F. Boyd, Jr.
and Robert D. McCallum, Jr. to be Assistant Attorneys General
S.Hrg. 107-0415
** HEARINGS FOR 20010524
* Banking
DECIMALIZED MARKETS: Subcommittee on Securities and Investment concluded
hearings on the recent conversion of quotations in equity securities and
options from fractional to decimal pricing and the effects that this change
has on market dynamics and trading behavior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Implementation and Future of Decimalized Markets
S.Hrg. 107-0346
* Energy
U.S. ENERGY POLICY: Committee concluded hearings on the Administration's
National Energy Policy report, and Price-Anderson Act provisions of pending
energy legislation, including S. 388, to protect the energy and security of
the United States and decrease America's dependency on foreign oil sources to
50% by the year 2011 by enhancing the use of renewable energy resources
conserving energy resources, improving energy efficiencies, and increasing
domestic energy supplies; improve environmental quality by reducing emissions
of air pollutants and greenhouse gases; mitigate the effect of increases in
energy prices on the American consumer, including the poor and the elderly, S.
472, to ensure that nuclear energy continues to contribute to the supply of
electricity in the United States, and S. 597, to provide for a comprehensive
and balanced national energy policy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Energy Issues
S.Hrg. 107-0144, pt.1
Hearings also held on 6/26, 7/12/01
* Foreign Relations
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: Subcommittee on International Operations and
Terrorism concluded hearings to examine issues related to the United Nations
Human Rights Commission, including the Administration's democracy promotion
and human rights policy, the importance of maintaining leadership in this
field, and the impact of the United States' recent loss of membership in the
Commission, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.N. Human Rights Commission: The Road Ahead
S.Hrg. 107-0055
* Governmental Affairs
HUMAN TISSUE INDUSTRY: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held
oversight hearings to examine alleged problems in the human tissue industry,
such as claims of excessive charges and profit making within the industry,
problems in obtaining appropriate informed consent from donor families, issues
related to quality control in processing tissue, and whether current
regulatory efforts are adequate to ensure the safety of human tissue
transplants, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Tissue Banks: Is the Federal Government's Oversight Adequate?
S.Hrg. 107-0073
* Health
PATIENT SAFETY: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues surrounding
Congress' role in increasing patient safety in the health care system,
including proposals that would reflect the Institute of Medicine's report
recommendations to establish a center for quality improvement and safety to
fund research and disseminate information about patient safety, while provide
for confidentiality protections of this information, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Patient Safety: What Is the Role for Congress?
S.Hrg. 107-0175
* Judiciary
PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETPLACE COMPETITION: Committee concluded hearings to
examine competition in the pharmaceutical marketplace, focusing on the
antitrust implications of patent settlements, the underlying patent law,
pattern of cases, and whether the law needs to be changed, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Competition in the Pharmaceutical Marketplace: Antitrust
Implications of Patent Settlements
S.Hrg. 107-0359
** HEARINGS FOR 20010525
* Narcotics
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Transit Zone: Strategy and Balance [Two issues here: 1)
Title not found in WorldCat or CIS Index 2) Hearing date given on draft t.p.
and in Daily Digest (5/15 and 5/16) differ. jam 5/13/05]
S.Hrg. 107-0113
** HEARINGS FOR 20010529
* Aging
Forums not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: National Family Caregiver Support Program: Its Impact on
Idaho (Forums held in Twin Falls, Lewiston, Caldwell, and Idaho Falls, ID)
S.Hrg. 107-0096
Hearings also held on 5/30, 5/31, 6/1/01
* Appropriations
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Global Climate Change (Special hearing) (Field hearing held
in Fairbanks, AK)
S.Hrg. 107-0228
** HEARINGS FOR 20010530
* Aging
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [National
Family Caregiver Support Program: Its Impact on Idaho (Forums held in Twin
Falls, Lewiston, Caldwell, and Idaho Falls, ID)]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/29/01
Hearings also held on 5/29, 5/31, 6/1/01
* Aging
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Vaccine Vacuum: What Can be Done to Protect Seniors? (Field
hearing held in Portland, OR)
S.Hrg. 107-0097
* Environment
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Innovative Environmental Technologies (Field hearing held in
Durham, NH)
S.Hrg. 107-0564
** HEARINGS FOR 20010531
* Aging
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [National
Family Caregiver Support Program: Its Impact on Idaho (Forums held in Twin
Falls, Lewiston, Caldwell, and Idaho Falls, ID)]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/29/01
Hearings also held on 5/29, 5/30, 6/1/01
* Judiciary
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah: Cooperation
Between Federal, State, Local and Private Agencies to Address Public Safety
Concerns (Field hearing held in Salt Lake City, UT)
S.Hrg. 107-0367
** HEARINGS FOR 20010601
* Aging
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [National
Family Caregiver Support Program: Its Impact on Idaho (Forums held in Twin
Falls, Lewiston, Caldwell, and Idaho Falls, ID)]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/29/01
Hearings also held on 5/29, 5/30, 5/31/01
* Appropriations
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 (H.R.
2299/S. 1178) (Department of Transportation, General Accounting Office,
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Nondepartmental witnesses)]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/14/01
Hearings also held on 2/14, 3/15, 4/26, 6/13, 6/28/01
* Finance
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: United States--Canada Lumber Dispute (Field hearing held in
Missoula, MT)
S.Hrg. 107-0149
** HEARINGS FOR 20010605
* Armed Services
DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Capabilities concluded hearings to examine the "leap ahead" technologies and
transformation initiatives within the Defense Science and Technology program,
...
PRINTED TITLE: "Leap Ahead" Technologies and Transformation Initiatives Within
the Defense Science and Technology Program
S.Hrg. 107-0340
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on Douglas Jay Feith, of Maryland,
to be Under Secretary for Policy, Jack Dyer Crouch II, of Missouri, to be
Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy, and Peter W. Rodman, of
the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for International Security
Affairs, all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Feith was introduced by Senators
Santorum and Specter, and Mr. Crouch was introduced by Senators Carnahan and
Bond.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
*Foreign Relations
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
recommendations of the United States Commission on International Religious
Freedom on ways to promote religious freedom abroad, after receiving testimony
from Firuz Kazemzadeh, National Spiritual Assembly, Alta Loma, California, and
Nina Shea, Freedom House, Michael Young, George Washington University School
of Law, and Rabbi David Sapperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform
Judaism, all of Washington, D.C., all on behalf of the U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/1/01
Hearings also held on 5/1/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010606
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--AIR FORCE: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Air Force, after
receiving testimony from James G. Roche, Secretary, and Gen. Michael E. Ryan,
USAF, Chief of Staff, both of the United States Air Force.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/13, 6/20, 9/5/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and
Independent Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2002 for the National Science Foundation, after receiving
testimony from Rita R. Colwell, Director, Christine C. Boesz, Inspector
General, Eamon M. Kelly, Chairman, National Science Board, and Robert A.
Eisenstein, Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physics Sciences, all of the
National Science Foundation.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 6/13, 6/14/01
* Judiciary
FAITH BASED SOLUTIONS: Committee concluded hearings on S. 304, to reduce
illegal drug use and trafficking and to help provide appropriate drug
education, prevention, and treatment programs, and certain related issues
surrounding faith based solutions that would enable sectarian groups to
compete on the merits for funding to administer secular social services to the
American public, if they can demonstrate that they meet the requirements
provided in the program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Faith-Based Solutions: What Are the Legal Issues?
S.Hrg. 107-0375
** HEARINGS FOR 20010607
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded on the nominations of Susan Morrisey
Livingstone, of Montana, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, Jessie Hill
Roberson, of Alabama, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental
Management, and Thomas P. Christie, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational
Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--NAVY AND MARINE CORPS: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for
the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on
Navy and Marine Corps equipment for 21st century operational requirements,
after receiving testimony from Vice Adm. Dennis V. McGinn, USN, Deputy Chief,
Maj. Gen. William A. Whitlow, USMC, Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division,
Rear Adm. Michael J. McCabe, USN, Director, Air Warfare Division, Rear Adm.
Bruce B. Engelhardt, USN, Deputy Director, Submarine Warfare Division, and
Rear Adm. John M. Kelly, USN, Deputy Director, Surface Warfare Division, all
of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements
and Programs; and Lt. Gen. William L. Nyland, USMC, Deputy Commandant for
Programs and Resources.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/4/01
Hearings also held on 4/4, 4/26, 7/31/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010608
* Governmental Affairs
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the
District of Columbia concluded hearings with the House Committee on Government
Reform Subcommittee on the District of Columbia to review the future direction
of the District of Columbia Government following the end of the Control Board
period, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008.
** HEARINGS FOR 20010611
* Environment
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Cancer Clusters in Long Island, NY (Field hearing held in
Garden City, NY)
S.Hrg. 107-0565
** HEARINGS FOR 20010612
* Finance
LAND CONSERVATION TAX INCENTIVES: Committee held hearings to examine
proposals relating to federal income and estate tax provisions that impact
land use conservation and preservation, including S. 701, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the charitable
deduction for conservation contributions of land by eligible farmers and
ranchers, S. 822, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the
treatment of bonds issues to acquire renewable resources on land subject to
conservation easement, S. 312, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen, S. 315, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program
as rentals from real estate, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Preserving and Protecting Our Natural Resources
S.Hrg. 107-0108
** HEARINGS FOR 20010613
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on the
overview for fiscal year 2002 for the Army, after receiving testimony from
Thomas E. White, Secretary, and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff,
both of the Department of the Army.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, 6/20, 9/5/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--COAST GUARD: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for Coast Guard
Readiness, after receiving testimony from Adm. James M. Loy, USCG, Commandant,
United States Coast Guard, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the
Department of Transportation.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/14/01
Hearings also held on 2/14, 3/15, 4/26, 6/1, 6/28/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Christine Todd
Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 6/6, 6/14/01
* Banking
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Roger Walton
Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of: Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Angela M. Antonelli,
Ronald A. Rosenfeld, Jennifer L. Dorn, and Donald E. Powell
S.Hrg. 107-0441
Hearings also held on 6/21, 6/26/01
* Foreign Relations
MACEDONIA AND U.S./BALKANS POLICY: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the United States efforts to restore peace and stability in Macedonia in order
to alleviate the threat that the on-going conflict is having on the security
and democracy of the Balkan region, as well as an overview of the scope of
United States military, economic, and diplomatic engagement in the Balkans,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Crisis in Macedonia and U.S. Engagement in the Balkans
S.Hrg. 107-0068
* Governmental Affairs
ENERGY INDUSTRIES: Committee held hearings to examine economic issues
associated with the restructuring of energy industries, focusing on current
energy market problems in California, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Restructuring of Energy Industries
S.Hrg. 107-0156
Hearings also held on 6/20, 6/28/01
* Indian Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Neal A.
McCaleb, of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian
Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation of Neal A. McCaleb
S.Hrg. 107-0098
* Judiciary
FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and
Property Rights held hearings to examine the Department of Justice report
assessing ostensible racial and geographic disparities in the federal death
penalty system, and S. 233, to place a moratorium on executions by the Federal
Government and urge the States to do the same, while a National Commission on
the Death Penalty reviews the fairness of the imposition of the death penalty,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Federal Death Penalty
System
S.Hrg. 107-0396
** HEARINGS FOR 20010614
* Aging
PREVENTING ELDER ABUSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
prevalence and risk of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, potential and
available services and the role of the federal government in addressing these
problems, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Saving Our Seniors: Preventing Elder Abuse, Neglect, and
Exploitation
S.Hrg. 107-0105
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--HUD: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony from
Melquiades R. Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 6/6, 6/13/01
* Governmental Affairs
CROSS-BORDER TELEMARKETING FRAUD: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the nature and scope of cross border fraud, focusing
on the state of binational U.S.-Canadian law enforcement coordination and
cooperation and what steps can be taken to fight such crime in the future, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Cross-Border Fraud
S.Hrg. 107-0085
Hearings also held on 6/15/01
* Veterans Affairs
NURSING SHORTAGE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of the
nursing shortage on the Department of Veteran Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Looming Nursing Shortage: Impact on the Department of
Veterans Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0630
** HEARINGS FOR 20010615
* Commerce
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Air Traffic Congestion and Capacity in the Chicago, Illinois
Region and its Effects on the National Air Traffic System (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-1083
* Governmental Affairs
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Cross-Border
Fraud]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/14/01
Hearings also held on 6/14/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010619
* Banking
U.S. EXPORT/IMPORT BANK: Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds and renewing the
charter for the United States Export-Import Bank, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
S.Hrg. 107-0406
MULTIFAMILY ASSISTED HOUSING REFORM: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine the implementation of
the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 and the
impending expiration of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance
Restructuring, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
1997
S.Hrg. 107-0482
* Commerce
LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPETITION: Committee held hearings to examine the goals and
objectives of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, focusing on the current state
and future prospects of local telecommunication competition, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Local Telephone Competition
S.Hrg. 107-1093
* Energy
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION: Committee concluded hearings on S. 764,
to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose just and
reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on
sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western
energy market, and certain provisions relating to wholesale electricity rates
in the western energy market, natural gas rates in the western energy market,
and the sale price of bundled natural gas transactions of S. 597, to provide
for a comprehensive and balanced national energy policy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Electricity and Gas Rates (S. 764, S. 597)
S.Hrg. 107-0183
* Finance
MEDICARE REFORM: Committee held hearings to examine medicare reform, focusing
on issues related to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly
Health Care Financing Administration), including effective communications,
customer service, confusing rules and regulations, personnel, information
technology, and contractor accountability, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Medicare Governance: Perspectives on the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (Formerly HCFA)
S.Hrg. 107-0241
* Health
GERIATRICS: Subcommittee on Aging concluded hearings to examine the effect of
the national shortage of geriatrics-trained health professionals may have on
the growing senior population, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Geriatrics: Meeting the Needs of Our Most Vulnerable Seniors
in the 21st Century
S.Hrg. 107-0172
* Indian Affairs
MIDWEST ALLIANCE OF SOVEREIGN TRIBES: Committee held oversight hearings to
examine the goals and priorities of the member tribes of the Midwest Alliance
of Sovereign Tribes/Inter-tribal Bison Cooperative for the 107th Congress, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Goals and Priorities of the Member Tribes of the Midwest
Alliance of Sovereign Tribes [MAST]
S.Hrg. 107-0074
** HEARINGS FOR 20010620
* Appropriations
NAVY BUDGET OVERVIEW: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on the
budget overview for fiscal year 2002 for the Navy, after receiving testimony
from Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Vernon E. Clark, USN,
Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant of the
Marine Corps.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13, 9/5/01
* Banking
U.S. BANKING SYSTEM: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues related
to the condition of the United States banking system, including the effects of
the suggested deteriorating bank asset quality, and improved risk management
and control systems needed to respond to changing economic events, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Condition of the U.S. Banking System
S.Hrg. 107-0504
* Energy
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Patricia Lynn
Scarlett, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and
Budget, William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be Solicitor, and Bennett
William Raley, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Water and Science,
all of the Department of the Interior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Myers, Scarlett, and Raley Nominations
S.Hrg. 107-0121
* Finance
TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY: Committee held hearings to examine the possible
extension of fast track negotiating authority to open foreign trade markets as
part of a trade policy that will advance U.S. national interest, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Trade Promotion Authority
S.Hrg. 107-0171
Hearings also held on 6/21/01
* Foreign Relations
U.S./EUROPE SECURITY INTERESTS: Committee concluded hearings to examine
United States security interests in Europe in order to ensure global peace and
prosperity, and successfully address the global challenges of terrorism,
HIV/AIDS, drug trafficking, environmental degradation, and weapons
proliferation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Security Interests in Europe
S.Hrg. 107-0091
* Governmental Affairs
ELECTRICITY MARKET RESTRUCTURING: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
state of retail and wholesale electricity markets in the West, focusing on the
role of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the restructuring
of California's electricity market and its implications for other States and
regions, after receiving testimony from Senators Cantwell, Murkowski, and
Murray; Curt L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, and Linda K. Breathitt, Nora Mead
Brownell, William L. Massey, and Pat Wood III, each a Commissioner, all of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; California
Governor Gray Davis, Sacramento; North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, Bismarck;
Montana Governor Judy Martz, Helena; Washington Attorney General Christine O.
Gregoire, Olympia; and Roy Hemmingway, Oregon Public Utility Commission,
Salem.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/13/01
Hearings also held on 6/13, 6/28/01
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
examine the current state of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on
constructive reforms to make the Bureau more effective, better managed and
more accountable, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Oversight of the FBI
S.Hrg. 107-0447
Hearings also held on 7/18/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010621
* Appropriations
BLOOD CANCER: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
concluded hearings to examine issues regarding progress being made in
diagnosis and treatment of blood, or hematologic cancers such as leukemia,
lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and what remains to be done in order to
improve patient survival rates, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Blood Cancers (Special Hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0087
* Armed Services
DEFENSE STRATEGY REVIEW: Committee concluded hearings to review Department of
Defense strategy issues, including funding, operation tempo, infrastructure
and facilities, staff recruitment, retention, and training, advanced military
technology, and appropriate threat preparation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Defense Strategy Review
S.Hrg. 107-0726
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Angela
Antonelli, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be Federal Transit
Administrator, Department of Transportation, Ronald Rosenfeld, of Maryland, to
be President, Government National Mortgage Association, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Antonelli was
introduced by Senator Allen, Ms. Dorn was introduced by Senators Wyden and
Gordon Smith, and Mr. Rosenfeld was introduced by Senator Nickles.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/13/01
Hearings also held on 6/13, 6/26/01
* Commerce
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: Committee held hearings to examine the
current conditions of United States manufacturing industries, the impact of a
manufacturing recession on individuals, industry sectors and the U.S. economy,
and the relationship between international trade agreements and the
significant job loss that has occurred over the past two years, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Current State of Manufacturing Industries
S.Hrg. 107-1064
* Economic
CYBER SECURITY AND THE U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine
current and future cyber threats to U.S. economic and national security and
whether current policies governing cyber security and critical infrastructure
protection are sufficient, focusing on the unintended security issues related
to interconnectivity, industry initiatives to mitigate cyber security risks,
the need for the United States to focus on cyber security in a strategic way,
and how strong public-private partnerships can protect our information
infrastructures, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Wired World: Cyber Security and the U.S. Economy (at
Y4.Ec7:W89/4)
S.Hrg. 107-0201
* Energy
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY: Committee resumed hearings to examine national energy
policy with respect to fuel specifications and infrastructure constraints and
their impact on energy supply and price, air quality, and groundwater
contamination, receiving testimony from Linda Fisher, Deputy Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency; Robert G. Card, Under Secretary of Energy;
Scott H. Segal, Bracewell and Patterson, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the
Oxygenated Fuels Association; Jason S. Grumet, Northeast States for
Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts; Robert Dinneen,
Renewable Fuels Association, Washington, D.C.; and William J. Keese,
California Energy Commission, Sacramento.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/15/01
Hearings also held on 5/15/01
* Finance
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Allen
Frederick Johnson, of Iowa, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the
United States Trade Representative, William Henry Lash III, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, Brian
Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
Financial Markets, and Kevin Keane, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary
for Public Affairs, and Wade F. Horn, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary
for Family Support, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Allen Frederick Johnson, William Henry Lash,
III, Brian Carlton Roseboro, Kevin Keane, and Wade Horn
S.Hrg. 107-0333
* Finance
TRADE NEGOTIATION AUTHORITY: Committee continued hearings to examine the
possible extension of fast track negotiating authority to open foreign trade
markets as part of a trade policy that will advance U.S. national interest,
receiving testimony from Senators Roberts and Hagel; Representatives Crane and
Kolbe; Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce; and Robert B. Zoellick, U.S.
Trade Representative.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/20/01
Hearings also held on 6/20/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of William S.
Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Howard H. Leach, of California, to be Ambassador to France,
Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the
Russian Federation, and Anthony Horace Gioia, of New York, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Malta, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Othoneil
Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority,
and Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to be Director, Office of Personnel
Management, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Othoniel Armendariz and Kay Coles James
S.Hrg. 107-0128
* Indian Affairs
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM INITIATIVES: Committee concluded oversight hearings
to examine Native American Program initiatives at the college and university
level, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Native American Program Initiatives at the College and
University Levels
S.Hrg. 107-0083
* Small Business
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REAUTHORIZATION: Committee held hearings
on S. 856, to reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 856, The Small Business Technology Transfer Program
Reauthorization Act of 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0247
** HEARINGS FOR 20010622
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Alberto Jose
Mora, to be General Counsel, and William A. Navas, Jr., to be Assistant
Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, both of Virginia, both of the
Department of the Navy, Diane K. Morales, of Texas, to be Deputy Under
Secretary for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, and Michael W. Wynne, of
Florida, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, both of
the Department of Defense, and Steven John Morello, Sr., of Michigan, to be
General Counsel of the Department of the Army, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Morales was introduced by
Senator Warner.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/27, 7/31,
8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010623
* Small Business
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Energy Crisis: Taking the Power Out of Small Business (Field
hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0257
** HEARINGS FOR 20010626
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the Department of
Energy's Office of Environmental Management, after receiving testimony from
Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental
Management.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 7/11, 7/25/01
* Banking
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Donald E.
Powell, of Texas, to be a Member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the nominee, who was introduced
by Senator Hutchison and Representatives Combest and Thornberry, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/13/01
Hearings also held on 6/13, 6/21/01
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Samuel W.
Bodman, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and Allan
Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration,
Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, and Ellen G. Engleman, of
Indiana, to be Administrator of the Research and Special Programs
Administration, all of the Department of Transportation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Samuel W. Bodman to be Deputy Secretary of
Commerce (DOC); Ellen G. Engleman to be Administrator of the Research and
Special Programs Administration at the Department of Transportation (DOT); Jon
Allan Rutter Federal Board Administration (FRA); and Kirk K. Van Tine to be
General Counsel, Department of Transportation (DOT)
S.Hrg. 107-1088
* Energy
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY AND NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCTION: Committee concluded
hearings to examine certain provisions relating to the renewal of the Price-
Anderson Act to provide liability coverage for Department of Energy nuclear
activities, and nuclear energy production and efficiency incentives as
contained in S. 472, to ensure that nuclear energy continues to contribute to
the supply of electricity in the United States, S. 597, to provide for a
comprehensive and balanced national energy policy, and S. 388, to protect the
energy and security of the United States and decrease America's dependency on
foreign oil sources to 50% by the year 2011 by enhancing the use of renewable
energy resources conserving energy resources, improving energy efficiencies,
and increasing domestic energy supplies; improve environmental quality by
reducing emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases; mitigate the effect
of increases in energy prices on the American consumer, including the poor and
the elderly, after receiving testimony from Eric J. Fygi, Deputy General
Counsel, Department of Energy; Joseph R. Gray, Associate General Counsel For
Licensing and Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; John Bradburne, Fluor
Fernald, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of Energy Contractors Price-
Anderson Group; Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Erich Pica,
Friends of the Earth, both of Washington, D.C.; and John L. Quattrocchi,
American Nuclear Insurers, West Hartford, Connecticut.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/24/01
Hearings also held on 5/24, 7/12/01
* Finance
U.S./VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT: Committee held hearings to examine
the thoroughness of the United States-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement in
order to normalize relations between the two countries, provide a guide to
commercial relations, and pave the way for an eventual WTO-based relationship,
...
PRINTED TITLE: United States--Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement
S.Hrg. 107-0301
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Margaret
DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco,
C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt,
Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel, Robert D.
Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador to India, and Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
DIABETES RESEARCH FUNDING: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded
hearings to examine the adequacy of federal funding allocated to fight
diabetes, the impact of the disease on society, and current research
opportunities to find a cure, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Diabetes: Is Sufficient Funding Being Allocated to Fight This
Disease?
S.Hrg. 107-0134
* Indian Affairs
GREAT PLAINS TRIBES: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the
goals and priorities of the Great Plains Tribes for the 107th Congress, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Goals and Priorities of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's
Association
S.Hrg. 107-0093
* Judiciary
JUDICIAL NOMINATION PROCESS: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts held hearings to examine the role that ideology should play in the
selection and confirmation of Federal judges, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Judicial Nomination and Confirmation Process
S.Hrg. 107-0463
Hearings also held on 9/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010627
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Dionel M.
Aviles, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial
Management and Comptroller, Reginald Jude Brown, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Stephen A. Cambone, of
Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, Michael Montelongo, of
Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management
and Comptroller, and John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, all of the
Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Brown was introduced by Senator Warner, Mr. Montelongo
was introduced by Representative Reyes, and Mr. Young was introduced by
Senators Stevens and Inouye.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 7/31,
8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Banking
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT: Subcommittee on Economic Policy held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 2002-2004 for the
Defense Production Act, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reauthorization of the Defense Production Act
S.Hrg. 107-0354
* Budget
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: Committee held hearings to examine the economic slowdown
and its impact on productivity, the federal budget, and the outlook of the
United States economy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Mid-Session Hearings on the Budget
S.Hrg. 107-1087
Hearings also held on 6/28, 7/12, 7/18, 8/2, 9/4, 9/6, 10/2, 10/25/01
* Energy
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Vicky A.
Bailey, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International
Affairs and Domestic Policy, and John W. Keys III, of Utah, to be Commissioner
of Reclamation, and Frances P. Mainella, of Florida, to be Director of the
National Park Service, both of the Department of the Interior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Bailey, Keys, and Mainella Nominations
S.Hrg. 107-0176
* Finance
PRESCRIPTION FRAUD: Committee held hearings to examine prescription fraud,
focusing on the General Accounting Office report into consultants who advise
health care providers how to take unfair advantage of the Medicare system,
improperly bill the government, and circumvent compliance regulations, causing
the loss of millions in taxpayers' dollars and inadequate treatment for the
elderly, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Prescription for Fraud: Consultants Selling Doctors Bad
Billing Advice
S.Hrg. 107-0358
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Clark T.
Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of
China, Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao
People's Democratic Republic, Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be
Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional
compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, Pierre-Richard Prosper, of California, to
be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, William A. Eaton, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary for Administration, Francis Xavier Taylor, of
Maryland, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, and Clark Kent Ervin, of
Texas, to be Inspector General, all of the Department of State, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
NURSING SHORTAGE: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management,
Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine the
federal governments role in retaining nurses for the delivery of federally
funded health care services, focusing on the effects nursing shortages have on
health care and long-term care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid,
Veteran's and defense health, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Finding a Cure to Keep Nurses On the Job: The Federal
Government's Role in Retaining Nurses for Delivery of Federally-Funded Health
Care Services
S.Hrg. 107-0150
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
DEATH PENALTY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the protection of the
innocent, focusing on competent counsel in death penalty cases, and related
provisions of S. 486, the Innocence Protection Act of 2001, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting the Innocent: Ensuring Competent Counsel in Death
Penalty Cases
S.Hrg. 107-0485
* Rules
ELECTION REFORM: Committee held hearings to examine a report from the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights regarding the November 2000 election and election
reform in general, receiving testimony from Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson,
and Abigail M. Thernstrom, Commissioner, both of the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights; Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, Columbus; Hilary
Shelton, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
Baltimore, Maryland; Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, Carolyn
Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters of the United States, and James C.
Dickson, American Association of People with Disabilities, all of Washington,
D.C.; and Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia Center for Governmental
Studies, Charlottesville.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/14/01
Hearings also held on 3/14, 6/28, 7/23/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010628
* Aging
LONG-TERM CARE: Committee held hearings to examine the Administration's
efforts to address the long-term care needs of this nation's elderly and
disabled, including the role of families in providing care, and the role of
federal programs in financing services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Long-Term Care: Who Will Care for the Aging Baby Boomers?
S.Hrg. 107-0106
* Agriculture
FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee held hearings to examine the context,
framework, and content of the comprehensive federal Farm Bill reauthorization
and new agriculture policy that can provide a more sustainable and predictable
long-term economic safety net, ...
PRINTED TITLE: New Federal Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0652
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--FCC/SEC: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Michael K. Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications
Commission; and Laura Simone Unger, Acting Chairman, Securities and Exchange
Commission.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/26/01
Hearings also held on 4/26, 5/1, 5/3, 5/15, 5/17/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense program, focusing on the 2002 budget amendment, after
receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary, and Dov S. Zakheim,
Under Secretary/Comptroller, both of the Department of Defense; and Gen. Henry
H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22, 3/27, 7/10, 7/12, 7/17, 7/19/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--FAA/AMTRAK: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving testimony
in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Senators Biden and
McCain; Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and
George D. Warrington, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Railroad
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), both of the Department of Transportation.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/14/01
Hearings also held on 2/14, 3/15, 4/26, 6/1, 6/13/01
* Banking
IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 994, to
amend the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to extend authorities for five
years under that Act, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reauthorization of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act
S.Hrg. 107-0501
* Budget
BUDGET SURPLUS AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the state of the projected budget surplus following approval of the
Congressional budget resolution and enactment of the recent tax-reduction
legislation, and the outlook of the United States economy, after receiving
testimony from Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
Robert L. Bixby, Concord Coalition, and Carol Cox Wait, Committee for a
Responsible Federal Budget, all of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 7/12, 7/18, 8/2, 9/4, 9/6, 10/2, 10/25/01
* Commerce
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD'S MERGER RULES: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings to examine the Surface
Transportation Board's new rules governing mergers of large railroads adopted
in Major Rail Consolidation Procedures, STB Ex Parte No. 582 (Sub-No. 1), ...
PRINTED TITLE: Surface Transportation Board's New Merger Rules
S.Hrg. 107-1031
* Energy
CLIMATE CHANGE: Committee held hearings to examine the recent National
Research Council report on the science of climate change, energy technology
options for managing the risks posed by climate change, what impact any effort
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have on energy policy, and provisions
to establish an Interagency Working Group on clean energy technology transfer
of S. 597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Climate Change and Balanced Energy Policy Act (S. 597)
S.Hrg. 107-0189
* Foreign Relations
ZIMBABWE'S CRISIS: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded hearings to
examine the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Zimbabwe's Political and Economic Crisis
S.Hrg. 107-0102
* Governmental Affairs
ELECTRIC INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING: Committee held hearings to examine the impact
of electric industries restructuring on system reliability, focusing on new
participants in the electric business, changing roles of traditional
participants, increasing the number of wholesale power transactions, as well
as increasing the distances over which power transactions take place,
receiving testimony from Kevin A. Kelly, Director, Division of Policy
Innovation and Communication, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; David N. Cook, North
American Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey; Phillip G.
Harris, PJM Interconnection, Norristown, Pennsylvania; and Irwin A. Popowsky,
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg, on behalf of the
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/13/01
Hearings also held on 6/13, 6/20/01
* Rules
ELECTION REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine a report from the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding the November 2000 election and
election reform in general, after receiving testimony from Representatives
Conyers, Ney, Hoyer, Wexler, Blunt, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Reyes, Becerra,
Kildee, Waters, Corrine Brown, Deutsch, Meek, Jackson-Lee, Foley, Gonzalez,
and Sweeney.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/14/01
Hearings also held on 3/14, 6/27, 7/23/01
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS BENEFITS: Committee concluded hearings on proposals providing for
certain Veteran's benefits, including S. 131, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to modify the annual determination of the rate of the basic benefit of
active duty educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, S. 228, to
amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the Native American
veterans housing loan program, S. 409, to amend title 38, United States Code,
to clarify the standards for compensation for Persian Gulf veterans suffering
from certain undiagnosed illnesses, S. 457, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans
with Hepatitis C, S. 662, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers for marked
graves of, or to other wise commemorate, certain individuals, S. 781, to amend
section 3702 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for
housing loans for members of the Selected Reserve, S. 912, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to increase burial benefits for veterans, S. 937, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to permit the transfer of entitlement to
educational assistance of the Montgomery GI Bill by members of the Armed
Forces, S. 1063, to amend chapter 72 of title 38, United States Code, to
improve the administration of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims, S. 1088, to amend title 38, United States Code, to facilitate the use
of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading
to employment in high technology industry, S. 1089, to amend section 7253 of
title 38, United States Code, to expand temporarily the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims in order to further facilitate staggered terms for
judges on that court, S. 1090, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2001,
the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and
the rates dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain
disabled veterans, S. 1091, to amend section 1116 of title 38, United States
Code, to modify and extend authorities on the presumption of
service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam era veterans,
and S. 1093, to amend title 38, United States Code, to exclude certain income
from annual income determinations for pension purposes, to limit provision of
benefits for fugitive and incarcerated veterans, to increase the home loan
guaranty amount for construction and purchase of homes, and to modify and
enhance other authorities relating to veterans' benefits, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Pending Benefits Legislation
S.Hrg. 107-0489
** HEARINGS FOR 20010706
* Energy
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Renewable Fuels for Energy Security (S. 1006)
S.Hrg. 107-0191
** HEARINGS FOR 20010710
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Subcommittee on District of Columbia
held hearings on proposed legislation making appropriations for the government
of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in
part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002, after receiving testimony from John L. Clark, Trustee,
Office of Corrections, Jasper Ormond, Interim Director, Court Services and
Offender Supervision Agency, Cynthia Jones, Director, Public Defender Service,
Rufus King III, Chief Judge, Superior Court, and Annice M. Wagner, Chair,
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, all of the District of Columbia.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/15/01
Hearings also held on 3/15, 5/16, 7/11/01
* Armed Services
DEFENSE BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the fiscal year 2002 budget
amendment, after receiving testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary, and Gen.
Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, both of the Department of the Army;
Gordon R. England, Secretary, and Adm. Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval
Operations, both of the Department of the Navy; James G. Roche, Secretary, and
Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Chief of Staff, both of the Department of the Air Force;
and Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22, 3/27, 6/28, 7/12, 7/17, 7/19/01
* Armed Services
F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the F-22 aircraft
program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2002 (S. 1416) (Airland)
S.Hrg. 107-0355, pt.4
Hearings also held on 7/19/01
* Commerce
CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY: Committee held hearings to examine technological
and policy options that may serve as starting points for mitigating
anthropogenic contributions to global climate change, focusing on energy
efficiency achievements, renewable energy technologies, and policy options to
reduce carbon emissions, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Climate Change Technology and Policy Options
S.Hrg. 107-0670
* Finance
TAX INCENTIVES IN ENERGY POLICY: Committee held hearings to examine the role
of tax incentives in energy policy and the balance between energy, environment
and transportation tax policies against revenue constraints, focusing on
alternative motor fuels and alternative fuel vehicles, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Role of Tax Incentives in Energy Policy
S.Hrg. 107-0267
Hearings also held on 7/11/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Lori A. Forman,
of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East, United
States Agency for International Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010711
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Subcommittee on District of Columbia
concluded hearings on proposed legislation making appropriations for the
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in
whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002, after receiving testimony from Mayor Anthony
Williams, Alice M. Rivlin, Chairman, Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority, Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, City Council, and Natwar M.
Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, all of the Government of the District of
Columbia.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/15/01
Hearings also held on 3/15, 5/16, 7/10/01
* Appropriations
ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings to examine the Administration's proposed foreign operations budget
request for additional funds for the Andean Regional Initiative and
implementation of Plan Columbia as part of the United States counter drug
strategy, after receiving testimony from Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary of
State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Michael Deal,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean,
U.S. Agency for International Development; and Jose Miguel Vivanco, Human
Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/8/01
Hearings also held on 5/8, 5/15/01
* Appropriations
GENOMIC RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine recent scientific advances in genomic
research, the development of therapies to treat various illnesses, genetic
diseases and birth defects, and finishing the human genome sequence, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Promise of the Genomic Revolution (Special Hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0277
* Armed Services:
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE READINESS: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management
Support concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense
Program, focusing on the readiness of United States military forces and the
fiscal year 2002 budget amendment, after receiving testimony from Gen. John M.
Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. William J. Fallon,
USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. John W. Handy, Vice Chief of Staff,
United States Air Force; and Gen. Michael J. Williams, USMC, Assistant
Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/11/01
Hearings also held on 3/11, 8/2/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE/STRATEGIC PROGRAMS:
Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the budget request for national
security space programs, policies, operations, and strategic systems and
programs, after receiving testimony from Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF,
Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States
Space Command; Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN, Commander-in-Chief, United States
Strategic Command; Maj. Gen. Franklin J. Blaisdell, USAF, Director, Nuclear
and Counterproliferation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and
Space Operations, United States Air Force; and Rear Adm. Dennis M. Dwyer, USN,
Director, Strategic Systems Program Office, United States Navy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 6/26, 7/25/01
* Commerce
INTERNET PRIVACY: Committee held hearings to examine existing laws protecting
Internet privacy both in the United States and abroad, focusing on the impact
privacy legislation may have on the information market, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Commerce
PRINTED TITLE: Need for Internet Privacy Legislation
S.Hrg. 107-1151
* Finance
TAX INCENTIVES IN ENERGY POLICY: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
role of tax incentives in energy policy and the balance between energy,
environment and transportation tax policies against revenue constraints,
focusing on energy supply and demand, or production and consumption, receiving
testimony from Jay E. Hakes, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta,
Georgia, former Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department
of Energy; David S. Hall, Berry Petroleum Company, Taft, California, on behalf
of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the National Stripper
Well Association; Ronald W. Williams, Gary-Williams Energy Corporation,
Denver, Colorado; Daniel M. Kammen, University of California Energy and
Resources Group, Berkeley; and Virinder Singh, Renewable Energy Policy
Project, Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/10/01
Hearings also held on 7/10/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Peter R.
Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone,
Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Donald J. McConnell, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the State of Eritrea,
Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, and
George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Cameroon, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
E-GOVERNMENT ACT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 803, to enhance the
management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes by
establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office of
Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of measures that
require using Internet-based information technology to enhance citizen access
to Government information and services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 803, E-Government Act of 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0148
* Health
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 543, to provide
for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance
coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical
benefits, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Achieving Parity for Mental Health Treatment
S.Hrg. 107-0184
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Roger L.
Gregory, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth
Circuit, Richard F. Cebull and Sam E. Haddon, each to be a United States
District Judge for the District of Montana, and Eileen J. O'Connor, of
Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, all of the
Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
S.Hrg. 107-0584,pt.1
Hearings also held on 8/22, 8/27, 9/13, 10/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010712
* Agriculture
FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee held hearings to examine the context, framework,
and content of the comprehensive federal Farm Bill reauthorization and new
agriculture policy that can provide a more sustainable and predictable
long-term economic safety net, ...
PRINTED TITLE: New Federal Farm Bill: Feed Grains and Oil Seeds
S.Hrg. 107-0714
* Agriculture
NOMINATIONS: ... Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the
aforementioned nominations, [of James R. Moseley, of Indiana, to be Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture, and Joseph J. Jen, of California, to be Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics] ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination Hearing for Joseph Jwu-Shan Jen and James R.
Moseley
S.Hrg. 107-0436
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: Committee held hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on ballistic missile
defense policies and programs, receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz,
Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director,
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22, 3/27, 6/28, 7/10, 7/17, 7/19/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Capabilities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense
Program, focusing on Cooperative Threat Reduction, chemical weapons
demilitarization, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, nonproliferation research
and engineering, and related programs, after receiving testimony from Anna
Johnson-Winegar, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical and
Biological Defense; Maj. Gen. Robert P. Bongiovi, USAF, Acting Director,
Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Robert E. Waldron, Assistant Deputy
Administrator for Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy; Susan Koch, Acting Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/15/01
Hearings also held on 5/15/01
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Mark B.
McClellan, of California, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers,
and Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
for Financial Institutions, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of: Sheila C. Bair, Mark B. McClellan, Melody H.
Fennel, Michael M.F. Liu, Henrietta Holsman Fore, Linda Mysliwy Conlin &
Michael J. Garcia
S.Hrg. 107-0585
Hearings also held on 7/26/01
* Budget
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current economic
and budget situation facing the United States, focusing on fiscal
expectations, the 2002 budget resolution, and plans for further economic
efficiency including continued restraint on total spending, reviews of
antiquated duplicative and non-performing programs, and collaboration to
strengthen the economy, after receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels,
Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/18, 8/2, 9/4, 9/6, 10/2, 10/25/01
* Energy
ENERGY POLICY, SUPPLY, AND SECURITY: Committee held hearings on provisions to
protect energy supply and security (Title I of S. 388, the National Energy
Security Act of 2001), oil and gas production (Title III and Title V of S.
388, and Title X of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act
of 2001), drilling moratoriums on the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 901, the
Coastal States Protection Act, S. 1086, the COAST Anti-Drilling Act, and S.
771, to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer
Continental Shelf of the State of Florida), energy regulatory reviews and
studies (Title III of S. 597), S. 900, the Consumer Energy Commission Act of
2001, and provisions to promote nuclear power (sections 126 and 128-130 of
Title I, and Titles II and III of S. 472, the Nuclear Energy Electricity
Supply Assurance Act of 2001), S. 919, to require the Secretary of Energy to
study the feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy production
facilities at existing Department of Energy sites, and S. 1147, to amend Title
X and Title XI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, receiving testimony from
Francis S. Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the
Interior; Ashok C. Thadani, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; former Senator Bennett Johnston, Johnston and
Associates, and Charles M. Clusen, Natural Resources Defense Council, Marvin
S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Anna Aurilio, U.S. Public Interest
Research Group, all of Washington, D.C.; Bill Burton, Jones, Day, Reavis and
Pogue, and Tom Young, Mariner Energy, Inc., on behalf of the Independent
Petroleum Association of America, both of Houston, Texas; and Jerry Hood,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Anchorage, Alaska.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/24/01
Hearings also held on 5/24, 6/26/01
* Indian Affairs
MONTANA WYOMING TRIBAL LEADERS COUNCIL: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the goals and priorities of the member tribes of the Montana Wyoming
Tribal Leaders Council for the 107th session of the Congress, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Goals and Priorities of the Member Tribes of the Montana
Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
S.Hrg. 107-0138
** HEARINGS FOR 20010713
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: On Friday, July 13, committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Russell F. Freeman, of North Dakota, to be Ambassador to
Belize, Sue McCourt Cobb, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, and Roger
Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be Permanent Representative of the United
States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of
Ambassador, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Energy
ENERGY EFFICIENCY: On Friday, July 13, committee resumed hearings on
proposals related to energy efficiency, including S. 352, to increase the
authorization of appropriations for low-income energy assistance,
weatherization, and state energy conservation grant programs, to expand the
use of energy savings performance contracts, Title XIII of S. 597, the
Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, sections 602-606 of S.
388, the National Energy Security Act of 2001, S. 95, the Federal Energy Bank
Act, and S.J. Res. 15, providing for congressional disapproval of the rule
submitted by the Department of Energy relating to the postponement of the
effective date of energy conservation standards for central air conditioners,
...
PRINTED TITLE: National Energy Issues
S.Hrg. 107-0144, pt.2
Hearings also held on 7/17, 7/18/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010716
* Commerce
E-CONSUMER SECURITY: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space held
hearings to examine how the Internet has changed since its inception, and to
look at the security risks and vulnerabilities that have developed along with
the rise of e-commerce, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Holes in the Net: Security Risks and the E-Consumer
S.Hrg. 107-0674
* Veterans Affairs
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Access to VA Health Care in West Virginia (Field hearing held
in Huntington, WV)
S.Hrg. 107-0454
** HEARINGS FOR 20010717
* Agriculture
FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee concluded hearings to examine the proposed
federal farm bill, focusing on cotton, wheat, rice, sugar, and peanut related
provisions, ...
PRINTED TITLE: New Federal Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0715
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: Committee resumed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on ballistic missile
defense policies and programs, receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz,
Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director,
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22, 3/27, 6/28, 7/10, 7/12, 7/19/01
* Commerce
MEDIA INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine media
consolidation in the broadcast and newspaper industries, focusing on the
Federal Communications Commission rules and issues associated with
restrictions on media ownership, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Media Concentration
S.Hrg. 107-1114
* Energy
ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Committee resumed hearings on energy efficiency proposals,
focusing on reducing the demand for petroleum products in the light duty
vehicle sector, including Titles III and XII of S. 597, the Comprehensive and
Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, Title VII of S. 388, The National Energy
Security Act of 2001, S. 883, the Energy Independence Act of 2001, S. 1053,
Hydrogen Future Act of 2001, and S. 1006, Renewable Fuels for Energy Security
Act of 2001, receiving testimony from Barry D. McNutt, Senior Policy Analyst,
Office of Domestic Policy and International Affairs, Department of Energy; L.
Robert Shelton, Executive Director, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Department of Transportation; Gregory Dana, Alliance of
Automobile Manufacturers, J. Byron McCormick, Global Alternative Propulsion
Center, Richard R. Kolodziej, Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, and Eugene
Zeltmann, Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas, all of Washington,
D.C.; Charles A. Gibbens, Henrico County Automotive Fleet, Richmond, Virginia;
and Gary Marshall, Missouri Corn Growers Association, Jefferson City, on
behalf of the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/13/01
Hearings also held on 7/13, 7/18/01
* Energy
MEMORIALS/PARKS/RIVERS: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded hearings on
S. 281, to authorize the design and construction of a temporary education
center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; S. 386 and H.R. 146, to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of
designating the Great Falls Historic District in the city of Paterson, in
Passaic County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System; S. 513 and
H.R. 182, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of
the Eightmile River in Connecticut for potential addition to the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers System; S. 921 and H.R. 1000, to adjust the boundary of the
William Howard Taft National Historic Site in the State of Ohio, and to
authorize an exchange of land in connection with the historic site; S. 1097,
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for
natural gas pipelines within the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park; and H.R. 1668, to authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to
establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and
its environs to honor former President John Adams and his family, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Miscellaneous National Park and Monument Measures (S. 281, S.
386, H.R. 146, S. 513, H.R. 182, S. 921, H.R. 1000, S. 1097, H.R. 1668)
S.Hrg. 107-0219
* Governmental Affairs
FLEXIBLE GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL SYSTEMS: Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded
hearings to examine the expansion of flexible personnel systems throughout the
United States government, to determine if they have been successfully employed
and if they should be extended, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Expanding Flexible Personnel Systems Governmentwide
S.Hrg. 107-0151
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Asa Hutchinson,
of Arkansas, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Department of Justice,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Asa Hutchinson to be
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
S.Hrg. 107-0493
** HEARINGS FOR 20010718
* Aging
LONG TERM CARE: Committee held to examine long term care issues, focusing on
costs and demands including state initiatives to shift Medicaid services away
from institutional care and toward community based services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Long-Term Care: States Grapple with Increasing Demands and
Costs
S.Hrg. 107-0122
* Appropriations
STEM CELL RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine Federal funding for embryonic stem
cell research issues, focusing on the National Institute of Health report
entitled "Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions", ...
PRINTED TITLE: Stem Cells, 2001 (Special hearings)
S.Hrg. 107-0499
Hearings also held on 8/1, 10/31/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE PERSONNEL PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Personnel
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on active and reserve military and civilian personnel programs, after
receiving testimony from former Representative G.V. Montgomery; David S.C.
Chu, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Lt. Gen. Tomothy
J. Maude, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Army; Vice
Adm. Norbert R. Ryan, D723Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Manpower and Personnel, United States Navy; Lt. Gen.
Garry L. Parks, USMC, Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, United
States Marine Corps; Lt. Gen. Donald L. Peterson, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff
for Personnel, United States Air Force; and MCPO Joe Barnes, USN (Ret.), Fleet
Reserve Association, CM Sgt. Mark H. Olanoff, USAF (Ret.), Retired Enlisted
Association, Joyce Wessel Raezer, National Military Family Association, and
Sue Schwartz, Retired Officers Association, all on behalf of the Military
Coalition, Alexandria, Virginia.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/24/01
Hearings also held on 4/24/01
* Budget
DEFENSE BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's
amended budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense,
after receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/12, 8/2, 9/4, 9/6, 10/2, 10/25/01
* Commerce
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY: Committee held hearings to examine Federal efforts to
improve motor carrier safety at the United States-Mexico border relative to
the North American Free Trade Agreement requirement that all countries in
North America be open to commercial vehicle traffic, focusing on current
safety conditions at the southern border, and Department of Transportation
actions to implement a comprehensive safety strategy regarding Mexico's truck
and bus access, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Cross Border Truck and Bus Operations
S.Hrg. 107-0983
* Energy
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: Committee continued hearings on proposals
related to energy and scientific research, development, technology deployment,
education, and training, including Sections 107, 114, 115, 607, Title II, and
Subtitle B of Title IV of S. 388, the National Energy Security Act of 2001,
Titles VIII, XI, and Division E of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced
Energy Policy Act of 2001, Sections 111, 121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 204, 205,
Title IV and Title V of S. 472, the Nuclear Energy Electricity Supply
Assurance Act of 2001, S. 90, the Department of Energy Nanoscale Science and
Engineering Research Act, S. 193, the Department of Energy Advanced Scientific
Computing Act, S. 242, the Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and
Engineering Act, S. 259, the National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act
of 2001, S. 636, a bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a
decommissioning pilot program to decommission and decontaminate the Sodium-
cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor located in northwest
Arkansas, S. 1130, the Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001, and S. 1166, to
establish the Next Generation Lighting Initiative at the Department of Energy,
receiving testimony from Francis S. Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Robert
Fri, Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, on
behalf of the National Research Council Committee on Benefits of Department of
Energy Research and Development on Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy John P.
Holdren, Harvard University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and
Ernest J. Moniz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, former Under Secretary
of Energy, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert C. Richardson, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York; H.M. Hubbard, Pacific International Center for
High Technology Research, Lee's Summit, Missouri; Michael L. Corradini,
University of Wisconsin Department of Engineering Physics, Madison, on behalf
of the Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee; Thomas B. Cochran, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; Jacques Bouchard, D724French
Atomic Energy Commission, Paris; and Gregory R. Choppin, Florida State
University Department of Chemistry, Tallahassee.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/13/01
Hearings also held on 7/13, 7/17/01
* Energy
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Dan R.
Brouillette, of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Dan R. Brouillette Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0193
* Foreign Relations
RUSSIAN/NON-RUSSIAN REGIONS POLICY: Committee held hearings to examine the
Putin administration policies toward the non-Russian regions of the Russian
Federation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Putin Administration's Policies Toward Non-Russian Regions of
the Russian Federation
S.Hrg. 107-0126
* Governmental Affairs
OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded
hearings to examine past and current U.S. efforts to convince offshore tax
havens to cooperate with U.S. efforts to stop tax evasion, the role of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tax haven project in
light of U.S. objectives, and the current status of U.S. support for the
project, in particular for the core element requiring information exchange,
...
PRINTED TITLE: What Is the U.S. Position on Offshore Tax Havens?
S.Hrg. 107-0152
CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1008, to amend
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to develop the United States Climate Change
Response Strategy with the goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas
concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous
anthropogenic interference with the climate system, while minimizing adverse
short-term and long-term economic and social impacts, aligning the Strategy
with United States energy policy, and promoting a sound national environmental
policy, to establish a research and development program that focuses on bold
technological breakthroughs that make significant progress toward the goal of
stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations, and to establish the National
Office of Climate Change Response within the Executive Office of the
President, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 1008--The Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation
Act of 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0153
* Health
ERGONOMIC HAZARDS: Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training concluded
hearings to examine the scope, cost, subjective requirements, potential
violation of State workers' compensation laws, and the process of Occupational
Safety and Health Administration's ergonomics standards, the protection of
workers from ergonomic hazards in the workplace, including the legitimacy of
ergonomics science, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting Workers from Ergonomic Hazards
S.Hrg. 107-0086
* Indian Affairs
TRIBAL GOVERNANCE: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the relationship
between Indian tribal good governance practices and economic development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Indian Tribal Good Governance Practices as they Relate to
Economic Development
S.Hrg. 107-0100
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
FBI MANAGEMENT REFORM: Committee held hearings to examine Federal Bureau of
Investigation management reform issues, including agency structure
organization, span of control, and internal employee investigations, receiving
testimony from Bob E. Dies, Assistant Director, and Kenneth Senser, Deputy
Assistant Director, both of the Information Resources Division, John E.
Roberts, Unit Chief, Office of Professional Responsibility, Frank L. Perry,
Supervisory Senior Resident Agent, Raleigh, North Carolina Office, and Patrick
J. Kiernan, Supervisory Special Agent, Law Enforcement Ethics Unit, FBI
Academy, all of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;
Raymond W. Kelly, Bear Sterns, New York, New York, former Under Secretary of
the Treasury for Enforcement/Commissioner of U.S. Customs; and John Werner,
Blue Sky Enterprises, Cary, North Carolina, former Supervising Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/20/01
Hearings also held on 6/20/01
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of James W.
Ziglar, of Mississippi, to be Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization,
Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of James W. Zigler to
be Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
S.Hrg. 107-0490
** HEARINGS FOR 20010719
* Agriculture
FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee concluded hearings to elicit suggestions for the
nutrition title of the proposed federal farm bill and to examine the
reauthorization of the Food Stamp Program, focusing on improvement through
streamlined applications, stable benefit levels, transitional assistance,
simplified eligibility, and employment and training for economic self
sufficiency, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nutrition Title of the New Federal Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0732
* Armed Services
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on ballistic missile
defense policies and programs, after receiving testimony from Samuel R.
Berger, Stonebridge International, former Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs, Philip E. Coyle, Center for Defense Information,
former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation, Department of Defense, and Richard N. Perle, American Enterprise
Institute, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Policy, all of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/22/01
Hearings also held on 3/22, 3/27, 6/28, 7/10, 7/12, 7/17/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--ARMY MODERNIZATION: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on Army
modernization and transformation, after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Paul
J. Kern, USA, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; and Maj. Gen. William L. Bond,
USA, Director, Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Programs.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/10/01
Hearings also held on 7/10/01
* Banking
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Harvey Pitt, of
North Carolina, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Harvey L. Pitt
S.Hrg. 107-0398
* Energy
CALIFORNIA ECOSYSTEM: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded hearings on
S. 976, to provide authorization and funding for the enhancement of
ecosystems, water supply, and water quality of the State of California, ...
PRINTED TITLE: California Ecosystem, Water Supply, and Water Quality
Enhancement Act of 2001 (S. 976)
S.Hrg. 107-0253
* Energy
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND HYDROELECTRICITY: Committee continued hearings on
proposed energy policy legislation, focusing on issues related to removing
barriers to distributed generation, renewable energy and other advanced
technologies in electricity generation and transmission, including Sections
301 and Title VI of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act
of 2001, Sections 110, 111, 112, 710, and 711 of S. 388, the National Energy
Security Act of 2001, S. 933, the Combined Heat and Power Advancement Act of
2001, hydroelectric relicensing procedures of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, including Title VII of S. 388, Title VII of S. 597, and S. 71, the
Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 2001, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Energy Issues
S.Hrg. 107-0144, pt.3
Hearings also held on 7/24, 7/25, 7/26/01
* Finance
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for and to expand eligibility and improve the Trade
Adjustment Assistance program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Trade Adjustment Assistance
S.Hrg. 107-0182
Hearings also held on 7/20/01
* Foreign Relations
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
United States international family planning program, focusing on the impact of
the Administration's global gag rule (also known as the Mexico City Policy) on
the incidence of abortion, family planning, female health services, and
American foreign policy objectives that promote democracy and free speech in
certain countries, and a related measure, S. 367, to prohibit the application
of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental
organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Mexico City Policy: Effects of Restrictions on International
Family Planning Funding
S.Hrg. 107-0165
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Stuart A.
Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Denmark, Michael
E. Guest, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Romania, Charles A. Heimbold,
Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Sweden, Thomas J. Miller, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be
Ambassador to the Holy See, and Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to
Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Small Business
NOMINATION: ... Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the
nomination [of Hector V. Barreto, Jr., of California, to be Administrator of
the Small Business Administration] ...
PRINTED TITLE: Markup of Pending Legislation and Nomination of Hector V.
Barreto, Jr., to be Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
S.Hrg. 107-0187
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS HEALTH ASSISTANCE: Committee concluded hearings on S. 739, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to improve programs for homeless veterans, S.
1188, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the authority of the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain qualified nurses for the
Veterans Health Administration, S. 1160, to amend section 1714 of title 38,
United States Code, to modify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to provide dog-guides to blind veterans and authorize the provision of
service dogs to hearing-impaired veterans and veterans with spinal cord
injuries, S. 1042, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits
for Filipino veterans of World War II, S. Res. 61, expressing the sense of the
Senate that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should recognize board
certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc.,
for purposes of the payment of special pay by the Veterans Health
Administration, and proposed legislation to change the means test used by the
Veterans Administration in determining whether veterans will be placed in
enrollment priority group 5 or 7, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Pending Health Legislation, Including the Heather French Henry
Homeless Veterans Assistance Act
S.Hrg. 107-0635
** HEARINGS FOR 20010720
* Finance
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded
hearings to examine issues related to trade adjustment assistance programs,
which are designed to help dislocated workers, communities, and firms adjust
to the rapid economic changes that characterize the globalization of national
economies, including General Accounting Office reports on the Trade Adjustment
Assistance and the North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment
Assistance programs, after receiving testimony from Loren Yager, Director,
International Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office; Lori G. Kletzer,
University of California Institute for International Economics, Santa Cruz;
Cindy Arnold, El Puente Community Development Corporation, El Paso, Texas;
Robert Rhodes, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell; Robert L. Carlson,
North Dakota Farmers Union, Jamestown, on behalf of the National Farmers
Union; and Robert Hamp, Pennsylvania.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/19/01
Hearings also held on 7/19/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010723
* Commerce
HEALTH CARE AND TECHNOLOGY: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
concluded hearings to examine the use of technology in the health care system,
focusing on opportunities and obstacles regarding the use of Internet
technology to empower patients to improve their health care, including
processing medical claims and payments through secure Internet technologies,
health web site information monitoring, web site sharing between hospitals and
physicians, and addressing health work force shortages, ...
PRINTED TITLE: E-Health and Consumer Empowerment: How Consumers Can Use
Technology Today and in the Future to Improve Their Health
S.Hrg. 107-1054
* Environment
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure held oversight hearings to examine the role of the federal
government in meeting infrastructure needs, focusing on historical
infrastructure investment analysis, estimated infrastructure needs of various
agencies, and certain methods of developing these estimates, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Federal Role in Meeting Infrastructure Needs
S.Hrg. 107-0566
* Governmental Affairs
FEMA BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine the role of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency in managing a bioterrorist attack and
the impact of public health concerns on bioterrorism preparedness, ...
PRINTED TITLE: FEMA's Role in Managing Bioterrorist Attacks and the Impact of
Public Health Concerns on Bioterrorism Preparedness
S.Hrg. 107-0142
* Rules
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Election Reform]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/14/01
Hearings also held on 3/14, 6/27, 6/28/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010724
* Agriculture
FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain provisions
of, and receive policy recommendations for, the proposed Federal farm bill,
focusing on its impact on the livestock industry, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Livestock Issues for the New Federal Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0746
* Banking
FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Housing Administration Multifamily
Housing Mortgage Insurance Program, focusing on the impending increase in
mortgage insurance premiums, program credit subsidy rates, and the
Administration's proposed increase in the per-unit mortgage loan limits, ...
PRINTED TITLE: FHA Multifamily Housing Mortgage Insurance Program
S.Hrg. 107-0534
* Banking
MONETARY POLICY: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the
Semi-Annual Report on Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Federal Reserve's Second Monetary Policy Report for 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0147
* Commerce
DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign
Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine the effects of
direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs and the scope of
the Food and Drug Administration's authority to regulate this practice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Direct to Consumer Advertising (DTC)
S.Hrg. 107-0986
SEAPORT SECURITY: Committee held hearings to examine crime and security
issues involving United States seaports, including a report by the Interagency
Commission on Crime and Security in U.S. Seaports citing the presence of
weaknesses in physical security jeopardizing the fight against drug smuggling,
exposure to internal conspiracies, trade fraud, cargo theft, and illicit
export of stolen vehicles, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Crime and Security Issues Involving U.S. Seaports
S.Hrg. 107-1065
* Energy
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: Committee continued hearings on proposed energy policy
legislation, focusing on issues related to global climate change and measures
to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, including S. 597, the Comprehensive and
Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, S. 388, the National Energy Security Act
of 2001, S. 820, the Forest Resources for the Environment and the Economy Act,
and related provisions contained in S. 882 and S. 1776 of the 106th Congress,
receiving testimony from Francis Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy;
Christopher Risbrudt, Acting Associate Deputy Chief, Programs and
Legislations, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; John Campbell, Ag
Processing, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska; Gardiner Hill, British Petroleum,
Washington, D.C.; James Lyons, Yale University School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut; Frank Cassidy, Public Service
Enterprise Group Power, Newark, New Jersey; and Gene J. Gebolys, World Energy
Alternatives, Chelsea, Massachusetts.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/19/01
Hearings also held on 7/19, 7/25, 7/26/01
* Foreign Relations
MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM/ABM TREATY: Committee held hearings to examine the
Administration's missile defense program and the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty, focusing on the legal and technical issues associated with missile
defense, and the means of addressing ballistic missile and weapons
proliferation threats, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Administration's Missile Defense Program and the ABM Treaty
S.Hrg. 107-0110
* Governmental Affairs
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REDESIGNATION: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 159, to elevate the Environmental Protection Agency to a cabinet level
department, and to redesignate the Environmental Protection Agency as the
Department of Environmental Protection Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 159--A Bill to Elevate the Environmental Protection Agency
to a Cabinet-Level Department (S. 159)
S.Hrg. 107-0157
QUALITY CARE FOR THE DISABLED: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the role of health insurance in promoting quality care for seniors,
children and individuals with disabilities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Who Cares For the Caregivers? The Role of Health Insurance in
Promoting Quality Care for Seniors, Children and Individuals With Disabilities
S.Hrg. 107-0158
* Indian Affairs
WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION LAND: Committee held hearings on S. 266, regarding
the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Trust Lands and Resources of the Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (S. 266)
S.Hrg. 107-0101
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of William J.
Riley, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit,
and Deborah J. Daniels, of Indiana, to be Assistant Attorney General for the
Office of Justice Programs, and Sarah V. Hart, of Pennsylvania, to be Director
of the National Institute of Justice, both of the Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on Federal Appointments
S.Hrg. 107-0496
* Veterans Affairs
VA PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Department
of Veterans Affairs management and oversight of the cost and utilization of
pharmaceuticals within the VA community, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Prescription Drug Issues in the Department of Veterans Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0631
** HEARINGS FOR 20010725
* Appropriations
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine technology's effectiveness as a
teaching and learning tool in schools, integrating it into classroom
curriculum, proper training for teachers, and what the federal government
should do to help fund educational technology programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Education Technology
S.Hrg. 107-0117
*Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE GLOBAL POWER PROTECTION: Subcommittee on Strategic
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on global power projection, after receiving testimony from James G.
Roche, Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF, Commander, Air
Combat Command, United States Air Force; Maj. Gen. John R. Baker, USAF, Deputy
Director of Air and Space Operations, United States Air Force; Lt. Gen. Joseph
H. Wehrle, Jr., USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, United
States Air Force; Maj. Gen. Paul A. Weaver, Jr., ANG, Director, Air National
Guard; Brig. Gen. John D. W. Corley, USAF, Mission Area Director of Global
Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Acquisition.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/25/01
Hearings also held on 4/25, 6/26, 7/11/01
* Banking
U.S. BALANCE OF PAYMENT DEFICIT: Subcommittee on Economic Policy concluded
hearings to examine the risks of a growing U.S. balance of payments deficit,
which is the trade deficit plus the deficit in net payments, including
interest, dividends and the like, and its significance for particular sectors
of the economy and trade related matters as a whole, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Risks of a Growing Balance of Payments Deficit
S.Hrg. 107-0627
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mary Sheila
Gall, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Mary Sheila Gall, to Chair the Consumer Product
Safety Commission
S.Hrg. 107-0735
* Energy
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRICITY: Committee held hearings on proposals relating to
comprehensive electricity restructuring that promotes competition, protects
consumers, enhances reliability, promotes renewable energy, improves
efficiency, repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and
reforms the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and related
provisions contained in the Committee's White Paper on Electricity Legislation
(a discussion of the developments that necessitate the change of the legal
structure of the electricity industry and legislative solutions), S. 597,
Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, S. 388, National Energy
Security Act of 2001, and S. 1273, Federal Power Act Amendments of 1999, and
S. 2098, Electric Power Market Competition and Reliability Act of 2000,
receiving testimony from Francis S. Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Glenn
English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia;
John W. Rowe, Exelon Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Edison
Electric Institute; Roy Thilly, Wisconsin Public Power, Inc., Sun Prairie, on
behalf of the American Public Power Association; Jeffrey D. Ayers, Aquila,
Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the Electric Power Supply
Association; James L. Dushaw, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
and David Hamilton, Alliance to Save Energy, both of Washington, D.C.; James
B. Rouse, Praxair, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut, on behalf of the Electricity
Consumers Resource Council; David N. Cook, North American Electric Reliability
Council, Princeton, New Jersey; and William M. Nugent, Maine Public Utilities
Commission, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners, and Stephen Ward, on behalf of the National Association of
State Utility Consumer Advocates, both of Augusta, Maine.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/19/01
Hearings also held on 7/19, 7/24, 7/26/01
* Environment
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of David A.
Sampson, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic
Development, and Robert E. Fabricant, of New Jersey, to be General Counsel,
George Tracy Mehan III, of Michigan, to be Assistant Administrator for the
Office of Water, Judith Elizabeth Ayres, of California, to be Assistant
Administrator for the Office of International Activities, and Donald R.
Schregardus, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, all of the Environmental Protection
Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Sampson was introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representative
Frost.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/17/01
Hearings also held on 5/17, 9/21, 10/17/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Thomas C.
Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Franklin L.
Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Marie T.
Huhtala, of California, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, and John Thomas
Schieffer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Australia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
ENTERTAINMENT RATINGS SYSTEM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
current entertainment ratings system, focusing on evaluation of the criteria
and standards for the ratings, accusations of leniency, the potential need for
independent judgment, and improvement of the ratings in order to provide
parents and consumers with accurate information in a manner that is
accessible, simple, reliable, and responsive, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Rating Entertainment Ratings: How Well Are They Working for
Parents and What Can be Done to Improve Them?
S.Hrg. 107-0159
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings on S. 995, to amend
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of
information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement
in non-disclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms
and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, and provide
certain authority for the Special Counsel, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 995--Whistleblower Protection Act Amendments
S.Hrg. 107-0160
* Health
GENETIC RESEARCH: Committee held hearings on S. 318, to prohibit
discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health
insurance, and related genetics research issues regarding employment
discrimination and prevention of disclosure of genetic information to third
parties, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Fulfilling the Promise of Genetics Research: Ensuring
Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment (S. 318)
S.Hrg. 107-0178
* Indian Affairs
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT: Committee held oversight hearings on the
implementation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, focusing on the current
status of tribal gaming operations, the growth in the Indian gaming industry,
the extent to which gaming is being conducted by tribal governments, and the
regulatory framework for Indian gaming, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
S.Hrg. 107-0166
* Judiciary
CYBERCRIME: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information
concluded oversight hearings to examine the General Accounting Office report
entitled "Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Challenges in
Developing National Capabilities", focusing on the operation of the National
Infrastructure Protection Center and the fight against cybercrime, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Improving Our Ability to Fight Cybercrime: Oversight of the
National Infrastructure Protection Center
S.Hrg. 107-0366
DAIRY CONSUMERS: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1157, to reauthorize the
consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact and to grant the
consent of Congress to the Southern Dairy Compact, a Pacific Northwest Dairy
Compact, and an Intermountain Dairy Compact, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 1157, The Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of
2001
S.Hrg. 107-0520
** HEARINGS FOR 20010726
* Aging
MEDICARE ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Federal government's Medicare anti-fraud efforts, focusing on distinguishing
human error from fraud, the coordination among government agencies fighting
Medicare fraud, provider compliance and education issues, and the Medicare
appeals process, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Medicare Enforcement Actions: Federal Government's Anti-Aging
Efforts
S.Hrg. 107-0123
* Agriculture
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Mark Edward
Rey, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Natural Resources
and Environment, and Hilda Gay Legg, of Kentucky, to be Administrator, Rural
Utilities Service, both of the Department of Agriculture, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination Hearing for Mark Rey and Hilda Gay Legg
S.Hrg. 107-0437
* Banking
PREDATORY MORTGAGE LENDING: Committee held hearings to examine the problem,
impact, and responses of predatory mortgage lending practices, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Predatory Mortgage Lending: The Problem, Impact, and
Responses
S.Hrg. 107-0774
Hearings also held on 7/27/01
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Melody H.
Fennel, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Michael Minoru
Fawn Liu, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for Public and Indian Housing, Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada,
to be Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury, Linda Mysliwy Conlin,
of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development,
and Michael J. Garcia, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Export Enforcement, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Liu was introduced by Senator Akaka and Ms. Fore was
introduced by Senator Hutchison.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/12/01
Hearings also held on 7/12/01
* Commerce
CHEMICAL HARMONIZATION: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce,
and Tourism concluded hearings to examine chemical harmonization issues,
including related provisions of S. 532, to amend the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register a Canadian
pesticide for distribution and use within that State, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Chemical Harmonization
S.Hrg. 107-1084
* Energy
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING: Committee concluded hearings on
proposals relating to comprehensive electricity restructuring that promotes
competition, protects consumers, enhances reliability, promotes renewable
energy, improves efficiency, repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, and reforms the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and
related provisions contained in the Committee's White Paper on Electricity
Legislation (a discussion of the developments that necessitate the change of
the legal structure of the electricity industry and legislative solutions), S.
597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, S. 388, National
Energy Security Act of 2001, and S. 1273, Federal Power Act Amendments of
1999, and S. 2098, Electric Power Market Competition and Reliability Act of
2000, after receiving testimony from Curt L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, and Nora
Mead Brownell, Pat Wood III, Linda Breathitt, and William L. Massey, each a
Commissioner, all of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of
Energy; and New Mexico Secretary of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources
Jennifer Salisbury, Santa Fe, on behalf of the Western Governors' Association.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/19/01
Hearings also held on 7/19, 7/24, 7/25/01
* Energy
NATIONAL PARKS: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and
Recreation concluded hearings on S. 423, to amend the Act entitled "An Act to
provide for the establishment of Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State
of Oregon", S. 941, to revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area in the State of California, to extend the term of the advisory
commission for the recreation area, S. 1057, to authorize the addition of
lands to Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii,
S. 1105, to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of State
of Wyoming lands within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park, and H.R.
640, to adjust the boundaries of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation
Area, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Miscellaneous National Park Bills (S. 423, S. 941, S. 1057, S.
1105, H.R. 640)
S.Hrg. 107-0204
* Environment
ELECTRIC POWER PLANT EMISSIONS: Committee held hearings to examine the public
health and environmental impacts associated with air emissions from electric
utility power plants, and proposed legislation that would amend the Clean Air
Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Clean Power Act (S. 556)
S.Hrg. 107-0570
Hearings also held on 11/1, 11/15/01, 1/29, 6/12/02
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Lynn C.
Leibovitz, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Lynn C. Leibovitz
S.Hrg. 107-0161
** HEARINGS FOR 20010727
* Banking
PREDATORY MORTGAGE PRACTICES: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
problem, impact, and responses of predatory mortgage lending practices, after
receiving testimony from Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights, Judith A. Kennedy, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders,
David Berenbaum, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, George J. Wallace,
American Financial Services Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Esther
Canja, Port Charlotte, Florida, on behalf of the American Association of
Retired Persons; John A. Courson, Central Pacific Mortgage Company, Folsom,
California, on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America; Irv
Ackelsberg, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on
behalf of the National Consumer Law Center; Neill A. Fendly, National
Association of Mortgage Brokers, McLean, Virginia; Lee Williams, Aviation
Associates Credit Union, Wichita, Kansas, on behalf of the Credit Union
National Association, Inc.; and Mike Shea, ACORN Housing Corporation, St.
Louis, Missouri.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/26/01
Hearings also held on 7/26/01
* Energy
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Theresa
Alvillar-Speake, of California, to be Director of the Office of Minority
Economic Impact, Department of Energy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Speake Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0197
GUAM RESTITUTION AND TAXES: Committee concluded hearings on H.R. 308, to
establish the Guam War Claims Review Commission, and H.R. 309, to provide for
the determination of withholding tax rates under the Guam income tax, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Guam War Claims Review Commission and Guam Income Tax (H.R.
308; H.R. 309)
S.Hrg. 107-0199
** HEARINGS FOR 20010730
* Governmental Affairs
ECSTASY DRUG USE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the rising use of
the drug ecstacy and coordinating efforts between Federal, State and local law
enforcement agencies to combat the problem, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Ecstasy Use Rises: What More Needs to be Done by the
Government to Combat the Problem?
S.Hrg. 107-0154
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: Committee began hearings on the nomination of Robert S. Mueller
III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Robert S. Mueller,
III to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
S.Hrg. 107-0514
Hearings also held on 7/31/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010731
* Agriculture
FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee held hearings on the conservation provisions of
the proposed Federal farm bill, focusing on conservation programs to assist
landowners and operators to manage and protect their land and water resources,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Conservation on Working Lands for the New Federal Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0828
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: Subcommittee on Military Construction
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for
military construction programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Military Construction Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002
(H.R. 2904/S. 1460)
S.Hrg. 107-0273
Hearings also held on 8/1/01
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of John P.
Stenbit, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Command, Control,
Communication and Intelligence, and Ronald M. Sega, of Colorado, to be
Director of Defense Research and Engineering, both of the Department of
Defense, Michael L. Dominguez, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Nelson F. Gibbs, of California, to be
Assistant Secretary for Installations and Environment, both of the Department
of the Air Force, Michael Parker, of Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary
for Civil Works, and Mario P. Fiori, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Installations and Environment, both of the Department of the Army, and H. T.
Johnson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations
and Environment, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf. Mr. Sega was introduced by Senator Allard, Mr. Parker was
introduced by Senators Lott and Cochran, Mr. Fiori was introduced by Senators
Cleland and Thurmond, and Mr. Johnson was introduced by Senators Warner and
Thurmond.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for
the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on
Navy shipbuilding programs, after receiving testimony from John J. Young, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition;
and Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 4/4/01
Hearings also held on 4/4, 4/26, 6/7/01
* Commerce
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT: Subcommittee on Communications concluded hearings to
examine the issues of spectrum management and 3rd generation wireless service,
focusing on tools to ensure the availability of spectrum for the rapid
deployment of new advanced technologies such as the development of Third
Generation wireless, and the promotion of spectrum efficiency in order that
this scarce resource is put to its most valuable use, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Spectrum Management and Third Generation Wireless Service
S.Hrg. 107-1053
* Energy
NATIONAL PARKS: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded hearings on S. 689,
to convey certain Federal properties on Governors Island, New York, S. 1175,
to modify the boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park to include the
property known as Pemberton's Headquarters, S. 1227, to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and
feasibility of establishing the Niagara River National Heritage Area in the
State of New York, and H.R. 601, to ensure the continued access of hunters to
those Federal lands included within the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon
National Monument in the State of Idaho pursuant to Presidential Proclamation
7373 of November 9, 2000, and to continue the applicability of the Taylor
Grazing Act to the disposition of grazing fees arising from the use of such
lands, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Governors Island., Vicksburg Military Park., Niagara Falls
Heritage Area., and Craters of the Moon Preserve Bills (S. 689, S. 1175, S.
1227, H.R. 601)
S.Hrg. 107-0231
* Finance
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Robert C.
Bonner, to be Commissioner of Customs, and Rosario Marin, to be Treasurer of
the United States, both of California, both of the Department of the Treasury,
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be a Deputy United States Trade
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and Alex Azar II, of Maryland, to
be General Counsel, and Janet Rehnquist, of Virginia, to be Inspector General,
both of the Department of Health and Human Services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Robert Bonner, Rosario Marin, Jon Huntsman,
Jr., Alex Azar II, and Janet Rehnquist
S.Hrg. 107-0252
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Vincent
Martin Battle, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Lebanon, Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Edmund James Hull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Yemen, Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador
to the State of Kuwait, Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to
the Syrian Arab Republic, Maureen Quinn, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to
the State of Qatar, R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be United States
Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Daniel R. Coats, of
Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Craig Roberts
Stapleton, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Johnny
Young, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Richard J.
Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Ireland, Nancy Goodman Brinker, of
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary, Robert Geers Loftis, of
Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Joseph Gerard Sullivan,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Christopher William
Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Carole
Brookins, of Indiana, to be United States Executive Director of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ross J. Connelly, of
Maine, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, Jeanne L. Phillips, of Texas, to be Representative of the United
States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, Randal Quarles, of Utah, to be United States Executive Director
of the International Monetary Fund, and Patrick M. Cronin, of the District of
Columbia, to be Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination,
United States Agency for International Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Daniel R.
Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, General Services
Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Daniel R. Levinson
S.Hrg. 107-0155
* Health
ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION AND SAFETY: Committee concluded hearings to examine
workplace safety and asbestos contamination, focusing on the combined
authority and efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency
to prescribe and enforce regulations to prevent health risks to workers form
exposure to airborne asbestos, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Workplace Safety and Asbestos Contamination
S.Hrg. 107-0269
* Indian Affairs
INDIAN HEALTH CARE: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation to
revise and extend programs of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, focusing
on the challenges confronting the Indian Health Service, tribally-administered
health care programs, and urban Indian health care programs with regard to
recruiting and retaining health care professionals, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Indian Health Care Improvement Act
S.Hrg. 107-0103
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Robert S.
Mueller III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Boxer and Feinstein, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/30/01
Hearings also held on 7/30/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010801
* Agriculture
U.S. EXPORT MARKET SHARE: Subcommittee on Production and Price
Competitiveness concluded hearings to examine the status of the U.S.
agricultural export market share, the Department of Agriculture's strategy for
expanding overseas sales, and how impending policy changes may benefit the
food and agricultural sector, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Export Market Share
S.Hrg. 107-0847
* Appropriations
STEM CELL RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine how intellectual property
considerations and ethical issues affect stem cell research and the future
development of products for public benefit, and how the transfer of federally
funded technology from the not-for-profit sector to the for-profit is
accomplished, after receiving testimony from Maria Freire, Director, Office of
Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and
Human Services; Carl E. Gulbrandsen, WiCell Research Institute, Madison,
Wisconsin, on behalf of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; Nigel
Cameron, Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy, London, England; Arthur
Caplan and Glenn McGee, both of the University of Pennsylvania Center for
Bioethics, Philadelphia; Michael D. West, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.,
Worcester, Massachusetts.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/18/01
Hearings also held on 7/18, 10/31/01
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: Subcommittee on Military Construction
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for
military construction programs, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds
for their respective activities from Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller); Raymond F. DuBois, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Installations and Environment; John Molino, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Military Community and Family Policy; Patricia Sanders, Deputy
Director for Test, Simulation, and Evaluation, Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization; Lt. Gen. William Tangney, USA, Deputy Commander in Chief,
Special Operations Command; Maj. Gen. Leonard M. Randolph, Jr., USAF, Deputy
Executive Director, TRICARE Management Activity; Paul Johnson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Housing; Maj. Gen.
Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation
Management; Brig. Gen. Michael J. Squier, ANG, Deputy Director, Army National
Guard; and Maj. Gen. Paul C. Bergson, USAR, Military Deputy (Reserve
Components), Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International Affairs,
United States Army Reserve.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/31/01
Hearings also held on 7/31/01
* Armed Services
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Gen. John P.
Jumper, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of
Staff, United States Air Force, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of John Arthur
Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the National Transportation
Safety Board, Jeffrey William Runge, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of
Transportation, and Nancy Victory, to be Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Information, and Otto Wolff, to be Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Chief Financial Officer, both of Virginia, both of the
Department of Commerce, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of John Hammerschmidt to be a Member of the
National Transportation Safety Board; Jeffrey Runge to be Administrator of the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Nancy Victory to be Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information; and Otto Wolff to be
Assistant Secretary oc Commerce and Chief Financial Officer
S.Hrg. 107-0934
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: Committee held hearings to examine the status
of current U.S. trade agreements, focusing on the proposed benefits and
practical realities of expanding trade markets, while trying to improve labors
standards abroad, protect the environment, and protect and compensate workers
in the U.S., ...
PRINTED TITLE: "Promises Made, Promises Kept: Are International Trade
Agreements Really Investment Agreements?"
S.Hrg. 107-1068
* Energy
TRANSPORTATION AIR EMISSIONS: Committee held hearings to examine the impact
of air emissions from the transportation sector on public health and the
environment, current and future programs that reduce harmful air pollution,
and the energy impacts of the transportation sector and its relationship to
environmental concerns, receiving testimony from Robert D. Brenner, Acting
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection
Agency; Jason Mark, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Gregory Dana, Alliance
of Automobile Manufacturers, both of Washington, D.C.; Daniel S. Greenbaum,
Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Omar F. Freilla, New York
City Environmental Justice Alliance, New York, New York; and Jeffrey A.
Saitas, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21, 4/5, 4/27, 5/2/01
* Finance
CYBERSHOPPING AND SALES TAX: Committee held hearings to examine issues
related to the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which provides a moratorium on
certain state and local government taxes on Internet access and electronic
commerce, and proposals to extend or modify the Act, focusing on remote
collection of taxes and reduction of compliance costs, including a related
proposal S. 512, to foster innovation and technological advancement in the
development of the Internet and electronic commerce, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Cybershopping and Sales Tax: Finding the Right Mix
S.Hrg. 107-0180
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
PRODUCT PACKAGE PROTECTION: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and
Competition concluded hearings on S. 1233, to provide penalties for certain
unauthorized writing with respect to consumer products, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 1233, the Product Packaging Protection Act: Keeping
Offensive Material Out of Our Cereal Boxes
S.Hrg. 107-0528
RACIAL PROFILING: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property
Rights concluded hearings on S. 989, to prohibit racial profiling, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 989: the End Racial Profiling Act of 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0537
* Small Business
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY: Committee held hearings to examine ways that small
businesses and the government can work together to create innovative
technologies that help businesses run environmentally-friendly operations,
thus creating more jobs while improving environmental policy and technology,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Business of Environmental Technology
S.Hrg. 107-0413
** HEARINGS FOR 20010802
* Agriculture
FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee continued hearings on the conservation
provisions of the proposed Federal farm bill, focusing on rural economic
issues, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Rural Economic Development Issues for the New Federal Farm
Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0850
* Armed Services
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS/CONSTRUCTION/HOUSING: Subcommittee on
Readiness and Management Support concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, focusing on installation programs, military
construction programs, and family housing programs, after receiving testimony
from Raymond F. DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Installations and Environment; Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., USA,
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Department of the Army;
Rear Adm. Michael Johnson, USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command; Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins II, USAF, The Civil Engineer,
Headquarters, United States Air Force; and Lt. Gen. Gary S. McKissock, USMC,
Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, United States
Marine Corps.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/21/01
Hearings also held on 3/21, 7/11/01
* Banking
DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions concluded
hearings to examine financial institution recommendations to strengthen and
improve the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's deposit insurance fund
system, focusing on preserving the value of FDIC protection and coverage for
the future, establishing a pricing structure, smoothing out premiums to avoid
wild swings caused by the hard target reserve ratio, and providing appropriate
rebates of excess fund reserves, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform: Responses to the
FDIC's Recommendations for Reform
S.Hrg. 107-0595
* Budget
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine Social
Security reform issues, focusing on budgetary tradeoffs and transition costs,
after receiving testimony from Peter R. Orszag, Sebago Associates, Inc.,
Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Sylvester J.
Scheiber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, all of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/12, 7/18, 9/4, 9/6, 10/2, 10/25/01
* Commerce
CAFE STANDARDS: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation/Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources: Committees concluded joint hearings to
examine the National Academy of Sciences report on fuel economy, focusing on
the effectiveness and impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Report of the National Academy of Sciences on the
Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards
(Joint with Energy)
S.Hrg. 107-0645
* Health
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of John Lester
Henshaw, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination [on John L. Henshaw, of Missouri, to be Assistant
Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration]
S.Hrg. 107-0281
* Veterans Affairs
BUSINESS MEETING: ... Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on
the nominations of Messrs. Gauss and Kicklighter [John A. Gauss, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology,
and Claude M. Kicklighter, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans
Affairs for Policy and Planning.]
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Claude M. ("Mick") Kicklighter, to be Assistant
Secretary for Policy and Planning, Department of Veterans Affairs and John A.
Gauss, Ph.D., to be Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, and
Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0699
** HEARINGS FOR 20010803
* Economic
JULY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Bureau
of Labor Statistics employment data in order to gauge the status of the July
employment situation, as well as the latest consumer and producer price
indexes with respect to the inflation outlook, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation: July 2001 (at Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2001-8-3)
S.Hrg. 107-0140
* Finance
ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCES ACT: Subcommittee on International Trade held
hearings to examine the impact and renewal of the Andean Trade Preferences Act
(ATPA), a program set in place to act as an incentive to eradicate illicit
drug production in the Andean countries by providing for many exports from
Columbia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia to receive duty-free treatment upon import
into the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Andean Trade Preference Act
S.Hrg. 107-0181
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of J. Richard
Blankenship, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas,
Hans H. Hertell, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic,
and Martin J. Silverstein, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Oriental
Republic of Uruguay, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20010804
* Agriculture
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: New Federal Farm Bill Field Hearing From Worthington,
Minnesota
S.Hrg. 107-0864
** HEARINGS FOR 20010807
* Energy
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Electric Transmission Infrastructure and Investment Needs
S.Hrg. 107-0200
** HEARINGS FOR 20010809
* Aging
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Our Greatest Generation: Continuing a Lifetime of Service
(Field hearing held in Indianapolis, IN)
S.Hrg. 107-0145
** HEARINGS FOR 20010813
* Agriculture
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: New Federal Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0869
* Energy
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: BPA in Promoting Energy Conservation and Renewables (Field
hearing held in Seattle, WA)
S.Hrg. 107-0240
** HEARINGS FOR 20010814
* Energy
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: New Mexico Water Supply (Field hearing held in Las Cruces, NM)
S.Hrg. 107-0271
** HEARINGS FOR 20010816
* Small Business
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Revitalizing Rural America: What Can the Federal Government
Do to Promote Small Business Growth and Development in Rural Communities?
(Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0339
** HEARINGS FOR 20010817
* Agriculture
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Farm Bill Issues
S.Hrg. 107-0872
** HEARINGS FOR 20010818
* Agriculture
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Agriculture in Rural Communities: Drafting and Implementation
of a New Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0898
** HEARINGS FOR 20010820
* Agriculture
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: New Federal Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0878
** HEARINGS FOR 20010822
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: On Wednesday, August 22, committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Reggie B. Walton, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Columbia, and Richard R. Nedelkoff, of Texas, to be Director of
the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Confirmation
Hearings on Federal Appointments]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/11/01
Hearings also held on 7/11, 8/27, 9/13, 10/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010824
* Finance
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Role of Tax Incentives in Addressing Rural Energy Needs and
Conservation (Field hearing held in Billings, MT)
S.Hrg. 107-0192
** HEARINGS FOR 20010827
* Aging
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: High Cost of Prescription Drugs (Field hearing held in
Jefferson City, MO)
S.Hrg. 107-0146
* Judiciary
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Confirmation
Hearings on Federal Appointments]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/11/01
Hearings also held on 7/11, 8/22, 9/13, 10/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010829
* Budget
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Mid Session Field Hearings
S.Hrg. 107-1089
Hearings also held on 8/31/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010830
* Indian Affairs
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Equitable Compensation Act (Field hearing held in New Town,
ND)
S.Hrg. 107-0268
** HEARINGS FOR 20010831
* Budget
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Mid Session
Field Hearings]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 8/29/01
Hearings also held on 8/29/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010904
* Budget
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current economic
and budget situation facing the United States, focusing on the recent
Congressional Budget Office report, "The Budget and Economic Outlook: An
Update", after receiving testimony from Dan L. Crippen, Director,
Congressional Budget Office.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/12, 7/18, 8/2, 9/6, 10/2, 10/25/01
* Judiciary
NOMINATION AND CONFIRMATION PROCESS: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight
and the Courts resumed hearings to examine the Senate's role in and the
criteria that should be applied with regard to the judicial nomination and
confirmation process, receiving testimony from Senator Thompson; former
Senator Paul Simon; Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School, Austin;
Ronald D. Rotunda, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign; Judith
Resnik, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; and Douglas W.
Kmiec, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, and Mark
Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/26/01
Hearings also held on 6/26/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010905
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on the
budget overview for fiscal year 2002 for military defense, focusing on quality
of life issues, training and readiness, equipment maintenance and repair,
modernization, and research and development, after receiving testimony from
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/28/01
Hearings also held on 2/28, 3/21, 3/28, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, 6/13, 6/20/01
* Commerce
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign
Commerce, and Tourism Committee concluded hearings to examine the comparative
pricing of prescription drugs in the United States and Canada, focusing on the
importation of prescription drugs at land borders, through the mail or over
the Internet, the potential introduction of counterfeit bulk drugs into the
U.S. drug supply, and steps to ensure the availability of safe medications for
consumers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Comparative Pricing of Prescription Drugs Sold in the United
States and Canada and the Effects on U.S. Customers (Errata sheet issued)
S.Hrg. 107-0644
* Foreign Relations
BIOTERRORISM AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Committee held hearings to examine the
threat posed by biological weapons and its relation to the spread of
infectious diseases, focusing on the United States response to an act of
bioterrorism and how to strengthen the domestic and international capability
to prevent and defend against intentional and natural disease outbreaks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Threat of Bioterrorism and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
S.Hrg. 107-0124
* Health
STEM CELL RESEARCH: Committee held hearings to examine the scientific and
ethical implications of stem cell research and its potential to improve human
health, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Stem Cell Research
S.Hrg. 107-0127
* Judiciary
TOBACCO LITIGATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the management of
tobacco litigation, focusing on the Department of Justice's lawsuit currently
pending against leading U.S. cigarette manufacturers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Justice Oversight: Management of the Tobacco
Litigation
S.Hrg. 107-0587
* Small Business
Roundtable not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program: A Look at SBA's Flagship
Program's Fees and Subsidy Rate (Roundtable)
S.Hrg. 107-0412
** HEARINGS FOR 20010906
* Budget
BUDGET REVIEW: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Office of
Management and Budget mid-session review and the budget and economic outlook,
after receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of
Management and Budget.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/12, 7/18, 8/2, 9/4, 10/2, 10/25/01
* Commerce
SPACE SHUTTLE SAFETY: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space held
hearings to examine workforce and safety issues facing the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) space program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Shuttle Safety
S.Hrg. 107-0753
* Health
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Brian Jones, of
California, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination [on Brian Jones, of California, to be General
Counsel, Department of Education]
S.Hrg. 107-0280
** HEARINGS FOR 20010907
* Economic
AUGUST EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: On Friday, September 7, Committee concluded
hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for August, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation: August 2001 (at
Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2001-9-7)
S.Hrg. 107-0202
* Health
TEEN SUICIDE: On Friday, September 7, Subcommittee on Children and Families
concluded hearings to examine the national health crisis regarding teen and
young adult suicide issues, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Teen and Young Adult Suicide: A National Health Crisis
S.Hrg. 107-0353
* Judiciary
U.S./MEXICO MIGRATION: On Friday, September 7, committee concluded hearings
to examine U.S.-Mexico migration and immigration reform issues, including
amnesty for currently illegal aliens, guest worker programs, and the enactment
of various "earned adjustment", or benefits based on a personal accomplishment
that benefits society as a whole, provisions, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S.--Mexico Migration Discussions: A Historic Opportunity
S.Hrg. 107-0588
** HEARINGS FOR 20010910
* Aging
HEALTH PRODUCTS FOR SENIORS: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
examine companies that fraudulently mislead the elderly with regard to
anti-aging products, including dietary, nutritional and specialty supplements,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Swindlers, Hucksters and Snake Oil Salesman (sic): Hype and
Hope Marketing Anti-Aging Products to Seniors
S.Hrg. 107-0190
* Environment
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PROGRAM: Subcommittee on Transportation
and Infrastructure concluded oversight hearings to examine the implementation
of the Intelligent Transportation Systems program and to receive a status
report on the development and deployment of ITS technologies as year number
four of TEA-21 is completed, ...
PRINTED TITLE: TEA-21 Oversight: Intelligent Transportation Systems
S.Hrg. 107-0567
* Health
CONTRACEPTIVE INSURANCE: Committee concluded hearings on S. 104, to require
equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and
contraceptive services under health plans, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Improving Women's Health: Why Contraceptive Insurance
Coverage Matters (S. 104)
S.Hrg. 107-0391
* Small Business
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Entrepreneurial Companies: Their Needs and Challenges in
Today's Economy (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0484
** HEARINGS FOR 20010911
* Banking
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Failure of Superior Bank, FSB, Hinsdale, Illinois
S.Hrg. 107-0698
Hearings also held on 10/16/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010912
* Governmental Affairs
GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
security of critical governmental infrastructure, challenges in protecting
federal systems, development of analysis, and warning capabilities, including
the Presidential Decision Directive 63, a strategy for protecting our nation's
critical infrastructures from computer-bases attacks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: How Secure is Our Critical Infrastructure?
S.Hrg. 107-0205
** HEARINGS FOR 20010913
* Armed Services
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of General Richard
B. Myers, USAF, for appointment as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and appointment to the grade of general, after the nominee, who was introduced
by Senators Carnahan and Roberts, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: ... Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Neumann, and Ms. Wahba, [Patrick
Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, to be Representative of the United States of
America to the United Nations for the U.N. Management and Reform, with the
rank of Ambassador, Laura E. Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to
Turkmenistan, Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of
Bahrain, and Marcelle M. Wahba, of California, to be Ambassador to the United
Arab Emirates] ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
NOMINATION: ... Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Mr. Negroponte, [John D. Negroponte, of the District of
Columbia, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations] ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Hon. John D. Negroponte to Serve as U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations
S.Hrg. 107-0781
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Barrington D.
Parker, Jr., of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second
Circuit, Michael P. Mills, to be United States District Judge for the Northern
District of Mississippi, and John W. Gillis, of California, to be Director of
the Office of Victims of Crime, Department of Justice, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Parker was
introduced by Senator Lieberman, and Mr. Mills was introduced by Senators Lott
and Cochran.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/11/01
Hearings also held on 7/11, 8/22, 8/27, 10/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20010920
* Appropriations
AVIATION SECURITY: On Thursday, September 20, Senate Committee on
Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation concluded open and closed joint
hearings with the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on
Transportation to examine aviation security issues, focusing on aviation
related computer systems, airport access controls, and passenger and carry-on
baggage screening, including how the United States and selected other
countries differ in their screening practices, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Airline Security (Special hearing) (Joint with Committee on
Appropriations (House))
S.Hrg. 107-0480
* Banking
FINANCIAL MARKETS: Committee concluded hearings on the condition of the
financial markets, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Condition of the Financial Markets
S.Hrg. 107-0606
* Commerce
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY: Committee held hearings to examine the financial
state of the transportation industry in light of the recent terrorist attacks
and the potential need for Federal financial assistance, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Financial State of the Airline Industry
S.Hrg. 107-1104
AVIATION SECURITY: Committee held hearings to examine federal aviation
security standards, focusing on aviation related computer systems, airport
access controls, and passenger and carry-on baggage screening, including how
the United States and selected other countries differ in their screening
practices, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Airport Security
S.Hrg. 107-1121
* Governmental Affairs
POSTAL OPERATIONS: Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and
Federal Services concluded hearings to examine the annual report of the
Postmaster General and the impact of terrorist attacks on postal operations,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Annual Report of the Postmaster General and the Impact of
Terrorist Attacks on Postal Operations
S.Hrg. 107-0206
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Benigno G.
Reyna, of Texas, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, and Jay
B. Stephens, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, both of the
Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Jay B. Stephens to
be Associate Attorney General and Benigno G. Reyna to be Director of the U.S.
Marshals Service
S.Hrg. 107-0603
** HEARINGS FOR 20010921
* Environment
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Brig. Gen.
Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., United States Army, to be a Member and President, and
Brig. Gen. Carl A. Strock, United States Army, to be a Member, both of the
Mississippi River Commission, Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, to be a Member of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, P.H. Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Federal Co-
chairperson, Delta Regional Authority, Marianne Lamont Horinko, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection
Agency, Harold Craig Manson, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish
and Wildlife, Department of the Interior, Michael Parker, of Mississippi, to
be an Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Mary E. Peters, of
Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department
of Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Johnson was introduced by Senator Cochran.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/17/01
Hearings also held on 5/17, 7/25, 10/17/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Arlene
Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Mattie
R. Sharpless, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Central African
Republic, R. Barrie Walkley, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Guinea, Jackson McDonald, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
The Gambia, Kevin Joseph McGuire, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Namibia, Ralph Leo Boyce, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Indonesia, and Robert W. Jordan, of Texas, to be Ambassador to
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
HOMELAND THREATS RESPONSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the U.S.
response to homeland attacks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Responding to Homeland Threats: Is Our Government Organized
for the Challenge?
S.Hrg. 107-0207
** HEARINGS FOR 20010924
* Aging
AGING AND DISABILITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine long-term care
challenges and solutions relating to the aging and disability communities,
focusing on the relationships between public-private and local-state-federal
relationships for new service models, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Long-Term Care After Olmstead: Aging and Disability Groups
Seek Common Ground
S.Hrg. 107-0179
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Charlotte L.
Beers, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Patricia
de Stacy Harrison, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
Educational and Cultural Affairs, John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Non-proliferation, Kevin E. Moley, of
Arizona, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European
Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Kenneth C. Brill,
of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America to the
Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and Michael
E. Malinowski, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of
Nepal, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Intelligence
COUNTERTERRORISM: Committee held hearings to examine legislative proposals to
respond to terrorism, including S. 1448, to enhance intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 1448, the Intelligence to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2001 and
Other Legislative Proposals in the Wake of the September 11, 2001 Attacks
S.Hrg. 107-0449
** HEARINGS FOR 20010925
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Gen. Peter
Pace, USMC, for reappointment in the grade of general and for appointment as
the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. John W. Handy, USAF, for
reappointment in the grade of general and for appointment as Commander in
Chief, United States Transportation Command and Commander, Air Mobility
Command; and Adm. James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, for reappointment in the grade of
admiral and for appointment as Commander in Chief, United States Strategic
Command, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. General Pace was introduced by Senator Bill Nelson.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Energy
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests concluded
hearings to examine the effectiveness of the National Fire Plan in the 2001
fire season, including fuel reduction initiatives, and to examine the 10-Year
Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the
Environment, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Fire Plan
S.Hrg. 107-0062, pt.2
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Dennis L.
Schornack, of Michigan, to be Commissioner on the part of the United States on
the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada; John J.
Danilovich, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica; Roy
L. Austin, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago; Franklin
Pierce Huddle, Jr., of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Tajikistan; Pamela Hyde Smith, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Moldova; Rockwell A. Schnabel, of California, to be Representative of the
United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of
Ambassador; and Clifford G. Bond, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Bosnia
and Herzegovina, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
AVIATION SECURITY: Committee concluded joint hearings with their Subcommittee
on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of
Columbia to examine enhanced airport security measures that the Federal
Aviation Administration has adopted in the aftermath of the recent terrorist
attacks, focusing on airport access controls, passenger and carry-on baggage
screening, and alternatives to current screening practices, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Weak Links: How Should the Federal Government Manage Airline
Passenger and Baggage Screening?
S.Hrg. 107-0208
* Judiciary
HOMELAND DEFENSE: Committee held hearings to examine the status of Federal
investigations regarding the recent terrorist attacks and on proposals to
improve law enforcement tools in the fight against terrorism, focusing on
authorizing use of "roving" or "multi-point" wiretaps in intelligence
investigations, updating money laundering, RICO, and wiretap laws, to make
terrorism offenses predicates for exercising the authorities under those laws,
supporting the families of the police, firefighters, and other law enforcement
and public safety personnel, reviewing the penalty structure for terrorism
crimes, reviewing and improving immigration authorities, increasing federal
agents and capabilities along the Northern Border, authorizing hiring of
necessary translators at the FBI, and condemning hate crimes and ethnic and
religious discrimination, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Homeland Defense
S.Hrg. 107-0604
** HEARINGS FOR 20010926
* Agriculture
NEW FEDERAL FARM BILL: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Administration's perspective with regard to the new federal farm bill,
focusing on the agriculture sector of the future, guide principles developed
from a recent stocktaking exercise, and effective financial management, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Administration's Perspective with Regard to the New Federal
Farm Bill
S.Hrg. 107-0879
* Agriculture
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Elsa A.
Murano, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, and Edward R.
McPherson, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, both of Department of
Agriculture, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination Hearing for Elsa A. Murano and Edward R. McPherson
S.Hrg. 107-0438
* Banking
MONEY LAUNDERING: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the
Administration's national strategy to combat domestic and international money
laundering, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Administration's National Money Laundering Strategy for 2001
S.Hrg. 107-0641
* Energy
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: Committee concluded closed hearings to
examine critical energy infrastructure security and the energy industry's
response to the events of September 11, 2001, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Health
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND TERRORISM: Committee held hearings to examine the
affects of psychological trauma and terrorism, focusing on assurance that
Americans receive the support they need, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Psychological Trauma and Terrorism: Assuring That Americans
Receive the Support They Need
S.Hrg. 107-0382
** HEARINGS FOR 20011002
* Banking
TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the annual report of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee,
focusing on efforts to generate a unified trade program for the United States
government, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Report of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee--2001
S.Hrg. 107-0586
* Budget
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: Committee concluded hearings to examine the U.S. economic
situation prior to and after the recent terrorist attacks, focusing on the
need for security and confidence, finding the right economic response to the
crisis, and minimization of collateral damage to the United States and the
global economy, after receiving testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers; Martin Neil Baily, Institute for International
Economics, Washington, D.C.; Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University, Princeton,
New Jersey.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/12, 7/18, 8/2, 9/4, 9/6, 10/25/01
* Commerce
RAILROAD AND MARITIME SECURITY: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and
Merchant Marine concluded hearings to examine passenger and cargo security
issues in the railroad and maritime industries, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Railroad and Maritime Security
S.Hrg. 107-1033
* Energy
FOREST PROTECTION: Subcommittee on Public Land and Forests concluded hearings
to examine the interaction of old-growth forest protection initiatives and
national forest policy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Forest Protection Initiatives and National Forest Policy
S.Hrg. 107-0308
ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
status of proposals for the transportation of natural gas from Alaska to
markets in the lower forty-eight states and on proposed legislation to
expedite the construction of a pipeline from Alaska, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
S.Hrg. 107-0352
* Health
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Eugene Scalia,
of Virginia, to be Solicitor of the Department of Labor, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination [on Eugene Scalia, of Virginia, to be Solicitor,
U.S. Department of Labor]
S.Hrg. 107-0040
** HEARINGS FOR 20011003
* Appropriations
BIOTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
held hearings to examine bioterrorism issues, focusing on strengthening health
surveillance capacity, support for preparedness measures and continued
research, and helping hospitals and medical professionals in the face of
possible attacks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Bioterrorism, 2001 (Special Hearings)
S.Hrg. 107-0452
Hearings also held on 10/28, 11/2, 11/29/01
* Appropriations
NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
held hearings to examine security efforts along the United States northern
border with Canada, how additional emergency funds will be allocated, and
future needs in the wake of terrorist activity in the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Northern Border Security (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0341
Hearings also held on 12/5/01
* Energy
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Harold Craig
Manson, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and
Wildlife, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Harold Craig Manson Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0243
* Finance
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE: Committee held hearings to examine the need for an
economic stimulus package, focusing on restoring consumer demand, supporting
business investment, and helping those affected by the terrorist attacks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Addressing the Need For an Economic Stimulus Package
S.Hrg. 107-0369
* Judiciary
CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS PROTECTION: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism,
and Property Rights concluded hearings to examine how to implement the
Administration's proposed legislation to remove impediments to intelligence
gathering and coordination between the intelligence and law enforcement
elements of the government in order to improve our nation's defenses against
terrorism, while minimizing civil liberties infringement in a manner
consistent with our fundamental Constitutional liberties, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting Constitutional Freedoms in the Face of Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0610
** HEARINGS FOR 20011004
* Armed Services
DEFENSE REVIEW: Committee held hearings to examine the Department of
Defense's Quadrennial Defense Review, which outlines the key changes needed to
preserve America's safety and security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense's Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)
S.Hrg. 107-0394
* Banking
TRANSIT SAFETY: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded hearings
to examine certain initiatives to ensure the safety of the United States
transit system in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center and Pentagon, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Transit Safety in the Wake of September 11
S.Hrg. 107-0620
* Finance
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jo Anne
Barnhart, of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Social Security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Jo Anne Barnhart
S.Hrg. 107-0357
* Governmental Affairs
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: Committee held hearings to examine
Federal efforts to secure United States critical infrastructures, focusing on
functions and services vital to advancing national security, foreign affairs,
economic prosperity and security, social health and welfare, and public law
and order, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Critical Infrastructure Protection: Who's in Charge?
S.Hrg. 107-0258
* Health
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT: Committee concluded hearings to examine current job
training issues relative to a fragile economy, focusing on implementation of
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, streamlining training services at the
local level, enhanced training options, and a stronger role for the private
sector, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Workforce Investment Act
S.Hrg. 107-0168
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Edith Brown
Clement, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth
Circuit, Karen K. Caldwell, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Kentucky, Laurie Smith Camp, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Nebraska, Claire V. Eagan, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, James H. Payne, to be United
States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of
Oklahoma, and Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be Assistant Attorney General for
the Office of Legal Counsel, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Ms. Clement was introduced by Senators Breaux
and Landrieu, Ms. Caldwell was introduced by Senator McConnell, Ms. Camp was
introduced by Senators Hagel and Ben Nelson, Ms. Eagan and Mr. Payne were
introduced by Senators Nickles and Inhofe, and Mr. Bybee was introduced by
Senators Reid and Ensign.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/11/01
Hearings also held on 7/11, 8/22, 8/27, 9/13/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011005
* Economic
SEPTEMBER EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
employment-unemployment situation for August, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation: September 2001 (at
Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2001-10-5)
S.Hrg. 107-0217
** HEARINGS FOR 20011008
* Health
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Examining Minnesota's Economy After September 11th:
Strategies for Workforce and Business Recovery (Field hearing held in
Bloomington, MN)
S.Hrg. 107-0186
** HEARINGS FOR 20011009
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of John H.
Marburger III, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, and Phillip Bond, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of
Commerce for Technology, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Phillip Bond to be Under Secretary for
Technology at the Department of Commerce and John Marburger to be Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy
S.Hrg. 107-1055
* Energy
RECLAMATION RECREATION MANAGEMENT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1480,
to amend the Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 1992 in order to provide
for the security of dams, facilities, and resources under the jurisdiction of
the Bureau of Reclamation; and S. 1456, to facilitate the security of the
critical infrastructure of the United States, to encourage the secure
disclosure and protected exchange of critical infrastructure information, to
enhance the analysis, prevention, and detection of attacks on critical
infrastructure, and to enhance the recovery from such attacks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reclamation Recreation Management (S. 1480)
S.Hrg. 107-0335
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of J. Edward
Fox, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public
Affairs, Kent R. Hill, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Administrator for
Europe and Eurasia, and E. Anne Peterson, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Administrator for Global Health, all of the United States Agency for
International Development; and John F. Turner, of Wyoming, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Health
BIOTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Public Health held hearings to examine
effective responses to the threat of bioterrorism, focusing on detection,
treatment, and containment measures, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Effective Responses to the Threat of Bioterrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0440
** HEARINGS FOR 20011010
* Commerce
BUS AND TRUCK SECURITY: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant
Marine concluded hearings to examine bus and truck transportation safety and
security issues, focusing on the driver's licensing process for transporting
hazardous materials, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Bus and Truck Security and Hazardous Materials Licensing
S.Hrg. 107-1029
* Foreign Relations
AFGHANISTAN'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs and Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism
concluded joint hearings to examine the humanitarian crisis situation in
Afghanistan, focusing on the impact of international relief efforts, including
long-term economic reconstruction for the region, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis: Is Enough Aid Reaching
Afghanistan?
S.Hrg. 107-0235
Hearings also held on 11/15/01
* Governmental Affairs
FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management,
Restructuring, and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine
Federal efforts to ensure the safety and security of the American food supply,
focusing on new surveillance systems, better prevention programs, faster
outbreak response, enhanced education, and better coordinated and focused
research and risk assessment activities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Food Safety and Security: Can Our Fractured Food Safety
System Rise to the Challenge?
S.Hrg. 107-0210
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded hearings on the
nomination of John P. Walters, of Michigan, to be Director of National Drug
Control Policy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of John P. Walters to
be Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
S.Hrg. 107-0632
** HEARINGS FOR 20011011
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Linton F.
Brooks, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation, and Everet Beckner, of New Mexico, to be Deputy
Administrator for Defense Programs, both of the National Nuclear Security
Administration, Department of Energy; and Marvin R. Sambur, of Indiana, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, William Winkenwerder,
Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Mary L.
Walker, of California, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air
Force, all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Brooks was introduced by Senator
Domenici, and Mr. Winkenwerder was introduced by Senator Kennedy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/23, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Commerce
SECURITY AGAINST MARITIME THREATS: Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and
Fisheries concluded hearings to examine the role of the Coast Guard and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in strengthening security
against maritime threats, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Role of Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in Strengthening Security Against Maritime Threats
S.Hrg. 107-1034
FIRE SERVICE: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded
hearings to examine how to improve the preparedness, effectiveness, and safety
of fire services in responding to terrorism, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Needs of the Forest Service
S.Hrg. 107-1066
* Finance
WORKING FAMILIES ACT: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings on S.685, to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to strengthen
working families, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Strengthening Working Families Act of 2001 (S. 685)
S.Hrg. 107-0365
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mark W.
Everson, of Texas, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management,
Office of Management and Budget, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Mark W. Everson
S.Hrg. 107-0211
** HEARINGS FOR 20011012
* Commerce
TOURISM INDUSTRY: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and
Tourism concluded hearings to examine the financial state of the United States
tourism industry, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Terrorism's Effects on U.S. Tourism
S.Hrg. 107-0748
* Governmental Affairs
HOMELAND SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine legislative
options to strengthen homeland defense, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Legislative Options to Strengthen Homeland Defense
S.Hrg. 107-0212
* Judiciary
TERRORISM PREVENTION: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government
Information concluded hearings to examine the role of technology in preventing
the entry of terrorists in the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Role of Technology Into Preventing the Entry of Terrorists
Into the United States
S.Hrg. 107-0611
** HEARINGS FOR 20011016
* Armed Services
DOD AMMUNITION SECURITY: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded closed hearings to examine the security of the Department of Defense
ammunition shipments, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Banking
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Failure of
Superior Bank, FSB, Hinsdale, Illinois]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 9/11/01
Hearings also held on 9/11/01
* Commerce
E-911 COMPLIANCE: Subcommittee on Communications concluded oversight hearings
to examine the implementation of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety
Act (P.L. 106-81) and the integration of emergency-911 technologies, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Commerce
PRINTED TITLE: Wireless E-911 Compliance
S.Hrg. 107-1152
* Environment
FEMA ATTACK RESPONSE: Committee concluded hearings to review the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on
the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in coordinating the rescue and
recovery effort, and the continuing efforts at both locations to coordinate
federal relief efforts and to administer federal assistance programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: FEMA's Response to the September 11th Attacks
S.Hrg. 107-0568
* Judiciary
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE: Subcommittee on Youth Violence held hearings
to examine the defense of America's surface transportation infrastructure,
focusing on analysis to evaluate terrorist threats and increased security
measures for public transportation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Defending America's Transportation Infrastructure
S.Hrg. 107-0612
* Small Business
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Thomas M.
Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business
Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Thomas M. Sullivan to be Chief Counsel for
Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration
S.Hrg. 107-0492
Hearings also held on 10/17/01
* Veterans Affairs
CARE FOR VETERANS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Department of
Veterans Affairs' Fourth Mission, which is to preserve the VA's ability to
accept military casualties while continuing to care for veterans,
servicemembers, and the public following conflicts and crises, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Veterans' Affairs Fourth Mission: Caring for
Veterans, Service Members, and the Public Following Conflicts and Crises
S.Hrg. 107-0700
** HEARINGS FOR 20011017
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Susan Schmidt
Bies, of Tennessee, and Mark W. Olson, of Minnesota, each to be a Member of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Mark W. Olson, Susan Schmidt Bies, James E.
Gilleran, Allan I. Mendelowitz, Franz S. Leichter, John T. Korsmo, Eduardo
Aguirre, Jr., and Randall S. Kroszner
S.Hrg. 107-0476
Hearings also held on 10/23, 11/15/01
* Economic
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine monetary policy in the
context of the current economic situation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Monetary Policy and the Economic Outlook (at
Y4.Ec7:P75/10/2002)
S.Hrg. 107-0232
* Environment
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of William
Baxter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Kimberly Terese Nelson, of Pennsylvania, to be an
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Steven A.
Williams, of Kansas, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Baxter was introduced by Senator Thompson,
and Mr. Williams was introduced by Senator Roberts.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 5/17/01
Hearings also held on 5/17, 7/25, 9/21/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Brian E.
Carlson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Joseph M.
DeThomas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Bonnie
McElveen-Hunter, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Finland, John Malcolm Ordway, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Armenia, John N. Palmer, of Mississippi, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Portugal, and Clifford M. Sobel, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine Federal
efforts to coordinate and prepare the United States for bioterrorism, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Federal Efforts to Coordinate and Prepare the United States
for Bioterrorism: Are They Ready?
S.Hrg. 107-0213
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: ... Also, held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
IMMIGRATION CONTROLS: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to
examine effective immigration controls to deter terrorism, focusing on
strengthening border security, screening foreign nationals, monitoring foreign
students, operation of a comprehensive data sharing system between allies and
other countries, implementation of an automated exit/entry system, and the use
of biometric identification technology, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Effective Immigration Controls to Deter Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0651
* Small Business
BUSINESS MEETING: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of
Thomas M. Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small
Business Administration.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/16/01
Hearings also held on 10/16/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011018
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee held hearings on the nominations of Charles W.
Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fifth Circuit, M. Christina Armijo, to be United States District Judge for the
District of New Mexico, Karon O. Bowdre, to be United States District Judge
for the Northern District of Alabama, Stephen P. Friot, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Larry R. Hicks, to be
United States District Judge for the District of Nevada,...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
S.Hrg. 107-0584, pt.2
Hearings also held on 10/25, 11/7, 12/5, 12/18/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011023
* Appropriations
ANTHRAX EXPOSURE: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to assess the public health response to recent
anthrax exposures, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Joseph E.
Schmitz, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense and
Sandra L. Pack, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Financial Management and Comptroller, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 11/8, 12/4/01
* Banking
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of James Gilleran,
of California, to be Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, Department
of the Treasury, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/17/01
Hearings also held on 10/17, 11/15/01
* Foreign Relations
COUNTERTERRORISM TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings to examine
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 9, 1999, and signed
on behalf of the United States of America on January 10, 2000 (Treaty Doc.
106-49), and International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist
Bombings, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 15, 1997,
and signed on behalf of the United States of America on January 12, 1998
(Treaty Doc. 106-06), ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20011024
* Banking
TERRORISM INSURANCE: Committee held hearings to examine how the insurance
industry should respond to risks posed by potential terrorist attacks and the
extent to which the government should play a role alongside the industry to
address these risks, in light of the events of September 11, 2001, and how
these decisions will effect insurance coverage and premiums on property and
casualty reinsurance contracts as they come up for renewal, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Terrorist Risk Insurance
S.Hrg. 107-0805
Hearings also held on 10/25/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Cameron R.
Hume, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Margaret
K. McMillion, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Rwanda, Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Madagascar, and Robert V. Royall, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the
United Republic of Tanzania, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 10/25/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011025
* Appropriations
HOMELAND SECURITY: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine mayors perspectives on homeland security issues,
focusing on emergency preparedness and homeland defense block grants, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Local Prevention and Response Capabilities (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0336
* Armed Services
HOMELAND SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the role of the
Department of Defense in homeland security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Role of the Department of Defense in Homeland Security
S.Hrg. 107-0408
BIOTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities concluded
hearings, in closed and open session, to examine the Dark Winter scenario
designed to examine the national security, intergovernmental, and information
challenges of a biologic attack on the American homeland, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Dark Winter Scenario and Bioterrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0431
* Banking
TERRORISM INSURANCE: Committee continued hearings to examine how the
insurance industry should respond to risks posed by potential terrorist
attacks and the extent to which the government should play a role alongside
the industry to address these risks, in light of the events of September 11,
2001, and how these decisions will effect insurance coverage and premiums on
property and casualty reinsurance contracts as they come up for renewal,
receiving testimony from Robert E. Vagley, American Insurance Association, and
Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.; Ronald
E. Ferguson, General Re Corporation, Stamford Connecticut, on behalf the
Reinsurance Association of America; John T. Sinnott, Marsh, Inc., New York,
New York, on behalf of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers; Leslie M.
Baker, Jr., Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, on behalf of the
Financial Services Roundtable; Thomas J. O'Brien, LCOR, Berwyn, Pennsylvania,
on behalf of the Real Estate Roundtable; and Walter K. Knorr, City of Chicago,
Illinois.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/24/01
Hearings also held on 10/24/01
* Budget
ECONOMIC STIMULUS: Committee concluded hearings to examine long and short
term economic stimulus proposals, focusing on a set of principles to guide the
development of long term fiscal discipline, long term interest rates, and an
exploration of the potential impact of tax cuts, after receiving testimony
from William Gale and Peter R. Orszag, both of the Brookings Institution, and
Kevin Hassett, American Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 6/27/01
Hearings also held on 6/27, 6/28, 7/12, 7/18, 8/2, 9/4, 9/6, 10/2/01
* Energy
NOMINATION: Committee held hearings on the nomination of Michael Smith, of
Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Smith, Caruso, and McSlarrow Nominations
S.Hrg. 107-0713
Hearings also noted on 5/8, 6/4/02
* Foreign Relations
CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
diplomatic aspects of the international campaign against terrorism, ...
PRINTED TITLE: International Campaign Against Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0234
* Governmental Affairs
D.C. FAMILY COURT: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management,
Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to promote the
best interests of children, focusing on proposals to establish a family court
in the District of Columbia Superior Court, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Promoting the Best Interests of Children: Proposals to
Establish a Family Court in the District of Columbia Superior Court
S.Hrg. 107-0209
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Harris L.
Hartz, of New Mexico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,
John D. Bates, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Columbia, Kurt D. Engelhardt, to be United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of Louisiana, William P. Johnson, to be United States
District Judge for the District of New Mexico, and Sharee M. Freeman, of
Virginia, to be Director, Community Relations Service, Department of Justice,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Hartz and Mr. Johnson were introduced by Senators Domenici and Bingaman, Mr.
Bates was introduced by Representative Morella and District of Columbia
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mr. Engelhardt was introduced by Senators
Breaux and Landrieu and Representative Vitter, and Ms. Freeman was introduced
by Senator Warner and Representative Hyde.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/18/01
Hearings also held on 10/18, 11/7, 12/5, 12/18/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011027
* Agriculture
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Farm Bill Issues
S.Hrg. 107-0884
** HEARINGS FOR 20011028
* Appropriations
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Bioterrorism,
2001]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/3/01
Hearings also held on 10/3, 11/2, 11/29/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011030
* Commerce
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the future
of providing insurance for terrorist acts, focusing on possible policies
between the federal government and the insurance industry to respond to the
burden of costs in the wake of the tragedies of September 11th, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Future of Insuring Terrorism Risks
S.Hrg. 107-1032
* Governmental Affairs
MAIL TERRORISM: Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Subcommittee on
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services held joint hearings
to examine the effects of terrorism on the U.S. mail service, focusing on
safeguards to protect postal employees and its customers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Terrorism Through the Mail: Protecting Postal Workers and the
Public
S.Hrg. 107-0214
Hearings also held on 10/31/01
* Health
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: Committee concluded hearings to
examine new challenges facing the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program,
which offers primary federal support to help needy households pay their energy
bills, focusing on priorities for reauthorization; ...
PRINTED TITLE: Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (Date on cover reads
October 30, 2002, but data was received May 16, 2002.)
S.Hrg. 107-0174
** HEARINGS FOR 20011031
* Appropriations
STEM CELL RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings to examine the progress in making stem cells
available to federally-funded researchers, after receiving testimony from
Wendy Baldwin, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Bert Vogelstein, Johns
Hopkins University Oncology Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the Biological and Biomedical Applications
of Stem Cell Research Committee of the National Research Council and Institute
of Medicine; James Thomson, University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine/Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, and Carl E. Gulbrandsen,
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, both of Madison; Martin Pera, Monash
University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and Joseph Itskovitz, Technion--
Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Medical Center Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology Haifa, Israel.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/18/01
Hearings also held on 7/18, 8/1/01
* Environment
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
concluded oversight hearings to examine financial innovations for improving
the utilization of available drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
funding, focusing on who is developing and using these innovations, the
relative effectiveness of each, and specifically, what role the federal
government can play in promoting those innovations that are most effective,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Water Infrastructure Financing
S.Hrg. 107-0569
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of George L.
Argyros, Sr., of California, to be Ambassador to Spain, and to serve
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra,
Robert M. Beecroft, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador as Head of
Mission, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Lyons Brown, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Austria, Stephan Michael Minikes, of the District of Columbia, to
be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, William D. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania,
to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Melvin F. Sembler, of
Florida, to be Ambassador to Italy, and Ronald Weiser, of Michigan, to be
Ambassador to the Slovak Republic. ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
POSTAL TERRORISM PROTECTION: Committee concluded joint hearing with the
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services to
examine the effects of terrorism on the U.S. mail service, focusing on
safeguards to protect postal employees and its customers, after receiving
testimony from Senators Clinton and Wellstone; Mitchell L. Cohen, Director,
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services; Raymond J. Decker, Director, Defense Capabilities and
Management, General Accounting Office; Maj. Gen. John S. Parker, USA,
Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort
Detrick; Ivan C.A. Walks, District of Columbia Department of Health,
Washington, D.C.; Dan Hanfling, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church,
Virginia, on behalf of the Inova Health Systems Emergency Management and
Disaster Preparedness Task Force; and Tara O'Toole, Johns Hopkins University
Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, former Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Environment Safety and Health.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/30/01
Hearings also held on 10/30/01
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: On Wednesday, October 31, committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 11/1, 11/7, 11/14, 11/28/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011101
* Banking
DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM: RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions concluded oversight hearings to examine the expansion of federal
deposit insurance coverage for retirement accounts, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting Retirement Savings: Federal Deposit Insurance
Coverage for Retirement Accounts
S.Hrg. 107-0659
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of R. David
Paulison, of Florida, to be Administrator of the United States Fire
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the nomination of
Arden Bement, Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Arden L. Bement, Jr., to be Director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology and Robert David Paulison to be
Administrator of the Fire Administration at the Federal Emergency Managment
Agency
S.Hrg. 107-0967
RAIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
initiatives to provide improved safety and security measures for the national
rail transportation system, including related measures S. 1550 (pending on
Senate calendar), and S. 1530, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Railroad Advancement and Infrastructure Law of the 21st
Century-Rail-21
S.Hrg. 107-1058
* Environment
CLEAN POWER ACT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 556, to amend the Clean
Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, focusing on the bill's
impact on the environment, economy, energy supply, achievement of regulatory
and statutory goals, including the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and
relevant costs and benefits, after receiving testimony from Representative
Boehlert; Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation,
Environmental Protection Agency; Mary J. Hutzler, Acting Administrator, Energy
Information Administration, Department of Energy; Michael O. Callaghan, West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Charleston; Kenneth A.
Colburn, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord; David
Ouimette, Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Denver;
and Brock M. Nicholson, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, Raleigh.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/26/01
Hearings also held on 7/26, 11/15/01, 1/29, 6/12/02
* Environment
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings on legislative
proposals to promote infrastructure security, chemical site security, and
economic recovery for the city of New York, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Review of the Nation's Infrastructure Security
S.Hrg. 107-0662
** HEARINGS FOR 20011102
* Appropriations
SMALLPOX PREPAREDNESS: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings on issues concerning the threat posed by
smallpox, focusing on a comprehensive plan to better protect Americans from
smallpox, including funding for the production of a vaccine for every
American, and for the identification, tracking, and containment of smallpox if
confronted with outbreaks, after receiving testimony from Anthony S. Fauci,
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National
Institutes of Health, and James W. LeDuc, Acting Director, Division of Viral
and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human
Services; Michael Friedman, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of
America, Washington, D.C.; and M. Anita Barry, Boston Public Health
Commission, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the National Association of
County and City Health Officials.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/3/01
Hearings also held on 10/3, 10/28, 11/29/01
* Economic
OCTOBER EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
employment-unemployment situation for October, focusing on the Bureau of Labor
Statistics employment data for industry sectors such as manufacturing,
construction, and services, and evaluate the economic situation following the
events of September 11, 2001, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation: October 2001 (at
Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2001-11-2)
S.Hrg. 107-0218
* Health
CHILDREN CRISIS SUPPORT: Subcommittee on Children and Families held hearings
to examine the impact of the recent terrorist crisis and ongoing threats to
safety and security on the psychological and emotional well-being of children,
and how to better prepare for future emergencies, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Kids and Terrorism: Supporting Our Kids in Times of Crisis
S.Hrg. 107-0177
** HEARINGS FOR 20011105
* Commerce
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Future of Airport Security --Dynamic New Technologies
S.Hrg. 107-1113
** HEARINGS FOR 20011106
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Raymond F.
Burghardt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,
Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of
Micronesia, Charles Lawrence Greenwood, Jr., of Florida, for rank of
Ambassador as Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC),
Charles Lester Pritchard, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador as Special
Envoy for Negotiations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
and United States Representative to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development
Organization (KEDO), and Darryl Norman Johnson, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Odessa F.
Vincent, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Odessa F. Vincent
S.Hrg. 107-0259
* Judiciary
BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the potential threat to
America posed by the use of certain biological agents and toxins, focusing on
federal, state, and local law enforcement efforts to combat acts of biological
terror, including research and public health responders, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Germs, Toxins and Terror: The New Threat to America
S.Hrg. 107-0656
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Thomas L.
Sansonetti, of Wyoming, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment
and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Thomas L. Sansonetti
to be Assistant Attorney General
S.Hrg. 107-0673
** HEARINGS FOR 20011107
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of John
Marshall, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator for Management, and the
nomination of Constance Berry Newman, of Illinois, to be Assistant
Administrator for Africa, both of the United States Agency for International
Development, Cynthia Shepard Perry, of Texas, to be United States Director of
the African Development Bank, Jose A. Fourquet, of New Jersey, to be United
States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, and Jorge L.
Arrizurieta, of Florida, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of
the Inter-American Development Bank, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
WPD PROLIFERATION: Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and
Federal Services concluded hearings to examine current and future weapons of
mass destruction proliferation threats, focusing on key policy instruments
including international treaties, multilateral export control arrangements,
U.S. export controls, and security assistance to other countries, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Role of Bilateral and Multilateral Arms Control Agreements in
Controlling Threats From the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
S.Hrg. 107-0383
Hearings also held on 11/14, 11/29/01, 2/12, 7/29/02
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Joe L.
Heaton, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of
Oklahoma, Clay D. Land, to be United States District Judge for the Middle
District of Georgia, Frederick J. Martone, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Arizona, Danny C. Reeves, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Julie A. Robinson, to be United
States District Judge for the District of Kansas, and James Edward Rogan, of
California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Heaton was
introduced by Senators Nickles and Inhofe, Mr. Land was introduced by Senators
Cleland and Miller, Mr. Martone was introduced by Senator Kyl, Mr. Reeves was
introduced by Senators McConnell and Bunning, and Ms. Robinson was introduced
by Senators Brownback and Roberts.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/18/01
Hearings also held on 10/18, 10/25, 12/5, 12/18/01
* Judiciary
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION ALLIANCES: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights,
and Competition concluded hearings to examine international aviation
alliances, focusing on market turmoil and the future of airline competition,
...
PRINTED TITLE: International Aviation Alliances: Market Turmoil and the
Future of Airline Competition
S.Hrg. 107-0681
** HEARINGS FOR 20011108
* Appropriations
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings to examine the financial conditions and requests for
emergency funding relating to costs incurred as a result of the attacks of
September 11, 2001 and the business impact of these incidents on the U.S.
Postal Service, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Financial Security of the U.S. Postal Service (Special
hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0284
* Armed Services
NOMINATIONS: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Dale
Klein, of Texas, to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and
Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, R. L. Brownlee, of Virginia, to be
Under Secretary of the Army, Marvin R. Sambur, of Indiana, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force, Sandra L. Pack, of Maryland, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Army, and Mary L. Walker, of California, to be General
Counsel of the Department of the Air Force.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 12/4/01
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Conrad
Lautenbacher, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. to be
Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere at the U.S. Department of Commerce
and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
S.Hrg. 107-0975
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Eric M.
Javits, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service
as U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Christopher Bancroft
Burnham, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Resource
Management and Chief Financial Officer, Sichan Siv, of Texas, to be
Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and an Alternate
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General
Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative
of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations, and Richard S. Williamson, of Illinois, to be Alternate
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs
in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General
Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Alternate
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs
in the United Nations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20011113
* Banking
LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation
concluded hearings to examine the health and environmental impact of
lead-based poisoning, focusing on federal, state, and local efforts to prevent
lead-based poisoning, focusing on poisoning prevention, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Lead-Based Paint Poisoning: State and Local Responses
S.Hrg. 107-0802
* Governmental Affairs
ILLEGAL ALIENS: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded hearings
on the Immigration and Naturalization Service's role in processing aliens
arrested for illegal entry into the United States between ports of entry,
focusing on Border Patrol and Inspections' procedures to facilitate the flow
of illegal immigration while preventing illegal entry of people and
contraband, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Review of INS Policy on Releasing Illegal Aliens Pending
Deportation
S.Hrg. 107-0261
** HEARINGS FOR 20011114
* Appropriations
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded hearings
to examine emergency operations planning and response in the metropolitan
Washington area, focusing on a request for emergency supplemental funding, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Emergency Operations Planning and Response in the Metropolitan
Washington Area (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0255
* Banking
HAWALA: Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance concluded hearings to
examine informal banking systems, focusing on hawala--an informal structure
referring a creditor to a third party to receive his/her money, and the
potential for abuse of this particular system in terrorist financing, drug
trafficking, alien smuggling, and tax evasion, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Hawalas and Underground Terrorist Financing Mechanisms
S.Hrg. 107-0660
* Energy
FOREST FIRE PREVENTION: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests held
hearings to examine the investigative report of the Thirtymile Fire accident
in the State of Washington and the prevention of future fire fatalities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Forest Fire Protection
S.Hrg. 107-0328
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Kathleen Burton
Clarke, of Utah, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department
of the Interior,...
PRINTED TITLE: Kathleen Clarke Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0351
* Environment
NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
concluded oversight hearings to examine national water supply issues, focusing
on regional differences of water shortages, potential causes for shortages,
how federal programs work to ensure that state and local governments are
dealing with water supply needs, and programs to facilitate an efficient and
effective federal role in water supply, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Water Supply Issues
S.Hrg. 107-0663
CHEMICAL SECURITY: Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk
Assessment concluded hearings on S.1602, to help protect the public against
the threat of chemical attacks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Chemical Security Act, S. 1602
S.Hrg. 107-0664
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Gaddi H.
Vasquez, of California, to be Director, and Josephine K. Olsen, of Maryland,
to be Deputy Director, both of the Peace Corps, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
AIRPORT SECURITY: Committee concluded joint hearings with the Subcommittee on
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
to examine aviation security measure improvements that have been implemented
since terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and improvements that still
need to be made, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Has Airport Security Improved?
S.Hrg. 107-0263
* Governmental Affairs
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services held hearings on S. 673, to establish
within the executive branch of the Government an interagency committee to
review and coordinate United States nonproliferation efforts in the
independent states of the former Soviet Union, and to examine certain other
United States non-proliferation programs designed to combat the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction and reduce the threat to national security,
receiving testimony from Senator Hagel; Gary L. Jones, Director, Natural
Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; and Laura S. H. Holgate,
Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Leonard S. Spector, Monterey Institute of
International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies, both of Washington,
D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 11/07/01
Hearings also held on 11/07, 11/29/01, 2/12, 7/29/02
* Judiciary
SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES: BIOMETRICS: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism,
and Government Information concluded hearings to examine the availability of
security related equipment and the status of the development of future
technologies to prevent terrorism, focusing on applied biometrics (the
statistical study of biological phenomena), including an integrated automated
fingerprint identification system, and facial and iris recognition technology,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Biometric Identifiers and the Modern Face of Terror: New
Technologies in the Global War on Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0657
** HEARINGS FOR 20011115
* Armed Services
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings to examine terrorist organizations and motivations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Terrorist Organizations and Motivations
S.Hrg. 107-0455
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Allan I.
Mendelowitz, of Connecticut, Franz S. Leichter, of New York, and John Thomas
Korsmo, of North Dakota, each to be a Director, all of the Federal Housing
Finance Board, Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be First Vice President of
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Randall S. Kroszner, of
Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/17/01
Hearings also held on 10/17, 10/23/01
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of William
Schubert, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Captain William G. Schubert to be Administrator
of the Maritime Administration at the Department of Transportation
S.Hrg. 107-0965
* Environment
CLEAN POWER ACT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 556, to amend the Clean
Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, focusing on the bill's
impact on the environment and the economy, after receiving testimony from
Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier; Gerard M. Anderson, DTE Energy
Resources/DTE Energy Company, Detroit, Michigan, and Jeff Sterba, Public
Service Company of New Mexico, Albuquerque, both on behalf of the Edison
Electric Institute; Robert LaCount, Jr., PG&E National Energy Group, Bethesda,
Maryland; Jeffrey C. Smith, Institute of Clean Air Companies, David G.
Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Ronald J. Tipton, National
Parks Conservation Association, all of Washington, D.C.; John L. Kirkwood,
American Lung Association, New York, New York; and Bill Banig, United Mine
Workers of America, Fairfax, Virginia.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/26/01
Hearings also held on 7/26, 11/1/01, 1/29, 6/12/02
* Finance
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Richard
Clarida, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy,
Kenneth Lawson, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, and B.
John Williams, Jr., of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue
Service and Assistant General Counsel, all of the Department of the Treasury,
James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social
Security, and Harold Daub, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Social Security
Advisory Board, both of the Social Security Administration, and Janet Hale, of
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, and Joan E.
Ohl, of West Virginia, to be Commissioner of the Children, Youth, and Family
Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Richard Clarida, Kenneth Lawson, B. John
Williams, Jr., Janet Hale, Joan E. Ohl, James B. Lockhart III, and Harold Daub
S.Hrg. 107-0371
* Foreign Relations
AID TO AFGHANISTAN: Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism
and the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs concluded joint
hearings to examine U.S. efforts to deliver humanitarian relief to alleviate
hunger and meet other critical needs in Afghanistan, after receiving testimony
from Alan Kreczko, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of
Population, Refugees and Migration; Leonard Rogers, Acting Assistant
Administrator for Humanitarian Response, and Bernd McConnell, Director of
Central Asian Task Force, both of the United States Agency for International
Development; and Joel Charny, Refugees International, Mark Bartolini,
International Rescue Committee, and George Devendorf, Mercy Corps, all of
Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/10/01
Hearings also held on 10/10/01
* Governmental Affairs
MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the payment and coverage policies of the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services for ambulance services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Oversight of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
Medicare Payment Policies for Ambulance Services
S.Hrg. 107-0264
** HEARINGS FOR 20011127
* Energy
LAND CONVEYANCE: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests concluded hearings
on S. 691, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in
the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the
Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California, H.R.
223, to amend the Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of
1993 to provide additional time for Clear Creek County to dispose of certain
lands transferred to the county under the Act, S. 1028, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the
Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Features of the initial stage of the Oahe
Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and Public
Lands and the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota
for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that the
current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase the parcels
from the Commission, S. 1451, to provide for the conveyance of certain public
land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a shooting range, and S. 1240, to
provide for the acquisition of land and construction of an interagency
administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon,
Utah, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Miscellaneous Land Bills (S. 691, S. 1028, S. 1240, S. 1451,
H.R. 223)
S.Hrg. 107-0373
* Health
NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM: Committee concluded hearings on the National
Immunization Program, focusing on the importance of strengthening the public
health system to detect and respond to bioterrorist attacks, produce an
adequate supply of vaccinations, and improve the developments of
counter-measures against other types of bioterrorist attacks, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Immunization Program
S.Hrg. 107-0198
** HEARINGS FOR 20011128
* Appropriations
ANTHRAX DECONTAMINATION: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on anthrax decontamination, focusing on efforts of both the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Science and Technology
Policy to irradiate contaminated sites and facilities, evaluate options for
ensuring mail security, and secure premises for mail distribution and maximum
workplace safety, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Anthrax Decontamination (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0364
* Economic
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues related to the
economic outlook of the nation, including a national energy policy, the tax
code, and the impact of the slowing economy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Economic Outlook [November 2001] (at Y4.Ec7:Ou8)
S.Hrg. 107-0246
* Judiciary
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OVERSIGHT: Committee held hearings to examine the
Department of Justice's response to the September 11 attacks and
implementation of the USA Patriot Act (P.L. 107-56), and certain
Administration actions and proposals, including chartering military tribunals
and permitting attorney-client communications monitoring, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Justice Oversight: Preserving Our Freedoms
While Defending Against Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0704
Hearings also held on 12/4, 12/6/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011129
* Appropriations
BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education held hearings to examine funding for bioterrorism preparedness,
focusing on increased surveillance and epidemiological capacity, coordination
of community disaster response plans, and improvement of decontamination and
treatment facilities, receiving testimony from Jeffrey P. Koplan, Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Anthony S. Fauci, Director,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of
Health, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Kenneth Alibek,
Advanced Biosystems, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Joseph A. Barbera, George
Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management,
Washington, D.C.; and Joseph LeValley, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/3/01
Hearings also held on 10/3, 10/28, 11/2/01
* Appropriations
CLONING: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held
hearings to examine the differences between human reproductive cloning and
regenerative medicine, or therapeutic cloning, the ethical implications of
cloning research, and the implications of cloning legislation on potential
cell-based therapies, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Cloning, 2001 (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0444
* Banking
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Committee concluded hearings to examine
housing and community development needs, focusing on the fiscal year 2003
housing and urban development budget, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Housing and Community Development Needs
S.Hrg. 107-0836
Hearings also held on 12/13/01
* Environment
REMEDIATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the remediation process
of biologically contaminated buildings, focusing on federal, state, local, and
private efforts to provide effective treatment techniques to address the
threat of anthrax contamination, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Remediation of Biologically and Chemically Contaminated
Buildings
S.Hrg. 107-0665
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of James David
McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, Kenneth P.
Moorefield, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and the
nomination of John Price, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The Comoros and Ambassador
to the Republic of Seychelles. ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of John V.
Hanford III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for International
Religious Freedom, Arthur E. Dewey, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of
State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, and John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to Norway, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
WMD PROLIFERATION: Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and
Federal Services concluded hearings to examine combating proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction with non-proliferation assistance programs and
coordination, and a related measure, S. 673, to establish within the executive
branch of the Government an interagency committee to review and coordinate
United States nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former
Soviet Union, after receiving testimony from Vann H. Van Diepen, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation; Marshall S. Billingslea,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiation Policy; Kenneth E.
Baker, Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of
Energy; and Matthew S. Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Export Administration.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 11/07/01
Hearings also held on 11/07, 11/14/01, 2/12, 7/29/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20011204
* Armed Services
BUSINESS MEETING: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Claude M.
Bolton, Jr., of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, after the nominee testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/11/01
Hearings also held on 1/11, 2/27, 4/24, 4/26, 5/1, 5/10, 6/5, 6/7, 6/22, 6/27,
7/31, 8/1, 9/13, 9/25, 10/11, 10/23, 11/8/01
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of William R.
Brownfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Charles S.
Shapiro, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
Earl Norfleet Phillips, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Barbados,
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of
Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Donna Jean
Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Adolfo A.
Franco, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the
Caribbean, Frederick W. Schieck, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator, and
Roger P. Winter, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Democracy,
Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, all of the United States Agency for
International Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
WAR CRIME COMMISSIONS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
constitutional and legal implications of the President's recent executive
order to establish military commissions with respect to the detention,
treatment, and trial of persons accused of terrorist activities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO TERRORISM: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the response of the Department of Justice to terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, focusing on current U.S. immigration policy and
practices related to the detention of certain individuals, after receiving
testimony from Viet D. Dinh, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal
Policy, Department of Justice; Michael Boyle, North Haven, Connecticut, on
behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association; Steven Emerson, The
Investigative Project, and Victoria Toensing, diGenova and Toensing, both of
Washington, D.C.; Gerald H. Goldstein, Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley, San
Antonio, Texas, on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers; and Nadine Strossen, New York Law School, New York, New York, on
behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union; and Ali Al-Maqtari, New Haven,
Connecticut.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 11/28/01
Hearings also held on 11/28, 12/6/01
* Narcotics
"CLUB" DRUGS: Caucus concluded hearings on the relation between rave
promoters and club drug abuse, focusing on providing current information on
the medical effects of club drugs, advancing drug education and prevention,
and enhancing parental knowledge of club drugs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20011205
* Appropriations
NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings to examine United States northern border security policy,
focusing on ports of entry, security personnel, and compatible communication
equipment for American and Canadian law-enforcement authorities, after
receiving testimony from Senators Schumer, Clinton, and Stabenow; North Dakota
Governor John Hoeven, Bismarck; Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier; and
Michigan Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus, Lansing.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/3/01
Hearings also held on 10/3/01
* Commerce
TECHNOLOGY SECTOR: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded
hearings to examine the response of the technology sector in times of crisis,
focusing on the successes and failures in the aftermath of the events of
September 11, 2001, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Response of the Technology Sector in Times of Crisis
S.Hrg. 107-1118
* Energy
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Margaret S.Y.
Chu, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management, and Beverly Cook, of Idaho, to be Assistant Secretary for
Environment, Safety and Health, both of the Department of Energy, and Jeffrey
D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, and Rebecca W. Watson, of Montana, to be
Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, both of the Department
of the Interior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Chu, Cook, Jarrett, and Watson Nominations
S.Hrg. 107-0374
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Callie V.
Granade, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of
Alabama, Marcia S. Krieger, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Colorado, James C. Mahan, to be United States District Judge for
the District of Nevada, Philip R. Martinez, to be United States District Judge
for the Western District of Texas, C. Ashley Royal, to be United States
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, and Mauricio J. Tamargo, of
Florida, to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the
United States, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Granade was introduced by Senator
Sessions, Ms. Krieger was introduced by Senators Campbell and Allard, Mr.
Mahan was introduced by Senators Reid and Ensign, Mr. Martinez was introduced
by Senators Gramm and Hutchison, Mr. Royal was introduced by Senators Cleland
and Miller, and Mr. Tamargo was introduced by Senators Graham and Warner, and
Representatives Ros-Lehtinen and Meek.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/18/01
Hearings also held on 10/18, 10/25, 11/7, 12/18/01
* Judiciary
COPS PROGRAM: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded hearings to examine
the future of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program of the
Department of Justice, focusing on a comprehensive study chronicling its
relationship to local and national crime rates, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Making America's Streets Safer: The Future of the COPS
Program
S.Hrg. 107-0705
** HEARINGS FOR 20011206
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of J. Joseph
Grandmaison, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., of
Virgina, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of: J. Joseph Grandmaison, Kenneth M. Donohue,
Sr., Diane L. Tomb, and Vickers B. Meadows
S.Hrg. 107-0459
Hearings also held on 12/18/01
* Commerce
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Jeffrey
Shane, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Deputy Secretary, and Emil
H. Frankel, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Transportation
Policy, both of the Department of Transportation. ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Mr. Emil Frankel to be Assistant Secretary for
Transportation Policy and Mr. Jeffrey Shane to be Associate Deputy Secretary
of Transportation at the Department of Transportation
S.Hrg. 107-0976
CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Department of Transportation corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program,
focusing on minimization of environmental impacts via petroleum consumption,
researching investments for fuel efficient vehicles, and improving fleet fuel
economy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Reform
S.Hrg. 107-1137
* Energy
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine
negotiations on extensions of funds and program assistance under the Compact
of Free Association between the United States and the Pacific Island nations
of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Extension of Funding and Program Assistance Under the Compact
of Free Association
S.Hrg. 107-0399
* Foreign Relations
FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN: Committee concluded hearings to examine the political
future of Afghanistan, focusing on rebuilding stability in the nation, the
interim authority, and the successor government, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Political Future of Afghanistan
S.Hrg. 107-0236
* Governmental Affairs
U.S. SEAPORT SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings to assess the
vulnerability of United States seaports to certain criminal activity, and
whether the Federal Government is adequately structured to safeguard them, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Weak Links: Assessing the Vulnerability of U.S. Ports and
Whether the Government is Adequately Structured to Safeguard Them
S.Hrg. 107-0309
* Judiciary
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OVERSIGHT: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
examine the Department of the Judiciary's response on how to preserve freedoms
while defending against terrorism, focusing on their comprehensive criminal
investigation to identify the killers of September 11 and to prevent further
terrorist attacks, including enhanced information sharing between law-
enforcement and intelligence communities, after receiving testimony from John
Ashcroft, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 11/28/01
Hearings also held on 11/28, 12/4/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011207
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Sean O'Keefe,
of New York, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Sean O'Keefe to be Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
S.Hrg. 107-1030
* Economic
EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
employment-unemployment situation for November, focusing on payroll employment
figures, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation: November 2001 (at
Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2001-12-7)
S.Hrg. 107-0290
** HEARINGS FOR 20011210
* Aging
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the costs and
tradeoffs of reforming Social Security, focusing on the President's Commission
to Strengthen Social Security proposals and other related reform plans, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Straight Shooting on Social Security: The Trade-Offs of
Reform
S.Hrg. 107-0347
* Commerce
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Aviation Security--Next Steps (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-1069
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of David L.
Bunning, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Kentucky, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20011211
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Francis Joseph
Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the
Philippines and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
HOMELAND SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the local role in
homeland security, focusing on the federal government's role in preparedness
assessment and planning, and in providing resources necessary to local areas
for terrorism defense, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Local Role in Homeland Security
S.Hrg. 107-0310
* Judiciary
HOMELAND DEFENSE--LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT: Subcommittee on Administrative
Oversight and the Courts concluded hearings on S. 1615, to provide for the
sharing of certain foreign intelligence information with local law enforcement
personnel, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Homeland Defense: Sharing Information With Local Law
Enforcement
S.Hrg. 107-0719
** HEARINGS FOR 20011212
* Armed Services
MILITARY COMMISSIONS' NON-CITIZEN TREATMENT: Committee held hearings to
examine the Department of Defense implementation of the President's Military
Order on the detention, treatment, and trial by military commissions of
certain non-citizens in the war on terrorism, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense's Implementation of the President's
Military Order on Detention Treatment and Trial by Military Commission of
Certain Noncitizens in the War on Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0513
* Judiciary
MICROSOFT SETTLEMENT: Committee held hearings to examine the status of the
still-pending antitrust enforcement action against the Microsoft Corporation
by the Department of Justice, eighteen States, and the District of Columbia,
and the negotiations and proposed final judgment embodying the settlement, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Microsoft Settlement: A Look to the Future
S.Hrg. 107-0772
** HEARINGS FOR 20011213
* Armed Services
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded open and closed hearings
to examine the security of United States nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons
facilities, focusing on effective intelligence gathering, system vulnerability
assessments, and responsive improvement programs and communication, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Security of U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Weapons
Facilities
* Banking
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Committee concluded hearings to examine housing and
community development needs in America, focusing on providing a mortgage cut
rate for National Guardsmen and Reservists called to active duty, relief on
FHA insured mortgages for the victims families of the September 11, 2001
attacks, and for New York City's economic recovery, after receiving testimony
from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 11/29/01
Hearings also held on 11/29/01
* Foreign Relations
CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM: Subcommittee on Central Asia and South Caucasus
concluded hearings to examine contributions of central Asian nations to the
campaign against terrorism, including basing facilities for U.S. and allied
forces, over-flight rights, intelligence sharing, and use of airports for
military and humanitarian activities in Afghanistan, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Contributions of Central Asian Nations to the Campaign Against
Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0397
* Governmental Affairs
RAILROAD SAFETY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the security status
of U.S. passenger and transit rail infrastructure, focusing on
counter-terrorism equipment, security related training programs, and
technologies capable of detecting chemical and biological agents on transit
systems, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Riding the Rails: How Secure is Our Passenger and Transit
Infrastructure?
S.Hrg. 107-0311
* Judiciary
HOMELAND DEFENSE: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government
Information concluded hearings to examine the protection of our homeland
against terror, focusing on policy, planning, and resource allocation
responsibilities coordination, future operational solutions which balance
apportionment of forces nationally and abroad, and local, state, and federal
interagency cooperation improvement, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting Our Homeland Against Terror: Building a New
National Guard for the 21st Century
S.Hrg. 107-0738
** HEARINGS FOR 20011218
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Vickers B.
Meadows, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Diane
Leneghan Tomb, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, both
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Tomb was introduced
by Representative Portman.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 12/6/01
Hearings also held on 12/6/01
* Commerce
ENRON CORPORATION COLLAPSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
surrounding the collapse of Enron Corporation, focusing on relevant auditing
and accounting issues, the influence of U.S. capital market system's internal
controls and alleged conflicts of interest, Enron stock marketing practices,
and the financial devastation caused by the collapse, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Overview of the Enron Collapse
S.Hrg. 107-0724
* Foreign Relations
GLOBAL OUTREACH OF AL-QAEDA: Subcommittee on International Operations and
Terrorism concluded hearings to examine the global outreach of Al-Qaeda
International, focusing on ties to other terrorist organizations, the fatwah's
of Al-Qaeda (rulings on Islamic law), and how U.S. military actions might
affect Al-Qaeda, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Global Reach of Al-Qaeda
S.Hrg. 107-0390
* Judiciary
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Confirmation
Hearings on Federal Appointments]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 10/18/01
Hearings also held on 10/18, 10/25, 11/7, 12/5/01
** HEARINGS FOR 20011219
* Finance
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Edward Kingman,
Jr., of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, and
Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Edward Kingman, Jr.
S.Hrg. 107-0296
** HEARINGS FOR 20011220
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of John Magaw, of
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of John W. Magaw to be Under Secretary of
Transportation for Security at the Department of Transportation
S.Hrg. 107-1040
** HEARINGS FOR 20020108
* Banking
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices: Abusive Uses of Yield
Spread Premiums
S.Hrg. 107-0857
* Budget
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Fiscal Year 2003 Field Hearings
S.Hrg. 107-0693
Hearings also held on 1/20, 1/22, 8/20/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020109
* Commerce
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Seaport Security and Ship Passenger Security (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-1046
** HEARINGS FOR 20020110
* Commerce
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Seaport Security, Law Enforcement Coordination, and Vessel
Piloting (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-1044
** HEARINGS FOR 20020111
* Commerce
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Seaport Security, Cargo Inspection, and Hazardous Materials
Transportation (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-1051
** HEARINGS FOR 20020120
* Budget
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Fiscal Year
2003 Field Hearings]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/8/02
Hearings also held on 1/8, 1/22, 8/20/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020122
* Budget
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest [Fiscal Year
2003 Field Hearings]
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/8/02
Hearings also held on 1/8, 1/20, 8/20/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020123
* Budget
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current economic
and budget situation facing the United States, focusing on the upcoming
Congressional Budget Office report, "The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal
Years 2003-2012", ...
PRINTED TITLE: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2003
S.Hrg. 107-0543
Hearings also held on 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,12,13,14,26,27,28 3/6/02
* Environment
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Price--Anderson Act Reauthorization
S.Hrg. 107-0666
** HEARINGS FOR 20020124
* Appropriations
CLONING RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education held hearings to examine funding issues surrounding cloning
research, focusing on the clarification of how stem cell research, or
therapeutic cloning, differs from human reproductive cloning, and the ethical
and public-policy issues related to both, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Cloning, 2002 (Special Hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0541
Hearings also held on 3/12/02
* Budget
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of the
economy, focusing on cyclical adjustments made in 2001, characterized by
reductions in business investment, liquidations in business inventories, and
economic difficulties with U.S. trading partners, after receiving testimony
from Alan Greespan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23,29, 2/5,6,7,12,13,14,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of James R.
Mahoney, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Dr. James R. Mahoney to be Assistant Secretary
for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy Administrator for the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
S.Hrg. 107-0966
CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS: Committee held hearings to examine
the national security, safety, technological, and employment implications of
increasing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Security, Safety, Technology, and Employment
Implications of Increasing the CAFE Standards
S.Hrg. 107-1133
* Environment
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Linda
Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, J. Paul
Gilman, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and
Development, and Morris X. Winn, of Texas, to be Assistant Administrator,
Administration and Resources Management, all of the Environmental Protection
Agency, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of the 107th Congress, Second Session (Linda
Morrison Combs, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection
Agency, J. Paul Gilman, to be Assistant Administrator for Research and
Development, Environmental Protection Agency, Morris X. Winn, to be Assistant
Administrator for Administration and Resource Management, Environmental
Protection Agency, John P. Suarez, to be Assistant Administrator for
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental, Protection Agency, John
Bresland and Carolyn Merritt, to be Members of the Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board)
S.Hrg. 107-0667
Hearings also held on 5/7, 7/18/02
FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the future
of transportation in the United States, focusing on lessons learned from the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and perspectives on
reauthorization from the federal, state, and local level, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reauthorization of TEA-21
S.Hrg. 107-0668, pt.1
Hearings also held on 2/11, 3/19, 5/15, 7/30, 9/9, 9/19, 9/25, 9/30/02
* Governmental Affairs
ENRON COLLAPSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain issues
surrounding the collapse of Enron Corporation, focusing on its impact on
financial and energy markets, corporate accounting standards and disclosure of
corporate information, and pension investment aspects, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Fall of Enron: How Could it Have Happened?
S.Hrg. 107-0376
* Health
EARLY EDUCATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the quality of early
childhood learning programs, focusing on the importance of early childhood
cognitive development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Forum on Early Learning: Investing in Our Children, Investing
in Our Future
S.Hrg. 107-0256
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Michael J.
Melloy, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit,
Robert E. Blackburn, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Colorado, James E. Gritzner, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa, Cindy K. Jorgenson, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Arizona, Richard J. Leon, of Maryland, to be United
States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Jay C. Zainey, to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
S.Hrg. 107-0584, pt.3
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/19, 4/11, 4/25/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020128
* Governmental Affairs
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Good Beginnings Last a Lifetime: How the Federal Government
Can Promote Affordable, Quality Child Care (Field hearing held in St. Louis,
MO)
S.Hrg. 107-0377
** HEARINGS FOR 20020129
* Banking
FINANCIAL WAR ON TERRORISM: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
the Administration's implementation of the anti-money laundering provisions
(title III) of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107-56), and its efforts to
disrupt terrorist financing activities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Financial War on Terrorism and the Administration's
Implementation of Title III of the USA Patriot Act
S.Hrg. 107-0908
* Budget
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues surrounding the
United States economy and the federal budget, including economic and budgetary
effects of certain tax cuts contained in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001, after receiving testimony from Robert D.
Reischauer, Urban Institute, and Peter R. Orszag, Brookings Institution, both
of Washington, D.C.; and Brian S. Wesbury, Griffin, Kubik, Stephens and
Thompson, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24, 2/5,6,7,12,13,14,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Energy
ENRON CORPORATION COLLAPSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
implications for consumers and energy markets of the Enron bankruptcy,
focusing on maintaining the needed investment and competition in natural gas
and electricity production and transmission, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Enron Corporation's Collapse
S.Hrg. 107-0458
* Environment
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private
Property, and Nuclear Safety held hearings on S. 556, to amend the Clean Air
Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, focusing on technologies to
limit the emissions of carbon and mercury from power plants and other
compliant alternatives, receiving testimony from Robert S. Kripowicz, Acting
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy; Edward C. Lowe, General
Electric Power Systems, Schenectady, New York; Phil Amick, Global Energy,
Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio; Richard L. Sandor, Environmental Financial Products
LLC, Chicago, Illinois; Michael D. Durham, ADA Environmental Solutions,
Littleton, Colorado; Richard L. Miller, Hamon Research-Cottrell, Inc.,
Somerville, New Jersey; Frank Alix, Powerspan Corporation, New Durham, New
Hampshire; and George R. Offen, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto,
California. The bill in parentheses is a companion measure.: Hearings recessed
subject to call.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 7/26/01
Hearings also held on 7/26, 11/1, 11/15/01, 6/12/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020201
* Economic
JANUARY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: On Friday, February 1, committee concluded
hearings to examine the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data in order to
gauge the status of the January employment situation, as well as the latest
consumer and producer price indexes with respect to the inflation outlook, ...
(Daily Digest 2/4)
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation, January 2002 (at
Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2002-2-1)
S.Hrg. 107-0313
** HEARINGS FOR 20020205
* Appropriations
FIREFIGHTING: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies held hearings
to examine firefighting issues, focusing on urban search and rescue task
forces response requirements, and funding needs for firefighting training,
equipment, apparatus, communications, safety and health issues, and staffing,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Needs of America's Firefighters (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0915
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, and the
Future Years Defense Program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2225) (Military Posture, Service Secretaries, Nuclear
Posture Review, Unified and Regional Commanders, Service Chiefs, Atomic Energy
Defense Activities of the Department of Energy)
S.Hrg. 107-0696, pt.1
Hearings also held on 2/12, 2/14, 3/5, 3/7, 3/14/02
* Banking
FINANCIAL LITERACY: Committee held hearings to examine the need to improve
financial literacy and learning for American consumers, focusing on Federal
efforts to increase familiarity with new technological and financial tools to
promote economic prosperity, ...
PRINTED TITLE: State of Financial Literacy and Education in America
S.Hrg. 107-0969
Hearings also held on 2/6/02
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee held hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on the cost of the recession, homeland
security, and economic stimulus, receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels,
Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/6,7,12,13,14,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Commerce
BIOTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded
hearings to examine issues concerning bioterrorism, focusing on harnessing
American scientific and entrepreneurial expertise to develop effective defense
capabilities to protect our forces and nation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Fighting Bioterrorism: Using America's Scientists and
Entrepreneurs to Find Solutions
S.Hrg. 107-1028
AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the implementation of the Aviation and Transportation Security (TSA)
Act (P.L. 107-71), focusing on the hiring of tens of thousands of new
employees, additional employee background screening tools, airport security
operations studies, test TSA deployment techniques and technology, and begin
senior management training, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Implementation of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act
S.Hrg. 107-1128
* Economic
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the economic report of
the President, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Economic Report of the President (at Y4.Ec7:Ec7/2/2002)
S.Hrg. 107-0425
* Finance
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
revenue proposals within the President's proposed budget request for fiscal
year 2003, ...
PRINTED TITLE: President's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget
S.Hrg. 107-0831
* Foreign Relations
FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to examine United States
foreign policy and the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
2003 for foreign affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Foreign Policy Overview and the President's Fiscal Year 2003
Foreign Affairs Budget Request
S.Hrg. 107-0299
* Governmental Affairs
RETIREMENT INSECURITY/ENRON COLLAPSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the impact of the Enron Corporation collapse on the company's 401(k)
retirement investors, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Retirement Insecurity: 401(k) Crisis at Enron
S.Hrg. 107-0378
* Judiciary
HUMAN CLONING: Committee held hearings to examine issues surrounding
scientific and medical aspects of human reproductive cloning, including the
protection of human subjects, and to clarify how human reproductive cloning
differs from stem cell research, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Human Cloning: Must We Sacrifice Medical Research in the Name
of a Total Ban?
S.Hrg. 107-0812
** HEARINGS FOR 20020206
* Aging
WOMEN AND LONG-TERM CARE: Committee concluded joint hearings with the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions' Subcommittee on Aging to
examine issues related to women and aging, focusing on long-term care and the
predominant role of women as America's caregivers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Women and Aging: Bearing the Burden of Long-Term Care (Joint
with Health)
S.Hrg. 107-0291
* Banking
FINANCIAL LITERACY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the status of
financial literacy and learning for American consumers, focusing on Federal,
State, public and private efforts to develop a national strategy to promote
consumer financial education, after receiving testimony from former
Representative Susan Molinari, on behalf of the Americans for Consumer
Education and Competition; Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas State Securities
Board, Austin; and Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, H. Patrick
Swygert, Howard University, on behalf of the Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Don M. Blandin, American Savings Education Council, Esther
Canja, American Association of Retired Persons, and Raul Yzaguirre, National
Council of La Raza, all of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/5/02
Hearings also held on 2/5/02
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee continued hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on security, economic, and long-term
fiscal challenges, receiving testimony from Jacob J. Lew, former Director,
Office of Management and Budget; and Robert L. Bixby, The Concord Coalition,
Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,7,12,13,14,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Energy
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the effects
of certain provisions to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA)
of 1935, contained in S. 1766, Energy Policy Act (pending on Senate calendar),
on energy markets and energy consumers, and whether recent events in the Enron
bankruptcy have raised concerns that regulation of energy companies may be
insufficient, without PUHCA, to protect customers of electric utilities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Effects of Subtitle B of S. 1766 to the Public Utility Holding
Company Act
S.Hrg. 107-0521
* Finance
U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS: Committee held hearings to examine the status of
ongoing U.S. trade negotiations, focusing on World Trade Organization
negotiations, trade remedy laws, fast track authority, labor rights,
environmental issues, and trade adjustment assistance, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Ongoing U.S. Trade Negotiations
S.Hrg. 107-0625
* Foreign Relations
U.S. POLICY OPTIONS IN SOMALIA: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine U.S. policy options in Somalia, focusing on the promotion
of stability, sustainable development, and expanded economic opportunity, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Somalia: U.S. Policy Options
S.Hrg. 107-0416
U.S. STRATEGIC SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine a new
strategic framework, focusing on implications for U.S. security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: New Strategic Framework: Implications for U.S. Security
S.Hrg. 107-0486
* Health
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination [on Gerald A. Reynolds, of Missouri, to be
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights]
S.Hrg. 107-0305
* Intelligence
WORLD THREATS: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine issues
surrounding world threats to American national security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Intelligence
WORLD THREAT: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues surrounding
global threats and challenges, focusing on the emerging global security
environment, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United
States
S.Hrg. 107-0597
* Judiciary
ACCOUNTABILITY/ENRON COLLAPSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine
accountability issues surrounding the fall of Enron Corporation, focusing on
fraud, auditor conflicts, vulnerability of institutional investors, and
liability limits, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Accountability Issues: Lessons Learned from Enron's Fall
S.Hrg. 107-0830
** HEARINGS FOR 20020207
* Appropriations
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Transportation, focusing on the Transportation Security Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (H.R. 5559/S. 2808) (Department of
Transportation, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0826
Hearings also held on 2/14, 3/21, 4/16/02
* Armed Services
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
examine the conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom, focusing on the role of the
U.S. Central Command in America's global war on terrorism, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Operation Enduring Freedom
S.Hrg. 107-0801
Hearings also held on 7/31/02
* Banking
SUPERIOR BANK, HINSDALE, LLINOIS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
analysis of the failure and implications of Superior Bank, FSB, Hinsdale,
Illinois, focusing on causes of the failure, external audit findings, and the
effectiveness of federal supervision, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Analysis of the Failure of Superior Bank, FSB, Hinsdale,
Illinois
S.Hrg. 107-0702
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee continued hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on tax relief and fiscal discipline
provisions, receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the
Treasury.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,12,13,14,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Governmental Affairs
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS: Committee concluded hearings S.
1867, to establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 1867--A Bill to Establish the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
S.Hrg. 107-0379
* Foreign Relations
WAR ON TERRORISM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the future of the
War on Terrorism, focusing on accomplishments to date, continuing terrorist
threats, weapons of mass destruction, the role in the world, world alliances,
peacekeeping, and globalization, ...
PRINTED TITLE: What's Next in the War on Terrorism?
S.Hrg. 107-0417
* Health
PENSION PLAN REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of
the collapse of Enron Corporation on its 401(k) pension plan investors and the
Department of Labor's role in enforcement and regulation under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), focusing on related pension plan
reform proposals, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting the Pensions of Working Americans: Lessons From
the Enron Debacle
S.Hrg. 107-0464
* Indian Affairs
TRIBAL TRUST FUND: Committee concluded oversight hearings on certain
legislative proposals relating to the statute of limitations on claims against
the United States related to the management of Indian tribal trust fund
accounts, including S. 1857, to encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal
claims, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Legislative Proposals Relating to the Statute of Limitations
on Claims Against the United States Related to the Management of Indian Tribal
Trust Fund Accounts (S. 1857)
S.Hrg. 107-0278
* Judiciary
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Charles W.
Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fifth Circuit, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Charles W.
Pickering, Sr. to be Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
S.Hrg. 107-0843
** HEARINGS FOR 20020208
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Nancy Dorn,
of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Dan
Gregory Blair, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the
Office of Personnel Management, and John L. Howard, of Illinois, to be
Chairman of the Special Panel on Appeals, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Nancy P. Dorn
S.Hrg. 107-0380
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Nancy Dorn,
of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Dan
Gregory Blair, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the
Office of Personnel Management, and John L. Howard, of Illinois, to be
Chairman of the Special Panel on Appeals, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of John L. Howard and Dan G. Blair
S.Hrg. 107-0381
** HEARINGS FOR 20020211
* Aging
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Emergency Preparedness for the Elderly and Disabled (Field
hearing held in New York, NY)
S.Hrg. 107-0292
* Appropriations
CUBA TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings to examine issues related to restrictions of travel to
Cuba, including the Administration's Cuba policy, human rights support, open
market economy, and improving the political, economic, and cultural
relationships with the United States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Restrictions on Travel to Cuba (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0361
* Environment
FHA BUDGET: Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear
Safety held hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for
fiscal year 2003 for the Federal Highway Administration, the Revenue Aligned
Budget Authority (RABA) mechanism, and budget related reauthorization issues,
receiving testimony from Donna McLean, Assistant Secretary for Budget and
Programs and Chief Financial Officer, and Mary E. Peters, Administrator,
Federal Highway Administration, both of the Department of Transportation;
Thomas E. Stephens, Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, on
behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials; and William D. Fay, American Highway Users Alliance, and Tom Hill,
Oldcastle Materials Inc., on behalf of the American Road and Transportation
Builders Association, both of Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/24/02
Hearings also held on 1/24, 3/19, 5/15, 7/30, 9/9, 9/19, 9/25, 9/30/02
* Environment
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Air Quality in New York City After the September 11, 2001
Attacks (Field hearing held in New York City)
S.Hrg. 107-0524,pt.1
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Air Quality in New York City After the September 11, 2001
Attacks (Field hearing held in New York City)
S.Hrg. 107-0524,pt.2
** HEARINGS FOR 20020212
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, and the
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Thomas E. White,
Secretary of the Army; Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy; and James G.
Roche, Secretary of the Air Force.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/5/02
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/14, 3/5, 3/7, 3/14/02
* Banking
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron and other
public companies, including overseeing capital markets, designing successful
reforms, improving transparency of information, financial statement auditing
accuracy, and encouraging better governance of accounting firms and
corporations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Accounting Reform and Investor Protection
S.Hrg. 107-0948, v.1
Hearings also held on 2/14, 2/26, 2/27/02
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION:
PRINTED TITLE: Accounting Reform and Investor Protection
(Documents...Excerpts from the Congressional Record, July 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
15, and 25, 2002)
S.Hrg. 107-0948, v.3
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION:
PRINTED TITLE: Accounting Reform and Investor Protection
(Documents...Reports, Bills, and the Sarbanes--Oxley Act of 2002, April 16,
22, 24, 25, May 6, June 18, 26, July 15, 16, and 25, 2002)
S.Hrg. 107-0948, v.4
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee resumed hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on the State Department's foreign
policy objectives, including winning the war on terrorism and protecting
Americans at home and abroad, receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,13,14,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Commerce
ENRON COLLAPSE: Committee held hearings to examine the collapse of the Enron
Corporation, focusing on the investigation of potentially questionable Enron's
partnership transactions, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Collapse of Enron
S.Hrg. 107-0773
* Energy
INTERIOR/FOREST SERVICE/ENERGY BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of the Interior, the U. S. Forest Service, and the Department of
Energy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Requests for the Department of the
Interior, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Department of Energy
S.Hrg. 107-0461
* Foreign Relations
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIME: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
theft of American intellectual property at home and abroad, focusing on the
Department of State's and U.S. Trade Representative's role in policy and
enforcement, and recent trends in intellectual property protection, including
implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS) agreement the and "Special 301" review, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Examining the Theft of American Intellectual Property at Home
and Abroad
S.Hrg. 107-0457
* Governmental Affairs
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine multilateral
non-proliferation regimes, weapons of mass destruction technologies, and the
War on Terrorism, focusing on measures for enhancing the ability of these
multilateral treaties to prevent the acquisition of chemical and biological
weapons by both national and subnational groups, after receiving testimony
from Elisa D. Harris, University of Maryland Center for International and
Security Studies, and Amy E. Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center, both of
Washington, D. C.; Jim Walsh, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; and Dennis M. Gormley, International Institute for Strategic
Studies, London, England.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 11/07/01
Hearings also held on 11/07, 11/14, 11/29/01, 7/29/02
* Health
EARLY EDUCATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine early education
issues, focusing on quality educational programs, parent involvement in early
childhood development, and separation of education for children with special
needs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Early Education: From Science to Pratice (sic)
S.Hrg. 107-0285
OXYCONTIN ABUSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the effects of the
painkiller Oxycontin, focusing on Federal, State and local efforts to decrease
abuse and misuse of this product while assuring availability for patients who
suffer daily from chronic moderate to severe pain, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Oxycontin: Balancing Risks and Benefits
S.Hrg. 107-0287
* Judiciary
U.S. REFUGEE PROGRAM: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings to examine
issues surrounding the U.S. Refugee Program, including the effects of recent
crises in Afghanistan and Africa on the refugee populations, security concerns
in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, use of joint voluntary organizations
to relieve refugee processing burdens, family reunification, and case
backlogs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Empty Seats in a Lifeboat: Are There Problems with the U.S.
Refugee Program?
S.Hrg. 107-0844
** HEARINGS FOR 20020213
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on active and reserve military and civilian personnel
programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2225) (Personnel)
S.Hrg. 107-0696, pt.6
Hearings also held on 3/13, 3/20, 4/11/02
* Banking
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: HUD's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget and Legislative Proposals
S.Hrg. 107-0839
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee resumed hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing on the Department
of Defense, after receiving testimony from Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of
Defense.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,12,14,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Environment
EPA 2003 BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings on the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the Environmental Protection Agency,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Environmental Protection Agency's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget
S.Hrg. 107-0669
* Finance
SECTORAL TRADE DISPUTES: Committee held hearings to examine sectoral trade
disputes concerning lumber and steel, focusing on open and fair competition in
international markets, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Sectoral Trade Disputes: Lumber and Steel
S.Hrg. 107-0607
* Foreign Relations
HIV/AIDS: Committee concluded hearings to examine bilateral and multilateral
responses to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, focusing on new prevention tools
including microbicides, treatment and care of people living with HIV/AIDS, and
mitigation of current and future social and economic impacts of the epidemic,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Halting the Spread of HIV/AIDS: Future Efforts in the U.S.
Bilateral and Multilateral Response
S.Hrg. 107-0330
Hearings also held on 2/14/02
* Governmental Affairs
DIAMOND TRADE: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management,
Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine the
implementation and enforcement of the Kimberly Process Agreement (to ban the
source of income from illicit diamonds), ...
PRINTED TITLE: Illicit Diamonds, Conflict and Terrorism: The Role of U.S.
Agencies in Fighting the Conflict Diamond Trade
S.Hrg. 107-0384
* Health
GENETIC DISCRIMINATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the existing
laws and proposed legislation necessary to protect genetic information, in
order to prevent genetic discrimination that may lead to loss of health
insurance or employment discrimination, including S. 318/S. 382, to prohibit
discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health
insurance, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting Against Genetic Discrimination: The Limits of
Existing Laws
S.Hrg. 107-0286
* Indian Affairs
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT: Committee
concluded oversight hearings on the implementation and reauthorization of the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA), ...
PRINTED TITLE: Implementation of the Native American Housing and
Self-Determination Act (S. 1210)
S.Hrg. 107-0289
* Judiciary
BASEBALL ANTITRUST EXEMPTION: Committee held hearings to examine the
application of federal antitrust laws to Major League Baseball, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Application of Federal Antitrust Laws to Major League Baseball
S.Hrg. 107-0427
** HEARINGS FOR 20020214
* Appropriations
U.S. COAST GUARD: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the U.S. Coast Guard, after
receiving testimony from Admiral James M. Loy, USCG, Commandant, U.S. Coast
Guard, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of
Transportation.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/7/02
Hearings also held on 2/7, 3/21, 4/16/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on the results of the Nuclear Posture Review, after
receiving testimony from Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for
Policy; John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear
Security and Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Adm.
James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/5/02
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/12, 3/5, 3/7, 3/14/02
* Banking
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION: Committee resumed oversight hearings to
examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron and other
public companies, focusing on the relevance of the work of the International
Accounting Standards Committee and its associated bodies to the evident
problems besetting the accounting and auditing profession, after receiving
testimony from Paul A Volcker, Arthur Andersen Independent Oversight Board,
New York, New York, former Chairman, Federal Reserve, and Sir David Tweedie,
London, England, former Chairman of the United Kingdom's Accounting Standards
Board, both on behalf of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/12/02
Hearings also held on 2/12, 2/26, 2/27/02
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee continued hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing on the Department
of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Tommy G.
Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,12,13,26,27,28, 3/6/02
* Economic
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND: On Thursday, February 14, committee concluded
hearings to examine reform of the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank, ... (Daily Digest 2/15)
PRINTED TITLE: Reform of the IMF and World Bank (at Y4.Ec7:R26/4)
S.Hrg. 107-0716
* Energy
NATIONAL PARKS: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded hearings on S. 202
and H.R. 2440, to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts as "Wolf
Trap National Park for the Performing Arts"; S. 1051 and H.R. 1456, to expand
the boundary of the Booker T. Washington National Monument; S. 1061 and H.R.
2238, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire Fern Lake and the
surrounding watershed in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee for addition to
Cumberland Gap National Historic Park; S. 1649, to amend the Omnibus Parks and
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to increase the authorization of
appropriations for the Vancouver National Historic Reserve and for the
preservation of Vancouver Barracks; S. 1894, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the national
significance of the Miami Circle site in the State of Florida as well as the
suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as
part of Biscayne National Park; and H.R. 2234, to revise the boundary of the
Tumacacori National Historical Park in the State of Arizona, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Miscellaneous National Park Bills (S. 202, S. 1051, S. 1061,
S. 1649, S. 1894, H.R. 1456, H.R. 2234, H.R. 2238, H.R. 2440)
S.Hrg. 107-0453
* Finance
FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT: Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction
concluded hearings to examine the Administration's request to increase the
federal debt limit, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Administration's Request to Increase the Federal Debt Limit
S.Hrg. 107-0414
* Foreign Relations
AFRICA AIDS/HIV CRISIS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
prevention and treatment of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa, after receiving
testimony from Eugene McCray, Director, Global AIDS Program, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Anne
Peterson, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for
International Development; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Harvard University Center for
International Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on behalf of the World
Health Organization Commission on Macroeconomics and Health; Jim Yong Kim,
Harvard Medical School Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change,
Boston, Massachusetts; and Martin J. Vorster, Mahyeno Tributary Mamelodi,
Pretoria, South Africa.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/02
Hearings also held on 2/13/02
* Health
WORKING POOR: Committee concluded hearings to examine needs of the working
poor and helping welfare recipients find work and balance the needs of their
families, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Needs of the Working Poor: Helping Families to Make Ends Meet
S.Hrg. 107-0295
* Judiciary
IDENTITY THEFT AND PRIVACY PROTECTION: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism,
and Government Information held hearings to examine identity theft, and
privacy and protection of personal information, and the need for legislation
to deter and protect against the misuse of this information, including S.
1055, to require the consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing
of such individual's personally identifiable information, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Privacy, Identity Theft, and the Protection of Your Personal
Information in the 21st Century
S.Hrg. 107-0852
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for veterans'
programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Fiscal Year 2003 Budget for Veterans' Programs
S.Hrg. 107-0744
** HEARINGS FOR 20020219
* Commerce
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Passage and Implementation of S. 1214, The Port and Maritime
Security Act (Field hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0785
** HEARINGS FOR 20020221
* Health
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Retirement Security for Working Americans (Field hearing held
in St. Paul, MN)
S.Hrg. 107-0362
** HEARINGS FOR 20020225
* Environment
Field hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act (S. 1850) (2/25/02
Field hearing held in Pascoag, RI)
S.Hrg. 107-0953
Hearings also held on 5/8/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020226
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--JUSTICE: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003
for the Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, The Judiciary,
and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2778)
(Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, Department of State, Federal
Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Nondepartmental
witnesses, Securities and Exchange Commission, The Judiciary)
S.Hrg. 107-0769
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/7, 3/12, 3/13, 3/19/02
APPROPRIATIONS--AID: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the United States Agency
for International Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (H.R. 5410/S. 2779) (Agency for
International Development, Department of State, Department of the Treasury,
Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0814
Hearings also held on 3/6, 3/19, 4/24/02
* Banking
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION: Committee resumed oversight hearings to
examine accounting and investor protection issues, focusing on proposals to
reform financial reporting by public companies, accounting standards, and
oversight of the accounting profession, receiving testimony from Walter P.
Schuetze, Michael H. Sutton, Lynn E. Turner, all Chief Accountants, Securities
and Exchange Commission; and Dennis R. Beresford, former Chairman, Financial
Accounting Standards Board.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/12/02
Hearings also held on 2/12, 2/14, 2/27/02
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003 for the Federal Highway Administration, Army
Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Education, after receiving testimony
from Mary E. Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, and Donna
McLean, Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officer,
both of the Department of Transportation; Michael Parker, Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Civil Works; Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers,
United States Corps of Engineers; Thomas A. Till, Executive Director, Amtrak
Reform Council; Bob Chase, National Education Association, and Larry M. King,
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Harrisburg, on behalf of the
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,12,13,14,27,28, 3/6/02
* Commerce
ENRON CORPORATION: Committee held hearings to examine certain issues
contributing to the collapse of Enron Corporation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Collapse of the Enron Corporation
S.Hrg. 107-1141
* Energy
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Raymond L.
Orbach, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of
Energy, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Raymond L. Orbach Nomination
S.Hrg. 107-0445
* Environment
WATER INVESTMENT ACT: Committee concluded hearings to examine S. 1961, to
improve financial and environmental sustainability of the water programs of
the United States, and other related measures including S. 252, to amend the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State
water pollution control revolving funds; S. 285, to amend the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of State revolving loan funds for
construction of water conservation and quality improvements; S. 503, to amend
the Safe Water Act to provide grants to small public drinking water system;
and S. 1044, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide
assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the Chesapeake Bay
watershed; ...
PRINTED TITLE: Water Investment Act and Other Water Infrastructure Bills (S.
252, S. 1961)
S.Hrg. 107-0954
Hearings also held on 2/28/02
* Health
NOMINATION: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
concluded hearings on the nomination of Gerald Reynolds, of Missouri, to be
Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Indian Affairs
INDIAN TRIBAL TRUST FUNDS: Committee held hearings to examine rulings of the
United States Supreme Court affecting tribal government powers and
authorities, focusing on trust reform and trust asset management, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Management of Indian Tribal Trust Funds
S.Hrg. 107-0332
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Ralph R.
Beistline, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, D.
Brooks Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third
Circuit, Randy Crane, to be United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Texas, and David C. Bury, to be United States District Judge for
the District of Arizona, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf. Mr. Beistline was introduced by Senators Stevens and
Murkowski, Mr. Smith was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, Mr.
Crane was introduced by Senator Gramm and Representative Hinojosa, and Mr.
Bury was introduced by Senator Kyl.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/24/02
Hearings also held on 1/24, 3/19, 4/11, 4/25/02
* Judiciary
U.S. PORT SECURITY: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government
Information concluded hearings to examine the security of U.S. ports against
terror, focusing on technology, resources, and homeland defense, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Securing Our Ports Against Terror: Technology, Resources, and
Homeland Defense
S.Hrg. 107-0855
** HEARINGS FOR 20020227
* Aging
GERIATRIC HEALTH CARE SHORTAGE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
growing lack of medical professionals trained to treat the elderly and a
related proposal to expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Patients in Peril: Critical Shortages in Geriatric Care
S.Hrg. 107-0400
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Defense, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003
(H.R. 5010) (Department of Defense, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0697
Hearings also held on 3/6, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/21, 6/5, 6/12/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--HIGHWAY SAFETY: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Transportation, focusing on highway safety programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Highway Safety (Special Hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0759
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Agriculture, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (H.R. 5263/S. 2801) (Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human
Services: Food and Drug Administration, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0761
Hearings also held on 3/14, 3/20/02
* Appropriations
FEMA TERRORISM RESPONSE: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine the role of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) concerning terrorism response, including funding for first
responder and live agent training facilities such as the Center for Domestic
Preparedness, the impact of the proposed transfer of the Office of Emergency
Preparedness from the Department of Justice to FEMA, and U.S. chemical weapons
stockpiles protection, ...
PRINTED TITLE: FEMA's Role in Terrorism Response (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-0888
* Armed Services
DEFENSE ACQUISITION POLICY: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings to examine the Department of Defense acquisition policy,
focusing on proposals to change the military environment, reduce cycle time,
improve processes including greater use of competition, link human resources
to requirements, and monitor progress with metrics, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Acquisition Policy
S.Hrg. 107-0718
* Armed Services
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Capabilities concluded hearings to examine the status of Iraq's current
holdings of weapons of mass destruction, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Weapons of Mass Destruction Program of Iraq
S.Hrg. 107-0573
* Banking
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
issues related to corporate governance raised by Enron Corporation, focusing
on abuse of stock options, auditor independence, and compensation issues,
after receiving testimony from John H. Biggs, Teachers' Insurance and Annuity
Association--College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), and Ira M.
Millstein, Weil, Gotshal, and Manges, on behalf of the Blue Ribbon Committee
on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees, both of New
York, New York.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/12/02
Hearings also held on 2/12, 2/14, 2/26/02
* Budget
BUDGET OUTLOOK: Committee concluded hearings to examine the long-term
budgetary outlook of the United States, focusing on demographic trends, the
impact of the aging baby boom generation, and creating a balance between
current needs and wants against known long term pressures, after receiving
testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States,
General Accounting Office.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,12,13,14,26,28, 3/6/02
* Commerce
DIGITAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and
Space concluded hearings on S. 414, to amend the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration Organization Act to establish a digital network
technology program, focusing on the digital divide and minority serving
institutions, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 414, Digital Divide and Minority Serving Institutions
S.Hrg. 107-1097
* Finance
PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEM SECURITY: Committee held hearings to examine potential
vulnerability issues of employer-sponsored defined contribution and benefits
retirement plans, otherwise known as pension plans, including the importance
of investment diversification, investor education issues, information
disclosure, fiduciary rules needed to safeguard employee pension assets, and
related issues associated with the Enron Corporation's defined benefit pension
plans, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Retirement Security: Picking Up the Enron Pieces
S.Hrg. 107-0751
* Foreign Relations
FUTURE SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the development of a
secure future, focusing on democratization, poverty alleviation, and human
rights, ...
PRINTED TITLE: How Do We Promote Democratization, Poverty Alleviation, and
Human Rights to Build a More Secure Future?
S.Hrg. 107-0300
* Foreign Relations
UN POPULATION FUND: Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism
concluded hearings to examine U.S. contributions toward the United Nation's
Population Fund and how it affects the lives of women, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Funding for the U.N. Population Fund: The Effect on
Women's Lives
S.Hrg. 107-0515
* Governmental Affairs
WALL STREET'S ENRON SILENCE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the fall
of the Enron Corporation and the inaccuracies and independence of Wall Street
research analysts ratings of Enron, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Watchdogs Didn't Bark: Enron and the Wall Street Analysts
S.Hrg. 107-0385
* Health
WORKPLACE SAFETY: Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training concluded
hearings to examine workplace safety and health issues with respect to
immigrant and low-wage workers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Workplace Safety and Health for Immigrants and Low Wage
Workers
S.Hrg. 107-0306
EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION ACT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1284, to
prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Non-Discrimination Act (S. 1284)
S.Hrg. 107-0307
* Indian Affairs
INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
how the rulings of the United States Supreme Court affect the powers and
authorities of Indian tribal governments, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court as They Affect the Powers
and Authorities of the Indian Tribal Governments
S.Hrg. 107-0338
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Judiciary
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
impact of State sovereign immunity on the enforcement of intellectual property
rights, focusing on the meaning of related Supreme Court decisions, Florida
Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank and
College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board,
and a related measure, S. 1611, to restore Federal remedies for infringements
of intellectual property by States, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Sovereign Immunity and the Protection of Intellectual Property
S.Hrg. 107-0866
* Small Business
SBA BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget
for fiscal year 2003 for the Small Business Administration, focusing on the
7(a) Guaranty Loan Program, 504 Loan Program, and the Microloan Program, ...
and
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Melanie
Sabelhaus, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: SBA Fiscal Year 2003 Budget and the Nomination of Melanie R.
Sabelhaus to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
S.Hrg. 107-0694
Hearings also held on 3/12/02
* Veterans Affairs
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS/VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: Senate Committee on
Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative recommendations of certain
veteran's programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
** HEARINGS FOR 20020228
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the fiscal
year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on installations and
environmental programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2225) (Readiness and Management Support)
S.Hrg. 107-0696, pt.3
Hearings also held on 3/21/02
NATO: Committee concluded hearings to examine the future of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on defending, integrating, and
stabilizing the Euro-Atlantic area, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
S.Hrg. 107-0764
* Banking
REMITTANCE: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine issues with
respect to the sending of remittances, or the sending of money to someone at a
distance, focusing on the constraint of money transfer charges and exchange
rate differentials on Latin American immigrants when providing financial
assistance to their relatives in their country of origin, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Issues Regarding the Sending of Remittances
S.Hrg. 107-0909
ARGENTINIAN ECONOMY: Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
concluded hearings to examine Argentina's current economic situation, focusing
on the International Monetary Fund, American aid, and sovereign debt
restructuring, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Argentina's Economic Crisis
S.Hrg. 107-0929
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee resumed hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing on Department of
Defense war, transformation, and reform issues, receiving testimony from Josh
S. Weston, Montclair, New Jersey, on behalf of the Business Executives for
National Security Tail-to-Tooth Commission; Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings
Institution, Washington, D.C.; and Loren B. Thompson, Lexington Institute,
Arlington, Virginia.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,12,13,14,26,27, 3/6/02
* Commerce
DIGITAL TELEVISION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the protection of
content in a digital age, focusing on promoting broadband and digital
television transition, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Protecting Content in a Digital Age--Promoting Broadband and
the Digital Television Transition
S.Hrg. 107-1154
* Environment
WATER INVESTMENT ACT: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
concluded hearings on S. 1961, to improve financial and environmental
sustainability of the water programs of the United States, and related
measures including S. 252, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to
authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds; S.
285, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of
State revolving loan funds for construction of water conservation and quality
improvements; S. 503, to amend the Safe Water Act to provide grants to small
public drinking water system; and S. 1044, to amend the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies
to States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; after receiving testimony from
Senator Sarbanes; Robert M. Hirsch, Associate Director for Water, United
States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Andrew M. Chapman,
Elizabethtown Water Company, Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on behalf of the
National Association of Water Companies; Ed Archuleta, El Paso Water
Utilities, El Paso, Texas, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water
Agencies; Paul Pinault, Narragansett Bay Commission, Providence, Rhode Island,
on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies; Elmer
Ronnebaum, Kansas Rural Water Association, Seneca, Kansas, on behalf of the
National Rural Water Association; Howard Neukrug, Philadelphia Water
Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the American Water Works
Association; Tom Morrisey, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection,
Hartford, on behalf of the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution
Control Administrators; and Jay L. Rutherford, Vermont Department of
Environmental Conservation, Waterbury, on behalf of the Association of State
Drinking Water Administrators.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26/02
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Emmy B.
Simmons, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Administrator for
Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, United States Agency for
International Development, and Robert B. Holland III, of Texas, to be United
States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank For
Reconstruction and Development, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Louis
Kincannon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Census, Department of Commerce,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of C. Louis Kincannon
S.Hrg. 107-0386
* Health
MAMMOGRAPHY: Subcommittee on Public Health concluded joint hearings with the
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education to examine the conflicting findings regarding mammography usage
and update recommendation guidelines, based on the most current scientific
data, on the use of mammography in breast cancer detection, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Making Sense of the Mammography Controversy: What Women Need
to Know (Joint with Appropriations)
S.Hrg. 107-0326
* Judiciary
UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILD PROTECTION: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded
hearings on S. 121, to establish an Office of Children's Services within the
Department of Justice to coordinate and implement Government actions involving
unaccompanied alien children, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act
S.Hrg. 107-0867
** HEARINGS FOR 20020301
* Governmental Affairs
IRAQ: Subcommittee on International Security Proliferation and Federal
Services concluded hearings to examine United States policy in Iraq, focusing
on the threat of Iraq's current weapons of mass destruction programs and
capabilities, ...
PRINTED TITLE: United States Policy in Iraq: Next Steps
S.Hrg. 107-0388
** HEARINGS FOR 20020304
* Aging
NURSING HOME ABUSE: Committee concluded hearings to examine physical and
sexual abuse in nursing homes by individuals entrusted with their care,
focusing on improving coordination and oversight authorities among law
enforcement and other agencies of jurisdiction in order to protect the elderly
from such abuse, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Safeguarding Our Seniors: Protecting the Elderly from
Physical and Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes
S.Hrg. 107-0401
** HEARINGS FOR 20020305
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--SUPREME COURT/JUDICIARY: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
State, and the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2003, after receiving testimony on behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas, both
Associate Justices, United States Supreme Court; and John G. Heyburn II,
Chairman, M. Blane Michael, and Leonidas Ralph Mecham, all of the Committee on
the Budget, Judicial Conference of the United States.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/7, 3/12, 3/13, 3/19/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: Subcommittee on Military Construction
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Defense, including defense-wide, defense agencies, and Army
military construction, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Military Construction Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003
(H.R. 5011/S. 2709)
S.Hrg. 107-0536
Hearings also held on 3/19/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, focusing on unified and regional commanders,
military strategy and operational requirements, after receiving testimony from
Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Command;
Gen. Thomas. A. Schwartz, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command/U.S.
Forces Korea/Combined Forces Command Korea; and Maj. Gen. Gary D. Speer, USA,
Acting Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/5/02
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/12, 2/14, 3/7, 3/14/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on Marine Corps modernization programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2225) (Seapower)
S.Hrg. 107-0696, pt.2
Hearings also held on 3/19, 4/9/02
* Banking
ACCOUNTING/INVESTOR PROTECTION: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron and other
public companies, focusing on full disclosure guidance, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Accounting Reform and Investor Protection
S.Hrg. 107-0948,v.2
Hearings also held on 3/6, 3/14, 3/19, 3/20, 3/21/02
* Governmental Affairs
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jeanette J.
Clark, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Jeanette J. Clark
S.Hrg. 107-0389
* Health
CLONING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: Committee concluded hearings to examine
cloning research, focusing on the clarification of how stem cell research, or
therapeutic cloning, differs from human reproductive cloning, and the ethical
and public-policy issues related to both, and related issues of S. 1893, to
ban human cloning while protecting stem cell research, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Dangers of Cloning and the Promise of Regenerative Medicine
S.Hrg. 107-0497
* Indian Affairs
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET: Committee held hearings on the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian programs, focusing on
employment and training, education, housing, government, and law enforcement,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Fiscal Year 2003 Budget
S.Hrg. 107-0360
Hearings also held on 3/7, 3/14/02
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mary Ann
Solberg, of Michigan, to be Deputy Director, Barry D. Crane, of Virginia, to
be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, and Scott M. Burns, of Utah, to be
Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs, all of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; and the nomination of J. Robert Flores, of Virginia, to
be Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
Department of Justice, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Executive Branch Nominations (Nomination of Mary Ann Solberg
of Michigan, nominee to be Deputy Director; Office of National Drug Control
Policy; Barry D. Crane, of Virginia, nominee to be Deputy Director of Supply
Reduction; Office of National Drug Control Policy; Scott Burns, of Utah,
nominee to be Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs, all Office of
National Drug Control Policy; and J. Robert Flores, of Virginia, nominee to be
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice)
S.Hrg. 107-0894
** HEARINGS FOR 20020306
* Agriculture
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Thomas C.
Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity
Credit Corporation, and to be Under Secretary for Rural Development, and Nancy
Southard Bryson, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel, both of
the Department of Agriculture; and Grace Trujillo Daniel, of California, and
Fred L. Dailey, of Ohio, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination Hearing for Nancy S. Bryson, Grace Daniel, Fred
Dailey, and Thomas Dorr
S.Hrg. 107-0439
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Army, after
receiving testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary, and Gen. Eric K.
Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, both of the Department of the Army.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/02
Hearings also held on 2/27, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/21, 6/5, 6/12/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE/AID: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for
democracy and human rights programs of the Department of State and the U.S.
Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony from Lorne W.
Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor;
and Roger P. Winter, Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and
Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/19, 4/24/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--VETERANS AFFAIRS: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003
for the Department of Veterans Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (H.R.
5605/S. 2797) (Corporation for National and Community Service, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, Department of Treasury, Department of Veterans
Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation,
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0904
Hearings also held on 3/13, 3/20, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on nonproliferation programs of
the Department of Energy and the Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the
Department of Defense, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2225) (Emerging Threats and Capabilities)
S.Hrg. 107-0696, pt.5
Hearings also held on 3/12, 4/10/02
DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings to examine financial management reform issues of the
Department of Defense, focusing on financial management systems, operations,
and controls, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Financial Management
S.Hrg. 107-0803
* Banking
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION: Committee resumed oversight hearings to
examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron and other
public companies, including oversight of the accounting profession, audit
quality and independence, and formulation of accounting principles, after
receiving testimony from Bevis Longstreth, former Commissioner of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee J. Seidler, Bear Stearns and Company,
and Abraham J. Briloff, City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch College,
all of New York, New York; Shaun F. O'Malley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
former Chairman of the Public Oversight Board Panel on Audit Effectiveness
(O'Malley Commission); and Arthur R. Wyatt, Village of Golf, Florida.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/5/02
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/14, 3/19, 3/20, 3/21/02
* Banking
HUD HOMELESS ASSISTANCE: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded
oversight hearings to examine the proposed reauthorization of the HUD
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act programs, ...\
PRINTED TITLE: Reauthorization of the McKinney--Vento Homeless Assistance Act
S.Hrg. 107-0950
* Budget
2003 BUDGET: Committee concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing on analysis of
the Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from Dan L.
Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/23/02
Hearings also held on 1/23, 1/24,29, 2/5,6,7,12,13,14,26,27, 2/28/02
* Commerce
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS: Subcommittee on Communications concluded hearings to
examine wireless communications infrastructure in the United States in light
of September 11, focusing on access to diverse markets and quality services at
affordable prices, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nation's Wireline and Wireless Communications Infrastructure
in Light of September 11th (This title when printed was identified
incorrectly as S.Hrg. 107-25; the correct designation is S.Hrg. 107-1025.)
S.Hrg. 107-1025
* Economic
IMF AND WORLD BANK REFORM: Committee concluded hearings to examine reforms to
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, focusing on efficiency and
effectiveness, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reform of the IMF and World Bank (at Y4.Ec7:R25/2/2002)
S.Hrg. 107-0478
* Environment
LAND USAGE AND BROWNFIELDS: Committee concluded hearings on S. 975, to
improve environmental policy by providing assistance for State and tribal land
use planning, to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, and
sustainable economic development; and S. 1079, to amend the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide assistance to communities for the
redevelopment of brownfield sites, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Smart Growth and Economic Development
S.Hrg. 107-0955
* Foreign Relations
DIRTY BOMBS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the effects of potential
terrorist attacks using radiological dispersal devices, so-called dirty bombs,
and the possibility of contamination if radiation levels do exceed EPA health
and toxic material guidelines, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Dirty Bombs and Basement Nukes: The Terrorist Nuclear Threat
S.Hrg. 107-0575
* Governmental Affairs
WORKFORCE ACCOUNTABILITY: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
monitoring of accountability and competition in the federal and service
contract workforce, focusing on the Circular A-76, cost comparisons for the
public-private competition process, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Who's Doing Work For the Government?: Monitoring,
Accountability and Competition in the Federal and Service Contract Workforce
S.Hrg. 107-0465
* Health
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRACKING: Subcommittee on Public Health concluded
hearings to examine the improvement of surveillance of chronic conditions and
potential links to environmental exposures, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Health Tracking: Improving Surveillance of Chronic Conditions
and Potential Links to Environmental Exposure
S.Hrg. 107-0331
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 3/13/02
* Judiciary
CABLE AND SATELLITE COMPETITION: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and
Business and Consumer Rights concluded hearings to examine cable and satellite
television competition, focusing on the proposed merger between the two
largest satellite television companies in the country, EchoStar Communications
and DirecTV, and the question of the application of antitrust laws to such
merger, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Dominance in the Sky: Cable Competition and the
Echostar--DirectTv Merger
S.Hrg. 107-0873
** HEARINGS FOR 20020307
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--FCC/SEC: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003, on behalf of funds for their respective activities, after receiving
testimony from Michael K. Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission;
and Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/13, 3/19/02
* Appropriations
AMTRAK: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings to examine Amtrak
performance, budget, and passenger rail service issues, focusing on a new
national policy on intercity passenger rail and the Federal role in support of
that form of transportation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Amtrak's Future (Special hearing)
S.Hrg. 107-048
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Energy,
...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
for Fiscal Year 2003 (H.R. 5093/S. 2708) (Department of Agriculture,
Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0816
Hearings also held on 4/25, 6/6, 6/13/02
APPROPRIATIONS--HHS: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003
for the Department of Health and Human Services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2766)
(Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department
of Labor, Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0820
Hearings also held on 3/14, 3/21, 6/6/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Gen. Eric K.
Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. Vernon E. Clark, USN,
Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine
Corps; and Gen. John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/5/02
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/12, 2/14, 3/5, 3/14/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on the Ballistic Missile Defense Program, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2225) (Strategic)
S.Hrg. 107-0696, pt.7
Hearings also held on 3/13, 3/20, 4/10, 4/11/02
* Banking
MONETARY POLICY: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the
Semi-Annual Report on Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Federal Reserve's First Monetary Policy Report for 2002
S.Hrg. 107-0503
* Energy
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEMS: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded hearings to
examine S. 1069/H.R. 834, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify
Federal authority relating to land acquisition for willing sellers from the
majority of the trails in the System, S. 213/H.R. 37, to amend the National
Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability studies of 4
national historic trails and provide for possible additions to such trails,
H.R.1384, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route in
Arizona and New Mexico which the Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indian tribes
were forced to walk in 1863 and 1864, for study for potential addition to the
National Trails System, and S. 1946, to amend the National Trails System Act
to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail, ...
PRINTED TITLE: National Trails Bills (S. 213, S. 1069, S. 1946, H.R. 37, H.R.
834, H.R. 1384)
S.Hrg. 107-0522
* Finance
PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE: Committee held hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for prescription drug
coverage as part of the Medicare proposal, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Administration's FY 2003 Budget Proposal for Prescription
Drugs
S.Hrg. 107-0430
* Foreign Relations
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD PROTOCOLS: Committee concluded hearings
to examine two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, both of which were adopted at New York, May 25, 2000: (1) The Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Involvement of
Children in Armed Conflict; and (2) The Optional Protocol to the Conventional
on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and
Child Pornography, signed on July 5, 2000 (Treaty Doc. 106-37), ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Foreign Relations
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
concluded hearings to examine the trafficking of persons, focusing on
monitoring and combating this practice through the implementation of the
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Monitoring and Combating Trafficking in Persons: How Are We
Doing?
S.Hrg. 107-0576
* Governmental Affairs
PUBLIC HEALTH/NATURAL RESOURCES: Committee concluded hearings to examine
public health and natural resources, focusing on current implementation of
environmental laws, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Public Health and Natural Resources: A Review of the
Implementation of Our Environmental Laws--Parts I and II
S.Hrg. 107-0466
Hearings also held on 3/13/02
* Indian Affairs
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET: Committee resumed hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian programs, focusing on
employment and training, education, housing, government, and law enforcement,
receiving testimony from Michael H. Trujillo, Director, Assistant Surgeon
General/Director, Indian Health Services, Department of Health and Human
Services; and Michael Liu, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for Public and Indian Housing.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/5/02
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/14/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020308
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003 for the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year
2003 (H.R. 5431/S. 2784) (Department of Energy, Department of the Interior,
Nondepartmental witnesses)
S.Hrg. 107-0901
Hearings also held on 3/15, 3/18, 4/18/02
* Economic
FEBRUARY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
employment and unemployment situation for February, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Employment Situation: February 2002 (at
Y4.Ec7:Em7/25/2002-3-8)
S.Hrg. 107-0426
** HEARINGS FOR 20020311
* Governmental Affairs
FOREIGN MISSILE DEVELOPMENTS: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine the Central
Intelligence Agency national intelligence estimate of foreign missile
developments and the ballistic missile threat through 2015, ...
PRINTED TITLE: CIA National Intelligence Estimate of Foreign Missile
Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat Through 2015
S.Hrg. 107-0467
** HEARINGS FOR 20020312
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003
for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/5, 3/7, 3/13, 3/19/02
* Appropriations
CLONING AND MEDICAL RESEARCH: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine cloning research,
focusing on the clarification of how stem cell research, or therapeutic
cloning, differs from human reproductive cloning, the ethical and public-
policy issues related to both, and how best to achieve a balance in cloning
legislation, after receiving testimony from former Senator Mack, on behalf of
the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; and Silviu Itescu,
Columbia University Presbyterian Medical Center/New-York Presbyterian
Hospital, Gerald D. Fischbach, Columbia University Departments of Health
Sciences and Medicine, and Kevin Kline, all of New York, New York.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/24/02
Hearings also held on 1/24/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on special operations military capabilities, operational
requirements, and technology acquisition, after receiving testimony from Gen.
Charles R. Holland, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, and Harry E. Schulte,
Acquisition Executive, Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center,
both of the U.S. Special Operations Command.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/02
Hearings also held on 3/6, 4/10/02
* Banking
U.S. ECONOMY: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the economic outlook
of the United States, focusing on foreign economic policy, energy policy, and
social security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Economic Outlook
S.Hrg. 107-0940
* Environment
ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT: Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risks, and
Waste Management concluded hearings to examine the status of the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA's) environmental enforcement program, including
inspections and investigations, enforcement personnel, and an overview of the
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Environmental Enforcement
S.Hrg. 107-0956
FIRST RESPONDER INITIATIVE: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the First
Responder Initiative, which would provide the Federal Emergency Management
Agency with funding for State and local police, firefighters, and emergency
medical professionals planning, equipment, training, and exercise programs, to
enhance homeland security, ...
PRINTED TITLE: First Responders' Program in Fiscal Year 2003 Budget
S.Hrg. 107-0957
* Finance
WELFARE REFORM: Committee held hearings to examine the reauthorization of
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, created by the
Welfare Reform Law of 1996, focusing on child care funding, welfare to work
transitional Medicaid coverage, child support payment taxation, marriage
promotion, and TANF waivers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
S.Hrg. 107-0535
Hearings also held on 4/10, 5/16/02
* Governmental Affairs
HOMELAND SECURITY: Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and
Federal Services concluded hearings on S. 1800, to strengthen and improve the
management of national security, encourage Government service in areas of
critical national security, and to assist government agencies in addressing
deficiencies in personnel possessing specialized skills important to national
security and incorporating the goals and strategies for recruitment and
retention for such skilled personnel into the strategic and performance
management systems of Federal agencies, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Critical Skills for National Security and the Homeland
Security Federal Workforce Act--S. 1800
S.Hrg. 107-0468
* Health
HEALTH CARE AND THE UNINSURED: Subcommittee on Public Health held hearings to
examine solutions to the problem of uninsured Americans, including proposed
legislation that would amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to
provide for FamilyCare coverage for parents of enrolled children, allow
parents of disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage, and allow for
insurance coverage subsidies, and building upon existing public programs, such
as the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid programs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Health Care Crisis of the Uninsured: What Are the Solutions
S.Hrg. 107-0344
* Small Business
NOMINATION: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Melanie R.
Sabelhaus, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business
Administration.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/02
Hearings also held on 2/27/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020313
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003
for the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Donald L.
Evans, Secretary of Commerce.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/5, 3/7, 3/12, 3/19/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/CRS: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Legislative Branch Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (H.R.
5121/S. 2720) (Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Police Board, Congressional
Budget Office, General Accounting Office, Government Printing Office, Library
of Congress, U.S. Senate)
S.Hrg. 107-0703
Hearings also held on 4/17, 5/1, 5/8/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and
Independent Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after
receiving testimony from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/02
Hearings also held on 3/6, 3/20, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense Health Program, after receiving testimony from William
Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Thomas F.
Carrato, Executive Director, TRICARE Management Activity, both of the
Department of Defense; Rear Adm. (Lower Half) Richard A. Mayo, USN, Command
Surgeon for the United States Pacific Command; Brig. Gen. Charles B. Green,
USAF, Command Surgeon for the United States Transportation Command; Col.
Ronald A. Maul, USA, Command Surgeon for the United States Central Command;
Capt. Richard B. Hall II, USN, Command Surgeon for the United States European
Command; and Col. Stephen L. Jones, USA, Command Surgeon for the United States
Southern Command.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/13/02
Hearings also held on 2/13, 3/20, 4/11/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on
Ballistic Missile Defense acquisition policy and oversight, after receiving
testimony from E. C. Aldridge, Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics, Thomas P. Christie, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation,
and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of
the Department of Defense.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/7/02
Hearings also held on 3/7, 3/20, 4/10, 4/11/02
* Banking
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
implementation and reauthorization of the public transportation provisions of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) (105-178), ...
PRINTED TITLE: Transit in the 21st Century: Successes and Challenges
S.Hrg. 107-0949
Hearings also held on 10/8/02
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Robert Watson
Cobb, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Robert W. Cobb to be Inspector General of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S.Hrg. 107-1072
* Environment
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
economic and environmental risks associated with increasing greenhouse gas
emissions, focusing on the potential impact of growing anthropogenic emissions
of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Clean Air Act: Risks From Greenhouse Gas Emissions
S.Hrg. 107-0994
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Robert Patrick
John Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to Afghanistan, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Governmental Affairs
PUBLIC HEALTH/NATURAL RESOURCES: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Federal implementation of environmental laws as they apply to public health
and natural resources, after receiving testimony from Connecticut Attorney
General Richard Blumenthal, Hartford; Richard J. Dove, Waterkeeper Alliance,
New Bern, North Carolina; Kenneth Green, Reason Public Policy Institute, Los
Angeles, California; Donald Newhouse, Guardians of the Rural Environment,
Yarnell, Arizona; Hope Sieck, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Bozeman, Montana;
and Stephen C. Torbit, National Wildlife Federation Rocky Mountain Natural
Resource Center, Boulder, Colorado, on behalf of the Wyoming Outdoor Council
and Biodiversity Associates.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/7/02
Hearings also held on 3/7/02
* Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/6/02
Hearings also held on 3/6/02
* Judiciary
DRUGS AND TERRORISM: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government
Information concluded hearings to examine the worldwide connection between
drugs and terrorism, focusing on identification and investigation of criminal
and terrorist groups, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Narco-Terror: The Worldwide Connection Between Drugs and
Terrorism
S.Hrg. 107-0885
** HEARINGS FOR 20020314
* Aging
SENIOR HEALTH CARE AND THE ECONOMY: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the current economy and its impact on seniors, focusing on funds for, and
services provided by, Medicaid, health, and senior services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Economic Downturn and its Impact on Seniors: Stretching
Limited Dollars in Medicaid, Health, and Senior Services
S.Hrg. 107-0531
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Agriculture, focusing on the Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Rural
Development Mission Area, Research, Education, and Economics, Department
Administration, National Appeals Division, Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, Working Capital Fund, and Office of the Inspector General, after
receiving testimony from Keith Collins, Chief Economist, J.B. Penn, Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Services, Mark E. Rey, Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, Michael E. Neruda, Deputy Under Secretary
for Rural Development, Joseph J. Jen, Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics, and Dennis Kaplan, Director, Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, all of the Department of Agriculture.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/27/02
Hearings also held on 2/27, 3/20/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Roderick
Paige, Secretary of Education.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/7/02
Hearings also held on 3/7, 3/21, 6/6/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of the Treasury, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Treasury and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year
2003 (H.R. 5120/S. 2740) (Department of the Treasury, Executive Office of the
President)
S.Hrg. 107-0682
Hearings also held on 3/20, 4/17, 4/18, 4/24, 5/15/02
* Appropriations
REGIONAL EMERGENCY PLANNING: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings to examine the accountability of funds appropriated last year for
regional emergency planning for the Nation's Capital, in order to implement a
seamless emergency response plan, a rigorous training program, and a public
education plan, ...
PRINTED TITLE: District of Columbia Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 (H.R.
5521/S. 2809) (District of Columbia, Putting Families First: The Road to
Reform of the D.C. Family Court, Regional Emergency Planning for the Nation's
Capital)
S.Hrg. 107-0891
Hearings also held on 3/21, 4/16, 4/24, 6/11/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on the atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy, after
receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Everett Beckner, Deputy
Administrator for Defense Programs, and Linton F. Brooks, Deputy Administrator
for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, both of the National Nuclear Security
Administration, all of the Department of Energy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/5/02
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/12, 2/14, 3/5, 3/7/02
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings to examine
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on Army modernization and transformation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2003 (S. 2225) (Airland)
S.Hrg. 107-0696, pt.4
* Banking
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION: Committee resumed oversight hearings to
examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron and other
public companies, including oversight of the accounting profession, audit
quality and independence, and formulation of accounting principles, receiving
testimony from James G. Castellano, Rubin, Brown, Gornstein and Company, James
E. Copeland, Deloitte and Touche, William E. Balhoff, Poslethwaite and
Netterville, Olivia A. Kirtley, ResCare, Inc., and James S. Gerson,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, all of New York, New York, on behalf of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and Peter J. Wallison, American
Enterprise Institute Project on Financial Market Deregulation, and Robert E.
Litan, Brookings Institution Economic Studies Program, both of Washington,
D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/5/02
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/6, 3/19, 3/20, 3/21/02
* Banking
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of JoAnn
Johnson, of Iowa, and Deborah Matz, of New York, each to be a Member of the
National Credit Union Administration Board, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of: Joann Johnson, Deborah Matz, Anthony S. Lowe,
Cynthia A. Glassman, and Roel C. Campos
S.Hrg. 107-0882
Hearings also held on 5/8, 7/23/02
* Commerce
NATIONAL DEFENSE RAIL ACT: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1991, to
establish a national rail passenger transportation system, reauthorize Amtrak,
and improve security and service on Amtrak, ...
PRINTED TITLE: S. 1991, National Defense Rail Act
S.Hrg. 107-1078
* Finance
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Committee held hearings to examine reimbursement and
access to prescription drugs under Medicare Part B, focusing on payment
systems, physician practice costs, and recent settlements, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reimbursement and Access to Prescription Drugs Under Medicare
Part B
S.Hrg. 107-0684
* Foreign Relations
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Richard Monroe
Miles, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Georgia, James W. Pardew, of
Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Peter Terpeluk, Jr.,
of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, and Lawrence E. Butler, of
Maine, to be Ambassador to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
* Health
AMERICAN STEEL: Committee concluded hearings to examine the future of
American steel, focusing on ensuring the viability of the industry and the
health care and retirement security for workers, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Future of American Steel: Ensuring the Viability of the
Industry and the Health Care and Retirement Security For Its Workers
S.Hrg. 107-0345
* Indian Affairs
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian programs,
including those provided by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian
Affairs, National Indian Gaming Commission, and the Environmental Protection
Agency, after receiving testimony from Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Diane C. Regas, Acting Assistant
Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; and Montie R. Deer,
National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, D.C.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/5/02
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/7/02
* Judiciary
DIGITAL MARKET PROTECTION: On Thursday, March 14, committee concluded
hearings to examine competition, innovation, and public policy concerning
digital creative works, ... (Daily Digest 3/15)
PRINTED TITLE: Competition, Innovation, and Public Policy in the Digital Age:
Is the Marketplace Working to Protect Digital Creative Works?
S.Hrg. 107-0905
* Veterans Affairs
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Robert H.
Roswell, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Health, and Daniel L. Cooper,
of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Benefits, both of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nominations of Robert H. Roswell, M.D., to be Under Secretary
for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs and Daniel L. Cooper, to be the
Under Secretary for Veterans Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs
S.Hrg. 107-0760
* Veterans Affairs
VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative presentations of certain veterans organizations, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Unprinted as of April 2, 2008
Hearings also held on 3/20/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020315
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Energy, focusing on the Office of Science, Office of Nuclear
Energy, Science and Technology, and Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management, after receiving testimony from Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office
of Science, William D. Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy,
Science and Technology, and Lake H. Barrett, Acting Director, Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, all of the Department of Energy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/8/02
Hearings also held on 3/8, 3/18, 4/18/02
* Environment
Hearing not listed in Congressional Record's Daily Digest.
PRINTED TITLE: Reauthorization of TEA-21 (Field hearings and Roundtable
Symposia) (8/8, Field hearing held in Reno, NV; 8/20, Field hearing held in
Montpelier, VT)
S.Hrg. 107-0668, pt.2
Hearings also held on 5/10, 6/14, 8/8, 8/20/02
* Health
CHILD CARE: Committee concluded hearings to examine child care improvement
issues, focusing on literacy, behavioral health, and family services, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Child Care: Strengthening Families and Improving the
Well-Being of Children
S.Hrg. 107-0349
** HEARINGS FOR 20020318
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: Subcommittee on
Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security
Administration, nuclear reactors, and nuclear proliferation, after receiving
testimony from John A. Gordon, Administrator/Under Secretary for Nuclear
Security, Adm. Frank L. Bowman, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program, Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator, Defense Programs, and Linton
F. Brooks, Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, all of the
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/8/02
Hearings also held on 3/8, 3/15, 4/18/02
* Governmental Affairs
FEDERAL WORKFORCE REFORM: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services held hearings to examine proposed
legislation to give federal agencies new management tools to handle
recruitment and retention of skilled federal employees, in order to avoid a
human capital crisis which may be brought by large-scale retirements expected
in the near future, including S. 1603, to provide for reform relating to
Federal employment, and S. 1612, to provide Federal managers with tools and
flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, property management and
disposal, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Federal Workforce: Legislative Proposals for Change
S.Hrg. 107-0470
Hearings also held on 3/19/02
** HEARINGS FOR 20020319
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/FTC: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/Administrator, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; and Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade
Commission.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/5, 3/7, 3/12, 3/13/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
international affairs programs of the Department of the Treasury, after
receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 2/26/02
Hearings also held on 2/26, 3/6, 3/19, 4/24/02
* Appropriations
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: Subcommittee on Military Construction
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for Navy
and Air Force military construction programs, after receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for their respective activities from H.T. Johnson, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Installation and Environment; Rear Adm. David D.
Pruett, Civil Engineer Corps, USN, Director, Civil Engineering Readiness
Division, Chief of Naval Operations; Rear Adm. Noel G. Preston, USNR, Deputy
Director of Naval Reserve; Brig. Gen. (Select) Ronald S. Coleman, USMC, Deputy
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps for Installation and Logistics
Facilities; Nelson F. Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Installation, Environment and Logistics; Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins II,
USAF, The Air Force Civil Engineer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and
Logistics; Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker, USANG, Deputy Director, Air National
Guard; and Brig. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, USAFR, Deputy to the Chief of the Air
Force Reserve.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/5/02
Hearings also held on 3/5/02
* Armed Services
U.S. INTERESTS: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the
worldwide threat to United States interests, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Worldwide Threat to United States Interests
S.Hrg. 107-0765
* Armed Services
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on maximizing fleet presence capability and ship
procurement and research and development, after receiving testimony from Rear
Adm. Miles B. Wachendorf, USN, Director, Strategy and Policy Division, Office
of the Chief of Naval Operations; John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; and Vice Adm. Michael G.
Mullen, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Requirements and
Assessments.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/5/02
Hearings also held on 3/5, 4/9/02
* Banking
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION: Committee resumed oversight hearings to
examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by the fall of the
Enron Corporation and by other public companies, focusing on oversight and
regulation of the accounting profession, corporate governance, and stock
analyst conflicts of interests, receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher,
former Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office,
Aulana L. Peters, and Alan B. Levenson, former Director, Division of
Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, all of the Public
Oversight Board, Stamford, Connecticut; L. William Seidman, Washington, D.C.,
former Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and John C. Whitehead,
former Deputy Secretary of State, and Michael Mayo, Prudential Securities,
Inc., both of New York, New York.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/5/02
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/6, 3/14, 3/20, 3/21/02
* Commerce
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Vice Admiral
Thomas Collins to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, Department
of Transportation, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Nomination of Vice Admiral Thomas H. Collins to be Commandant
of the United States Coast Guard
S.Hrg. 107-0958
COAST GUARD BUDGET: Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries
concluded oversight hearings to examine the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003 of the United States Coast Guard, ...
PRINTED TITLE: U.S. Coast Guard FY 2003 Budget Request
S.Hrg. 107-1079
* Environment
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM: Committee resumed hearings to examine ideas
for transportation demand, access, mobility, congestion, and program
flexibility, in preparation for reauthorization of Transportation Equity Act
for the Twenty First Century (TEA 21), after receiving testimony from Tim
Lomax, Texas A&M University Texas Transportation Institute, College Station;
Ron Sims, Offices of the King County Executive, Seattle, Washington; Anthony
Downs, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; C. Kenneth Orski, Urban
Mobility Corporation, Potomac, Maryland; Frederick P. Salvucci, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge; and Alan E. Pisarski, Falls Church,
Virginia.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 1/24/02
Hearings also held on 1/24, 2/11, 5/15, 7/30, 9/9, 9/19, 9/25, 9/30/02
* Finance
CHILD CARE: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held joint
hearings with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Children and Families to examine affordable child care and
improving links between the welfare work requirements and child care for low
income, working families, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Child Care: Supporting Working Families (Joint with Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions)
S.Hrg. 107-0709
* Foreign Relations
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
scope of the threat facing the United States from potential military or
terrorist attack with chemical and biological weapons, and actions necessary
to address and reduce this threat, ...
PRINTED TITLE: Reducing the Threat of Chemical and Biological Weapons
S.Hrg. 107-0481
* Governmental Affairs
FEDERAL WORKFORCE REFORM: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services continued hearings to examine proposed
legislation to give federal agencies new management tools to handle
recruitment and retention of skilled federal employees, in order to avoid a
human capital crisis which may be brought by large-scale retirements expected
in the near future, including S. 1603, to provide for reform relating to
Federal employment, and S. 1612, to provide Federal managers with tools and
flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, property management and
disposal, receiving testimony from Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, on
behalf of the National Commission on the Public Service, and Max Stier,
Partnership for Public Service, both of Washington, D.C.; Carolyn Ban,
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Association of Schools of
Public Affairs and Administration; and Steven J. Kelman, Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PRINTED TITLE: See entry at 3/18/02
Hearings also held on 3/18/02
* Judiciary
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Terrence L.
O'Brian, of Wyoming, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,
Lance M. Africk, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District
of Louisiana, Paul G. Cassell, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Utah, and Legrome D. Davis, to be United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. O'Brian was introduced by Senators
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