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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D936-D939 on Sept. 25, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
[D25SE1-33] D936 APPROPRIAT
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
[D25SE1-34] D936 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 1460) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
[D25SE1-35] D936 NOMINATION
NOMINATIONS
[D25SE1-36] D936 Committee
Committee on Armed Services: 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.
[D25SE1-37] D936 NATIONAL F
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN
[D25SE1-38] D936 Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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, after receiving testimony from Lyle Laverty, Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry and National Fire Plan Coordinator, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Tim Hartzell, Director, Office of Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of the Interior; Colorado State Forester James E. Hubbard, Denver, on behalf of the Western Governors' Association; Nathaniel Lawrence, Natural Resources Defense Council, Olympia, Washington; Tom Nelson, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, California; Trent Woods, Save Elk City, Elk City, Idaho; and Rick DeIaco, Ruidoso, New Mexico.
[D25SE1-39] D936 BUSINESS M
BUSINESS MEETING
[D25SE1-40] D936 Committee
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following items:
[D25SE1-41] D936 S. 950, to
S. 950, to amend the Clean Air Act to address problems concerning methyl tertiary butyl ether;
[D25SE1-42] D936 S. 1206, t
S. 1206, to reauthorize the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
[D25SE1-43] D936 S. 1270, t
S. 1270, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at 8th Avenue and Mill Street in Eugene, Oregon, as the ``Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse''; and
[D25SE1-44] D936 The nomina
The nominations of Brigadier General Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., United States Army, to be a Member and President, and Brigadier General 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, Marianne Lamont Horinko, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, P. H. Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Federal Cochairperson, Delta Regional Authority, Harold Craig Manson, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior, Michael Parker, of Mississippi, to be 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.
[D25SE1-45] D936 BUSINESS M
BUSINESS MEETING
[D25SE1-46] D936 Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Roy L. Austin, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago; Charlotte L. Beers, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy; Clifford G. Bond, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ralph Leo Boyce, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia; Kenneth C. Brill, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador; John J. Danilovich, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica; Patricia de Stacy Harrison, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs; Hans H. Hertell, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic; Franklin Pierce Huddle, Jr., of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan; Michael E. Malinowski, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal; 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; 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; Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire; 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; Dennis L. Schornack, of Michigan, to be Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada; Mattie R. Sharpless, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic; Pamela Hyde Smith, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova; R. Barrie Walkley, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea; and John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Non-proliferation.
[D25SE1-47] D937 NOMINATION
NOMINATIONS
[D25SE1-48] D937 Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
[D25SE1-49] D937 AVIATION S
AVIATION SECURITY
[D25SE1-50] D937 Committee
Committee on Governmental Affairs: 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, after receiving testimony from Monte R. Belger, Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; Robert W. Baker, American Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas; Rear Adm. Paul E. Busick, USCG (Ret.), North Carolina Global TransPark Authority, Kinston; Leonard L. Griggs, Jr., City of St. Louis Airport Authority, St. Louis, Missouri; Aubrey W. Harvey, Jr., Argenbright Security, Chicago, Illinois, and Michael B. La Pier, Central Illinois Regional Airport, Bloomington.
[D25SE1-51] D937 HOMELAND D
HOMELAND DEFENSE
[D25SE1-52] D937 Committee
Committee on the Judiciary: 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, receiving testimony from John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
[D25SE1-53] D937 Hearings c
Hearings continue on Tuesday, October 2.
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[D25SE1-54] D938 House of R
House of Representatives
[D25SE1-55] D938 Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 2948-2970, and 1 private bill, H.R. 2971, were introduced.
Pages H6055-56
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: (H. Rept. 107-219).
Guest Chaplain: Rev. Walter L. Solomon, Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church of North Pratt, Birmingham, Alabama.
Page H5979
Recess: The House recessed at 9:18 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m.
Page H5979
District of Columbia Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 2944, 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 by a yea-and-nay vote of 327 yeas to 88 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 355.
Pages H5984-H6011
[D25SE1-56] D938 Pursuant t
Pursuant to the rule the amendments printed in Part A of House Report 107-
217 were considered as adopted.
Page H5994
Agreed To:
[D25SE1-57] D938 Traficant
Traficant amendment that prohibits funding to any person or entity that violates the Buy American Act; and
Pages H6008-09
[D25SE1-58] D938 Hostettler
Hostettler amendment No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of Sept. 24 that prohibits any funding to issue, administer, or enforce any order by the District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights related to docket numbers 93-030-(PA) and 93-031-(PA) concerning the Boy Scouts (agreed to by a recorded vote of 262 ayes to 152 noes, Roll No. 354.
Pages H6007-08, H6009-10
Rejected:
[D25SE1-59] D938 Weldon of
Weldon of Florida amendment that sought to prohibit all funds from being used for implementation of the District of Columbia domestic partnership act
(rejected by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 226 noes, Roll No. 352); and
Pages H6002-05
[D25SE1-60] D938 Norton ame
Norton amendment that sought to amend the Hostettler amendment that prohibits funding to enforce orders against the Boy Scouts by the District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights (rejected by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 353).
Pages H6007-08, H6009
Withdrawn:
[D25SE1-61] D938 Hastings o
Hastings of Florida amendment was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to increase funding for implementation of the security plan by the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia by $5 million; and
Page H5999
[D25SE1-62] D938 Norton ame
Norton amendment No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of Sept. 24 was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to strike Sections 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 127 through 134.
Page H6000
[D25SE1-63] D938 The Clerk
The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections and conforming changes in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H6011
[D25SE1-64] D938 Earlier, H
Earlier, H. Res. 245, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 236 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 351.
Pages H5980-83
Extension of Defense Production Act: The House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2510, to extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950, with an amendment.
Pages H6011-12
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence--Late Report: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence received permission to have until midnight on Wednesday, Sept. 26 to file a report on H.R. 2883, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
Page H6011
District of Columbia Police Coordination Amendment--Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2199, to amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to permit any Federal law enforcement agency to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to assist the Department in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities in the District of Columbia if deemed appropriate by the Chief of the Department and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Pages H6012-13 Recess: The House recessed at 2:57 a.m. and reconvened at 5:46 p.m.
Page H6015
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002: The House passed H.R. 2586, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces by a recorded vote of 398 ayes to 17 noes, Roll No. 359. Agreed to amend the title. The House also considered the bill on Sept. 20.
Pages H6015-43
[D25SE1-65] D939 Rejected t
Rejected the Bonior motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services with instructions to report it back to the House forthwith with amendments that strike section 331 dealing with FY 2002 limitations on workforce reviews and insert the text of subtitle G on Service Contracting Reform at the end of title III by a recorded vote of 197 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 358.
Page H6040-41
Agreed To:
[D25SE1-66] D939 Stump mana
Stump managers amendment No. 1 printed in House Report 107-218 that makes various changes including a funding increase for F-22 testing, allowing the use of DOD resources for public safety and security at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and permitting the Secretary of Defense to accept monetary contributions for the purpose of reconstructing the Pentagon;
Pages H6016-19
[D25SE1-67] D939 Stump amen
Stump amendment No. 2 printed in House Report 107-218 that commends the DOD decision to establish the Defense of Freedom medal to recognize the sacrifices of civilian personnel who are killed or wounded as a result of hostile action;
Pages H6019-20
[D25SE1-68] D939 Traficant
Traficant amendment No. 3 printed in House Report 107-218 that permits the assignment of military personnel to border patrol duties at the request of the Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury (agreed to by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 356); and
Pages H6020-22, H6032
[D25SE1-69] D939 Stump amen
Stump amendment No. 5 printed in House Report 107-218 that increases funding for activities to combat terrorism by $400 million.
Pages H6025-32
Rejected:
[D25SE1-70] D939 Sanchez am
Sanchez amendment No. 4 printed in House Report 107-218 that sought to allow abortions to be performed in overseas military hospitals (rejected by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 357).
Pages H6022-25, H6032-33
[D25SE1-71] D939 The Clerk
The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections and conforming changes in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H6043
[D25SE1-72] D939 Agreed to
Agreed to H. Res. 246, the rule that providing for consideration of the bill by voice vote.
Pages H6013-15
Meeting Hour--Friday, September 28: Agreed that when the House adjourns on Wednesday, September 26, it adjourn to meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 28.
Page H6043
Meeting Hour--Tuesday, October 2: Agreed that when the House adjourns on Friday, September 28, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2, for morning hour debate.
Page H6043
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, October 3.
Page H6043
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate today appears on page H6015.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H5983, H6004-05, H6009, H6009-10, H6010-11, H6032, H6033, H6041-42, and H6042-43. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 10:22 p.m.
[D25SE1-73] D939 Committee
