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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D840 on July 26, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Lt. Gen. James T. Hill, USA, for appointment to the grade of general and assignment as Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command, and Vice Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN, for appointment to the grade of admiral and assignment as Commander in Chief, United States Joint Forces Command.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings, in open and closed sessions, on the aforementioned nominations, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Lt. Gen. Hill was introduced by Senator Graham, and Vice Adm. Giambastiani was introduced by Senator Warner.
BIRTH DEFECTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Children and Families concluded hearings to examine public health issues related to birth defects, focusing on strategies for prevention and ensuring quality of life, after receiving testimony from Jose F. Cordero, Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Hal Pote, J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan, on behalf of the Spina Bifida Foundation and the Spina Bifida Association of America, and Nancy S. Green, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, on behalf of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, both of New York, New York; and Fred Liguori, Granby, Connecticut.
INDIAN MONEY ACCOUNTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: On Thursday, July 25, Committee concluded hearings to examine the July 2, 2002 Report of the Department of the Interior to Congress on historical accounting of Individual Indian Money Accounts, after receiving testimony from McCoy Williams, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, General Accounting Office; James Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary, Bert Edwards, Executive Director, Office of Historical Trust Accounting, and Tom Slonaker, Special Trustee for American Indians, all of the Department of the Interior; and William F. Causey, Nixon Peabody, Washington, D.C.
