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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D380-D382 on April 24, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Lt. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, USA, Director, and Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker, Deputy Director, USAF, both of the Air National Guard; VAdm. John B. Totushek, USNR, Chief of Naval Reserve; Lt. Gen. Dennis M. McCarthy, USMC, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve; Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III, USAF, Chief of Air Force Reserve; and Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Plewes, USA, Chief of Army Reserve.
D.C. FAMILY COURT REFORM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine reformation efforts of the District of Columbia Family Court, focusing on the transition from the Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the Family Court of the Superior Court, recruiting trained and experienced judges, and promoting consistency and efficiency in the assignment of judges and actions and proceedings in the Family Court, after receiving testimony from Cornelia M. Ashby, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, General Accounting Office; Rufus King III, Chief Judge, and Lee Satterfield, Presiding Judge, Family Court, both of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Matthew I. Fraidin, Children's Law Center, and Deborah Luxenberg, on behalf of the Council for Court Excellence, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jacqueline Dolan, Pasadena, California, on behalf of the California Partnership for Children.
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 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.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, after receiving testimony from John P. Walters, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
APPROPRIATIONS--LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Ellen W. Lazar, Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and Tony T. Brown, Director, Community Development Financial Institutions, Department of the Treasury.
HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on S. 2037, to mobilize technology and science experts to respond quickly to the threats posed by terrorist attacks and other emergencies, by providing for the establishment of a national emergency technology guard, a technology reliability advisory board, and a center for evaluating antiterrorism and disaster response technology within the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and S. 2182, to authorize funding for computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs, after receiving testimony from Representative Boehlert; George Strawn, Acting Assistant Director, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation; Ronil Hira, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA, and Lance J. Hoffman, George Washington University Department of Computer Science, on behalf of the Association for Computing Machinery, both of Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey M. Logan, M/
A-COM Wireless Systems, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; W. Wyatt Starnes, Tripwire, Inc., Portland, Oregon.
T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources/Committee on Indian Affairs: Committees concluded joint hearings on S. 2018, to establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area within the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico to resolve a land claim involving the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, after receiving testimony from William G. Myers III, Solicitor, Department of the Interior; Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; Nancy Bryson, General Counsel, Department of Agriculture; Stanley M. Hordes, HMS Associates, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico; John D. Leshy, University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, former Solicitor, Department of the Interior; Stuwart Paisano, Sandia Tribal Council, Bernalillo, New Mexico; and E. Tim Cummins, Bernalillo County Commission, Walter E. Stern, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris, and Sisk, on behalf of the Sandia Peak Tram and Ski Company, Guy Riordan, Piedra Lisa Tract, Anita P. Miller, Sandia Mountain Coalition, and Edward Sullivan, New Mexico Wilderness, all of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
U.S.-COLOMBIA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings to examine future relations between the United States and Colombia, focusing on economic stabilization, drug and arms trafficking, and respect for human rights, after receiving testimony from Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Maj. Gen. Gary D. Speer, USA, Acting Commander in Chief, U. S. Southern Command; and Mark L. Schneider, International Crisis Group, and Jose Miguel Vivanco, Human Rights Watch, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1284, to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Evelyn Dee Potter Rose, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts, and James R. Stoner, Jr., of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, both of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, and Kathleen M. Harrington, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
INDIAN FINANCING ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2017, to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to improve the effectiveness of the Indian loan guarantee and insurance program, after receiving testimony from Representative Bono; Les Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon; Marcia Warren Edelman, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; and Kevin McGuire, Palm Desert National Bank, Palm Desert, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, May 1.
