Volume 148, No. 68 covering the 2nd Session of the 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D540-D542 on May 23, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine disaster assistance issues, focusing on drought, flood, disease, and their effects on livestock and crops, after receiving testimony from Senator Enzi; Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; Craig Hill, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Milo; Larry Barbie, Montana Grain Growers Association, Inverness; Bryan Dierlam, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Washington, D.C.; Robert S. Green, Michigan Bean Commission, St. Johns; and Brian Chandler, Midland, Texas, on behalf of the National Farmers Union.
BANKING AND REAL ESTATE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions concluded oversight hearings to examine banking and financial holding company engagement in real estate brokerage and property management, after receiving testimony from Tom Murphy, Chell Realtors, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on behalf of the National Association of Realtors; James E. Smith, Citizens Union State Bank and Trust, Clinton, Missouri, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; John Taylor, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Washington, D.C.; Howard W. Hanna III, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc., and the Realty Alliance.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY SITE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.J. Res. 34, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and a related Administration proposal recommending the Yucca Mountain site for development of a repository, and the objections of the Governor of Nevada to the Administration's recommendation, after receiving testimony from Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nils J. Diaz, Greta Joy Dicus, and Edward McGaffigan, Jr., all Commissioners, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Gary Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Robert Card, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; Jim Hall, Transportation Safety Coalition, Washington, D.C., former Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board; and Jared L. Cohon, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
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 Convention 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). (Protocol 1, with five understandings, and three conditions; and Protocol 2, with one reservation, six understandings, one declaration, and one condition);
S. 2487, to provide for global pathogen surveillance and response;
S. Res. 182, expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should allocate significantly more resources to combat global poverty, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 252, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding human rights violations in Tibet, the Panchen Lama, and the need for dialogue between the Chinese leadership and the Dalai Lama or his representatives, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 263, congratulating the Republic of Croatia on the 10th anniversary of its recognition by the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Con. Res. 109, commemorating the independence of East Timor and expressing the sense of Congress that the President should establish diplomatic relations with East Timor, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 253, reiterating the sense of the Senate regarding Anti-
Semitism and religious tolerance in Europe, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 274, expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the 2002 World Cup and co-hosts Republic of Korea and Japan;
S. Res. 272, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the success of the Varela Project's collection of 10,000 certified signatures in support of a national referendum and the delivery of these signatures to the Cuban National Assembly, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of David A. Gross, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Jack C. Chow, of Pennsylvania, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Representative of the Secretary of State for HIV/AIDS, Paula A. DeSutter, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, Michael Alan Guhin, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during tenure of service as U.S. Fissile Material Negotiator, Stephen Geoffrey Rademaker, of Delaware, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, and certain foreign service officer promotion lists.
D.C. VOTING RIGHTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine voting representation in Congress for the citizens of the District of Columbia, after receiving testimony from Senator Feingold; Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson; District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams, Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, and Florence H. Pendleton, District of Columbia Statehood Senator; and Wade Henderson, University of the District of Columbia School of Law, on behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Adam H. Kurland, Howard University School of Law, and Jamin B. Raskin, American University Washington School of Law, all of Washington, D.C.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EQUALITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine educational equity and resource adequacy among public school systems within and among states, after receiving testimony from Representatives Fattah and Isakson; Judy Catchpole, Wyoming Department of Education, Cheyenne; Hugh B. Price, National Urban League, and Michael A. Rebell, Columbia University Law School, on behalf of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc., both of New York, New York; and Mary-Beth Lang, Fairfield, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Education Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1868, to establish a national center on volunteer and provider screening to reduce sexual and other abuse of children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1989, to authorize the establishment of a National Cyber Security Defense Team for purposes of protecting the infrastructure of the Internet from terrorist attack, with an amendment; and
The nominations of D. Brooks Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Roslynn R. Mauskopf, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Steven D. Deatherage, to be United States Marshal for the Central District of Illinois, Thomas M. Fitzgerald, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania, G. Wayne Pike, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Virginia, and David William Thomas, to be United States Marshal for the District of Delaware.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Lavenski R. Smith, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Henry E. Autrey, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Richard E. Dorr, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Henry E. Hudson, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Amy J. St. Eve, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and Timothy J. Savage, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Smith was introduced by Senators Hutchinson and Lincoln, Mr. Autrey was introduced by Senator Bond and Representative Clay, Mr. Dorr was introduced by Senator Carnahan and Representative Clay, Mr. Hudson was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, and Representative Scott, Ms. St. Eve was introduced by Senators Durbin and Fitzgerald, and Mr. Savage was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, and Representative Robert Brady.
WOMEN IN RETIREMENT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine challenges women face concerning retirement and security, focusing on financial education, retirement saving incentives, and social security modernization, after receiving testimony from Dorcas R. Hardy, Dorcas R. Hardy and Associates, Spotsylvania, Virginia, former Commissioner, Social Security Administration; Cindy Hounsell, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, Laurie Young, Older Women's League, and John Hotz, Pension Rights Center, all of Washington, D.C.; Muriel F. Siebert, Muriel Siebert and Company, Inc., and Women's Financial Network at Siebert, New York, New York; Irene LaMarche, Boise, Idaho; and Joan Mackey, Salem, New Jersey.
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