Volume 147, No. 149 covering the 1st 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 D1083-D1085 on Nov. 1, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Wednesday, October 31, Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1519, to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists.
Also, committee approved the credit title provisions, which will assist beginning farmers and ranchers gain greater access to federal farm lending programs, of the new federal farm bill, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators Conrad
(Chairman), Daschle, Baucus, Lincoln, Miller, Dayton, Roberts (Ranking Member), Helms, Cochran, Fitzgerald, and McConnell.
Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: Senators Baucus (Chairman), Leahy, Conrad, Lincoln, Nelson, Wellstone, Fitzgerald (Ranking Member), Helms, Cochran, Roberts, and Thomas.
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: Senators Lincoln (Chairman), Leahy, Daschle, Baucus, Stabenow, Dayton, Crapo (Ranking Member), McConnell, Thomas, Allard, and Hutchinson.
Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: Senators Leahy (Chairman), Conrad, Miller, Stabenow, Ben Nelson, Wellstone, McConnell
(Ranking Member), Allard, Hutchinson, Crapo, and Helms.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1428, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account of the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, with an amendment.
DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM: RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions concluded oversight hearings to examine the expansion of federal deposit insurance coverage for retirement accounts, after receiving testimony from L. William Seidman, CNBC-TV, Washington, D.C., former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation; Howell E. Jackson, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Glenn C. Dahlke, Dahlke Financial Group, Glastonbury, Connecticut.
RAIL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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, after receiving testimony from Senators Biden, Carper, Durbin, and Gramm; Allan Rutter, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, and Mark R. Dayton, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; George D. Warrington, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); and Edward R. Hamburger, Association of American Railroads, Frank Turner, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, and Edward Wytkind, Transportation Trades Department (AFL-
CIO), all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Paulison was introduced by Senator Bill Nelson, and Mr. Bement was introduced by Representative Morella.
CLEAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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.
Hearings continue on Thursday, November 15.
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on legislative proposals to promote infrastructure security, chemical site security, and economic recovery for the city of New York, after receiving testimony from Michael D. Brown, Acting Deputy Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration; David A. Sampson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Herbert L. Mitchell, Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance, Small Business Administration; and Marianne L. Horinko, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 942, to authorize the supplemental grant for population increases in certain states under the temporary assistance to needy families program for fiscal year 2002; and
The nomination of Jo Anne Barnhart, of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Social Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 721, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Nurse Corps and recruitment and retention strategies to address the nursing shortage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1597, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish programs to alleviate the nursing profession shortage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1094, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research, information, and education with respect to blood cancer, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Edith Brown Clement, of Louisiana, 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, Larry R. Hicks, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada; and Juan Carlos Benitez, of Puerto Rico, to be Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, Sharee M. Freeman, of Virginia, to be Director, Community Relations Service, Leura Garrett Canary, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, Paul K. Charlton, to be United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Jeffrey Gilbert Collins, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, William S. Duffey, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Dunn Lampton, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Alice Howze Martin, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, William Walter Mercer, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Thomas E. Moss, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho, J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., to be the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, Maxwell Wood, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, and Drew Howard Wrigley, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, all of the Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Wednesday, October 31, committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
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