DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. GAIL DEL BALZO, MIKE RINGLER, CHRISTINE RYAN, and LESLIE ALBRIGHT DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2002 1 Inted HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. GAIL DEL BALZO, MIKE RINGLER, CHRISTINE RYAN, and LESLIE ALBRIGHT Subcommittee Staff PART 5 Secretary of Commerce United States Trade Representative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 77-308 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2002 hian A6327 2001 pt.5 LL COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman RALPH REGULA, Ohio JIM KOLBE, Arizona SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITA M. LOWEY, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT E. “BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 2021-387875 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAR 18.2002 DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2002 THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2001. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT'S FY 2002 BUDGET WITNESS DONALD L. EVANS, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Mr. WOLF. The hearing will begin. Mr. Secretary, we welcome you to the hearing. We look forward to working with you over the next four, or hopefully eight, years, whatever it is, but your full statement will be in the record and you can summarize. But before you do, I will recognize Mr. Serrano. Mr. SERRANO. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is, indeed, a pleasure to welcome you, Secretary Evans. As I look over your budget, I am always amazed at the scope of programs and activities within the Commerce Department. From the depths of the oceans to outer space and all over the world, your people are doing valuable work to benefit all of us. I represent the poorest District in the country, so I am particularly interested in efforts to close the Digital Divide and make new technology accessible to all. Similarly, I represent a District that had the worst undercount in the 1990 decennial census, so I am keenly interested in getting the most fair and accurate numbers possible out of the 2000 count. I look forward to hearing from you. And, as I do about this time, I remind everyone that I have no sisters, one brother, and he has been working for the Census Bureau longer than I have been in Congress. Just that for the record, Mr. Chairman, and he is still looking for a window in his office, so maybe we can talk about that. [Laughter.] Mr. WOLF. You are welcome to begin. There is a vote on, but we are going to try to rotate so you can continue to go. Go ahead. OPENING REMARKS Secretary EVANS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, very much. I am delighted to be here. Congressman, nice to meet you. I think a window is on the way. It is probably a few years off, but I think we have a building on the drawing board and it will soon be under construction and hopefully, your lone brother will have a window. |