[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D774-D775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MEDICARE: THE NEED FOR REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Medicare: The Need for 
Reform. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: 
David M. Walker, Comptroller General; and William J. Scanlon, Director-
Health Care Issues; Ruben Jose King-Shaw, Deputy Administrator, Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 2510, Defense Production Act Amendments of 2001; and H.R. 2589, 
Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Extension Act of 
2001.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H. Res. 125, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the National Capital Planning Commission should 
adopt a plan that permanently returns Pennsylvania Avenue to the use of 
residents, commuters, and visitors to the Nation's capital and that 
protects the security of the people who live and work in the White 
House, and that the President should adopt and implement

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such a plan; H.R. 1499, District of Columbia College Access Act 
Technical Corrections Act of 2001; H.R. 2061, to amend the charter of 
Southeastern University of the District of Columbia; H.R. 2199, 
District of Columbia Police Coordination Amendment Act of 2001; H.R. 
2291, to extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support 
Program for an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community 
Antidrug Coalition Institute; H.R. 2456, to provide that Federal 
employees may retain for personal use promotional items received as a 
result of travel in the course of employment; and H.R. 2559, to amend 
chapter 90 of title 5, United States Code, relating to Federal long-
term care insurance.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported H.R. 2602, to 
extend the Export Administration Act until November 20, 2001.
  The Committee also favorably considered and adopted a motion urging 
the Chairman to request that H. Con. Res. 178, concerning persecution 
of Montagnard peoples in Vietnam, be considered on the Suspension 
Calendar.
DAYTON ACCORDS
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Dayton 
Accords: A View From the Ground. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
CONSERVATION AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 701, 
Conservation and Reinvestment Act.
SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE 
ON RULES
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a resolution waiving clause 
6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on 
the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain 
resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The resolution applies 
the waiver to a special rule reported on the legislative day of 
Thursday, July 26, 2001, providing for consideration or disposition of 
H.R. 2620, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Held a hearing on H.R. 2620, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2002. Testimony was heard from Representatives Walsh, Mollohan, Obey, 
Bishop, and Jackson-Lee of Texas.
BIENNIAL BUDGETING
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process held 
a hearing on Biennial Budgeting. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Bass, Luther, Hobson, Knollenberg, Price of North 
Carolina and Barton of Texas; Mitchell E. Daniels, Director, OMB; and 
public witnesses.
REDUCING REGULATORY AND PAPERWORK BURDENS ON SMALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Reducing 
Regulatory and Paperwork Burdens on Small Healthcare Providers: 
Proposals from the Executive Branch.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Thomas Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services; and George Grob, Deputy Inspector General; and John Graham, 
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB.
AMTRAK AND HIGH SPEED RAIL--CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads held a hearing on Current Status and Future Prospects of 
Amtrak and High Speed Rail. Testimony was heard from Kenneth Mead, 
Inspector General, Department of Transportation; JayEtta Hecker, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Team, GAO; George Warrington, 
President and CEO, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); 
and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET ISSUES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Intelligence Budget Issues. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.