[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 123 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D914-D915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND D.C. APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002: Military Construction and the 
District of Columbia.
  The Committee also approved revised Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for Fiscal Year 2002.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on the 21st 
Century held a hearing on ``Welfare Reform: An Examination of 
Effects.'' Testimony was heard from Joel Potts, Temporary Assistance 
for Needy Families Policy Administrator, Department of Job and Family 
Services, State of Ohio; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL ELECTRICITY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing entitled ``National Electricity Policy: Federal 
Government Perspectives.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Energy: Francis Blake, Deputy Secretary; 
and Patrick Wood, Chairman, Linda K. Breathitt, Nora Mead-Brownell and 
William L. Massey, all with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
WAR ON TERRORISM PREPARATION
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``Preparing for the 
War on Terrorism.'' Testimony was heard from Gen. Anthony Zinni, U.S. 
Marine Corps (Ret.); Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Minister of 
Israel; and public witnesses.
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC LANDS BY LESSEES
Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1370, to amend the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide for maintenance and repair of 
buildings and properties located on lands in the National Wildlife 
Refuge System by lessees of such facilities. Testimony was heard from 
Daniel M. Ashe, Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
COMMITTEE
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 any special rule reported on the legislative day of 
September 21, 2001, providing for consideration or disposition of a 
bill to preserve the continued viability of the United States air 
transport system.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management 
approved for full Committee action the following: H.R. 525, amended, 
Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001; GSA Fiscal Year 
2002 Capital Investment and Leasing Program-Remaining Prospectuses; 
H.R. 852, to designate the Federal building and United States 
Courthouse to be constructed at 10 East Commerce Street in Youngstown, 
Ohio, as the ``Nathaniel R. Jones and Frank J. Battisti Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse;'' and S. 378, to redesignate the 
Federal building located at 3348 South Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago, 
Illinois, as the ``Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center.''
AMERICAN WETLAND RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources and 
Environment held a hearing on H.R. 1474, American Wetland Restoration 
Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Jones of North Carolina; 
Dominic Izzo, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Civil Works), Corps 
of Engineers, Department of the Army; G. Tracy Mehan, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Water, EPA; and public witnesses.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2716, Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 2001; and H.R. 936, 
Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance Act. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Frances Murphy, M.D., Deputy Secretary, Health; and John Kuhn, 
Chief, New Jersey Homeless Services; Roy A, Bernardi, Assistant 
Secretary, Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development; representatives of various veterans 
organizations; and Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000.

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MEDICAL CARE COLLECTION FUND
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing to review the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Care Collection Fund (MCCF). Testimony was heard from 
Steven P. Backhus, Director, Health Care-VA and Military Health Issues, 
GAO; the following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: 
Richard Griffin, Inspector General; and Thomas L. Garthwaite, M.D., 
Under Secretary, Health.