[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 137 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1012-D1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMBATING TERRORISM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on 
``Combating Terrorism: Assessing the Threat of Biological Terrorism.'' 
Testimony was heard from Ray Decker, Director, Defense

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Capabilities Management Team, GAO; and public witnesses.
PATRIOT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2975, PATRIOT Act of 2001. The rule provides 
that, in lieu of the amendment recommended by the Committee on the 
Judiciary now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3108 shall be considered as 
adopted. The rule waives all points of order against the bill, as 
amended. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner 
and Representatives Flake, Castle, Cunningham, Oxley, Forbes, Frank, 
Berman, Jackson-Lee, Delahunt, Scott, Millender-McDonald and Deutsch.
ECONOMIC SECURITY AND RECOVERY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3090, 
Economic Security and Recovery Act of 2001.