[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1025-D1026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND ASSISTANCETO WORKERS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on Economic 
Recovery and Assistance to Workers. Testimony was heard from Elaine L. 
Chao, Secretary of Labor.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on the 21st 
Century Workforce held a hearing on Welfare Reform: Success in Moving 
Toward Work. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE INFLATION--IMPACT ONTHE FEHBP
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Organization held a hearing on ``Health Care Inflation and Its 
Impact on the FEHBP.'' Testimony was heard from William E. Flynn III, 
Associate Director, Retirement and Insurance Services, OPM; Lawrence 
Mirel, Commissioner, Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation, 
District of Columbia; former Representative Tom A. Coburn, M.D., State 
of Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTUREAND CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on ``Natural Gas 
Infrastructure

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and Capacity Constraints.'' Testimony was heard from Patrick Wood III, 
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; 
from the following officials of the State of California: Loretta Lynch, 
President, Public Utilities Commission; and Michael C. Moore, 
Commissioner, Energy Commission; and public witnesses.
DEEP CREEK WILDERNESS ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
a hearing on H.R. 2963, Deep Creek Wilderness Act. Testimony was heard 
from Abigail Kimbell, Acting Associate Deputy Chief, Forest Service, 
USDA; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACTAMENDMENTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on: H.R. 1963, to amend the National Trails 
System Act to designate the route taken by American soldier and 
frontiersman George Rogers Clark and his men during the Revolutionary 
War to capture the British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, Illinois, 
and Vincennes, Indiana, for the study for potential addition to the 
National Trails System. Testimony was heard from Michael Soukup, 
Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Bob Coomer, 
Superintendent of Historic Sites, Historic Preservation Agency, State 
of Illinois.
CONFERENCE REPORT--INTERIORAPPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2217, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and against its 
consideration. Testimony was heard from Representatives Skeen and 
Dicks.
CONFERENCE REPORT--MILITARYCONSTRUCTION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2904, making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002, and against its consideration. The rule 
provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hobson and Olver.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2904, making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002.