[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D214-D215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MEDICARE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine Medicare outlier 
payments to hospitals, focusing on the successful implementation of a 
new outlier policy that contains an adequate transition period, and a 
proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service 
that would prevent further gaming of the Medicare system by a few 
hospitals that obtain the majority of these outlier payments, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas A. Scully, Administrator, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and Joseph W. Marshall, Temple University Health Care System, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004 BUDGET: PERSONNEL PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded 
hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on active and reserve 
military and civilian personnel programs, after receiving testimony 
from David S.C. Chu, Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, 
William Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, and 
Thomas F. Hall, Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs, all of the 
Department of Defense; Lieutenant General John M. LeMoyne, USA, Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Army; Vice Admiral Gerald 
L. Hoewing, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel, United States Navy; 
Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps; Lieutenant 
General Richard E. Brown, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, 
United States Air Force; James E. Lokovic, Air Force Sergeants 
Association, Temple Hills, Maryland; Steven Anderson, Reserve Officers 
Association, Washington, D.C.; and Joseph L. Barnes, Fleet Reserve 
Association, Joyce W. Raezer, National Military Family Association, 
Inc., and Susan Schwartz, Military Officers Association of America, all 
of Alexandria, Virginia.
SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded hearings to examine the existing federal programs 
and new proposals to promote air service to small and rural 
communities, focusing on the Essential Air Service program

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and the Small Community Air Service Development Pilot Program, after 
receiving testimony from Read Van de Water, Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs; JayEtta Z. 
Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting 
Office; and Bryan O. Elliott, Charlottesville Albemarle Airport 
Authority, Charlottesville, Virginia.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine federal programs for energy efficiency and conservation, 
focusing on the Federal Energy Management Program, the appliance 
efficiency standards programs under the National Appliance Energy 
Conservation Act, and the Energy Policy of Act of 1992, receiving 
testimony from David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Paul Lynch, Assistant 
Commissioner of Business Operations, Public Buildings Service, General 
Services Administration; Erbin Keith, Sempra Energy Solutions, San 
Diego, California, on behalf of the Federal Performance Contracting 
Coalition; and Joseph M. McGuire, Association of Home Appliance 
Manufacturers, and David M. Nemtzow, Alliance to Save Energy, both of 
Washington, D.C.
PENSION PLANS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine defined 
benefit pension plans, focusing on possible reforms for funding, 
receiving testimony from Steven A. Kandarian, Executive Director, 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Christopher W. O'Flinn, AT&T 
Corporation, Bedminster, New Jersey, on behalf of the ERISA Industry 
Committee; Mark Schuler, U.S. Airways, Inc., Barrington, New Hampshire; 
Henry Eickelberg, General Dynamics Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia, 
on behalf of the American Benefits Council; and Ron Gebhardtsbauer, 
American Academy of Actuaries, Washington, D.C.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
IRAQ: RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the commitment of U.S. financial and personnel resources to post-
conflict transitional assistance and reconstruction in Iraq, focusing 
on the cost of maintaining a military presence in the region, the 
restoration of governance and any steps toward democracy, securing the 
elimination of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, ending Iraqi contacts 
with international terrorist organizations, ensuring that a post-
transition Iraqi government can maintain the country's territorial 
integrity and economic independence while contributing to regional 
stability, and the costs of not going to war with Iraq, which include 
the costs of maintaining a military presence in the region, the 
continuation of inspections of weapons of mass destruction, accelerated 
funding to combat terrorism abroad, and maintaining a high level of 
homeland security, after receiving testimony from Eric P. Schwartz, 
Council on Foreign Relations, Gordon Adams, George Washington 
University, Sandra Mitchell, International Rescue Committee, and Phebe 
Marr, all of Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee met and approved the committees 
views and estimates with respect to the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2004 for Indian programs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 13.
HEALTHY AGING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
prescription for healthy aging, focusing on the benefits of fitness and 
nutrition care, and exercise, after receiving testimony from Judith A. 
Salerno, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging, National 
Institutes of Health, and Lynn C. Swann, Chairman, President's Council 
on Physical Fitness and Sports, Office of Public Health and Science, 
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Linda Netterville, 
on behalf of Meals On Wheels Association of America, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Jane V. White, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Graduate 
School of Medicine, on behalf of Nutrition Screening Initiative; Alfred 
Maguire, Twin Falls, Idaho; and Sam Ulano, New York, New York.