[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D253-D254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MILITARY READINESS AND REVIEW--DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on the state of military readiness and review of the fiscal year 2004 
fiscal year defense authorization budget request. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. John M. 
Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Army; Adm. William 
J. Fallon, USN, Vice Chief, Naval Operations, and Gen. William L. 
Nyland, USMC, Assistant Commandant, Marine Corps; both with the 
Department of the Navy; and Gen. Robert H. Foglesong, USAF, Vice Chief 
of Staff, Department of the Air Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on the fiscal year 2004 Defense Authorization budget request. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Raymond F. DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary, Installations and 
Environment; Mario P. Fiori, Assistant Secretary, Army, Installations 
and Environment; Maj. Gen. Larry Lust, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff, 
Installations Management; and Brig. Gen. Clyde A. Vaughn, USA, Deputy 
Director, Army National Guard.
  Hearings continue March 20.
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS--NRC'S PROPOSED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``A Review of NRC's Proposed 
Security Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants.'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the NRC: Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, 
Edward McGaffigan, Jr.,

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and Jeffrey S. Merrifield, both Commissioners; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S TAX PLAN--PROPOSED BENEFITS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigation held a hearing entitled ``Paying Dividends: How the 
President's Tax Plan Will Benefit Individual Investors and Strengthen 
the Capital Markets.'' Testimony was heard from Peter R. Fisher, Under 
Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury; and public 
witnesses.
CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 1104, 
Child Abduction Prevention Act.
BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of debate in the House on H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention 
and Consumer Protection Act of 2003. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
the Judiciary now printed in the bill as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment, which shall be considered as read. The rule makes 
in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments made 
in order may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be 
offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in 
the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner 
and Representatives Cannon, Watt, Jackson-Lee of Texas and Schakowsky.