[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D416-D417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OVERSEAS BASING REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
concluded hearings to examine overseas basing requirements, after 
receiving testimony from Gen. James L. Jones, Commander, United States 
European Command; and Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, Commander, United Nations 
Command,

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Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces Command, and United 
States Forces Korea.
AMTRAK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the future of intercity passenger rail service and 
Amtrak, focusing on the company's fiscal year 2004 budget request, a 
rail system based on restructured federal/state/private roles and 
corridor services, partnerships among states and the federal 
government, securing federal funding sources, redesigning long-distance 
trains to complement corridor services and minimize operating losses, 
long term debt, and operating and capital needs, after receiving 
testimony from Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary, and Kenneth M. 
Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation; 
David L. Gunn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Amtrak; David D. 
King, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Raleigh, on behalf 
of States for Passenger Rail Coalition; John H. Winner, Harral, Winner, 
Thompson, Sharp, Lawrence, Inc., Potomac, Maryland; Hank Dittmar, Great 
American Station Foundation, Las Vegas, New Mexico, on behalf of 
Reconnecting America; Alan Landes, Herzog Transit Services, St. Joseph, 
Missouri; and Michael P. Pracht, Railway Supply Institute, Alexandria, 
Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING: COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met to consider 
comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions relating to 
Indian energy policy and programs, research and development, and 
transportation fuels, including alternative fuel programs, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, April 30.
NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the developing situations in the Middle East and on the Korean 
Peninsula, and a resolution of ratification to the Accession Protocols 
that will expand the NATO Alliance to include Bulgaria, Estonia, 
Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, after receiving 
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
SARS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the status of the Severe Acute 
Respiratory Syndrome threat, after receiving testimony from Julie L. 
Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and James G. Young, Ontario 
Ministry of Public Safety and Security, Canada.
ASSISTED LIVING REPORT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
Assisted Living Workgroup's report entitled ``Assuring Quality in 
Assisted Living: Guidelines for Federal and State Policy, State 
Regulation, and Operations,'' after receiving testimony from Stephen 
McConnell, Alzheimer's Association, Washington, D.C.; Dan B. Madsen, 
Leisure Care, Inc., Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of the American 
Seniors Housing Association; and Robert L. Mollica, National Academy 
for State Health Policy, Portland, Maine.