[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D418-D420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISSING, EXPLOITED AND RUNAWAY YOUTH
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Select 
Education held a hearing entitled ``Missing, Exploited and Runaway 
Youth: Strengthening the System.'' Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.

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STRENGTHENING AND REJUVENATING OUR NATION'S COMMUNITIES AND THE HOPE VI 
PROGRAM
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Strengthening and Rejuvenating 
our Nation's Communities and the HOPE VI Program.'' Testimony was heard 
from Michael Liu, Assistant Secretary, Public and Indian Housing, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses.
PROPOSED NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Civil Service and 
Agency Organization held a hearing on ``Transforming the Defense 
Department: Exploring the Merits of the Proposed National Security 
Personnel System.'' Testimony was heard from David S.C. Chu, Under 
Secretary, Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense; Dan G. 
Blair, Deputy Director, OPM; David M. Walker, Comptroller General, GAO; 
and public witnesses.
WHY IS SBA LOSING GROUND ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT?
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency 
and Financial Management held a hearing on ``Why is SBA Losing Ground 
on Financial Management?'' Testimony was heard from Linda Calbom, 
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, GAO; the following 
officials of the SBA: Thomas Dumaresq, Chief Financial Officer; and 
Peter McClintock, Deputy Inspector General; and public witnesses.
HOMELAND DEFENSE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations hearing on ``Homeland 
Defense: Old Force Structures for New Missions?'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Paul McHale, 
Assistant Secretary, Homeland Defense; Thomas F. Hall, Assistant 
Secretary, Reserve Affairs; and Lt. Gen. Edward G. Anderson III, USA, 
Deputy Commander, U.S. Northern Command and Aerospace Defense Command; 
Raymond Decker, Director, Defense Capabilities Management Team, GAO; 
and public witnesses.
FEDERAL GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information 
Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held a hearing on 
``Federal Grants Management: A Process Report on Streamlining and 
Simplifying the Federal Grants Process.'' Testimony was heard from 
Linda M. Springer, Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, 
OMB; Ed Sontag, Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Paul Posner, Managing 
Director, Federal Budget and Intergovernmental Relations, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
NATO AND ENLARGEMENT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe held a 
hearing on NATO and Enlargement: Progress Since Prague. Testimony was 
heard from Robert A. Bradtke, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State; and Ian J. 
Brzezinski, Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy, 
Department of Defense.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 21, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding 
Prohibition Act; and H.R. 1223, Internet Gambling Licensing and 
Regulation Commission Act. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Leach; John G. Malcolm, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
PRISON RAPE REDUCTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on 
H.R. 1707, Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2003. Testimony was heard from 
Tracy Henke, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Ashbel T. Wall II, Director, 
Department of Corrections, State of Rhode Island; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--GROWING PROBLEM OF INVASIVE SPECIES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans and the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, 
and Public Lands held a joint oversight hearing on the Growing Problem 
of Invasive Species. Testimony was heard from James Tate, Jr., Science 
Advisor to the Secretary, Department of the Interior; Chuck Lambert, 
Deputy Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA; 
Stephen Brandt, Director, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; Edwin Theriot, Mississippi Valley Division, 
Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; and public witnesses.

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IMPROVING EDUCATION RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 
1350, Improving Education Results for Children with Disabilities Act of 
2003, providing one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment and 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 printed in the report shall be considered 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 Boehner and 
Representatives McKeon, Castle, DeMint, Musgrave, Nethercutt, Bass, 
Simmons, Kirk, Bradley of New Hampshire, George Miller of California, 
Woolsey, Davis of California, Van Hollen, Millender-McDonald, Larson of 
Connecticut.