[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 83 (Monday, June 9, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D628-D629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EPA--DEPARTMENT LEVEL STATUS
Committee on Government Reform: On June 6, the Subcommittee on Energy 
Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on 
``Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Department Level 
Status: H.R. 37, and H.R. 2138 (Department of Environmental Protection 
Act).'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BIOSHIELD--EFFORTS TO DEVELOP BIO-WARFARE COUNTERMEASURES
Select Committee on Homeland Security: On June 6, the Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Bioshield: Lessons from Current Efforts to Develop 
Bio-Warfare Countermeasures.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: John Ring La 
Montagne, M.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Allergy and 
Infectious Diseases, NIH; and Ali Khan, M.D., Chief Science Officer, 
Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING FUNDING PROHIBITION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of general debate on H.R. 2143, Unlawful Internet Gambling 
Funding Prohibition Act. 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 may 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

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amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Kelly, Sensenbrenner and Pombo.