[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 131 (Tuesday, September 23, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1031-D1032]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COLLEGE COST CRISIS REPORT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness held a hearing entitled ``The College Cost Crisis 
Report: Are Institutions Accountable Enough to Students and Parents?'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
E-911 IMPLEMENTATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003.
USAID--STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING AT USAID
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing on 
Strategic Workforce Planning at USAID. Testimony was heard from John 
Marshall, Assistant Administrator, Management, AID, Department of 
State; and Jess T. Ford, Director, International Affairs and Trade 
Division, GAO.
ACHIEVING E-GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCIES AT OPM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information 
Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census held a hearing 
entitled ``Achieving 3-Government Efficiencies at the Office of 
Personnel Management.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of OPM: Kay Coles James, Director; and Norman Enger, E-
Government Project Director; Linda D. Koontz, Director, Information 
Management, GAO; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on ``Potential Congressional Responses to State Farm 
Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell: Checking and Balancing Punitive 
Damages.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DATABASE AND COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION MISAPPROPRIATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and 
Intellectual Property and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a 
joint oversight hearing on the Database and Collections of Information 
Misappropriation Act of 2003. Testimony was heard from David Carson, 
General Counsel, Copyright Office, Library of Congress; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills: 
H.R. 408, amended, to provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes 
National Lakeshore; H.R. 546, to revise the boundary of the Kaloko-
Honokohau National Historical Park in the State of Hawaii; H.R. 1521, 
amended, to provide for additional lands to be included within the 
boundary of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of 
Pennsylvania; and H.R. 2055, to amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for an 
adjustment in the number of free roaming horses permitted in Cape 
Lookout National Seashore.

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CONFERENCE REPORT--HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2555, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004, and against its consideration. The rule 
provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. 
Testimony was heard by Representative Rogers of Kentucky.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
one hour of general debate on H.R. 2577, Water Resources Development 
Act of 2003, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 
The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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 waives 
all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. 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 Young of Alaska and 
Representatives Rohrabacher, King of Iowa, Miller of Florida and 
Oberstar.