[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 136 (Tuesday, September 30, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1067-D1068]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST--IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Supplemental Request for Iraq and 
Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary; Dov S. Zakheim, 
Under Secretary (Comptroller); and Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST--IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the Administration's 
Fiscal Year 2004 Supplemental Request for Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
State: Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary; and Andrew S. Natsios, 
Administrator, AID.
RESOLUTION--TRANSMIT TO HOUSE--OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM STRATEGIC 
LESSONS LEARNED REPORT
Committee on Armed Services: Adversely reported H. Res. 364, of inquiry 
requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives 
not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution 
the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitled ``Operation 
Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned'' and documents in his 
possession on the reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq.
NUCLEAR TERRORISM PREVENTION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Nuclear Terrorism Prevention: 
A Review of the Federal Government's Progress Toward Installing 
Radiation Detection Monitors at U.S. Ports and Borders.'' Testimony was 
heard from Jay Ahearn, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Paul Longsworth, 
Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National 
Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy; Gene Aloise, 
Acting Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and Thomas G. 
Day, Vice President, Engineering, U.S. Postal Service.
RUSSIA'S TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY AND U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Europe held a 
hearing on Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia Relations: 
Unfinished Business. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT--CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.J. Res. 48, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States to protect the rights of crime victims. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1629, Upper 
Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act; H.R. 2424, National 
Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003; and H.R. 2966, Right-
to-Ride Livestock on Federal Lands Act of 2003. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Rehberg and Cummings; Chad Calvert, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
RURAL VETERANS ACCESS TO CARE ACT; VETERANS TIMELY ACCESS TO HEALTH 
CARE ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 2379, Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 
2003; and H.R. 3094, Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Osborne and Porter; Robert H. 
Boswell, M.D., Under Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; 
representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.

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Joint Meetings
PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate and House passed versions of S. 3, to prohibit the procedure 
commonly known as partial-birth abortion.