[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 168 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1301-D1302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on U.S. National Security 
Strategy. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, 
former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and Samuel 
L. Berger, former Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs.
CYBERSECURITY AND CONSUMER DATA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity and 
Consumer Data: What's at Risk for the Consumer?'' Testimony was heard 
from Orson Swindle, Commissioner, FTC; and public witnesses.
INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing on hearing entitled ``Digital Dividends 
and Other Proposals to Leverage Investment in Technology.'' Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION EFFICIENCY ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information 
Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census approved for full 
Committee action H.R. 3478, National Archives and Records 
Administration Efficiency Act of 2003.
CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION ACT
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2003.
AFGHANISTAN: DEMOCRATIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and Central Asia and the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Human Rights held a joint hearing on Afghanistan: 
Democratization and Human Rights on the Eve of the Constitutional Loya 
Jirga. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of State: Lorne W. Craner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Ambassador-at-Large John V. Hanford 
III, Office of International Religious Freedom; and Christina B. Rocca, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South Asia Affairs; and public 
witnesses.
ANTITRUST OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing entitled ``Saving 
the Savings Clause: Congressional Intent, the Trinko Case, and the role 
of the Antitrust Laws in Promoting Competition in the Telecom Sector.'' 
Testimony was heard from R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Antitrust General, 
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
MEDICAL INFORMATION SHARING--DOD AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing to review progress being made by the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs with the 
sharing of medical information and development of a seamless electronic 
medical record. Testimony was heard from Linda D. Koontz, Director, 
Information

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Management Issues, GAO; the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Maj Gen. Kenneth L. Farmer, Jr., M.D., USA, Deputy Surgeon 
General, USA; Jeanne B. Fites, Deputy Under Secretary (Program 
Integration); and James C. Reardon, Chief Information Officer, Military 
Health System; Frances M. Murphy, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary, Health 
Policy Coordination, Department of Veterans Affairs; and a public 
witness.
VULNERABLE CHILDREN--IMPROVED MONITORING
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on Improved Monitoring of Vulnerable Children. Testimony was 
heard from Representative DeLay; Cornelia Ashby, Director, Education, 
Workforce and Income Security, GAO; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2417, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System.
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 2673, making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 
for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District, 
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
corporations, and offices, for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies, and for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, but did not 
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.