[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 161 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1294-D1295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
4167, National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005; and without recommendation 
H.R. 3699, amended, Federal and District of Columbia Government Real 
Property Act of 2005.
OVERSIGHT--DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Oversight and Administration of the 
340B Drug Discount Program: Improving Efficiency and Transparency.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health 
and Human Services: Stuart Wright, Deputy Inspector General, Evaluation and 
Inspections; and Dennis Williams, Deputy Administrator, Health Resources and 
Services Administration; and public witnesses.
LOUISIANA RECOVERY CORPORATION ACT
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 4100, 
Louisiana Recovery Corporation Act.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Government Reform: Approved the following Investigative Reports 
``Bringing Communities into the 21st Century: A Report on Improving the 
Community Development Block Grant Program;'' and ``The Methamphetamine 
Epidemic: International Roots of the Problem, and Recommended Solutions.''
  The Committee also approved other pending Committee business.
RESOLUTION--IRAQ WAR DOCUMENT REQUEST
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported, as amended, without 
recommendation H. Res. 549, Requesting the President of the United States 
provide to the House of Representatives all documents in his possession 
relating to his October 7, 2002, speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his January 
28, 2003, State of the Union address.
OVERSIGHT--HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA EFFECTS ON GULF FISHING
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans held an 
oversight hearing on the Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Fishing 
Resources, the Fishing Industry and Fishing Communities in the Gulf of 
Mexico. Testimony was heard from William T. Hogarth, Director, National 
Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public 
witnesses.
RESOLUTION--EXPRESSING HOUSE COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING VICTORY IN IRAQ
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 hour 
of debate in the House on H. Res. 612, Expressing the commitment of the 
House of Representatives to achieving victory in Iraq, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
International Relations. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the resolution. The rule provides one motion to recommit, 
which may not contain instructions. Section 2 of the rule provides that on 
the first legislative day of the second session of the One Hundred Ninth 
Congress, the House shall not conduct organization or legislative business. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Ros-Lehtinen and Lantos.

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BORDER PROTECTION, ANTITERRORISM, AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CONTROL ACT OF 
2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing for 
further consideration of the bill, H.R. 4437, Border Protection, 
Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. The rule 
provides that no further general debate is in order, and the remaining 
proceedings under House Resolution 610 shall be considered as subsumed by 
this resolution. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
the Rules Committee report accompanying this resolution. The rule provides 
that the amendments printed in the report accompanying this resolution may 
be offered only in the order printed 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 division of 
the questions in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives 
all points of order against amendments printed in the report. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving clause 6(a) of 
rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it 
is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain resolutions reported 
from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the waiver to any special rule 
reported on the legislative day of December 16, 2005, or December 17, 2005.
OVERSIGHT--VETERANS AFFAIRS FLU VACCINATION/PANDEMIC PREPARATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations 
held an oversight hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' flu 
vaccination program, and preparations for a possible Avian Flu Pandemic. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs: Lawrence Deyton, M.D., Chief Consultant, Public Health 
Strategic Health Care Group; and Robert Muder. M.D., Staff Physician, 
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health Care System; and Denise Cardo, M.D., 
Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL UPDATES/HOTSPOTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.
RADICAL ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Intelligence 
Policy met in executive session to hold a hearing entitled ``Radical Islam 
in the United States.'' Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Joint Meetings
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the 
Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1281, to authorize appropriations 
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for science, 
aeronautics, exploration, exploration capabilities, and the Inspector 
General, and for other purposes, for fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 
and 2010.
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