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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D123-D125 on Feb. 12, 2003.
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Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Agriculture: Met for organizational purposes.
The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the fiscal year 2004 National Defense Authorization budget request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Thomas E. White, Secretary; and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff.
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT--BUDGET PRIORITIES
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Department of Transportation Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony was heard from Representative Rahall; and Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on ``Back to Work: the Administration's Plan for Economic Recovery and the Workforce Investment Act.'' Testimony was heard from Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor; and public witnesses.
PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACT; ADMINISTRATION'S FISCAL YEAR 2004 HEALTH CARE PRIORITIES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 663, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.
The Committee held a hearing entitled ``A Review of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Health Care Priorities.'' Testimony was heard from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The Committee met for further organizational purposes.
The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
MONETARY POLICY AND THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on monetary policy and the state of the economy. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
RECOVERY AND RENEWAL; PROTECTING CAPITAL MARKETS AGAINST TERRORISM POST 9/11
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled
``Recovery and Renewal: Protecting the Capital Markets Against Terrorism Post 9/11.'' Testimony was heard from Davi M. D'Agostino, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; Robert L. D. Colby, Deputy Director, Division of Market Regulation, SEC; and public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the President's International Affairs Budget request for Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony was heard from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
IVORY COAST--PROSPECTS FOR PEACE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on Prospects for Peace in Ivory Coast. Testimony was heard from Walter H. Kansteiner III, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; Timothy W. Docking, Program Officer, Research and Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace; and a public witness.
HUMAN CLONING PROHIBITION ACT; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Resources: Met for organizational purposes.
The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
CONFERENCE REPORT--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2003
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points of order against the conference report to accompany H.J.Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003. and against its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Finally, the rule provides that upon adoption of the conference report the House shall be considered to have adopted H. Con. Res. 35. Testimony was heard from Chairman Young of Florida.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WORK, AND FAMILY PROTECTION ACT; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule, providing 2 hours of general debate on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003, with 50 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read for amendment.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution, which may be offered 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, and shall not be subject to amendment. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report, except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representative Herger, Chairman Boehner, Representatives Castle, Cardin, Levin, Woolsey, Kind, Kucinich, Jackson-Lee of Texas, Lee, McGovern and Watson.
The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Met for organizational purposes.
The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
REAUTHORIZATION--FAA AND AVIATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on reauthorization of the FAA and the Aviation Programs: Introduction. Testimony was heard from Gerald Dillingham, Director, Civil Aviation Issues, GAO; Kenneth R. Mead, Inspector General, Department of Transportation; and Robert Walker, Chairman, Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for organizational purposes.
Joint Meetings
SPACE SHUTTLE ``COLUMBIA''
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and House Committee on Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held joint hearings to examine the recent space shuttle Columbia accident, focusing on the status of the investigation, and implications of the loss of Columbia on the nation's space exploration efforts, receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Hearing recessed subject to call.
