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| CREC-2004-09-21-pt1-PgD923 | 2004-09-21 | 108 | 2 | 150 | Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings | HOUSE | DAILYDIGEST | DDHCMEETINGS | D923 | D924 | [{"congress": "108", "type": "HR", "number": "1308"}, {"congress": "108", "type": "HR", "number": "2028"}, {"congress": "108", "type": "HR", "number": "4908"}] | 150 Cong. Rec. D923 | Congressional Record, Volume 150 Issue 114 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004) [Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 114 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D923-D924] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings KEEPING SENIORS HEALTHY Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled ``Keeping Seniors Healthy: New Preventive Benefits in the Medicare Modernization Act.'' Testimony was heard from Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services; Janet Heinrich, Director, Healthcare/ Public Health Issues, GAO; and a public witness. PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO MISSION INDIANS LAND TRANSFER ACT Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on H.R. 4908, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004. Testimony was heard from Chad Calvert, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and Mark A. Macarro, Tribal Chairman, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians. SAME-DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by voice vote, a resolution 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 September 22, 2004, providing for consideration or disposition of a conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1308) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit, and for other purposes. PLEDGE PROTECTION ACT OF 2004 Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 2028, Pledge Protection Act of 2004, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary 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 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, 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 Representatives Hostettler, Biggert, Akin, Bass, Jackson-Lee, and Watt. Joint Meetings AMERICAN LEGION Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to receive the legislative presentation of the American Legion, focusing on budgetary recommendations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 2006, after receiving testimony from Thomas P. Cadmus, American Legion, Washington, D.C.; and Peter Gaytan, National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, Bristow, Virginia. HUMAN TRAFFICKING Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): Commission concluded a joint hearing with House Committee on Armed Services to examine Department of Defense efforts to enforce policies to combat trafficking in persons, after receiving testimony from Charles S. Abell, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and Joseph E. Schmitz, Inspector General, both of [[Page D924]] the Department of Defense; General Leon J. LaPorte, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea; John R. Miller, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State; Sarah Mendelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Martina E. Vandenberg, Jenner and Block, Chicago, Illinois. TAX RELIEF, SIMPLIFICATION, AND EQUITY ACT Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1308, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the increase in the refundability of the child tax credit, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. |