HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE Combating Terrorism House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee and House Government Reform Committee's National Security, Veteran's Affairs and International Relations Subcommittee joint hearing on Combating Terrorism: options to improve the federal response examining H.R.525, Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001; H.R.1158, National Homeland Security Strategy Act; H.R.1292, Homeland Security Strategy Act of 2001. Witnesses: Rep. Wayne Gilchrest, R-Md.; Rep. William "Mac" Thornberry, R-Texas; Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo.; Raymond Decker, General Accounting Office; William Ellis, Congressional Research Service; General James Clapper, the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction; General Charles Boyd, USAF, retired, U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century; Frank Cilluffo, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Amy Smithson, The Henry Stimson Center Location: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. 3 p.m. Contact: 202-225-9446 http://www.house.gov/transportation or 202-225-5074 http://www.house.gov/reform **REVISED**
