[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 3 (Thursday, January 27, 1994)]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Governmental Affairs Committee be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
January 27, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing on the subject: Reforming 
Government: What Really Needs To Be Done?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the full 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, January 27, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct a business meeting to consider the following items: Committee 
rules; 29 proposals for new building construction; various building 
namings; and miscellaneous items.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the full 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, January 27, at 1 p.m. to conduct 
an oversight hearing on the response of the U.S. Department of 
Transportation and related agencies to the southern California 
earthquake.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, January 27, 1994, 
beginning at 2 p.m., in 485 Russell Senate Office Building on H.R. 734, 
an act to provide for the extension of certain Federal benefits, 
services, and assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on Thursday, January 27, 1994, to hold a hearing on the nominations of 
Lesley Brooks Wells to be U.S. district judge for the district of 
northern district of Ohio, Michael A. Ponsor to be U.S. district judge 
for the district of Massachusetts, Thomas Vanaskie to be U.S. district 
judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania, Marjorie Rendell to be 
U.S. district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and 
Tucker Melancon to be U.S. district judge for the district of 
Louisiana.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, January 27, 1994, 
beginning at 9:30 a.m., in 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building to 
confirm Dr. Michael Trujillo as Director of the Indian Health Service.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, FORESTRY AND 
                          GENERAL LEGISLATION

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Agricultural 
Research, Conservation, Forestry and General Legislation be allowed to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, January 27, 1994 at 
3 p.m. in SR-332 on the National Research Council's recent report 
entitled ``Soil and Water Quality--an Agenda for Agriculture.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


              subcommittee on employment and productivity

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Labor and Human Resources' Subcommittee on Employment and 
Productivity be authorized to meet for a hearing on creating public 
service jobs, during the session of the Senate on January 27, 1994, at 
10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 subcommittee on technology and the law

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, of the Committee on the 
Judiciary, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, January 27, 1994, at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing on high-
technology privacy issues in the health care.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   subcommittee on western hemisphere

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, January 27, 1994, at 9:30 a.m. to 
receive a closed briefing on the situation in Mexico.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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