[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 40 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2715-S2716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 
21, 1996, in open session, to receive testimony from the unified 
commanders on their military strategies, operational requirements, and 
the defense authorization request for fiscal year 1997 and the future 
years defense programs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 
21, 1996 to receive testimony on Department of the Navy shipbuilding 
programs in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 
1997 and the future years defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent on behalf of the 
Governmental Affairs Committee to meet on Thursday, March 21, at 9:00 
a.m. for a hearing on the Tenth Amendment Enforcement Act of 1996.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to hold a business meeting during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, March 21, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. in 
SH216.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on labor and human resources

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Labor and Human Resources be authorized to hold a meeting during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, March 21, 1996. The committee will 
be in executive session at 9:00 a.m. on S. 1578, The Individuals With 
Disabilities in Education Act [IDEA].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on small business

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate for a hearing on Thursday, March 21, 1996, at 10:30 a.m., in 
room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing 
focusing on ``S. 1574, the HUBZones Act of 1996--Revitalizing Inner 
Cities and Rural America.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, March 21, 1996, at 2 p.m. to hold a closed 
briefing for members on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on oversight and structure

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on HUD Oversight and Structure, of the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, March 21, 1996, to conduct a hearing 
on the 1992 Federal Housing Enterprises Safety and Soundness Act as it 
affects Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on parks, historic preservation, and recreation

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be granted permission to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday, March 21, 1996, for 
purposes of conducting a subcommittee hearing which is

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scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this hearing is to 
review S. 305, a bill to establish the Shenandoah Valley National 
Battlefields and Commission in the Commonwealth of Virginia; H.R. 1091, 
a bill to improve the National Park System in the Commonwealth of 
Virginia; S. 1225, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct an inventory of historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the 
Champlain Valley and the upper Hudson River Valley; S. 1226, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a study of 
battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, to establish 
an American Battlefield Protection Program; and S.J. Res. 42, a joint 
resolution designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State 
University as the U.S. Civil War Center, making the center the flagship 
institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the 
Civil War.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       subcommittee on readiness

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Readiness of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, 1996, in open 
session, to receive testimony on the readiness of the Guard and Reserve 
to support the national military strategy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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