[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4249-S4250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be allowed to meet 
at 9:30 a.m., during the Thursday, April 25, 1996, session of the 
Senate for the purpose of conducting a hearing on Air Service to Small 
Cities and Rural Communities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, April 25, 1996, at 2:00 p.m. to hold a 
business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, April 25, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. to hold an 
executive business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   select committee on indian affairs

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to conduct a joint hearing on 
Thursday, April 25, 1996 with the Subcommittee on Native American and 
Insular Affairs of the House Committee on Natural Resources on S. 1264, 
a bill to provide certain benefits of the Missouri River

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Basin Pick-Sloan Project to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, and for other 
purposes. The joint hearing will be held at 9:00 a.m. in room 485 of 
the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


the special committee to investigate whitewater development and related 
                                matters

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee to investigate Whitewater development and related matters be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 
25, 1996 to conduct hearings pursuant to Senate Resolution 120.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                  subcommittee on international trade

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Caucus 
on International Narcotics Control be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, April 25 at 19:00 a.m. to receive 
testimony on the domestic consequences of illegal drug trade.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on parks, historic preservation, and recreation

  Mr. SIMPSON. 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, April 25, 1996, for 
purposes of conducting a subcommittee hearing which is scheduled to 
begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this hearing is to consider S. 902, a 
bill to amend Public Law 100-479 to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to assist in the construction of a building to be used jointly 
by the Secretary for park purposes and by the city of Natchez as an 
intermodal transportation center; S. 951, a bill to commemorate the 
service of First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and Patricia Nixon to 
improving and maintaining the Executive Residence of the President and 
to authorize grants to the White House Endowment Fund in their memory 
to continue their work; S. 1098, a bill to establish the Midway Islands 
as a National Memorial; H.R. 826, a bill to extend the deadline for the 
completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big Thicket National 
Preserve in Texas; and H.R. 1163, a bill to authorize the exchange of 
National Park Service land in the Fire Island National Seashore in the 
State of New York for land in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, 
NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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