[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9977]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet in executive session at 5 p.m. 
on Thursday, September 5, 1996, to consider certain pending military 
nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, September 5, 1996, at 9:30 a.m. to hold an open 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, September 5, 1996, at 10:30 and 2 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on forests and Public Land Management

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management of the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources be granted permission to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, September 5, 1996, for purposes of 
conducting a subcommittee hearing which is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. 
The purpose of this hearing is to consider S. 931, to authorize the 
construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize 
assistance to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit 
corporation, for the planning and construction of the water supply 
system, and for other purposes; S. 1564, to amend the Small Reclamation 
Projects Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide loan guarantee for water supply, conservation, quality, and 
transmission projects, and for other purposes; S. 1565, to amend the 
Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 and to supplement the Federal 
Reclamation laws by providing for Federal cooperation in non-Federal 
projects and for participation by non-Federal agencies in Federal 
projects; S. 1649, to extend contracts between the Bureau of 
Reclamation and irrigation districts in Kansas and Nebraska, and for 
other purposes; S. 1719, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
offer to sell to certain public agencies the indebtedness representing 
the remaining repayment balance of certain Bureau of Reclamation 
projects in Texas, and for other purposes; S. 1921, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain facilities at the 
Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation District; and S. 1986, the 
``Umatilla River Basin Project Completion Act''; and S. 2015, ``To 
convey certain real property located within the Carlsbad Irrigation 
District'', and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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