[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2579-S2580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet at 2 p.m. on 
Wednesday, March 25, 1998, in open session, to receive testimony on the 
situation in the Persian Gulf.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 25, 1998, to 
conduct a hearing on the re-nomination of Arthur Levitt, Jr., to be a 
commissioner and chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the full 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be granted permission to 
continue markup of S. 8, the Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act of 
1997, Wednesday, March 25, 9:30 a.m., Hearing room (SD-406).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent on behalf of the 
Governmental Affairs Committee to meet on Wednesday, March 25, 1998, at 
10 a.m., for a hearing on the Government Secrecy Act of 1997, S. 712.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 25, 1998 beginning at 9:30 
a.m., until business is completed, to receive testimony on the Federal 
election Commission's budget authorization request for FY99.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
requests unanimous consent to hold a joint hearing with the House 
Committee on Veterans Affairs to receive the legislative presentations 
of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Vietnam Veterans of America, 
and the Retired Officers Association.
  The hearing will be held on March 25, 1998, at 9:30 a.m., in room 345 
of the Cannon House Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select

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Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, March 25, 1998 at 3 p.m. and Thursday, March 
26, 1998 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on airland

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Airland 
Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet 
on Wednesday, March 25, 1998, at 10 a.m., in open session, to receive 
testimony on Tactical Aviation Modernization.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on communications

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Communications Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 
25, 1998, at 2:30 p.m., on 271 Application Process.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


     subcommittee on constitution, federalism, and property rights

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights, of the 
Senate Judiciary Committee, be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, March 25, 1998 at 2 p.m., to hold a hearing in 
Room 226, Senate Dirksen Building, on: ``The Tradition and Importance 
of Protecting the United States Flag.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on forests and public land management

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 Wednesday, March 25, for purposes of 
conducting a subcommittee hearing which is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. 
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 890, the 
Dutch John Federal Property Disposition and Assistance Act of 1997; S. 
1109, a bill to make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the 
Devils Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, 
to exclude a small parcel of land containing improvements; S. 1468, a 
bill to provide for the conveyance of one (1) acre of land from Santa 
Fe National Forest to the Village of Jemez Springs, New Mexico, as the 
site of a fire sub-station; S. 1469, a bill to provide for the 
expansion of the historic community cemetery of El Rito, New Mexico, 
through the special designation of five acres of Carson National Forest 
adjacent to the cemetery; S. 1510, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands 
to the county of Rio Arriba, New Mexico; S. 1683, a bill to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan National 
Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National Forest; S. 1719, 
the Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998; S. 1752, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain administrative 
sites and use the proceeds for the acquisition of office sites and the 
acquisition, construction, or improvement of offices and support 
buildings for the Coconino National Forest, Kaibab National Forest, 
Prescott National Forest, and Tonto National Forest in the State of 
Arizona; H.R. 1439, a bill to facilitate the sale of certain lands in 
Tahoe National Forest in the State of California to Placer County, 
California; H.R. 1663, a bill to clarify the intent of the Congress in 
Public Law 93-632 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to continue 
to provide for the maintenance of 18 concrete dams and weirs that were 
located in the Emigrant Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was 
designated as wilderness in that Public Law.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
                               Promotion

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion of the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 25, 1998, at 10 
a.m., to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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