[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12045-S12046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet at 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, 
October 5, 1999, in closed session, to receive testimony from 
Department of Energy and Intelligence Community witnesses on the 
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, at 10:30 a.m., to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        subcommittee on administrative oversight and the courts

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, the Committee on the Judiciary, 
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, requests 
unanimous consent to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, 
beginning at 10 a.m., in Dirksen Room 226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on african affairs

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations 
be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, 
October 5, 1999, at 2:45 p.m., to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  subcommittee on clean air, wetlands, private property, and nuclear 
                                 safety

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear 
Safety be granted permission to conduct a hearing Tuesday, October 5, 
9:30 a.m., hearing room (SD-406), on the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Blue Ribbon Panel findings on MTBE.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on forest and public land management

  Mr. McCAIN. 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 Tuesday, October 5, for purposes of conducting a Subcommittee 
on Forest and Public Lands Management hearing which is scheduled to 
begin at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony 
on S. 1608, a bill to provide annual payments to the States and 
counties from National Forest System lands managed by the Forest 
Service, and the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed 
Boos Bay Wagon Road grant lands managed predominately by the Bureau of 
Land Management, for use by the counties in which the lands are 
situated for the benefit of the public schools, roads, emergency and 
other public purposes; to encourage and provide a new mechanism for 
cooperation between counties and the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
Land Management to make necessary investments in federal lands, and 
reaffirm the positive connection between Federal Lands counties and 
Federal Lands; and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               subcommittee on housing and transportation

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, to conduct a hearing on S. 
1452, the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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