[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 14, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5139-S5140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. WARNER. 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, June 14, 2000, to conduct a 
roundtable discussion on ``Accounting for Goodwill.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


committee on energy and national resources and the select committee on 
                              intelligence

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, June 14 at 10:15 a.m. to conduct a joint oversight hearing. 
The Committees will receive testimony on the Loss of National Security 
Information at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, June 14, 2000, for an Open Executive Session to mark up H.R. 
3916 (Repeal of the Federal Communications Excise Tax); S. 662, the 
Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act; and, S. Res   , expressing 
the sense of the Senate that the President should initiate negotiations 
with the members of the European Union to resolve the current dispute 
regarding the foreign sales corporation provisions of the Internal 
Revenue Code and to modify World Trade Organization rules governing the 
border adjustability of taxes to ensure that such rules do not place 
United States exporters at a competitive disadvantage.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 14, 2000 at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to hold two 
hearings (agenda attached).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 14, 
2000 at 10 a.m. for a business meeting to consider pending Committee 
business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 14, 2000 at 
2:30 p.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Building to mark up the 
following: S. 1586, Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments; S. 2351, 
Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights 
Settlement Act; S. Res. 277, Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the 
Policy of Indian Self-Determination; S. 2508, the Colorado Ute Indian 
Water Settlement Act Amendments of 2000; and H.R. 3051, Jicarilla Water 
Feasibility Study, to be followed by a hearing, on S. 2282, to 
encourage the efficient use of existing resources and assets related to 
Indian agricultural research, development and exports within the 
Department of Agriculture.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, June 14, 2000 at 10:15 a.m. to hold an open 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, June 14, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       subcommittee on antitrust, business rights and competition

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition be 
authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Wednesday, June 14, 2000, at 
10 a.m., in SD226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear 
Safety be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, June 14, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing to receive 
testimony on the environmental benefits and impacts of ethanol under 
the Clean Air Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on communications

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Communications be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 
14, 2000, at 9:30 a.m. on wireless high speed Internet access for rural 
areas.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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