[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 118 (Thursday, September 28, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9531-S9532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 9:30 a.m., in open 
session to receive testimony on U.S. policy toward Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 9:30 a.m., on Department of 
Commerce trade missions/political activities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 9:30 a.m., 
to conduct an oversight hearing. The committee will examine the impacts 
of the recent United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decisions 
regarding the Federal government's breach of contract for failure to 
accept high level nuclear waste by January 1998.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 3:00 p.m., to hold a Joint Committee 
Hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, September 28, 2000 to mark up H.R. 4844, the 
Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000 and the 
Community Renewal and New Markets Act of 2000.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. 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 28, 2000 at 10:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, September 28, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. The markup will take place 
in Dirksen Room 226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Thursday, September 
28, 2000 from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in Dirksen 562 for the purpose of 
conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       subcommittee on antitrust, business rights and competition

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights 
and

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Competition be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Thursday, 
September 28, 2000, at 2:00 p.m. The hearing will take place in Dirksen 
Room 226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       subcommittee on securities

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Securities of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, September 28, 2000, to conduct a hearing on ``the proposal by 
the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate agency regulations 
that would restrict the types of non-audit services that independent 
public accounts may provide to their audit clients.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on transportation and infrastructure

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate Thursday, September 28, at 9:30 a.m., 
Hearing Room (SD-406) to conduct a hearing to receive testimony on H.R. 
809, the Federal Protective Service Reform Act of 2000.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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