[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 68 (Thursday, May 8, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S5977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 9:45 a.m. in closed session to 
mark up the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on the nomination of 
Annette Sandburg to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration in SR-253.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet in open executive session 
during the session on Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to mark up a 
substitute for S. 2, the Jobs and Growth Tax Acts of 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous on the Judiciary be 
authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 
9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.
  I. Nominations: Carolyn B. Kuhl to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit; John G. Roberts, Jr., to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit; David G. Campbell to be U.S. District 
Judge for the District of Arizona; S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., to be U.S. 
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana; William Emil 
Moschella to be Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative 
Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice; and David B. Rivkin to be 
Commissioner for the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. COLEMAN. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the 
Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Department of 
Justice Nominations'' on Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 2 p.m., in the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226.
  Panel I: [Senators].
  Panel II: Robert D. McCallum, to be Associate Attorney General, 
United States Department of Justice; Peter D. Keisler, to be Assistant 
General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
May 8, 2003, at 2:05 p.m., in The President's Room, S 216, The Capitol.
  I. Nominations: Carolyn B. Kuhl, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit; John G. Roberts, Jr., to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit; Consuelo Maria Callahan, to be U.S. 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Michael Chertoff, to be U.S. 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit; David G. Campbell, to be U.S. 
District Judge for the District of Arizona; S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., to 
be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana; L. Stott 
Coogler, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama; William Emil Moschella, to be Assistant Attorney General, 
Office of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice; Leonardo M. 
Rapadas to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Guam.
  II Bills: S. 878, a bill to authorize an additional permanent 
judgeship in the District of Idaho.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DeWine. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Department of Justice Nominations'' on Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 3:30 
p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.
  Panel I: The Honorable Zell Miller United States Senator [D-GA]; The 
Honorable Saxby Chambliss United States Senator [R-GA].
  Panel II: Robert D. McCallum to be Associate Attorney General, United 
States Department of Justice; Peter D. Keisler to be Assistant Attorney 
General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


     subcommittee on clean Air, climate change, and nuclear safety

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety be 
authorized to meet on Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing regarding S. 485, the Clear Skies Act.
  The meeting will be held in SD 406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.

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