[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 21, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6887-S6888]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to conduct a 
business meeting during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 21, 
2003. The purpose of this meeting will be to consider the nominations 
of Glen Klippenstein, Julia Bartling, and Lowell Junkins to be members 
of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation and Tom Dorr to be a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation and to be under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Rural Development.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. ALLARD. 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 May 21, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. to conduct an 
oversight hearing on ``national export strategy.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on SPAM, in SR-253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 2:30 p.m. on TEA-21 Reauthorization, in SR-
253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. ALLARD. 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 Wednesday, May 21 at 10:00 a.m. to consider 
pending calendar business.
  Agenda Item No. 2--S. 520--A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation 
District in the State of Idaho for sure.
  Agenda Item No. 3--S. 625--A bill to authorize the Bureau of 
Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility studies in the Tualatin 
River Basin in Oregon, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item No. 5--S. 500--A bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to study certain sites in the historic district of Beaufort, 
South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era.
  Agenda Item No. 6--S. 635--A bill to amend the National Trails System 
Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility 
and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other 
purposes.
  Agenda Item No. 7--S. 651--A bill to amend the National Trails System 
Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from 
willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, and for 
other purposes.

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  Agenda Item No. 8--H.R. 519--To authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, and for 
other purposes.
  Agenda Item No. 9--H.R. 733--To authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to acquire the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in 
Oregon City, Oregon, and to administer the site as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item No. 10--H.R. 788--To revise the boundary of the Glen 
Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona.
  Agenda Item No. 11--S. 203--A bill to open certain withdrawn land in 
Big Horn County, Wyoming, to locatable mineral development for 
bentonite mining.
  Agenda Item No. 12--S. 246--A bill to provide that certain Bureau of 
Land Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa 
Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico.
  In addition, the Committee may turn to any other measures that are 
ready for consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a Business 
Meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet in 
Executive Session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 
21, 2003.
  The following agenda will be considered: S. 1053, Genetics Non-
Discrimination Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on INDIAN AFFAIRs

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 
10 a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct an 
oversight hearing on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Executive Nominations'' on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 10 a.m. in the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 226.
  Panel I: Senators.
  Panel II: R. Hewitt Pate to be Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust 
Division, United States Department of Justice.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        joint economic committee

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint 
Economic Committee be authorized to conduct a hearing in room 216 of 
the Hart Senate Office Building, Wednesday, May 21, 2003, from 9:30 
a.m. at 1 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
be authorized to meet on Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 9 a.m., for a 
hearing entitled ``SARS: How Effective Is The State And Local 
Response?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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