[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S7414]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


          committees on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on FCC Oversight.
  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 4, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. on hold a hearing on 
Iraq Stabilization and Reconstruction.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    committee on government affairs

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 4, 
2003, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing entitled ``Transforming the Department 
of Defense Personnel System: Finding the Right Approach.''
  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 4, 2003 at 
10:00 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
a hearing on Proposals to Amend the Indian Reservation Roads Program--
S. 281, the Indian Tribal Surface Transportation Improvement Act of 
2003, and S. 725, the Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 
2003.
  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 4, 2003 at 
2:00 p.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on Impacts on Tribal Fish and Wildlife Management 
Programs in the Pacific Northwest.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Solving the Asbestos Litigation Crisis: S. 1125, the Fairness in 
Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003'' on Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 
10 a.m., in the Hart Senate Office Building Room 216.
  Witness List: Professor Laurence H. Tribe, Ralph S. Tyler, Professor 
of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; Jennifer L. 
Biggs, Tillinghast-Towers Perrin, St. Louis, MO; Dr. Mark A. Peterson, 
Legal Analysis Systems, Thousands Oaks, CA; Fred Dunbar, Senior Vice 
President, National Economic Research Associates, New York, NY; 
Professor Eric D. Green, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA; 
Robert Harwick, Chief Economist, Insurance Information Institute, New 
York, NY; Dr. James D. Crapo, M.D., Department of S/M Pulmonary 
Sciences/Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Medical Research 
Center, Denver, CO; Dr. Laura Stewart Welsh, M.D., Medical Director, 
Center to Protect Workers Rights, Silver Spring, MD; and Dr. John E. 
(Jack) Parker, M.D., Department of Medicine, University of West 
Virginia, Morgantown, WV.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate for a hearing entitled ``SBA Reauthorization: 
Programming for Success'' and other matters on Wednesday, June 4, 2003, 
beginning at 2 p.m. in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 4 at 10 a.m. to receive testimony regarding 
S. 391, the Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2003; S. 1003, to clarify the 
intent of Congress with respect to the continued use of established 
commercial outfitter hunting camps on the Salmon River; H.R. 417, to 
revoke a public land order with respect to certain lands erroneously 
included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California; and S. 
924--to authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska Native 
Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, and for other 
purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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