[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8005-S8006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                          committee on finance

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony on the 
``Implementation of U.S. Bilateral Free Trade Agreements with Singapore 
and Chile.''


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a 
hearing on ``Treaties Related to Aviation and the Environment.''


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
June 17, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hold a business meeting to consider 
pending Committee business.

                                 Agenda

  Legislation: S. 481, the Kurtz Bill; S. 589, Homeland Security 
Workforce Act; S. 610, NASA Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003; S. 678, 
Postmasters Equity Act of 2003; S. 908, United States Consensus 
Council; S. 910, Non-Homeland Security Mission Performance Act of 2003; 
S. 926, Federal Employee Student Loan Assistance Act; S. 1166, National 
Security Personnel System Act; and S. 1245, Homeland Security Grant 
Enhancement Act.
  Post Office Naming Bills: S. 508, a bill to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 1830 South Lake Drive in 
Lexington, South Carolina, as the ``Floyd Spence Post Office 
Building''; S. 708, a bill to redesignate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 7401 West 100th Place in Bridgeview, 
Illinois, as the ``Michael J. Healy Post Office Building''; S. 867, a 
bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 710 Wicks Lane in Billings, Montana, as the ``Ronald Reagan 
Post Office Building''; S. 1145, a bill to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 120 Baldwin Avenue in Paia, 
Maui, Hawaii, as the ``Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building''; S. 
1207, a bill to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in Marceline, Missouri, as 
the ``Walt Disney Post Office Building''; H.R. 825, an act to 
redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
7401 West 100th Place in Bridgeview, Illinois, as the ``Michael J. 
Healy Post Office Building''; H.R. 917, an act to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1830 South

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Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, as the ``Floyd Spence Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 925, an act to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1859 South Ashland Avenue in 
Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Cesar Chavez Post Office''; H.R. 981, an 
act to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania, as the ``James 
R. Merry Post Office''; H.R. 985, an act to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 111 West Washington Street 
in Bowling Green, Ohio, as the ``Delbert L. Latta Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 1055, an act to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1901 West Evans Street in Florence, 
South Carolina, as the ``Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building''; 
H.R. 1368, an act to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 7554 Pacific Avenue in Stockton, California, as the 
``Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building''; H.R. 1465, an act to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
4832 East Highway 27 in Iron Station, North Carolina, as the ``General 
Charles Gabriel Post Office''; H.R. 1596, an act to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2318 Woodson 
Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Timothy Michael Gaffney Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 1609, an act to redesignate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 201 West Boston Street in 
Brookfield, Missouri, as the ``Admiral Donald Davis Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 1740, an act to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1502 East Kiest Boulevard in Dallas, 
Texas, as the ``Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building''; and 
H.R. 2030, an act to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 Baldwin Avenue in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, as the 
``Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building.''

  Nominations: Michael J. Garcia to be Assistant Secretary for 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; 
C. Steward Verdery, Jr. to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security; Susanne Marshall to be Chairman of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board; Neil McPhie to be a Member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board; Terrence A. Duffy to be a Member of the Federal 
Retirement Thrift Investment Board; Peter Eide to be General Counsel 
for the Federal Labor Relations Authority; Albert Casey to be a 
Governor for the United States Postal Service; and James C. Miller, III 
to be a Governor for the United States Postal Service.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the 
Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The FTC Study 
on Barriers to Entry in the Pharmaceutical Marketplace,'' on Tuesday, 
June 17, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., in the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226.

                              Witness List

  Panel 1: The Honorable Timothy J. Muris, Esq., Chairman, Federal 
Trade Commission, Washington, DC; Mr. Dan Troy, Esq., Chief Counsel for 
Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD; Mr. 
Sheldon T. Bradshaw, Esq., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: The Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum, Esq.; Former U.S. 
Senator, [D-OH], Chairman, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, 
DC; Ms. Kathleen Jaeger, Esq., President and CEO, Generic 
Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, DC; Mr. Bruce Kuhlik, Esq., 
General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, 
Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``The Dark Side of a Bright Idea: Could Personal and National 
Security Risks Compromise the Potential of Peer-to-Peer Fine-Sharing 
Networks?'' on Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 2:00 p.m., in the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building Room 226.

                         Tentative Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator, [D-CA]; The 
Honorable Tom M. Davis, III, U.S. Representative, [D-VA, 11th 
District], Chairman, House Committee on Government Reform.
  Panel II: Nathaniel S. Good, Graduate Student, School of Information 
Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Aaron 
Krekelberg, Lead Web Developer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 
MN; Randy Saaf, MediaDefender, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; Alan Morris, 
Executive Vice President, Sharman Networks, Ltd., London, England; 
Chris Murray, Esq., Legislative Counsel, Consumers Union, Washington, 
DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on Senate Resolution 151, requiring public disclosure 
of notices of objections, holds, to proceedings to motions or measures 
in the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, June 17, 2003, for a hearing to consider the 
nominations of Mr. Alan G. Lance, Sr., and Mr. Lawrence B. Hagel, to be 
Judges, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims. The hearing will 
take place in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building at 2:30 
p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. to hold an open 
confirmation hearing on Frank Libutti to be Under Secretary for 
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, Department of 
Homeland Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on June 17, 2003, from 10 
a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


         subcommittee on consumer affairs and product liability

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Product Liability be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, June 17, 2003, from 2:30 pm on Reauthorization of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on fisheries, wildlife, and water

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, June 17 at 9:30 am to conduct a hearing to receive testimony 
on S. 525, the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act at 2003, a bill to 
reauthorize the nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control 
Act. The hearing will take place in SD 406, Hearing Room.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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