[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 16, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S9508]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 July 16, 2003, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct an oversight hearing on the Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report 
of the Federal Reserve.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on Marine Mammal 
Protection Act in SR-428A.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on Internet Tax 
Moratorium in SR-253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 
16, 2003, at 10 a.m., in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
to conduct a joint hearing with the House Committee on Resources, 
Office of Native American and Insular Affairs, on S. 556, a bill to 
Reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 
16, 2003, at 10 a.m., in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
to conduct a business meeting on pending Committee matters, to be 
followed immediately by a joint hearing with the House Committee on 
Resources, Office of Native American and Insular Affairs, on S. 556, a 
bill to Reauthorize the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of H.R. 
2440, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on Antitrust, competition policy, and consumer rights

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer rights be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Hospital Group Purchasing: Has the Market Become More Open to 
Competition?'' on Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 11:00 a.m., in Room 226 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

       Panel I: Mr. Mark McKenna, Chairman, Novation, Irving, TX; 
     Mr. Richard Norling, Chairman and CEO, Premier, San Diego, 
     CA; Mr. Said Hilal, Chairman and CEO, Applied Medical 
     Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA; Mr. Thomas 
     Brown, Executive Vice President, BIOTRONIK, Inc., Lake 
     Oswego, OR; Mr. Gary Heiman, President and CEO, Standard 
     Textile, Cincinnati, OH; Mr. Lynn James Everard, Hospital 
     Purchasing Consultant, Coconut Creek, FL: Ms. Elizabeth 
     Weatherman, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, LLC, New York, 
     NY.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal 
                 workforce and the district of columbia

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of 
Columbia be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at 10:00 
a.m., for a hearing entitled ``Great Lakes Restoration Management: No. 
Direction, Unknown Progress.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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