[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 120 (Thursday, September 4, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S11124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 4, 2003 at 9:30 a.m., in open and closed 
session to receive testimony on the proposed lease of 100 KC-767 aerial 
refueling tanker aircraft by the U.S. Air Force.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and Natural resources

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on energy and natural resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, September 4th at 10:00 a.m. The 
purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the Department on 
Energy Polygraph Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony regarding 
U.S.-Cuba Economic Relations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

                                 Agenda

  I. Nominations: Henry W. Saad to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit; Larry Alan Burns to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California; Glen E. Conrad to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia; Henry F. 
Floyd to be United States District Judge for the District of South 
Carolina; Kim R. Gibson to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania; Michael W. Mosman to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Oregon; Dana Makoto Sabraw to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of California; 
Mauricio J. Tamargo to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission of the United States.
  II. Bills: S.J. Res. 1, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
the constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime 
victims [Kyl, Chambliss, Cornyn, Craig, DeWine, Feinstein, Graham, 
Grassley]; S. 1451, Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection 
Act [Hatch, Leahy].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, September 4 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights and property rights

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``What is Needed to Defend the Bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 
1996,'' on Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. in SD226.

                              Witness List

  Panel I: Rev. Dr. Ray Alexander Hammond II, Pastor, Bethel AME 
Church, Boston, MA; Mrs. Maggie Gallagher, President, Institute for 
Marriage and Public Policy, New York, NY; Mr. Gregory S. Coleman, Esq., 
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Former Solicitor General, State of Texas, 
Austin, TX; Mr. Michael P. Farris, Esq., Chairman & General Counsel, 
Home School Legal Defense Association, President and Professor of 
Government, Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, VA; Prof. Dale 
Carpenter, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law 
School, Minneapolis, MN; Mr. Keith Bradkowski, San Francisco, CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space be authorized to meet on 
September 4, 2003, at 3:30 pm on a new kind of science.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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