[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11259-S11260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 10 a.m., to receive testimony 
on U.S. military commitments and ongoing military operations abroad.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. FRIST. 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 September 9, 2003, at 10 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing on ``The Implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Restoring 
Investor Confidence.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on oversight of transportation 
security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. FRIST. 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 Tuesday, September 9 at 10 a.m. to consider 
the nominations of Suedeen G. Kelly to be a member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission and Rick A. Dearborn to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, 
September 9, 2003, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``The Alias Among 
Us; The Homeland Security and Terrorism Threat from Document Fraud, 
Identity Theft and Social Security Number Misuse.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 9:45 a.m. to hold an all-Member 
briefing on North Korea.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, 
September 9, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226 on ``Ensuring the Continuity of the United States Government: 
The Congress.''

     Witnesses

  Panel I: The Honorable Brian Baird, United States Representative [D-
WA]; The Honorable David Dreier, United States Representative [R-CA].
  Panel II: Dr. Norman J. Ornstein, Senior Counselor, Continuity of 
Government Commission, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 
Washington, DC.
  Mr. Doug Lewis, Director, The Election Center, Houston, TX.
  Mr. Raymond F. DuBois, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, 
Installations & Environment, Department of Defense, Arlington, VA.
  Mr. Thad Hall, Program Officer, The Century Foundation, Washington, 
DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, 
September 9, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226 on ``Pornography, Technology, and Process: Problems and 
Solutions on Peer-to-Peer Networks.''

     Witnesses

  Panel I: Linda Koontz, Director of Information Management, U.S. 
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.
  John Malcolm, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Thomas J. Spota, Suffolk County District Attorney, Hauppauge, NY.
  Robbie Callaway, Chairman, National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children, Alexandria, VA.
  Stephen Hess, Associate Academic Vice President for Information 
Technology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
  Douglas W. Jacobson, President and Chief Technology Officer, Palisade 
Systems, Ames, IA.
  Panel II: William Barr, Esquire, General Counsel, Verizon 
Communications, Washington, DC.
  Cary Sherman, President, Recording Industry Association of America, 
Washington, DC.
  Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office, 
Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Subcommittee on financial institutions

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 9, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. to conduct a hearing on 
``Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 808, to provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore; S. 1107, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration 
Program for the National Park Service, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
620, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental 
funding and other services that are necessary to assist the State of 
California or local educational agencies in California in providing 
educational services for students attending schools located within the 
park.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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