[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 131 (Tuesday, September 23, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11866-S11867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. BURNS. 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 23, 2003, at 11 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nomination of the Honorable Gordon R. England to be 
Secretary of the Navy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. BURNS. 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 23, 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 banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. BURNS. 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 23, 2003, at 2 p.m., to conduct a 
markup of the following original legislation: the ``National Consumer 
Credit Reporting System Improvement Act of 2003''; the ``Defense 
Production Reauthorization Act of 2003''; and the ``Federal Transit 
Extension Act of 2003.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
September 23 at 9 a.m. to conduct a business meeting to consider the 
TEA-21 extension and to conduct a hearing immediately following the 
markup to consider the nomination of Michael O. Leavitt, to be 
Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency.
  The business meeting and the hearing will take place in SD-406 
(Hearing Room).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, 
September 23, 2003, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``Unfulfilled 
Promises: Mexican Barrier to U.S. Agricultural Exports.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BURNS. 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 23, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
Iraq: Next Steps
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 23, 
2003, at 9:30 a.m. for a classified hearing titled ``Combating 
Terrorist Financing: Are We on the Right Track?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Health Technology during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 23, 2003, for a hearing on proposals to 
limit eligibility for veterans' compensation benefits to disabilities 
directly related to ``performance of duty'' injuries only.
  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.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 
from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting 
a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            subcommittee on immigration and border security

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security be 
authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Information Sharing and 
Coordination for Visa Issuance: Our first line of defense for homeland 
security'' on Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., in SD226.


                              witness list

       Panel I: Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary for Consular 
     Affairs, Department of State, Washington, D.C.; C. Stewart 
     Verdery, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, 
     Border and Transportation Security, Department of Homeland 
     Security, Arlington, Virginia.
       Panel II: John O. Brennan, Director, Terrorist Threat 
     Integration Center (TTIC), Office of the Director of Central 
     Intelligence, McLean, Virginia; Larry A. Mefford, Executive 
     Assistant Director, Counter-terrorism and Counter-
     intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
     Justice, Washington, D.C.

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


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, September 23, at 2:30 p.m.

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  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 213, a bill 
to clear title to certain real property in New Mexico associated with 
the middle Rio Grande Project, and for other purposes; S. 1236, a bill 
directing the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
control or eradicate Tamarisk in the western United States, and for 
other purposes; S. 1516, a bill to further the purposes of the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 by 
directing the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out an assessment and 
demonstration program to assess potential increases in water 
availability for Bureau of Reclamation projects and other uses through 
control of salt cedar and Russian olive; H.R. 856, a bill authorizing 
the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the 
Tom Green county water control and improvement district No. 1 San 
Angelo Project, Texas, and for other purposes; and H.R. 961, a bill to 
promote Department of the of the Interior efforts to provide a 
scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in 
the upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes. (Contact: 
Shelly Randel 202-224-7933, Erik Webb 202-224-4756 or Meghan Beal at 
202-224-7556).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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