[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 133 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in open 
session, to receive testimony on ongoing military operations and 
reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

                               Witnesses

  Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, Presidential Envoy to Iraq;
  General John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, United States Central 
Command.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. VOINOVICH. 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 25, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. 
to conduct a hearing on ``Counterterror Initiatives in the Terror 
Finance Program.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on European Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
September 25, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 562 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building to conduct a hearing on the reauthorization of the Head 
Start program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, September 25, 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; Mauricio J. Tamargo to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States; Carlos T. Bea to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Charles H. Pickering, Sr. 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; Marcia A. 
Crone to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Texas; Philip S. Figa to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado; William Q. Hayes to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California; John A. Houston to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of California; 
Robert Clive Jones to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Nevada; Ronald A. White to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Oklahoma; John F. Bardelli to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Connecticut.

     II. Bills

  S. 1451, Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act 
[Hatch, Leahy];
  S. 1293, A bill to criminalize the sending of predatory and abusive 
e-mail [Leahy, Hatch, DeWine, Edwards, Feinstein, Grassley, Schumer];
  S. 1580, Religious Workers of Act of 2003 [Hatch, Kennedy, DeWine];
  S. Res. 209, Recognizing and honoring Woodstock, Vermont native Hiram 
Powers for his extraordinary and enduring contributions to American 
sculpture [Jeffords, Leahy, DeWine, Feinstein, Grassley, Hatch, 
Schumer, Specter]'
  S. Res. 222, Designating October 17, 2003, as National Mammography 
Day [Biden, Chambliss, DeWine, Edwards, Feinstein, Grassley, Hatch, 
Kennedy, Leahy, Schumer, Specter];
  S. Res. 98, Expressing the Sense of the Senate that the President 
should designate the week of October 12, 2003, as National Cystic 
Fibrosis Awareness Week [Campbell, Biden, DeWine, Grassley, Specter].


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 2:30 pm on scientific and medical 
advances in the field of in utero surgery.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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