[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 138 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    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 October 2, 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. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on media ownership.
  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 Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. on Amtrak.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 1:30 a.m. to hold a 
Business Meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Cuba.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
October 2, 2003 at a time and location to be determined to hold a 
business meeting to consider the nomination of C. Suzanne Mencer to be 
Director, Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland 
Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on health education, labor and pensions

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and House Committee 
on Energy and Commerce be authorized to meet for a Joint hearing on 
Managing Biomedical Research to Prevent and Cure Disease in the 21st 
Century: Matching NIH Policy with Science during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 10 a.m. in SD-106.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

   Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, October 2, 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; Charles W. Pickering, Sr. to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; Margaret Catharine Rodgers to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida; 
Roger W. Titus to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland; George W. Miller to be Judge for the United States Court of 
Federal Claims; Karin J. Immergut to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Oregon; and Deborah Ann Spagnoli to be United States Parole 
Commissioner.
  II. Bills: S. 1580. Religious Workers Act of 2003 [Hatch, Kennedy, 
DeWine] and S. 1545. Development, Relief, and Education for Alien 
Minors Act of 2003 (the DREAM Act) [Hatch, Durbin, Craig, DeWine, 
Feingold, Feinstein, Grassley, Kennedy, Leahy, Schumer].
  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 Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 
Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 10:00 a.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 524, to expand the boundaries of the Fort Donelson National 
Battlefield to authorize the acquisition and interpretation of lands 
associated with the campaign that resulted in the capture of the fort 
in 1862, and for other purposes; S. 1313, to establish the Congaree 
Swamp National Park in the State of South Carolina, and other purposes; 
S. 1472, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the 
construction of a statue of Harry S. Truman at Union Station in Kansas 
City, MO; and S. 1576, to revise the boundary of Harpers Ferry National 
Historic Park, and for other purposes.

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