[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 144 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12631-S12632]
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 15, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a markup of S. 811, the ``American Dream Downpayment Act'', of 
S. 300, the ``Jackie Robinson Congressional Gold Medal bill.'' The 
committee will also vote on the nominations of Mr. Harvey S. Rosen, of 
New Jersey, and Ms. Kristin J. Forbes, of Massachusetts, to be members 
of the Council of Economic Advisors; Ms. Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement; and Mr. 
Peter Lichtenbaum, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Export Administration.
  Following the votes, the Subcommittee on Securities and Investment 
will meet in open session to conduct a hearing on ``The Future of the 
Securities Markets.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, October 15, at 9:30 to conduct a business meeting to 
consider legislation S. 1643, S. 1066, S. 1663, and S. 1669, and the 
nomination of Michael O. Leavitt, to be Administrator of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  The meeting will take place in SD 406, hearing room.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``Company 
Owned Life Insurance.''
  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 Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 2 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on The Middle East Road Map: Overcoming Obstacles to Peace.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, October 
15, 2003, at 10 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building 
to conduct a Hearing on S. 550, the American Indian Probate Reform Act 
of 2003.
  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 Judicial 
Nominations hearing on Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in 
the Dirksen Office Building room 226.

                                 Agenda

  Panel I: Senators.
  Panel II: D. Michael Fisher to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Third Circuit.
  Panel III: Dale S. Fisher to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California; Gary L. Sharpe to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of New York.
  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 hearing 
on Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. on ``Indecent Exposure: 
Oversight of DOJ's Efforts to Protect Pornography's Victims,'' in the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226.

                              Witness List

  Panel 1: Mr. John Malcolm, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, Department of Justice, Washington D.C., Mr. J. 
Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice, Washington D.C.; Mr. 
Lawrence E. Maxwell, Inspector in Charge, Fraud and Dangerous Mail 
Investigations, United States Postal Inspectors, Washington D.C.; 
Honorable Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. Attorney

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for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA.
  Panel 2: Mr. Bruce A. Taylor, President and Chief Counsel, National 
Law Center for Children and Families, Fairfax, VA; Mr. Victor Cline, 
Emeritus Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Mr. Steve 
Takeshita, Officer in Charge, Pornography Unit, Organized Crime and 
Vice Division, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 
Wednesday, October 15, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 943, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into one or more 
contracts with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of water 
in the Kendrick project; S. 1027 and H.R. 2040, bills to amend the 
Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 to extend certain 
contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and certain irrigation 
water contractors in the States of Wyoming and Nebraska; S. 1058, a 
bill to provide a cost-sharing requirement for the construction of the 
Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado; S. 1071, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on a water conservation 
project within the Arch Hurley Conservancy District in the State of New 
Mexico, and for other purposes; S. 1307, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
assist in the implementation of fish passage and screening facilities 
at non Federal water projects, and for other purposes; S. 1308, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to pursue and complete 
actions related to the implementation of a U.S. District of a U.S. 
district court consent decree; S. 1355, a bill to authorize the Bureau 
of Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake 
Dam in Oregon, and for other purposes; S. 1577, a bill to extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in 
the State of Wyoming; H.R. 1284, a bill to amend the Reclamation 
Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the 
Federal share of the costs of the San Gabriel Basin Demonstration 
Project; and S. Res. 183, a resolution commemorating 50 years of 
adjudication under the McCarran amendment of rights to the use of 
water.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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