[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 167 (Tuesday, November 18, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15087-S15088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 4 p.m., in open session, to 
consider the nomination of the Honorable Michael W. Wynne to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on

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Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on November 18, 2003, at 10 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing on the ``Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory 
Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, November 18, 2003, in the President's Room, immediately 
following the first vote, on pending committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, 
November 18, 2003, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on nomination of 
Arnold I. Havens, to be General Counsel for the Department of the 
Treasury.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, November 18, 
2003, at 2:30 p.m. for a hearing to consider the nomination of James M. 
Loy to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland 
Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, 
November 18, 2003, at 9:30 a.m, on ``America after 9/11: Freedom 
Preserved or Freedom Lost?,'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226.
  Panel I: Bob Barr, Former United States Representative, Atlanta, GA; 
Viet Dinh, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; 
James Zogby, Arab American Institute, Washington, DC; James Dempsey, 
Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC; Robert Cleary, 
Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York, NY; Nadine Strossen, President, American 
Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY; and Muzaffar Chishti, Director, 
Migration Policy Institute at New York University School of Law; New 
York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, November 18, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearings is to receive testimony on S. 1467, a 
bill to establish the Rio Grande outstanding natural area in the state 
of Colorado, and for other purposes, S. 1209, a bill to provide for the 
acquisition of property in Washington County, Utah, for implementation 
of a desert tortoise habitat conservation plan, and H.R. 708, a bill to 
require the conveyance of certain national forest system lands in 
Mendocino National Forest, California, to provide for the use of the 
proceeds from such conveyance for national forest purposes, and for 
other purposes; S. 1167, which would resolve boundary conflicts in 
Barry and Stone counties in the State of Missouri, and S. 1848, which 
would amend the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administrative 
site in the State of Oregon.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on strategic forces

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on strategic forces of the committee on armed services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, 
November 18, 2003, at 2:00 p.m., in open session to receive testimony 
on space acquisition policies and processes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
be authorized to meet on Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. for a 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Tax Shelter Industry: The Role of Accountants, 
Lawyers and Financial Professionals.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

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