[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 18 (Thursday, February 12, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1400-S1401]
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. GRASSLEY. 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 Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 10 
a.m., to conduct an oversight hearing on the semi-annual monetary 
policy report of the Federal Reserve.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 12 at 10 a.m. to 
consider the President's fiscal year 2005 budget for the Department of 
the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 2 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony concerning the Revenue Proposals in the 
President's fiscal year 2005 Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing on the State Department: Policy/Programs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on Trade and Human Rights U.S./Vietnam.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Building 
Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  William James Haynes II to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit, Raymond W. Gruender to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth 
Circuit, Henry W. Saad to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 
Judith C. Herrera to be United States District Judge for the District 
of New Mexico, F. Dennis Saylor to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Massachusetts, Sandra L. Townes to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Louis Guirola, Jr. 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Mississippi, Virginia E. Hopkins to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Alabama, Kenneth M. Karas to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Michele M. 
Leonhart to be Deputy Administrator of Drug Enforcement, and Domingo S. 
Herraiz to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, United 
States Department of Justice.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate for a hearing entitled, ``The 
President's FY2005 Budget Request for the SBA'' on Thursday, February 
12, 2004, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in room 428A of the Russell Senate 
Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on February 12, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed Business 
Meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on immigration, border security and citizenship

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security 
and Citizenship be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Evaluating a Temporary Guest Worker Proposal'' on Thursday, February 
12, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen 226.

                              Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary for Border and 
Transportation Security Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 
Washington, DC; The Honorable Eduardo Aguirre, Director, U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 
Washington, DC; The Honorable Steven J. Law, Deputy Secretary, 
Department of Labor, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Albert C. Zapanta, President, U.S.-Mexico Chamber of 
Commerce, Washington, DC; Richard R. Birkman, President, Texas Roofing 
Company, Austin, TX; Dr. Vernon Briggs, Professor of Industrial and 
Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Demetrios 
Papademetriou, Co-director, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. GRASSLEY. 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 Thursday, February 12 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1421, to 
authorize the subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by 
Alaska natives; S. 1466, to facilitate the transfer of land in the 
state of Alaska, and for other purposes; S. 1649, to designate the 
Ojito Wilderness Study Area as wilderness, to take certain land into 
trust for the Pueblo of Zia, and for other purposes; and S. 1910, to 
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and 
management program for forests derived from public domain land.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 12, 
2004, at 9:30 a.m., for a hearing entitled ``DOD Contractors Who Cheat 
on Their Taxes and What Should be Done About It.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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