[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 10, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2582-S2584]
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. ENZI. 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 Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory 
Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.''

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 10 a.m., on steroids.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. ENZI. 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 Wednesday, March 10, at 11:30 a.m., to 
consider pending calendar business.

                                 Agenda

  On Wednesday, March 10, at 11:30 a.m., the Committee will hold a 
Business Meeting in Dirksen 366 to consider the following items on the 
agenda:
  Agenda Item 1: To consider the nomination of Susan Johnson Grant, to 
be Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Energy.
  Agenda Item 8: 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.
  Agenda Item 9: 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.
  Agenda Item 10: S. 1421--A bill to authorize the subdivision and 
dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives.
  Agenda Item 12: H.R. 620--To authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary 
to assist the State of California or local educational agencies in 
California in providing educational services for students attending 
schools located within the Park.
  Agenda Item 17: H.R. 2696--To establish institutes to demonstrate and 
promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of 
wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland 
ecosystems of the interior West.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the full 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 9:25 a.m., to conduct a business meeting 
to consider a GSA resolution and S. 1904, S. 2022, and S. 2043, and to 
conduct a hearing on the proposed FY 2005 EPA budget.
  The hearing will be held in SD 406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Wednesday, March 
10, 2004, at 2 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on ``United States Economic and Trade Policy in the Middle 
East.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, March 10, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing on 
Nonproliferation and Arms Control Strategy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday. March 10, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing on 
``A Fresh Start for Haiti? Charting the Future of U.S.-Haitian 
Relations.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 
at 9:30 a.m., in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct an oversight hearing on the proposed reorganization of major 
agencies and functions related to Indian trust reform matters without 
the Department of the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 10 a.m. on ``Letting the People Decide: 
The Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Congress to Prohibit Physical 
Desecration of the flag of the United States,'' in the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List:

  Panel I: The Honorable Daniel J. Bryant, Assistant Attorney General, 
Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, Chairman of the Board, Citizens 
Flag Alliance, Recipient, Medal of Honor, Summer, WA; John Andretti, 
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Driver, Mooresville, NC; Richard D. Parker, 
Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; Gary E. 
May, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Southern Indiana 
(1981-1985), Evansville, IN; and Lawrence Korb, Former Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, Navy Veteran, Alexandria, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. on ``Judicial Nominations'' in 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List:

  Panel I: Senators.
  Panel II: Peter W. Hall, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit.
  Panel III: Jane J. Boyle, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas; Marcia G. Cooke, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida; and Walter D. 
Kelley, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Virginia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on the scope and operation of organizations registered under 
Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, for a joint hearing with the House 
of Representatives's Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hear the 
legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  The hearing will take place in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office 
Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        Joint Economic Committee

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint 
Economic Committee be authorized to conduct a hearing in Room 628 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Wednesday, March 10, 2004, from 10 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on 
Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on March 10, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., in open and closed session to receive 
testimony on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs of the Department of 
Energy and the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program of the Department 
of Defense, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2005.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 1 p.m. to 
conduct a hearing on ``Argentina's Financial Crisis.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. ENZI. 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 Wednesday, March 10th, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearings is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 1354, to resolve certain conveyances and provide for 
alternative land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act related to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, and for 
other purposes; S. 1575 and H.R. 1092, to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to sell certain parcels of federal land in Carson City and 
Douglas County, NV; S. 1778, to authorize a land conveyance between the 
United States and the City of Craig, AK, and for other purposes; S. 
1819 and H.R. 272, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain land to Lander County, NV, and the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain land to Eureka County, NV, for continued use as 
cemeteries; and H.R. 3249, to extend the term of the Forest Counties 
Payments Committee.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on seapower

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 10, 2004, 
at 2 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on the posture of the 
U.S. Transportation Command, in review of the Defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2005 and the future years defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. on NASA/Mars Exploration 
Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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