[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5837-S5838]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 19, 2004. The purpose of 
this meeting will be to mark up legislation to reauthorize child 
nutrition programs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on May 19, 2004, at 8:30 a.m., in open session, to continue to 
receive testimony on allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. GREGG. 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, May 19, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing on ``Congressional Oversight of the IMF and World 
Bank.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on from public service to private 
sector: Spinning the Revolving Door for Personal Gain.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and national resources

  Mr. GREGG. 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, May 19 at 11:30 a.m., to consider 
pending calendar business.

                                 Agenda

  Agenda Item 1: S. 155--A bill to convey to the town of Frannie, WY, 
certain land withdrawn by the Commissioner of Reclamation.
  Agenda Item 2: S. 180--A bill to establish the National Aviation 
Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 3: S. 203--A bill to open certain withdrawn land in Big 
Horn County, WY, to locatable mineral development and bentonite mining.
  Agenda Item 4: S. 211--A bill to establish the Northern Rio Grande 
National Heritage Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other 
purposes.
  Agenda Item 5: S. 323--A bill to establish the Atchafalaya National 
Heritage Area, LA.
  Agenda Item 9: S. 1241--A bill to establish the Kate Mullany National 
Historic Site in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 13: S. 1467--A bill to establish the Rio Grande 
Outstanding Natural Area in the State of Colorado, and for other 
purposes.
  Agenda Item 14: S. 1521--A bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain land to the Edward H. McDaniel American 
Legion Post 22 in Phrump, NV, for the construction of a post building 
and memorial park for use by the American Legion, other veterans' 
groups, and the local community.
  Agenda Item 16: S. 1727--A bill to authorize additional 
appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.
  Agenda Item 17: S. 2046--A bill to authorize the exchange of certain 
land in Everglades National Park.
  Agenda Item 18: S. 2052--A bill to amend the National Trails System 
Act to designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic 
Trail.
  Agenda Item 20: S. 2180--A bill to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the Arapaho and Roosevelt 
National Forests in the State of Colorado.
  Agenda Item 21: S. 2319--A bill to authorize and facilitate 
hydroelectric power licensing of the Tapoco Project.
  Agenda Item 23: H.R. 961--To promote Department of the Interior 
efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment 
and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other 
purposes.
  Agenda Item 25: H.R. 1446--To support the efforts of the California 
Missions Foundation to restore and repair the Spanish colonial and 
mission-era missions in the State of California and to preserve the 
artworks and artifacts of these missions, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 26: H.R. 1658--To amend the Railroad Right-of-Way 
Conveyance Validation Act to validate additional conveyances of certain 
lands in the State of California that form part of the right-of-way 
granted by the United States to facilitate the construction of the 
transcontinental railway, and for other purposes.
  In addition, the committee may turn to any other measures that are 
ready for consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Wednesday, May 
19, 2004, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on Oversight and Nomination Hearing: The Treasury Department 
and Terrorism Financing; and, to consider the nominations of John O. 
Colvin, to be Judge of the U.S. Tax Court; Juan C. Zarate, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury; and, Stuart Levey to the Under Secretary for Enforcement, 
U.S. Department of the Treasury.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Iraq's Transition--The Way Ahead (Part II).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 
10 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
business meeting on S.J. Res. 37, resolution to acknowledge a long 
history of official depredations and ill-conceived polices by the 
United States Government regarding Indian Tribes and offer an apology 
to all Native peoples on behalf of the United States, and S. 2277, a 
bill to amend the Act of November 2, 1966 (80 Stat. 1112) to allow 
binding arbitration clauses to be included in all contracts affecting 
the land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation; to be 
followed immediately by a hearing on S. 1696, a bill to amend the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide 
further self government by Indian tribes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special

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Committee on Aging be authorized to meet Wednesday, May 19, 2004 from 
2:30 p.m.-5 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. GREGG. 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, May 19th, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 900, a bill 
to convey the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, the savage unit of 
the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and the Intake Irrigation 
Project to the pertinent irrigation districts; S. 1876, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands and 
facilities of the Provo River Project; S. 1957, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States on the border 
with Mexico and other appropriate entities in conducting a 
hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for 
priority transboundary aquifers, and for other purposes; S. 2304 and 
H.R. 3209, bills to amend the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 
1972 to clarify the acreage for which the North Loup division is 
authorized to provide irrigation water under the Missouri River Basin 
Project; S. 2243, a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska; H.R. 
1648, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain water distribution systems of the Cachuma Project, California, 
to the Carpinteria Valley water district and the Montecito water 
district; and H.R. 1732, a bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to participate in the Williamson County, TX, Water Recycling 
and Reuse Project, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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