[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S7200]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. SPECTER. 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 Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at 10 a.m. 
to conduct a hearing on ``Consideration of Regulatory Reform 
Proposals.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation be authorized to meet 
on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Aviation Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at 10 a.m., in G50 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on Charity Oversight and Reform: Keeping 
Bad Things from Happening to Good Charities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a 
hearing on the Peace Corps Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, to hold a business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 10 a.m. on ``Preserving Traditional 
Marriage: A View From The States'' in the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building Room 226.

                             Witness List:

  Panel I: The Honorable Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts.
  Panel II: The Honorable Marilyn Musgrave, United States 
Representative [R-CO], Washington, DC; The Honorable Bob Barr, former 
United States Representative [R-GA], 21st Century Liberties Chair for 
Freedom and Privacy, American Conservative Union, Smyrna, GA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, for a hearing to consider pending 
legislation. The hearing will take place in room 418 of the Russell 
Senate Office Building at 2:45 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

                                Agenda:

  S. 50, the ``Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act;''
  S. 1014, requiring VA to place certain low-income veterans in a 
higher health care priority category;
  S. 1153, the ``Veterans Prescription Drugs Assistance Act;''
  S. 1509, the ``Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003;''
  S. 1745, the ``Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial 
Act;''
  S. 2063, proposed demonstration project on priorities in the 
scheduling of appointments for veterans health care;
  S. 2099, relating to educational assistance benefits for certain 
members of the Selected Reserve;
  S. 2133, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in 
the Bronx, New York, as the James J. Peters Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center;
  S. 2296, relating to the conveyance, lease or disposal of the 
Louisville VA Medical Center;
  S. 2327, the proposed coordination of VA per diem and Medicaid 
payments for care of veterans in State homes;
  S. 2417, care for newborn children of veterans receiving maternity 
care;
  S. 2483, the ``Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
2004;''
  S. 2484, the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel 
Enhancement Act of 2003;''
  S. 2485, the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Real Property and 
Facilities Management Improvement Act of 2004;''
  S. 2486, the ``Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 2004;''
  S. 2522, to increase the maximum amount of home loan guaranty 
available under the home loan guaranty program of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs;
  S. 2524, relating to Blast Injury Research and Clinical Care Centers 
(BIRECCs); and
  S. 2534, relating to various education and home loan benefits program 
improvements.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet Tuesday, June 22, 2004 from 10 
a.m.-12 p.m, in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         subcommittee on energy

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 
22 at 2:30 p.m., to receive testimony regarding High performance 
Computing: Regaining U.S. Leadership. The purpose of the hearings is to 
examine the DOE's HPC R&D activities in both the National Nuclear 
Security Administration and the Office of Science, and to consider S. 
2176, the High End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004, which would 
authorize the secretary to carry out a program of R&D to advance high-
end computing through the Office of Science.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on terrorism, technology, and homeland security

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Tools 
to Fight Terrorism: Subpoena Authority and Pretrial Detention of 
Terrorists'' on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen 226.

                             Witness List:

  Panel I--Rachel Brand, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy, Washington, DC; 
Michael A. Battle, United States Attorney, Western District of New 
York, Buffalo, NY; and James K. Robinson, former Assistant Attorney 
General, U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, 1998-2001, 
Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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