[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 92 (Wednesday, July 7, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7771-S7772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                          committee on finance

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Wednesday, July 
7, 2004, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to consider 
the following nominations: J. Russell George, to be Inspector General 
for Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury; Patrick P. 
O'Carroll, Jr., to be Inspector General, Social Security 
Administration; Timothy Bitsberger, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury; and, Paul Jones, to be 
Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, U.S. Department 
of the Treasury.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 7, 
2004, at 10 a.m. for a hearing titled ``Juvenile Detention Centers: Are 
They Warehousing Children With Mental Illness?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at 10 a.m. on ``Judicial Nominations'' in the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226. Witness list:
  Panel I: [Senators].
  Panel II: Michael H. Schneider, Sr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.

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


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on July 7, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights

   Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Property Rights be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Examining U.S. Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery'' on 
Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at 2 p.m. in SD226.

     Witness List

   Panel I: The Honorable Michael T. Shelby, United States Attorney, 
Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX; The Honorable Johnny K. 
Sutton, United States Attorney, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, 
TX; Sister Mary Ellen Dougherty, United States Conference of Catholic 
Bishops, Washington, DC; Joseph Mettimano, World Vision, Washington, 
DC; Dr. Mohamed Mattar, Co-Director, The Protection Project, The Paul 
H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins 
University, Washington, DC; Charles Song, Coalition to Abolish Slavery 
and Trafficking, Los Angeles, CA; Wendy Patten, Human Rights Watch, 
Washington, DC.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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