[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 96 (Tuesday, July 13, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S8051]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. ALLARD. 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, July 13, 2004, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing on ``Examination of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Five Years 
After Its Passage.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Reauthorization of the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 3 p.m. on the nomination of David Stone to 
be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security and Albert Frink to be 
Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services of the Department of 
Commerce.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. ALLARD. 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 Tuesday, July 13 at 10 a.m. to receive 
testimony regarding the role of nuclear power in national energy 
policy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 3 p.m. to hold a hearing on Human 
Trafficking.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, 
July 13, 2004, at 10 a.m. on ``Blakely v. Washington and the Future of 
the Federal Sentencing Guidelines'' in the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I; Hon. Bill Mercer, U.S. Attorney, District of Montana, 
Helena, MT; Hon. John Steer, Vice Chair and Commissioner, U.S. 
Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC; Hon. William Sessions, Chief 
U.S. District Judge, District of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Vice Chair 
and Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC; Hon. 
Lawrence L. Piersol, Chief U.S. District Judge, District of South 
Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD; and Hon. Paul G. Cassell, U.S. District Court 
Judge, District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
  Panel II: Frank Bowman, Professor of Law, Indiana University Law 
School, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel Barkow, Assistant Professor of Law, 
New York University School of Law, New York, NY; Ronald Weich, Esq., 
Zuckerman, Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC; and Alan Vinegrad, Esq., Former 
U.S. Attorney, Covington & Burling, New York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, 
July 13, 2004, at 2 p.m. on ``An Examination of Section 211 of the 
Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998'' in the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building Room 226.

                              Witness List

  Nancie Marzulla, President, Defender of Property Rights, Washington, 
DC; William Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., 
Washington, DC; Ramon Arechabala, Miami, FL; Kenneth Germain, Attorney 
at Law, Adjunct Law Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 
OH; and Bruce Lehman, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on July 13, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed hearing on 
intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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