[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 97 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8138-S8139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Home Products Fire Safety.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. on Adult Stem Cell Research.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. FRIST. 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, July 14, at 11:30 a.m. to consider 
pending calendar business.
  Agenda Item 1: S. 203--A bill to open certain withdrawn land in Big 
Horn County, Wyoming, to locatable mineral development for bentonite 
mining.
  Agenda Item 4: S. 931--A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to undertake a program to reduce the risks from and mitigate the 
effects of avalanches on visitors to units of the National Park System 
and on other recreational users of public land.
  Agenda Item 7: S. 1211--A bill to further the purposes of title XVI 
of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, 
the ``Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act'', by directing the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a 
demonstration program for water reclamation in the Tularosa Basin of 
New Mexico, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 14: 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 16: S. 2140--A bill to expand the boundary of the Mount 
Rainier National Park.
  Agenda Item 17: S. 2167--A bill to establish the Lewis and Clark 
National Historical Park in the States of Washington and Oregon, and 
for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 18: S. 2173--A bill to further the purposes of the Sand 
Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2000.
  Agenda Item 19: S. 2285--A bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey a parcel of real property to Beaver County, Utah.
  Agenda Item 20: S. 2287--A bill to adjust the boundary of the 
Barataria Preserve Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and 
Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 21: S. 2460--A bill to provide assistance to the State of 
New Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water plans, and 
for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 22: S. 2508--A bill to redesignate the Ridges Basin 
Reservoir, Colorado, as Lake Nighthorse.
  Agenda Item 23: S. 2511--A bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a feasibility study of a Chimayo water supply 
system, to provide for the planning, design, and construction of a 
water supply, reclamation, and filtration facility for Espanola, New 
Mexico, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 24: S. 2543--A bill to establish a program and criteria 
for National Heritage Areas in the United States, and for other 
purposes.
  Agenda Item 27: H.R. 1284--To amend the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the Federal share 
of the costs of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project.
  Agenda Item 29: H.R. 1616--To authorize the exchange of certain lands 
within the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site for lands 
owned by the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item 30: H.R. 3768--To expand the Timucuan Ecological and 
Historic Preserve, Florida.
  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. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the 
session on July 14, 2004, at 10 a.m., in a mock markup to consider 
proposed legislation implementing the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade 
Agreement; and to consider favorably reporting S. 2610, the U.S.-
Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; and the nominations 
of Joey Russell George, to be Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, U.S. Department of Treasury; Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., 
to be Inspector General, Social Security Administration; Timothy S. 
Bitsberger, to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, U.S. 
Department of Treasury; Paul B. Jones, to be Member, IRS Oversight 
Board; and, Charles L. Kolbe, to be Member, IRA Oversight Board.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing on 
Pakistan: Balancing Reform and Counterterrorism.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing on 
U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Europe: Unfinished Business in the 
Balkans.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 
10 a.m., in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct 
an oversight hearing on the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 10 a.m. on ``Examining the Implications of 
Drug Importation'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226. The 
witness list will be delivered later today.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Hon. John Breaux, U.S. Senator; and Hon. Bryon Dorgan, U.S. 
Senator.
  Panel II: William K. Hubbard, Associate Commissioner for Policy and 
Planning, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; John Taylor, III, 
Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration; and Elizabeth G. Durant, Director of Trade Programs, 
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

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  Panel III: Hon. Rudolph Giuliani; Carmen Catizone, M.S., RPh, DPh, 
Executive Director/Secretary, National Association of Boards of 
Pharmacy Boards; Kathleen Jaeger, President and CEO, GPhA; Ms. Joanna 
Disch, Board Member, AARP; and Ms. Elizabeth A. Wennar, M.P.H, D.H.A., 
President and CEO, United Health Alliance of Bennington, VT and 
Principle, HealthInova of Manchester, VT, United Health Alliance, 
Health Care Economist.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr FRIST. 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, July 14, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct an 
oversight hearing on the Federal Election Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, is is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. FRIST. 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, July 14, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2317, to 
limit the royalty on soda ash; S. 2353, to reauthorize and amend the 
National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992; H.R. 1189, to increase the 
waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants 
provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 2010, to protect the voting rights of members of the armed 
services in elections for the delegate representing American Samoa in 
the United States House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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