[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9236-S9237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                          committee on finance

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, September 14, 2004, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on 
``Implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and

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Medicare Advantage Program: Perspectives on the Proposed Rules.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to continue its markup 
on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office 
Building Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Claude A. Allen, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit; 
David E. Nahmias, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Georgia; Ricardo H. Hinojosa, to be Chair of the 
United States Sentencing Commission; Michael O'Neill, to be a Member of 
the United States Sentencing Commission; Ruben Castillo, to be a Member 
of the United States Sentencing Commission; William Sanchez, to be 
Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practice; 
Richard B. Roper III, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Texas for the term of four years.

     II. Legislation

  S. 1635, L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2003, 
Chambliss;
  S. 1700, Advancing Justice through DNA Technology Act of 2003, Hatch, 
Biden, Specter, Leahy, DeWine, Feinstein, Kennedy, Schumer, Durbin, 
Kohl, Edwards;
  S. 2396, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2004, Hatch, Leahy, 
Chambliss, Durbin, Schumer;
  H.R. 1417, To amend title 17, United States Code, to replace 
copyright arbitration royalty panels with Copyright Royalty Judges Act 
of 2003, Smith-TX, Berman-CA, Conyers-MI;
  S. 2204, A bill to provide criminal penalties for false information 
and hoaxes relating to terrorism Act of 2004, Hatch, Schumer, Cornyn, 
Feinstein, DeWine;
  S. 1860, A bill to reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Act of 2003, Hatch, Biden, Grassley;
  S. 2195, A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the 
definition of anabolic steroids and to provide for research and 
education activities relating to steroids and steroid precursors Act of 
2004, Biden, Hatch, Grassley, Feinstein;
  S.J. Res. 23, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States providing for the event that one-
fourth of the members of either the House of Representatives or the 
Senate are killed or incapacitated Act of 2003, Cornyn, Chambliss.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 14, 2004 at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing on the 
nomination of Porter J. Gross to be Director of Central Intelligence.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Special Committee on Aging

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet Tuesday, September 14, 2004 
from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of 
conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy, and consumer rights

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 
14, 2004 to conduct a hearing on ``Hospital Group Purchasing: How To 
Maintain Innovation and Cost Savings'', at 2:00 p.m. in Room 226 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness List:

  Dr. Robert Betz, President and CEO, Health Industry Group Purchasing 
Association, Arlington, VA.
  Joe E. Kiani, President and CEP, Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA.
  David Balto, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on oceans, fisheries, and coast guard

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
September 14, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. on Magnuson/Stevens Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal 
                 workforce and the district of columbia

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of 
Columbia, be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 9:30 
a.m. for a hearing entitled, ``The 9/11 Commission Human Capital 
Recommendations: A Critical Element of Reform.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Public Land and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 14 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2532, to 
establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, 
and provide for the high quality development in Lincoln County, NV, and 
for other purposes; S. 2723, to designate certain land in the State of 
Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes; and S. 2709, to provide 
for the reforestation of appropriate forest cover on forest land 
derived from the public domain, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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