[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 39 (Thursday, April 7, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S3363]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. INHOFE. 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 April 7, 2005, at 10 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on ``Regulatory Reform of the Government-Sponsored 
Enterprises.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
April 7, 2005 at 9:30 a.m., in Senate Dirksen Office Building Room 226.

     Agenda

  I. Nominations: Thomas B. Griffith, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit; Terrence W. Boyle II, to be U.S. Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit; Priscella R. Owen, to be U.S. Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit; Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be U.S. District 
Judge for the Western District of North Carolina; and James C. Dever 
III, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina.
  II. Bills: Asbestos; S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at 
America's Seaports Act of 2005, Biden, Specter, Feinstein, Kyl, Cornyn; 
S. 119, Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2005, Feinstein, 
Schumer, Durbin, DeWine, Feingold, Kennedy, Brownback, Specter; and S. 
629, Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Act of 2005, Sessions, 
Kyl.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, April 7, 2005, for a hearing to consider the 
nomination of Mr. Jonathan B. Perlin to be Under Secretary for Health, 
Department of Veterans' Affairs. The hearing will take place in room 
418 of the Russell Senate Office Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 7, 2005 at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on strategic forces

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on April 7, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., in open session 
to receive testimony on ballistic missile defense programs in review of 
the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2006.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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