[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 19, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S8498]
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. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at 11:15 am, on Plan to Modify 
Department of Homeland Security to make more efficient and effective.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 19 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of this oversight hearing is to receive testimony 
regarding the effects of the U.S. Nuclear Testing Program on the 
Marshall Islands.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 19, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing 
on Advancing Iraqi Political Development.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act'' on Tuesday, 
July 19, 2005 at 11 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Diane Stuart, Director of the Office on Violence Against 
Women, Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: M.L. Carr, Spokesperson, Office of the Arizona Attorney 
General, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA; Salma 
Hayek, Avon Foundation, New York, NY; Lynn Rosenthal, Executive 
Director, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC; 
Mary Lou Leary, Esq., Executive Director, National Center for Victims 
of Crime, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on July 19, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        subcommittee on administrative oversight and the courts

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts be authorized 
to meet to conduct a hearing on ``A Review of Federal Consent Decrees'' 
on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 2:30 p.m., in Room 226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Lamar Alexander, United States Senator, R-TN; Howard Berman, 
United States Representative, D-CA 28th District.
  Panel II: Troy King, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, 
Montgomery, AL; Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New 
York City Law, New York University School of Law, New York, NY; Dr. 
Michael S. Greve, John G. Searle Resident Scholar, Director of the AEI 
Federalism Project, Co-Director of the AEI Liability Project, American 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; Judge Nathaniel R. Jones, 
Partner, Blank & Rome LLP, Cincinnati, OH; Ms. Lois Schiffer, Former 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC; Mr. Tom Jost, Robert L. 
Willett Family Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School 
of Law, Lexington, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on aviation

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Aviation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, July 19, 
2005, at 3:30 p.m., on FAA's Age 60 Rule.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on federal financial management, government information, 
                       and international security

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
and International Security be authorized to meet on Tuesday, July 19, 
2005, at 2 p.m., for a hearing regarding ``Securing Cyberspace: Efforts 
to Protect National Information Infrastructures Continue to Face 
Challenges''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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