[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 129 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11240-S11242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask Unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry be authorized to 
conduct a business meeting during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. in SR-328A, Russell Senate 
Office Building. The purpose of this meeting will be to review spending 
levels to meet reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 
95, establishing the Congressional Budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2006, revising appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal year 2005, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2007 through 2010, and to agree on recommendations 
with it will make to the Committee on the Budget thereon.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. STEVENS Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on October 6, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. in open session to receive 
testimony on

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United States Military Strategy and Operations in Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. STEVENS Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on October 6, 2005, at 10 a.m. in open session to consider the 
following nominations: Honorable Michael W. Wynne, to be Secretary of 
the Air Force and Dr. Donald C. Winter, to be Secretary of the Navy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 October 6, 2005, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing on ``A Review of the CFIUS Process for Implementing 
the Exon-Florio Amendment.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 Thursday, October 6 at 3 p.m. The purpose 
of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1025, to amend the act 
entitled ``An Act to Provide for the Construction of the Cheney 
Division, Wichita Federal Reclamation Project, KS, and for Other 
Purposes'' to authorize the EQUUS Beds Division of the Wichita Project; 
S. 1498, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water 
Conservancy District; S. 1529, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
Federal land in the City of Yuma, AZ; S. 1578, to preauthorize the 
Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery 
Implementation Programs; and S. 1760, to authorize early repayment of 
obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Rogue River Valley 
Irrigation District or within the Medford Irrigation District, and for 
other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 Thursday, October 6 at 10 a.m.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive an update on Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita's effects on energy infrastructure and the status of 
recovery efforts in the gulf coast region.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Committee on Environmental Public Works

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on 
October 6th, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. for a business meeting to consider the 
following nominations: Santanu K. Baruah, of Oregon, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; George M. Gray, of 
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency; Lyons Gray, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Environmental Protection Agency; H. Dale Hall, of New Mexico, 
to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and 
Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 
2010.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on 
October 6, 2005 at 9:35 a.m. to conduct a hearing to receive testimony 
on the actions of EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal 
Highway Administration as they relate to Hurricane Katrina.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``The 
Future of the Gulf Coast: Using Tax Policy to Help Rebuild Businesses 
and Communities and Support Families After Disasters.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., to hear testimony on ``U.S.-
Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 11 a.m., to hold a 
hearing on Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a 
hearing on Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 9 a.m., for a hearing titled; 
``Hurricane Katrina: How Is FEMA Performing Its Mission at This Stage 
of Recovery?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 10 a.m., for a hearing titled; 
``FEMA Status Report on Recovery Efforts in the Gulf States''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. in Senate Dirksen Office 
Building Room 226.

                                 Agenda

  I. Nominations: Timothy Flanigan to be Deputy Attorney General; and 
Susan Neilson to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
  II. Bills: S. 1088 Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005. Kyl, Cornyn, 
Grassley, Hatch; S. 1789 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 
2005. Specter, Leahy, Feinstein, Feingold; S. 751 Notification of Risk 
to Personal Data Act. Feinstein, Kyl; S. 1326 Notification of Risk to 
Personal Data Act. Sessions; S. 1086 A Bill to Improve the National 
Program to Register and Monitor Individuals Who Commit Crimes Against 
Children or Sex Offenses. Hatch, Biden, Schumer; S. 956 Jetseta Gage 
Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2005. 
Grassley, Kyl, Cornyn; S. 1699 Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured 
Goods Act. Specter, Leahy, Hatch, DeWine, Cornyn, Brownback, Feingold; 
S. 1095 Protecting American Goods and Services Act of 2005. Cornyn, 
Leahy; H.R. 683 Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005. Smith-TX; S. 
443 Antitrust Criminal Investigative Improvements Act of 2005. DeWine, 
Kohl, Leahy; S. 1787 Relief to Victims of Hurricane Katrina and Other 
Natural Disasters Act of 2005. Vitter, Grassley, Cornyn, DeWine; and S. 
1647 Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act 
of 2005. Feingold, Leahy, Durbin, Kennedy, Feinstein.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized

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to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Executive Nominations'' on Thursday, 
October 6, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., in the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Members of Congress.
  Panel II: Wan Kim to be an Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights 
Division; Steven G. Bradbury to be an Assistant Attorney General for 
the Office of Legal Counsel; Sue Ellen Wooldridge to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division; and 
Thomas O. Barnett to be an Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust 
Division.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on October 6, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
and International Security be authorized to meet on Thursday, October 
6, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., for a hearing regarding ``How Does the Federal 
Government Lease Needed Space?''
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, October 6, at 2:30 p.m., for a hearing entitled, ``From 
Factory to Foxhole: Improving DoD Logistics.''
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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