[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 161 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13682-S13683]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, December 15, 2005, at 10 a.m. on pending committee 
business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on Homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Thursday, December 15, 2005, at 10 a.m., for a hearing 
titled, ``Hurricane Katrina: Who's In Charge of the New Orleans 
Levees?''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on HOmeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affaris be authorized 
to hold an off-the-floor markup during the session on Thursday, 
December 15, 2005, to consider the nominations of George W. Foresman to 
be Under Secretary for Preparedness, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security, and Mary M. Rose to be Member, Merit Systems Protection 
Board.

                                 Agenda

     Nominations

  (1) George W. Foresman to be Under Secretary for Preparedness, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security.
  (2) Mary M. Rose to be Member, Merit Systems Protection Board.

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     Post Office Naming Bills

  (1) S. 1445, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 520 Colorado Avenue in Arriba, CO, as the ``William 
H. Emery Post Office.''
  (2) S. 1792/H.R. 3770, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. 
Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, IN, as 
the ``Grant W. Green Post Office Building.''
  (3) S. 1820, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 6110 East 51st Place in Tulsa, OK, as the ``Dewey F. 
Bartlett Post Office.''
  (4) S. 2036, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 320 High Street in Clinton, MA, as the ``Raymond J. 
Salmon Post Office.''
  (5) S. 2064, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 122 South Bill Street in Francesville, IN, as the 
``Malcolm Melville `Mac' Lawrence Post Office.''
  (6) S. 2089, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 1271 North King Street in Honolulu, Oahu, HA, as the 
``Hiram L. Fong Post Office Building.''
  (7) H.R. 2113, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 2000 McDonough Street in Joliet, IL, as the ``John 
F. Whiteside Joliet Post Office Building.''
  (8) H.R. 2346, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 105 NW Railroad Avenue in Hammond, LA, as the ``John 
J. Hainkel, Jr. Post Office Building.''
  (9) H.R. 2413, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 1202 1st Street in Humble, TX, as the ``Lillian 
McKay Post Office Building.''
  (10) H.R. 2630, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 1927 Sangamon Avenue in Springfield, IL, as the 
``J.M. Dietrich Northeast Annex.''
  (11) H.R. 2894, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 102 South Walters Avenue in Hodgenville, KY, as the 
``Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Post Office Building.''
  (12) H.R. 3256, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 3038 West Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, PA, as the 
``Congressman James Grove Fulton Memorial Post Office Building.''
  (13) H.R. 3368, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 6483 Lincoln Street in Gagetown, MI, as the 
``Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office.''
  (14) H.R. 3439, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 201 North 3rd Street in Smithfield, NC, as the ``Ava 
Gardner Post Office.''
  (15) H.R. 3548, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located on Franklin Avenue in Pearl River, NY, as the ``Heinz 
Ahlmeyer, Jr. Post Office Building.''
  (16) H.R. 3703, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 8501 Philatelic Drive in Spring Hill, FL, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office.''
  (17) H.R. 3825, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 770 Trumbull Drive in Pittsburgh, PA, the ``Clayton 
J. Smith Memorial Post Office.''
  (18) H.R. 3830, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 130 East Marion Avenue in Punta Gorda, FL, as the 
``U.S. Cleveland Post Office Building.''
  (19) H.R. 4053, a bill to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal 
Service located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, CA, as the 
``Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent at the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on December 15, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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