[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 20 (Thursday, February 16, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1441-S1442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on February 16, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the priorities and plans for the atomic energy defense 
activities of the Department of Energy and to review the fiscal year 
2007 President's budget request for atomic energy defense activities of 
the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security 
Administration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. CRAIG. 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 Wednesday, February 16, 2006, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct an oversight hearing on the semi-annual monetary policy report 
of the Federal Reserve.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. CRAIG. 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, February 16 at 10 a.m. The purpose 
of this hearing is to receive testimony regarding S. 2253, to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to offer certain areas of the 181 areas 
of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. CRAIG. 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, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. The purpose 
of this hearing is to discuss the Energy Information Administration's 
2006 annual energy outlook on trends and issues affecting the United 
States energy market.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Thursday, 
February 16, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Administration's Trade Agenda for 
2006''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 16, 2006, at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to hold a 
hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 16, 2006 
at 10 a.m. in SD-G50.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
February 16, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in the Senate Dirksen Building Room 
226.

     Agenda

  I. Nominations: Timothy C. Batten, Sr. to be U.S. District Judge for 
the Northern District of Georgia; Thomas E. Johnston to be U.S. 
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia; Aida M. 
Delgado-Colon to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto 
Rico; Leo Maury Gordon to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
International Trade; Carol E. Dinkins to be Chairman of the Privacy and 
Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Alan Charles Raul to be Vice Chairman 
of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Paul J. McNulty to 
be Deputy Attorney General; Steven G. Bradbury to be an Assistant 
Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Reginald Lloyd to be 
U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina; Stephen King to be a 
Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United 
States.
  II. Bills: H.R. 683, Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005 Smith--
TX; S. 1768, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court 
proceedings Specter, Leahy, Cornyn, Grassley, Schumer, Feingold, 
Durbin; S. 829, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2005 Grassley, 
Schumer, Cornyn, Leahy, Feingold, Durbin; Graham, DeWine;
  S.__, Comprehensive Immigration Reform [Chairman's Mark]; S. 489, 
Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act Alexander, Kyl, Cornyn, Graham, 
Hatch.
  III. Matters: S.J. Res. 1, Marriage Protection Amendment Allard, 
Sessions, Kyl, Hatch, Cornyn, Coburn, Brownback.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 16, 2006, for a committee hearing on the 
Administration's proposed fiscal year 2007 Department of Veterans 
Affairs budget. The hearing will take place in room 418

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of the Russell Senate Office Building at 10:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on February 16, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, February 16 at 1:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S.J. Res. 28, a joint resolution approving the location of the 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring former 
President Dwight D. Eisenhower; S. 1870, a bill to clarify the 
authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties 
within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime 
National Historical Park, and for other purposes; S. 1913, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center for 
the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes; S. 1970, 
a bill to amend the National Trials System Act to update the 
feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of 
Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new 
trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that 
trail, and for other purposes; H.R. 562, a bill to authorize the 
Government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that 
occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933; and H.R. 318, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 
as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      National Ocean Policy Study

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the National 
Ocean Policy Study be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 16, 
2006, at 2:30 p.m., on the NOAA Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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