[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2673-S2674]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. KYL. 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 Thursday, March 30, 2006, at 10 a.m. to mark 
up an original bill entitled ``Foreign Investment and National Security 
Act of 2006.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. KYL. 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 March 30, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a 
hearing on ``McKinney-Vento Act Reauthorization and Consolidation of 
HUD's Homeless Programs.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, March 30, 2006, at 10 a.m., on pending Committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, March 30, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., on Competition and Convergence.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, March 30, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
The Hidden Cost of Oil.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

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

     Agenda

  I. Nominations: Norman Randy Smith to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit; Michael A. Chagares to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Third Circuit; Patrick J. Schiltz to be U.S. District Court 
Judge for the District of Minnesota; Gray Hampton Miller to be United 
States District Judge

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for the Southern District of Texas; Steven G. Bradbury to be an 
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Sharee M. 
Freeman to be Director, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of 
Justice; Jeffrey L. Sedgwick to be Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.
  II. Bills: 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, Specter; S. 
489, Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act--Alexander, Kyl, Cornyn, 
Graham, Hatch; S. 2039, Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 
2005--Durbin, Specter, DeWine, Leahy, Kennedy, Feinstein, Feingold, 
Schumer; S. 2292, A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary 
from excessive rent charges--Specter, Leahy, Cornyn, Feinstein, Biden; 
S. 2453, National Security Surveillance Act of 2006--Specter; S. 2455, 
Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006--DeWine, Graham.
  III. Matters: S.J. Res. 1, Marriage Protection Amendment--Allard, 
Sessions, Kyl, Hatch, Cornyn, Coburn, Brownback; S. Res. 398, A 
resolution relating to the censure of George W. Bush; Feingold.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, March 30, 2006, to hear the legislative 
presentations of the National Association of State Directors of 
Veterans Affairs, the AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War and the 
Vietnam Veterans of America. The hearing will take place in room 106 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations be authorized to meet on Thursday, March 
30, 2006, at 10 a.m., for a hearing entitled ``Neutralizing The Nuclear 
and Radiological Threat: Securing the Global Supply Chain (Part Two).''
  The PRESIDING, OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

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


           subcommittee on disaster prevention and prediction

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee 
on Disaster Prevention and Prediction be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, March 30, 2006, at 11 a.m., on National Polar-Orbiting 
Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Oversight.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. KYL. 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, March 30,2006 
at 2:30 p.m, for a hearing entitled, ``Fulfilling the Promise? A Review 
of Veterans' Preference in the Federal Government?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       subcommittee on personnel

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee 
on Personnel be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
March 30, 2006, at 2 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on 
reserve component personnel policies in review of the Defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee 
on Water and Power be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1577, to 
facilitate the transfer of Spearfish Hydroelectric Plant Number 1 to 
the city of Spearfish, SD; S. 1962 and H.R. 4000, bills to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to revise certain repayment contracts 
with the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick 
Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, 
and the Webster Irrigation District No. 4, all a part of the Pick-Sloan 
Missouri Basin Program; S. 2028, to provide for the reinstatement of a 
license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project; S. 
2035, to extend the time required for construction of a hydroelectric 
project in the State of Idaho; S. 2054, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the State of Vermont; 
S. 2205, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal 
features of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, SD, to 
the Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the Department of Game, 
Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for the purpose of 
mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that the current 
preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase the parcels 
from the Commission; and H.R. 3812, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to prepare a feasibility study with respect to the Mokelumne 
River, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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