[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 43 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3342-S3343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                          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, April 
6, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on ``Health Care Coverage for Small Business: Challenges and 
Opportunities.''
  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, April 
6, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on ``Saving for the 21st Century: Is America Saving Enough to 
be Competitive in the Global Marketplace?''.
  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, April 6, 2006, at 2 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
Nominations.
  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, 
April 6, 2006, at 10 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 
226.

     I. Nominations

  Norman Randy Smith, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; 
Steven G. Bradbury, to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Office 
of Legal Counsel; Timothy Anthony Junker, to be United States Marshal 
for the Northern District of Iowa.

     II. Bills

  S. 489, Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act, Alexander, Kyl, Cornyn, 
Graham, Hatcher;
  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;
  S. 2468, A bill to provide standing for civil actions for declaratory 
and injunctive relief to persons who refrain from electronic 
communications through fear of being subject to warrantless electronic 
surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, and for other purposes, 
Schumer.

     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 the Judiciary

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Orphan 
Works: Proposals for a Legislative Solution'' on Thursday, April 6, 
2006, at 2 p.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

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  Panel I: Jule L. Sigall, Associate Register for Policy & 
International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, DC; Victor S. 
Perlman, Managing Director and General Counsel, American Society of 
Media Photographers, Inc., Philadelphia, PA; June Cross, Documentary 
Filmmaker, Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY; Brad 
Holland, Founding Board Member, Illustrators' Partnership of America, 
Marshfield, MA; Maria Pallante-Hyun, Associate General Counsel and 
Director of Licensing, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (Guggenheim 
Museum), New York, NY; Thomas C. Rubin, Associate General Counsel, 
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, VA; Rick Prelinger, Board President, 
Internet Archive, San Francisco, CA.
  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, April 6, 2006, for a committee hearing to examine 
the VA's 5-year capital construction plan. The hearing will take place 
in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building at 2 p.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 April 6, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Special Committee on Aging

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet tomorrow, April 6, 2006, from 
10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 106 for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
                       and International Security

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
and International Security be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 6, 
2006, at 2:30 p.m. for a hearing regarding ``The Effectiveness of the 
Small Business Administration.''
  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 be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, April 6 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to recent testimony on the following 
bills: S. 1510, a bill to designate as wilderness certain lands within 
the Rocky Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado; S. 1719 and 
H.R. 1492, bills to provide for the preservation of the historic 
confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World 
War II, and for other purposes; S. 1957, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Interior to convey to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and 
Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. certain 
Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic 
Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historical interpretive site along 
the trail; S. 2024 and H.R. 394, bills to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to evaluate the significance of the Colonel 
James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and assess the 
suitability and feasibility of including the farm in the National Park 
System as part of the Minute Man National Historic Park, and for other 
purposes; S. 2252, a bill to designate the National Museum of Wildlife 
Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, WY, as the National Museum 
of Wildlife Art of the United States; and S. 2403, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to include in the boundaries of the Grand 
Teton National Park land and interests in land of the Grand Teton Park 
subdivision, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on seapower

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Seapower be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 6, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on Navy shipbuilding in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2007.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on strategic forces

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on April 6, 2006, at 3:30 p.m., in open session 
to receive testimony on military space programs in review of the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007.
  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, April 6, 2006, at 
10 a.m., on Offshore Aquaculture.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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