[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5271-S5272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 11:30 a.m., to receive a 
briefing on the status of on-going investigations into an incident 
involving Iraqi civilians on November 19, 2005, near Haditha.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. SESSIONS. 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, May 25, 2006, at 10 a.m., 
to mark up an original bill entitled ``The Flood Insurance Reform and 
Modernization Act of 2006.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation be authorized to meet 
on Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 10 a.m. on S. 2686, the Communications, 
Consumers' Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006. This is the 
second hearing on this act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. SESSIONS. 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, May 25 at 10 a.m. The purpose of 
this hearing is to receive testimony regarding the outlook for growth 
of coal fired electric generation and whether sufficient supplies of 
coal will be available to supply electric generators on a timely basis 
both in the near term and in the future.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on A Status Report on United Nations Reform.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 3 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. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 10 a.m. for a joint hearing with 
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs titled, ``VA Data Privacy Breach: 
Twenty-Six Million People Deserve Answers.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to hold an off-the-floor markup during the session on Thursday, May 25, 
2006, to consider the nominations of R. David Paulison to be Under 
Secretary for Federal Emergency Management, U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security, and Lurita Alexis Doan to be Administrator, U.S. General 
Services Administration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 25, 
2006, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct an oversight hearing on Indian Education.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 9:30 a.m in the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building Room 226. The agenda will be provided when it becomes 
available.

                            Tentative Agenda

  I. Nominations: Sandra Segal Ikuta, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit; Kenneth L. Wainstein, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General; Erik C. Peterson, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District 
of Wisconsin; Charles P. Rosenberg, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Virginia.
  II. Bills: 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], S. 2039--Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive 
Act of 2005 [Durbin, Specter, DeWine, Leahy, Kennedy, Feinstein, 
Feingold, Schumer, Biden] and S. 2560--Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 [Specter, Biden, Hatch, Grassley].
  III. Matters: S.J. Res. 12, Flag Desecration resolution [Hatch, 
Feinstein, Brownback, Coburn, Cornyn, DeWine, Graham, Grassley, Kyl, 
Sessions, Specter].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, May 25, 2006, for a joint hearing with the 
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to hold 
a hearing titled ``VA Data Privacy Breach: Twenty-Six Million People 
Deserve Answers''. The meeting will take place in room 342 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Special Committee on Aging

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet Thursday, May 25, 2006 from 
10.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen G50 for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 25, 
2006 at 1 p.m. to conduct a hearing on ``The Consequences of Legalized 
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia'' in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building. The witness list will be provided when it becomes 
available.
  Panel I: Members of Congress TBA.
  Panel II: Julie McMurchie, Portland, OR; Hendrick Reitsema, Eck en 
Wiel, The Netherlands; Jonathan Imbody, Senior Policy Analyst, 
Christian Medical Association, Ashburn, VA.
  Panel III: Wesley Smith, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute, Castro 
Valley, CA; Kathryn Tucker, Director of Legal Affairs, Compassion and 
Choices, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Washington School of 
Law, Seattle, WA; Rita Marker, Executive Director, International 
Taskforce on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Steubenville, OH; Ann 
Jackson, Executive Director, Oregon Hospice Association, Portland,

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OR; Diane Coleman, President, Not Dead Yet, Forest Park, IL.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 25, 2006, 
at 2:30 p.m. for a field hearing regarding ``Congress' Role in Federal 
Financial Management: Is It Efficient, Accountable, and Transparent in 
the Way It Appropriates Funds?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

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