[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 72 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5673-S5674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on Armed Services

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee to meet on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., in 
closed session, to receive a classified briefing on overhead imagery 
systems.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent, that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 4 p.m., to receive a briefing 
on the loss of personal information about Department of Defense 
personnel as a result of the theft of a computer from a Department of 
Veterans Affairs analyst.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 5:20 p.m., to receive a 
classified briefing on the death of Al-Zarqawi.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 June 8, 2006, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the nominations of Ms. Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, 
to be a member and chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; Mr. James B. Lockhart III, of 
Connecticut, to be the Director of the Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise Oversight; Mr. Donald L. Kohn, of Virginia, to be Vice 
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and 
Ms. Kathleen L. Casey, of Virginia, to be a member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. on Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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, June 8, 2006, at 10 a.m. The 
purpose of this hearing is to consider the nominations of: Philip D. 
Moeller, of Washington, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2010, Vice Patrick Henry Wood 
III, resigned and Jon Wellinghoff, of Nevada, to be a member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 
2008, Vice William Lloyd Massey, term expired.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on finance

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 11 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to consider original bills entitled, the ``Medicare, 
Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2006'', and 
the ``Improving Outcomes for Children Affected by Meth Act of 2006''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Development of 
Democracy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security Affairs Governmental Affairs be 
authorized to meet on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 10 a.m., for a hearing 
titled, ``National Emergency Management: Where Does FEMA Belong?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, June 8,2006, at 9:30 a.m., in the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building room 226. The agenda will be provided when it becomes 
available.
  I. Nominations: Andrew J. Guilford, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Central District of California; Frank D. Whitney, to be U.S. District 
Judge for the Western District of North Carolina; Kenneth L. Wainstein, 
to be an Assistant Attorney General; 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. 3001, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and 
Enhancement Act of 2006, Specter, Feinstein; S. 2831, Free Flow of 
Information Act of 2006, Lugar, Specter, Graham, Schumer, Biden.
  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.

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                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, for a committee hearing re 
pending benefits related legislation. The hearing will take place in 
room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Corrections and 
Rehabilitation be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The 
Findings and Recommendations of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in 
America's Prisons'' on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 226 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Witness list.
  The Honorable John J. Gibbons, Commission Co-Chairman, Former Chief 
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Newark, NJ.
  Nicholas de B. Katzenbach, Commission Co-Chairman, Former U.S. 
Attorney General, Princeton, NJ.
  Gary D. Maynard, Commissioner, Director of the Iowa Department of 
Corrections and President-Elect of the American Correctional 
Association, Des Moines, IA.
  Mark H. Morial, Commissioner, President and CEO of the National Urban 
League, former Mayor of New Orleans and Louisiana State Senator, New 
York, NY.
  Pat Nolan, Commissioner, President of Prison Fellowship's Justice 
Fellowship and a member of the National Prison Rape Elimination 
Commission, Lansedowne, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on Asian 
Adoptions in the United States.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


              Subcommittee on National Ocean Policy Study

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on 
National Ocean Policy Study be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 8, 
2006, at 10 a.m. on Offshore Aquaculture: Challenges of Fish Farming in 
Federal Waters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Isakson). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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