[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6320-S6321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. WARNER. 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 Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 11:30 a.m.
  The purpose of this meeting is to consider the nominations of Phillip 
D. Moeller 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 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 Environment and Public Works

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Wednesday, 
June 21, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in SD 628 the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works be authorized to hold a hearing on inherently safer 
technology in the context of chemical site security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
the

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United Nations Convention Against Corruption.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 
9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
a hearing on S. 480, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia 
Federal Recognition Act of 2005, and S. 437, the Grand River Band of 
Ottawa Indians of Michigan Referral Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``The Analog Hole: Can Congress Protect Copyright and Promote 
Innovation?'' on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen 
Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: LeVar Burton, National Board Member, Directors Guild of 
America, Los Angeles, California; Dan Glickman, Chairman and CEO, 
Motion Picture Association of America, Washington, DC; Gary Shapiro, 
President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association Chairman, Home 
Recording Rights Coalition, Washington, DC; Chris Cookson, President, 
Warner Bros. Technical Operations Inc., Chief Technology Officer, 
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank, California; Matt Zinn, Senior 
Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Privacy Officer, TiVo Inc., 
Alviso, California; Gigi Sohn, President and Co-Founder, Public 
Knowledge, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Judicial Nominations'' on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 4 p.m. 
Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226. Witness list:
  PANEL I: (Members of Congress).
  PANEL II: Neil M. Gorsuch, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Tenth Circuit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entxepreneurship

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate for a hearing entitled, ``Nomination of Steven C. 
Preston to be the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business 
Administration'' on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, beginning at 10:30 a.m. 
in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on June 21, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights, and property rights

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 21, 
2006 at 2:00 p.m. to conduct a hearing on ``Reauthorizing the Voting 
Rights Act's Temporary Provisions: Policy Perspectives and Views from 
the Field'' in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Witness 
list:
  PANEL I: Debo Adegbile, Associate Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal 
Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY; Gerry Reynolds, 
Commissioner, United States Civil Rights Commission, Washington, DC; 
Don Wright, General Counsel, North Carolina Board of Elections, 
Raleigh, NC; Jack Park, Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL; 
David Canon, Professor, Department of Political Science University of 
Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Carol Swain, Professor of Political Science and 
Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


   Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export, and Trade 
     Promotion will meet jointly with the Subcommittee on Western 
            Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs.

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, 
Export and Trade Promotion and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold 
a joint hearing on International Methamphetamine Trafficking.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to review the Government Accountability 
Office Report entitled ``Wildland Fire Suppression--Lack of Clear 
Guidance raises concerns about cost sharing between Federal and 
Nonfederal entities'' (GAO-06-570).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       subcommittee on surface transportation and merchant marine

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 10 a.m. on Economics, Service, and 
Capacity in the Freight Railroad Industry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on technology, innovation, and competitiveness

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Technology, 
Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold hearings to examine 
accelerating the adoption of health information technology.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet tomorrow, June 21, 2006, from 
10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 106 purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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