[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 87 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S6853]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. McCAIN. 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 29, 2006, immediately following the first 
rollcall vote of the day's session, to vote on the nomination of Mr. 
James S. Simpson, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator, 
Department of Transportation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Thursday, June 
29, 2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on ``The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Thursday, June 
29, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on ``Small Business Pension Plans: How Can We Increase Worker 
Coverage?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. McCAIN. 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 29, 2006, at 9:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
Russia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. McCAIN. 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 29, 2006, at 11 a.m. to hold a Business 
Meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
June 29, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 
226.

     Tentative agenda

  I. Nominations: Neil M. Gorsuch to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Tenth Circuit; Jerome A. Holmes to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth 
Circuit; Gustavo Antonio Gelpi to be U.S. District Judge for the 
District of Puerto Rico; Daniel Porter Jordan III to be U.S. District 
Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi; R. Alexander Acosta to 
be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Martin J. 
Jackley to be U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota; Brett L. 
Tolman to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah.
  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, Grassley]; H.R. 1036--Copyright Royalty Judges Program Technical 
Corrections Act [Smith--TX]; S. 155--Gang Prevention and Effective 
Deterrence Act of 2005 [Feinstein, Hatch, Grassley, Cornyn, Kyl, 
Specter]; S. 2703--Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King 
Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 [Specter, 
Leahy, Grassley, Kennedy, DeWine, Feinstein, Brownback, Durbin, 
Schumer, Kohl, Biden, Feingold]; S. 1845--Circuit Court of Appeals 
Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2005 [Ensign, Kyl]; S. 2679--
Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act [Talent, DeWine, Cornyn].
  III. Matters: Subpoenas Relating to OPR Investigation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate to consider the Nomination of Steven C. Preston 
to be the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, on 
Thursday, June 29, 2006.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on June 29, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and 
the Courts be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The 
Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act'' on Thursday, July 29, 2006, 
at 2:30 p.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Wm. Terrell Hodges, Senior United States 
District Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of 
Florida, Chairman, Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Ocala, 
FL and The Honorable Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., United States District 
Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Georgia, Atlanta, GA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. McCAIN. 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, June 29, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. 
for a hearing regarding ``Community Development Block Grants: the Case 
for Reform.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
                Workforce, and the District of Columbia

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the 
District of Columbia be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 29, 2006, 
at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing entitled, ``Enhancing Employee Performance: 
A Hearing on Pending Legislation.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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