[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7440-S7441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. GREGG. 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 July 12, 2006, at 10:30 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on the nominations of Mr. Frederic S. Mishkin, of New York, to 
be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
Ms. Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be first Vice President of 
the Export-Import Bank; Mr. Geoffrey S. Bacino, of Illinois, to be a 
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board; Mr. Edmund C. Moy, of 
Wisconsin, to be Director of the Mint; and Mr. J. Joseph Grandmaison, 
of New Hampshire, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Export-Import Bank.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. GREGG. 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, July 12, 2006, at 11:30 a.m. The 
purpose of this meeting is to consider the nomination of Marc Spitzer 
of Arizona to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Wednesday, July 
12, 2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on ``S. 3495--A bill to authorize the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the 
products of Vietnam''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Multilateral Development Banks.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at 
9:30 a.m., in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to 
conduct a hearing on S. 660, the Lumbee Recognition Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate

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Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Examining the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Part II'' on 
Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in Hart Senate Office Building 
Room 216.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Mr. Michael W. Cutler, Fellow, Center for Immigration 
Studies, Washington, DC, Mr. Ben Johnson, Director, Immigration Policy 
Center, Washington, DC, Dr. William McDonald, Professor of Sociology 
and Anthropology, and Deputy Director, Institute of Criminal Law and 
Procedure, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Mr. Niall 
O'Dowd, Founder and Chairman, The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, 
New York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mr. GREGG. 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 ``Strengthening 
Participation of Small Businesses in Federal Contracting and Innovation 
Research Programs,'' on Wednesday, July 12, 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. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on July 12, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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