[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 119 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9996-S9997]
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. THUNE. 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, September 21, 2006, at 10 a.m. to 
mark up an original bill entitled the Export-Import Bank 
Reauthorization Act of 2006.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to hold a full 
committee hearing on pending nominations on Thursday, September 21, 
2006 at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural resources

  Mr. THUNE. 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, September 21 at 10 a.m. The purpose of the 
hearing is to consider the nomination of Mary Amelia Bomar, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National Park Service, Vice Frances 
P, Mainella, resigned.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


              Committee on Environmental and Public Works

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that on Thursday, 
September 21st, 2006 at 10:15 a.m. the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works be authorized to hold a Business Meeting to consider the 
following agenda:
  Legislation:
  H.R. 1463, To designate a portion of the Federal building located at 
2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, VA, as the `Justin W. Williams 
United States Attorney's Building.'
  Nominations:
  Roger Romulus Martella, Jr. to be Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency
  Alex A. Beehler to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency
  William H. Graves to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority
  Brigadier General Bruce Arlan Berwick to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission
  Colonel Gregg F. Martin to be a Member of the Mississippi River 
Commission
  Brigadier General Robert Crear to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission
  Rear Admiral Samuel P. DeBow, Jr. to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission
  Resolutions:
  6 Committee resolutions authorizing prospectuses from GSA's fiscal 
year 2007 Capital Investment and Leasing Program
  Committee resolution to direct GSA to prepare a Report of Building 
Project Survey
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. Thune. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Thursday, 
September 21, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to consider the nomination of Mr. John K. Veroneau, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the 
Rank of Ambassador, Executive Office of the President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, September 21, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on Afghanistan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the judiciary

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
September 21, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Terrence W. Boyle, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit; 
William James Haynes II, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit; Kent A. Jordan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit; Peter D. Keisler, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of 
Columbia Circuit; William Gerry Myers III, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit; Norman Randy Smith, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit; Valerie L. Baker, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Central District of California; Francisco Augusto Besosa, to be U.S. 
District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico; Nora Barry Fischer, to 
be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania; 
Gregory Kent Frizzell, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern 
District of Oklahoma; Philip S. Gutierrez, to be U.S. District Judge 
for the Central District of California; Marcia Morales Howard, to be 
U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; John Alfred 
Jarvey, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa; 
Sara Elizabeth Lioi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern 
District of Ohio; Lawrence Joseph O'Neill, to be U.S. District Judge 
for the Eastern District of California; Lisa Godbey Wood; to be U.S. 
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia.

     II. Bills

  S. 2831, Free Flow of Information Act of 2006, Lugar, Specter, 
Schumer, Graham, Biden, Grassley;
  S. 155, Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2005, 
Feinstein,

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Hatch, Grassley, Cornyn, Kyl, Specter;
  S. 1845, Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act 
of 2005, Ensign, Kyl;
  S. 394, Open Government Act of 2005, Cornyn, Leahy, Feingold;
  S. 3880, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, Inhofe, Feinstein;
  S. 2644, Perform Act of 2006, Feinstein, Graham, Biden;
  S. 3818, Patent Reform Act of 2006, Hatch, Leahy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation be authorized to meet to 
conduct a hearing on ``Oversight of Federal Assistance for Prisoner 
Rehabilitation and Reentry in Our States'' on Thursday, September 21, 
2006, at 2:30 p.m. in SD226.

     Witness List:

  Panel I: Mason Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and 
Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, 
Regina Schofield, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice 
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Robert Bogart, 
Director, Center for Faith Based and Community Initiatives, U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC, Cheri 
Nolan, Senior Policy Advisor, Criminal and Juvenile Justice at the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Roger Werholtz, Secretary of Corrections, Kansas Department 
of Corrections, Topeka, KS, Diane Williams, President and CEO, Safer 
Foundation, Chicago, IL.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

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


                       Special Committee on Aging

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet Thursday, September 21, 2006 
from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 562 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    SubCommittee on Water and Power

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, September 21 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1106, to 
authorize the construction of the Arkansas Valley conduit in the State 
of Colorado, and for other purposes; S. 1811, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging the 
Argur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, UT, to provide additional 
water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for which 
that project was authorized; S. 2070, to provide certain requirements 
for hydroelectric projects on the Mohawk River in the State of New 
York; S. 3522, to amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of 
the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for 
other purposes; S. 3832, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish criteria to transfer title to reclamation facilities, and for 
other purposes; S. 3851, to provide for the extension of preliminary 
permit periods by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for certain 
hydroelectric projects in the State of Alaska; S. 3798, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to exclude and defer from the pooled 
reimbursable costs of the unused capacity of the Folsome South Canal, 
Auburn-Folsom South Unit, Central Valley Project, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2563, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct feasibility studies to address certain water shortages within 
the Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3897, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into a cooperative 
agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for purposes of 
supporting the Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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