[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 59 (Thursday, April 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4453-S4454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 
9:30 a.m., in open session to receive testimony on the Departments of 
Defense and Veterans Affairs disability rating systems and the 
transition from the Department of Defense to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
hold a hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 12, 
2007, at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. 
The purpose of this hearing is to examine the implementation of the 
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to hold a 
hearing

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during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 10 
a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The purpose 
of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 987, the Biofuels for 
Energy Security and Transportation Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 10 a.m., in G50 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Filing Your Taxes: An Ounce of 
Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the Session of the 
Senate on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 2:15 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to hear testimony on ``International Perspectives on 
Alternative Energy Policy: Incentives and Mandates and their Impacts.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the Session of the 
Senate on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 6:40 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to consider a substitute to S. 3, the Medicare 
Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
hold a hearing on equal pay for women workers during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 2 p.m. in SD-628.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 
12, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building to conduct a business meeting to consider pending legislation, 
to be followed immediately by an Oversight Hearing on Tribal Colleges 
and Universities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, April 12, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

     Agenda

  I. Committee Authorization, Authorization of Subpoenas in Connection 
with Investigation into Replacement of U.S. Attorneys.
  II. Bills, S. 236, Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007, 
Feingold, Sununu, Leahy, Kennedy, Carin; S. 376, Law Enforcement 
Officers Safety Act of 2007, Leahy, Specter, Grassley, Kyl, Sessions, 
Cornyn; S. 849, OPEN Government Act, Leahy, Cornyn, Specter, Feingold; 
S. 119, War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007, Leahy, Feinstein, 
Feingold, Schumer, Durbin; S. 621, Wartime Treatment Study Act of 2007, 
Feingold, Grassley, Kennedy; S. 798, Star-Spangled Banner and War of 
1812 Bicentennial Commission Act, Cardin, Warner, Kennedy; S. 735, 
Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007, Kennedy, Kyl, Coleman, 
Schumer; H.R. 740, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number 
Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2007, Scott, Conyers, Forbes, Boucher, 
Jackson-Lee, Gutierrez, Sherman.
  III. Nominations, Robert Gideon Howard, Jr., to be United States 
Marshall for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Frederick J. Kapala, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; 
Halil Suleyman Ozerden, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Mississippi; Benjamin Hale Settle, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
  IV. Resolutions, S. Res. 112, designating April 6, 2007, as 
``National Missing Person's Day,'' Schumer, Crapo, Feinstein.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on April 12, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISASTER RECOVERY

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Ad 
Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 2 p.m. for a hearing titled ``GAO's 
Analysis of the Gulf Coast Recovery: A Dialogue on Removing Obstacles 
to the Recovery Effort.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      SUBCOMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 12, 2007, 
at 2 p.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Pirating the American Dream: 
Intellectual Property Theft's Impact on America's Place in the Global 
Economy and Strategies for Improving Enforcement.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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