[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 72 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5608-S5609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services.

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open, and possibly 
closed, session to receive testimony on United States Central Command 
in review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 2008 and 
the future years defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DORGAN. 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, May 3, 2007, at 3 
p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose of 
the hearing is to review pending Corporate Average Fuel Economy 
legislation and related matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Offshore Tax Evasion: Stashing Cash 
Overseas.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 10 a.m. for a hearing titled ``The Internet: 
A Portal to Violent Islamist Extremism.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
May 3, 2007, 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. 376, Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2007. 
(Leahy, Specter, Grassley, Kyl, Sessions, Cornyn) S. 221, Fair 
Contracts for Growers Act of 2007. (Grassley, Feingold, Kohl, Leahy, 
Durbin) S. 495, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007. (Leahy, 
Specter, Feingold, Schumer) S. 239, Notification of Risk to Personal 
Data Act of 2007. (Feinstein) S. 1202, A bill to require agencies and 
persons in possession of computerized data containing sensitive 
personal information, to disclose security breaches where such breach 
poses a significant risk of identity theft. (Sessions)
  III. Nominations: Debra Ann Livingston to be U.S. Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit; Roslynn Renee Mauskopf to be U.S. District Judge 
for the Eastern District of New York; Richard Joseph Sullivan to be 
U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Joseph S. 
Van Bokkelen to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of 
Indiana.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         seapower subcommittee

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Seapower 
Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 2:30 
p.m., in closed and open sessions to receive testimony on Navy Force 
structure requirements and programs to meet those requirements in 
review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2008 and 
the future years defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on May 3, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. DORGAN. 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 hold a hearing during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 205 and H.R. 865, to grant rights-of-way for electric 
transmission lines over certain Native allotments in the State of 
Alaska; S. 390, to direct the exchange of certain land in Grand, San 
Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah; S. 647, to designate certain land in 
the State of Oregon as wilderness; S. 1139, to establish the National 
Landscape Conservation System; H.R. 276, to designate the Piedras 
Blancas Light Station and the surrounding public land as

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an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the 
National Landscape Conservation System; and H.R. 356, to remove certain 
restrictions on the Mammoth Community Water District's ability to use 
certain property acquired by that District from the United States.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, May 3, 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. 27, a bill to authorize the implementation of 
the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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