[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 120 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on August 2, 2011.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. REID. 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 August 2, 2011, at 10 a.m. to conduct a 
committee hearing entitled ``Housing Finance Reform: National Mortgage 
Servicing Standards.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


committee on environment and public works and subcommittee on clean air 
                           and nuclear safety

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works and the Subcommittee on Clean Air and 
Nuclear Safety be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on August 2, 2011, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct a joint hearing 
entitled, ``Review of the NRC's Near-Term Task Force Recommendations 
for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on August 2, 2011, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during 
the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Health 
Reform and Health Insurance Premiums: Empowering States to Serve 
Consumers'' on August 2, 2011, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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