[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 27842]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. GRASSLEY. 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 Tuesday, November 2, 1999, to 
conduct a hearing on ``The World Trade Organization, its Seattle 
Ministerial, and the Millennium Round.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, November 2, 1999 at 10:00 AM and at 2:00 PM 
to hold two Nomination Hearings.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet on Tuesday, November 
2, 1999 at 10:00 a.m., in The President's Room, The Capitol, to conduct 
a mark-up.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet on Tuesday, November 
2, 1999 at 10:30 a.m., in Dirksen Room 226, to conduct a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          subcommittee on near eastern and south asian affairs

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, November 2, 1999 at 
3:00 p.m. to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on forest and public land management

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Forest and Public Land Management of the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, November 2, for purposes of conducting a 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands Management hearing which is 
scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this oversight hearing 
is to receive testimony on the recent announcement by President Clinton 
to review approximateley 40 million acres of national forest lands for 
increased protection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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