[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be granted permission to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 25, for purposes of 
conducting a full committee hearing which is scheduled to begin at 10 
a.m. The purpose of this oversight hearing is to receive testimony on 
State Progress in Retail Electricity Competition.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the full 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be granted permission to 
conduct a hearing on reauthorization of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Liability and Compensation Act of 1980, Tuesday, May 25, 10 
a.m., Hearing Room (SD-406).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, the Finance Committee requests unanimous 
consent to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, May 25, 1999 beginning at 10 
a.m. in room 215 Dirksen.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, May 25, 1999 at 2:15 p.m. to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, May 25, 1999 at 10 a.m. in room 226 of the 
Senate Dirksen Office Building to hold a hearing on: ``Copyright Office 
Report on Distance Education in the Digital Environment.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  subcommittee on national parks, historic preservation and recreation

  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation of 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be granted permission to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 25, for purposes 
of conducting a subcommittee hearing which is scheduled to begin at 
2:15 p.m. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 
140, a bill to establish the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in the 
State of New York as an affiliated area of the National Park System, 
and for other purposes; S. 734, the National Discovery Trails Act of 
1999; S. 762, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
a feasibility study on the inclusion of the Miami Circle Biscayne 
National Park; S. 938, a bill to eliminate restrictions on the 
acquisitions of certain land contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National 
Park, and for other purposes; S. 939, a bill to correct spelling errors 
in the statutory designations of Hawaiian National Parks; S. 946, a 
bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home 
of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site to the Archivist of the 
United States for the construction of a visitor center; and S. 955, a 
bill to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for 
addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously 
authorized by law, by purchase.


          subcommittee on near eastern and south asian affairs

  Mr. ROBERTS. 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, May 25, 1999 at 10 
a.m. to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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