[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11918-11919]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet on Tuesday, June 8, 
1999, at 9:30 a.m. in open session, to consider the nominations of 
General Eric K. Shinseki, USA, for reappointment to the grade of 
general and for appointment as Chief of Staff, United States Army; and 
Lieutenant General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, to be general and for 
appointment as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized

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to meet in closed session for a hearing re Department of Justice 
Oversight, during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 8, 1999, 
at 10:00 a.m., in S407 of the Capitol.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs would 
like to request unanimous consent to hold a hearing on the nominations 
of Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.P.H., to be Under Secretary for Health, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and John T. Hanson to be Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
  The hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at 2:15 p.m., in 
room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on african affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on African Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at 2:15 p.m. to hold a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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