[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17128-17129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 6, 2000 at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nominations of Lieutenant General Peter Pace, USMC for 
appointment to the grade of general and to be commander-in-chief, 
United States Southern Command; Lieutenant General Charles R. Holland, 
USAF for appointment to the grade of general and to be commander-in-
chief, United States Special Operations Command; and Major General 
Robert B. Flowers, USA for appointment to the grade of lieutenant 
general and to be the Chief of Engineers, United States Army.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, September 6, 2000, for an Oversight Hearing on Upper Payment 
Limits: Federal Medicaid Spending for Non-Medicaid Purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relatives

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 6, 2000, at 10:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous that the Committee on 
Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, September 6, 2000 at 
9:30 a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Building to mark up S. 611, 
the Indian Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act and S. 
2282, Native American Agricultural Research and Export Enhancement Act 
of 2000 to be followed by a hearing on S. 2580, a bill to provide for 
the issuance of bonds to provide funding for construction of Indian 
schools.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, September 6, 2000, at 10:00 a.m., in Dirksen 226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        subcommittee on administrative oversight and the courts

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee

[[Page 17129]]

on Administrative Oversight and the Courts be authorized to meet to 
conduct a hearing on Wednesday, September 6, 2000 at 2:00 p.m., in 
SD226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

                          ____________________