[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17948-17949]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. ROTH. 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 Wednesday, September 13, 2000, to conduct a 
symposium on circulating coin design.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, September 13, 2000, at 9:30 a.m. on marketing violence to 
children.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, September 13, for purposes of conducting a 
Full Committee business meeting which is scheduled to begin at 9:30 
a.m. The purpose of this business meeting is to consider pending 
calendar business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. ROTH. 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 13, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, September 
13, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. for a hearing to consider the nominations of 
Gerald Fisher and John Ramsey Johnson to be Associate Judges of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to hold a business meeting on September 
13, 2000, in the Russell Senate Office Building room number 485, 
immediately following the 2:30 p.m. hearing on S. 2899, where S. 2920, 
a bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; S. 2688, a bill to 
amend the Native American Languages Act; and S. 2899, a bill to express 
the policy of the United States regarding the United States' 
relationship with Native Hawaiians, will be considered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on small business

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 13, 2000, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in room 
428A of the Russell Senate Office Building to hold a roundtable 
entitled ``What Is Contract Bundling?''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet Wednesday, September 13, 2000 
from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Dirksen 608 for the purpose of conducting 
a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, September 13, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. to hold a 
closed hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on fisheries, wildlife, and water

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 13, 9:30 a.m. 
to conduct a hearing to receive testimony on the Draft Biological 
Opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service on the operation of the Federal Columbia River Power 
System and the Federal Caucus draft Basinwide Salmon Recovery Strategy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on forests and public lands

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 13, at 2:15 p.m. to conduct a hearing. 
The subcommittee will receive testimony on S. 2873, a bill to provide 
for all right, title, and interest

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in and to certain property in Washington County, Utah, to be vested in 
the United States; H.R. 3676, a bill to establish the Santa Rosa and 
San Jacinto Mountains National Monument in the State of California; and 
its companion, S. 2784, a bill entitled, ``Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument Act of 2000''; S. 2865, a bill to designate 
certain land of the National Forest System located in the State of 
Virginia as wilderness; S. 2956 and its companion bill, H.R. 4275, a 
bill to establish the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and 
the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness, and for other purposes; and S. 
2977, a bill to assist in the establishment of an interpretive center 
and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern 
California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the 
paleontology discoveries made at the lake and to develop a trail system 
for the lake for use by pedestrians and nonomotorized vehicles.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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