[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18439-18440]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 19, 2000, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on U.S. policy toward Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, September 19, 2000 to mark up H.R. 4986, the FSC Repeal and 
Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of 2000 and H.R. 2868, the Tariff 
Suspension and Trade Act of 2000.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 19, 
2000, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing to consider the nomination of George 
Omas to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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  subcommittee on international security, proliferation, and federal 
                                services

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on International Security, 
Proliferation, and Federal Services be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 19, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. for 
a hearing on ``The State of Foreign Language Capabilities in the 
Federal Government--Part II''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, September 19 at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing. The 
subcommittee will receive testimony on H.R. 3577, a bill to increase 
the amount authorized to be appropriated for the north side pumping 
division of the Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho; S. 2906, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts the 
city of Loveland, Colorado, to use Colorado-Big Thompson Project 
facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject 
water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial 
purposes; S. 2942, a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of certain hydroelectric project in the State of West 
Virginia; S. 2951, a bill to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation 
to conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better manage the 
water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of the Upper Columbia 
River; and S. 3022, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain irrigation facilities to the Mampa and Meridian 
Irrigation District.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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