[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. DOMENICI. 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 June 5, 2003, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
an oversight hearing on ``Reauthorization of the Defense Production 
Act.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Title XI, on Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., in Room SR-
253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session 
during the session on Thursday, June 5, 2003, TBA, to mark up a revenue 
title to S. 824, the Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, June 5, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. to hold a hearing 
on Life Inside North Korea.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
June 5, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. for a nomination hearing to consider the 
nominations of C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., to be Assistant Secretary for 
Policy and Planning, Border and Transportation Security Directorate, 
Department of Homeland Security; Michael J. Garcia to be Assistant 
Secretary for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
Department of Homeland Security; and Joe D. Whitly to be General 
Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.


                             i. nominations

       R. Hewitt Pate to be Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust 
     Division, U.S. Department of Justice; David B. Rivkin to the 
     Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Richard C. Wesley to be 
     United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit; J. Ronnie 
     Greer to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
     District of Tennessee; Thomas M. Hardiman to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Mark 
     R. Kravitz to be United States District Judge for the 
     District of Connecticut; John A. Woodcock to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Maine.


                               ii. bills

       S. Res. 116, A resolution commemorating the life, 
     achievements and contributions of Al Lerner.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Committee ON RULES AND aDmInIStRaTIoN

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 2:00 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing on Senate Rule XXII and proposals to amend this rule.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


     subcommittee on clean air, climate change, AND NUCLEAR SAFETY

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety be 
authorized to meet on Thursday, June 5 at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing regarding S. 485, the Clear Skies bill, to examine emissions-
control technologies and utility-sector investment issues.
  The hearing will take place in SD 406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       subcommittee on surface transportation AND merchant marine

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine be 
authorized to meet on Thursday, June 5, 2003, on Intercity Passenger 
Rail Finance at 10 a.m. in Room SR-253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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