[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16815-16816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to 
conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 
26, 2003. The purpose of this hearing will be to review H.R. 1904, the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 26, 2003, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing on ``Affiliate Sharing Practices and Their 
Relationship with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on June 26, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on pending committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony on the 
Nominations of Josette Sheeran Shiner, to Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, Executive Office of the President and James J. Jochum, 
to be Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 26, 2003, at 9:15 a.m. to hold a 
Business Meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 26, 2003, at 2 p.m. to hold a hearing 
on the Department of State's Office of Children's Issues--Responding to 
International Parental Abduction.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
June 26, 2003, at a time and location to be determined to consider the 
nominations of Joshua B. Bolten to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget; Fern Flanagan Saddler to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and Judith Nan 
Macaluso to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia.

                                 Agenda

  Nominations: Joshua B. Bolten to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget; Fern Flanagan Saddler to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia; and Judith Nan 
Macaluso to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court for the 
District of Columbia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 26, 
2003, at 11 a.m., in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct a business meeting on pending committee matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the 
Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, June 
26, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in SDG 50.

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  I. Continuation of S. 1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution 
Act of 2003 (``The FAIR Act'') mark-up.
  II. Nominations: William H. Pryor, Jr., to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Eleventh Circuit; Diane M. Stuart to be Director, 
Violence Against Women Office, United States Department of Justice; and 
Thomas M. Hardiman to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania.
  III. Bills: S.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
the constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime 
victims [Kyl, Chambliss, Cornyn, Craig, DeWine, Feinstein, Graham, 
Grassley]; S. 1280, a bill to amend the Protect Act to clarify the 
liability of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 
[Hatch, Biden]; S. 174, a resolution designating Thursday, November 20, 
2003, as ``Feed America Thursday'' [Hatch]; and S. 175, a resolution 
designating the month of October 2003, as ``Family History Month'' 
[Hatch].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on terrorism, technology, and homeland security

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and 
Homeland Security be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Terrorism: Growing Wahhabi Influence in the United States'' on 
Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 2 p.m., in Dirksen 226.
  Panel I: David Aufhauser, General Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department, 
Washington, DC; and Larry A. Mefford, Assistant Director, 
Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 
DC.
  Panel 2: Dr. Alex Alexiev, Distinguished Fellow, Center for Security 
Policy, Washington, DC; and Stephen Schwartz, Senior Fellow, Foundation 
for Defense of Democracies, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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