[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20779-20780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. CORNYN. 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 July 31, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a 
markup of S. 627, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Bill, and H.R. 659, 
The Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003.
  After the markup, the Committee will meet in open session to conduct 
a hearing on ``Addressing Measures To Enhance the Operation of the Fair 
Credit Reporting Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., on pending committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 3 p.m., to hold a subcommittee 
hearing on corruption in North Korea's economy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, July 31, 
2003, at 10 a.m., for a hearing titled ``Terrorism Financing: 
Origination, Organization, and Prevention.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on solutions to the problem of health care transmission of HIV/
AIDS in Africa during the session of the Senate on Thursday, July 31, 
2003, at 10 a.m., in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
July 31, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Steven M. Colloton to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth 
Circuit; P. Kevin Castel to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York; Sandra J. Feuerstein to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York; Richard J. Holwell 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York; R. David Proctor to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Alabama; Stephen C. Robinson to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Rene Alexander 
Acosta to be Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United 
States Department of Justice; Daniel J. Bryant to be Assistant Attorney 
General, Office of Legal Policy, United States Department of Justice; 
and Paul Michael Warner to be United States Attorney for the District 
of Utah.

     II. 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. 1177, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act [Hatch, Grassley, 
Kohl].
  S. 1451, Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act 
[Hatch, Leahy].
  S. Res. 30, A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
President should designate the week beginning September 14, 2003, as 
``National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week'' 
[Graham].
  S. Con. Res. 25, A concurrent resolution recognizing and honoring 
America's Jewish community on the occasion of its 350th anniversary, 
supporting the designation of an ``American Jewish History Month,'' and 
for other purposes [Voinovich, Chambliss, DeWine, Feingold, Schumer, 
Sessions, Specter].
  S. 204, National Veterans Awareness Week [Biden, Chambliss, Hatch, 
DeWine, Durbin, Feingold, Grassley, Kennedy, Kohl, Leahy, Sessions,].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 2 p.m., in the Dirksen Senate Office 
building Room 226 on ``Department of Justice Oversight: Funding 
Forensics Sciences--DNA and Beyond.''

     Witness List

  Panel I: Sarah Hart, Director, National Institute of Justice, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Ms. Susan Hart Johns, President, American Society of Crime 
Lab Directors, Springfield, IL; Dr. Michael Baden, Co-Director, 
Medicolegal Investigative Unit, New York State Police, New York, NY; 
Randy Hillman,

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Esq., Executive Director, Alabama District Attorneys Association, 
Montgomery, AL; Frank Clark, Esq., District Attorney, Erie County, 
Buffalo, NY; Peter Neufeld, Esq., Co-Director, Innocence Project, 
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY; and Ms. Rosemary 
Serra, Victim, New Haven, CT.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Subcommittee on Communications

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Communications be authorized to meet on Thursday, July 
31, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. on the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names 
and Numbers (ICANN).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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