[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 21135-21136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 4, 2003 at 9:30 a.m., in open and closed 
session to receive testimony on the proposed lease of 100 KC-767 aerial 
refueling tanker aircraft by the U.S. Air Force.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and Natural resources

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on energy and natural resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, September 4th at 10:00 a.m. The 
purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the Department on 
Energy Polygraph Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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                          committee on finance

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony regarding 
U.S.-Cuba Economic Relations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

                                 Agenda

  I. Nominations: Henry W. Saad to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit; Larry Alan Burns to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California; Glen E. Conrad to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia; Henry F. 
Floyd to be United States District Judge for the District of South 
Carolina; Kim R. Gibson to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania; Michael W. Mosman to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Oregon; Dana Makoto Sabraw to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of California; 
Mauricio J. Tamargo to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement 
Commission of the United States.
  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. 1451, Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection 
Act [Hatch, Leahy].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, September 4 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights and property rights

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``What is Needed to Defend the Bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 
1996,'' on Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. in SD226.

                              Witness List

  Panel I: Rev. Dr. Ray Alexander Hammond II, Pastor, Bethel AME 
Church, Boston, MA; Mrs. Maggie Gallagher, President, Institute for 
Marriage and Public Policy, New York, NY; Mr. Gregory S. Coleman, Esq., 
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Former Solicitor General, State of Texas, 
Austin, TX; Mr. Michael P. Farris, Esq., Chairman & General Counsel, 
Home School Legal Defense Association, President and Professor of 
Government, Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, VA; Prof. Dale 
Carpenter, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law 
School, Minneapolis, MN; Mr. Keith Bradkowski, San Francisco, CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Mr. DeWINE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space be authorized to meet on 
September 4, 2003, at 3:30 pm on a new kind of science.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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