[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 21914-21915]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 11, 2003, at 3 p.m., in closed session to receive a 
classified briefing regarding Operation Iraqi Freedom ``Lessons 
Learned''.
  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, September 11, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing 
on United States-China relations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
senate and Thursday, September 11, 2003, for a hearing on the 
Department of Veterans Affairs' Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced 
Services (CARES) initiative. The hearing will take place in room 418 of 
the Russell Senate Office Building at 2 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select committee on Intelligence

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select

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Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, September 11 at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and forests

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommitee on Public Lands and forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to consider S. 432, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
conduct and support research into alternative treatments for timber 
produced from public lands and lands withdrawn from the public domain 
for the National Forest System and for other purposes; S. 511, which 
would provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes 
program, and for other purposes; S. 849, which would provide for a land 
exchange in the State of Arizona between the Secretary of Agriculture 
and Yavapai Ranch Limited Partnership, and S. 1582, which would amend 
the Valles Caldera Preservation Trust Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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