[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24843]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in closed 
session, to receive a classified briefing on the intelligence portion 
of the fiscal year 04 emergency supplemental appropriations request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 October 16, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``proposals for improving the regulation of the 
housing GSEs.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 2:00 p.m., to hold a 
hearing on Afghanistan: In Pursuit of Security & Democracy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
Subcommittee hearing on US-EU Cooperation on Regulatory Affairs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet for a hearing on Promoting Access to Postsecondary Education: 
Issues for the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in 
SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, October 
16, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building to conduct an oversight hearing on the Missouri River Master 
manual.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

                             I. Nominations

  Henry W. Saad to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
Circuit; George W. Miller to be Judge for the United States Court of 
the Federal Claims; Deborah Ann Spagnoli to be United States Parole 
Commissioner; Dora L. Irizarry to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of New York.

                               II. Bills

  S. 1545, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 
2003 (the DREAM Act) [Hatch, Durbin, Craig, DeWine, Feingold, 
Feinstein, Grassley, Kennedy, Leahy, Schumer]
  S. 1691, the Wartime Treatment Study Act [Feingold, Grassley, 
Kennedy]
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and 
the Courts be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Common Sense 
Consumption: Super-Sizing Versus Personal Responsibility'' on Thursday, 
October 16, 2003, at 2 p.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building.
  Panel I: Senator Mitch McConnell, Kentucky.
  Panel II: Victor Schwartz, Partner, Law Firm of Shook, Hardy, & 
Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Russell L. Sutter, Principal, 
Tillinghast-Towers Perrin, St. Louis, MO.
  Panel III: Wayne Reaves, President, Manna Enterprises, Inc., 
Anniston, AL; Dr. Gerard Musante, Founder, Structure House, Durham, NC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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