[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11341-11342]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, be authorized to 
meeting during the session of the Senate on May 13, 2003, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing the nominations of Mr. Nicholas Gregory Mankiw, of 
Massachusetts, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisors, 
Executive Office of the President; Mr. Steven B. Nesmith, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; and Mr. Jose Teran, of Florida, Mr. James Broaddus, of 
Texas, Mr. Lane Carson, of Louisiana, and Mr. Paul Pate, of Iowa, to be 
members of the Board of Directors, National Institute of Building 
Sciences.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., on Media Ownership in SR-
253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 2 p.m., to hear testimony on Status of the 
Free Miami Ministerial.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session 
during the session on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 7 p.m., to mark up an 
original bill, the text of which was reported by the Committee on 
Finance on May 8, 2003, for the purpose of meeting Finance Committee 
reconciliation instructions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Project Safe Neighborhoods: America's Network Against Gun 
Violence'' on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, Room 226.
  Panel I: The Honorable Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney for the 
District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; The Honorable Paul J. McNulty, 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
Alexandria, VA; The Honorable Todd P. Graves, United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Missouri, Kansas City, MO; The Honorable 
Patrick L. Meehan, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
  Panel II: Mr. Russell Edward Spann, Captain, West Valley Police 
Department, Utah, West Valley, UT; Mr. Dennis A. Mook, Chief of Police, 
Newport News Police Department, Newport News, VA; The Honorable Donald 
R. Totaro, District Attorney, Lancaster County, Lancaster, PA; Mr. 
Charles L. Curtis, President, Kansas City Metropolitan Crime 
Commission, Kansas City, MO; Professor Jens Ludwig, Georgetown Public 
Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Professor 
Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, May 13, at 10:00 a.m., to receive testimony regarding S. 452, 
to require that the Secretary of the Interior conduct a study to 
identify sites and resources, to recommend alternatives for 
commemorating and interpreting the Cold

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War, and for other purposes; S. 500, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to study certain sites in the Historic District of Beaufort, 
South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era; S. 601, to 
authorize the Secretary to acquire the McLoughlin House National 
Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, for inclusion in the Fort 
Vancouver National Historic Site, and for other purposes; S. 612, and 
H.R. 788, to revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation 
Area in the States of Utah and Arizona; and S. 630, and H.R. 519, to 
authorize the Secretary to conduct a study of the San Gabriel River 
Watershed and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, May 13, at 2:30 p.m., to receive testimony regarding S. 520, a 
bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in the State of 
Idaho; S. 625, a bill to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct 
certain feasibility studies in the Tualatin River Basin in Oregon, and 
for other purposes; S. 960, a bill to amend the Reclamation Wasterwater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize certain projects 
in the State of Hawaii and to amend the Hawaii Water Resources Act of 
2000 to modify the Water Resources Study; S. 649, a bill to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in projects 
within the San Diego Creek Watershed, California, and for other 
purposes; and S. 993, a bill to amend the Small Reclamation Projects 
Act of 1956, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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