[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17183-17184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on July 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the Department of the Army Inspector General Report on 
Detention Operation Doctrine and Training.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 10 
a.m., to conduct an oversight hearing on ``Regulation N.M.S. and 
Developments in Market Structure.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on The Role of 
Higher Education Financing in Strengthening U.S. Competitiveness in a 
Global Economy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing on Iraq Post-Transition.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affiars

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
July 22, 2004, at 3:30 p.m., to consider the nomination of Allen 
Weinstein to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and 
Records Administration.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet for a hearing entitled ``Terror Attacks: Are We Prepared?'' during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 10 a.m. in SD-
430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to continue its markup 
on Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office 
Building room 226.

                                 Agenda

  I. Nominations: Claude A. Allen, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Fourth Circuit; David E. Nahmias, of Georgia, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia; Ricardo H. Hinojosa, to 
be Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission; Michael O'Neill, 
to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission; Ruben 
Castillo, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission; 
and William Sanchez, to be Special Counsel for Immigration-Related 
Unfair Employment Practice.
  II. Legislation: S. 1635, L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform 
Act of 2003, Chambliss; S. 1700, Advancing Justice through DNA 
Technology Act of 2003, Hatch, Biden, Specter, Leahy, DeWine, 
Feinstein, Kennedy, Schumer, Durbin, Kohl, Edwards; S. 2396, Federal 
Courts Improvement Act of 2004, Hatch, Leahy, Chambliss, Durbin, 
Schumer; and H.R. 1417, to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
replace copyright arbitration royalty panels with Copyright Royalty 
Judges Act of 2003, Smith-TX, Berman-CA, Conyers-MI.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 2 p.m. on ``Protecting Innovation and 
Art while Preventing Piracy'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, 
United States Copyright Office.
  Panel II: Mr. Gary Shapiro, President and Chief Executive Officer, 
Consumer Electronics Association; Mr. Robert Holleyman, President and 
Chief Executive Officer, Business Software Alliance; Mr. Andrew 
Greenberg, Vice-Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee, IEEE-USA; 
Mr. Kevin McGuiness, Executive Director and General Counsel, 
NetCoalition; and Mr. Mitch Bainwol, Chairman and Chief Executive 
Officer, Recording Industry Association of America.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        joint economic committee

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint 
Economic Committee be authorized to conduct a hearing in room 628 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Thursday, July 22, 2004, from 10 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, July 22, 2004, 
at 9 a.m., for a hearing entitled ``Buyer Beware: The Danger of 
Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over the Internet.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 July 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing on 
intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 
Thursday, July 22, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to conduct oversight on the 
implementation of the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, 
Public Law 106-181.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. on the subject of Saturn.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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