[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18000]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 9, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the Investigation of the 205th Military Intelligence 
Brigade at Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 9, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the report of the independent panel to review Department 
of Defense Detention Operations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. FRIST. 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, September 9, 2004, at 2 p.m. to 
conduct a hearing on ``Examining the Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 
and Developments Concerning International Convergence.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. FRIST. 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 9, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Sudan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to continue its markup on 
Thursday, September 9, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, Room 226. The agenda is attached.

                                 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; 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;
  H.R. 1417, To amend title l17, United States Code, to replace 
copyright arbitration royalty panels with Copyright Royalty Judges Act 
of 2003, Smith-TX, Berman-CA, Conyers-MI;
  S. 2204, A bill to provide criminal penalties for false information 
and hoaxes relating to terrorism Act of 2004, Hatch, Schumer, Cornyn, 
Feinstein;
  S. 1860, A bill to reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Act of 2003, Hatch, Biden, Grassley;
  S. ___ Department of Justice reauthorization bill;
  S. 2195, A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the 
definition of anabolic steroids and to provide for research and 
education activities relating to steroids and steroid precursors Act of 
2004, Biden, Hatch, Grassley, Feinstein;
  S.J. Res. 23, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States providing for the event that one-
fourth of the members of either the House of Representatives or the 
Senate are killed or incapacitated Act of 2003, Cornyn, Chambliss.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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