[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 18767-18768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Oceans Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., on S. 1963--Wireless 
411 Privacy Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 21, at 10 a.m. to 
consider the nominations of Karen Alderman Harbert, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy and 
John Spitaleri Shaw, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Environment, Safety and Health.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on Finance

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``Indian 
Jails: A Clarion Call for Reform.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

   Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
September 21, 2004 at 10 a.m., and Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 10 
a.m. to hold a business meeting to consider pending Committee business 
(agenda attached).

                                 AGENDA

      Legislation

   1. National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

   Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to continue its markup 
on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office 
Building room 226. The tentative agenda is attached.
   I. Nominations: Claude A. Allen to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Fourth Circuit; David E. Nahmias 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; 
Richard B. Roper III to be United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Texas for the term of four years; and Lisa Wood to be 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for the 
term of four years.
   II. Legislation: S. 1634, L-1 Visa (Intercompany 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 17, United States Code, to replace 
copyright arbitration royalty panels with Copyright Royalty Judges Act 
of 2003, Smith of Texas, Berman, Conyers; S. 2204, A bill to provide 
criminal penalties for false information and hoaxes

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relating to terrorism Act of 2004, Hatch, Schumer, Cornyn, Feinstein, 
DeWine; S. 1860, A bill to reauthorize the Office of Drug Control 
Policy Act of 2003, Hatch, Biden, Grassley; 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; S. 
2742, A bill to extend certain authority of the Supreme Court Police, 
modify the venue of prosecutions relating to the Supreme Court building 
and grounds, and authorize the acceptance of gifts to the United States 
Supreme Court Act of 2004, Hatch, Leahy; and S. 2373, A bill to modify 
the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain 
rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names, 
Domenici, Graham, Kyl, Sessions.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, for a joint hearing with 
the House of Representatives' Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hear 
the legislative presentation of The American Legion. The hearing will 
take place in room 345 of the Cannon House Office Building at 10 a.m.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 21, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. to hold a closed 
business meeting.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 21, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            subcommittee on immigration and border security

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border 
Security be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Refugees: 
Seeking Solutions to a Global Concern'' on Tuesday, September 21, 2004, 
at 2:30 p.m. in SD226.

                                Agenda:

  Panel I: Gene Dewey, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, 
Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, Washington, D.C.; Eduardo 
Aguirre, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
  Panel II: Charles H. Kuck, Managing Partner, Immigration Group, 
Weathersby, Howard & Kuck, LLC, Atlanta, GA; Mark Franken, Chair, 
Refugee Counsel, USA, Washington, D.C.; Lavinia Limon, Executive 
Director, United States Committee for Refugees, Washington, D.C.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. SANTORUM. 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, September 21 at 2:30 pm.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 784 and H.R. 1630, to Revise the Boundary of Petrified Forest 
National Park in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes; S. 2656, 
to establish a National Commission on the Quincentennial of the 
Discovery of Florida by Ponce De Leon; S. 2499, to modify the boundary 
of the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, 
and for other purposes; S. 1311, to establish the Hudson-Fulton-
Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 2055, to amend P.L. 89-366 to allow for an Adjustment in the 
Number of Free Roaming Horses Permitted in Cape Lookout National 
Seashore.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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