[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 19877-19878]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing and urban affairs

  Ms. COLLINS. 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 September 29, 2004, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``The 9/11 Commission and Efforts to Identify and 
Combat Terrorist Financing.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at 3 p.m., to hold a 
hearing on Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
September 29, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office 
Building to conduct a business meeting on pending Committee matters, to 
be followed immediately by an oversight hearing on Lobbying Practices 
Involving Indian Tribes regarding allegations of misconduct associated 
with lobbying and related activities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and

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Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 29 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 2378, to provide for the conveyance of certain public land in 
Clark County, NV, for use as a heliport; S. 2410, to promote wildland 
firefighter safety; H.R. 1651, to provide for the exchange of land 
within the Sierra National Forest, California, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 2400, to amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purposes of 
clarifying the local judicial structure of Guam; H.R. 3874, to convey 
for public purposes certain Federal lands in Riverside County, CA, that 
have been identified for disposal; H.R. 4170, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to recruit volunteers to assist with, or 
facilitate, the activities of various agencies and offices of the 
Department of the Interior; and Senate Resolution 387, a resolution 
commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space be authorized to meet on 
September 29, 2004, at 2 pm, on Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Exploring 
the Controversy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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