[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20760]
[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 October 5, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the nomination of Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New 
Hampshire, to be Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee be authorized to meet 
on Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., on E-Rate.
  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 Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a 
hearing on the Millennium Challenge Corporation: A Progress Report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
October 5, 2004, at 10 a.m., in SD-342 to consider the nomination of 
Gregory Jackson to be an Associate Judge of Columbia Superior Court.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet for a hearing entitled ``Reducing Childhood Obesity: Public-
Private Partnerships to Improve Nutrition and Increase Physical 
Activity in Children'' during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, 
October 5, at 10 a.m., in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at 10 a.m., in SD-226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a special meeting of the committee to consider a resolution 
related to recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist 
Attacks Upon the United States.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on October 5, 2004, for a markup on the nominations of Robert N. 
Davis, to be a Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; Mary 
J. Schoelen, to be a Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; 
William A. Moorman, to be a Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims; and Robert Allen Pittman, to be Assistant Secretary, Human 
Resources and Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
  The meeting will take place in S-216 in the Capitol, immediately 
following the first rollcall vote of the Senate after 3 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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