[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 7, 2004, at a time to be 
determined, for the purposes of conducting a vote on pending committee 
business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee be authorized to meet 
on Thursday, October 7, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., on the Effect of Federal 
Bankruptcy and Pension Policy on the Financial Situation of the 
Airlines.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, October 7, 2004 in Dirksen Senate Office Room 226.

                                Agenda:

  I. Nominations: Claude A. Allen to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Fourth Circuit and Robert Cramer Balfe to be U.S. Attorney for the 
Western District of Arkansas.
  II. Legislation: S. 2396, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2004, 
Hatch, Leahy, Chambliss, Durbin, Schumer; S. 2204, A bill to provide 
criminal penalties for false information and hoaxes relating to 
terrorism Act of 2004, Hatch, Schumer, Cornyn, Feinstein, DeWine; S. 
1860, A bill to reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Act of 2003, Hatch, Biden, Grassley; S. 2560, A bill to amend chapter 5 
of title 17, United States Code, relating to inducement of copyright 
infringement, and for other purposes Act 2004, Hatch, Leahy, Graham; 
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. 
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 Act of 2004, Domenici, Graham, Sessions; S. 2863, A 
bill to reauthorize the Department of Justice Act of 2004, Hatch, 
Leahy, DeWine, Schumer; H.R. 2391, To amend title 35, United States 
Code, to promote cooperative research involving universities, the 
public sector, and private enterprises Act of 2003, Smith--TX; S. 2760, 
A bill to limit and expedite Federal collateral review of convictions 
for killing a public safety officer Act of 2004, Kyl, Hatch, Craig, 
Cornyn, Sessions, Chambliss; S. 1297, A bill to amend title 28, United 
State Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior 
to the Supreme Court over certain cases and controversies involving the 
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Act of 2003, Hatch, Talent, Kyl; S. 
2302, A bill to improve access to physicians in medically underserved 
areas Act of 2004, Conrad, Feingold, Kennedy, Schumer, DeWine, Kohl; S. 
989, A bill to provide death and disability benefits for aerial 
firefighters who work on a contract basis for a public agency and 
suffer death or disability in the line of duty, and for other purposes 
Act of 2003, Enzi, Reid; S. 1728, Terrorism Victim Compensation Equity 
Act of 2003, Specter, Leahy, Schumer; S. 1740, Anthrax Victims Fund 
Fairness Act of 2003, Leahy, Feingold; S. 549, A bill to amend the 
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note; 
Public Law 107-42) to provide compensation for victims killed in the 
bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, and for other purposes Act 
of 2003, Schumer; and S. 2268, Private Bill; A bill for the relief of 
Griselda Lopez Negrete, Graham--SC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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