[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6915]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 8, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. SPECTER. 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 
Thursday, April 8, 2004 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to review the National Park Service 
Concessions Program, including implementation of the National Park 
Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal 
                workforce, and the district of columbia

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of 
Columbia, be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 8 at 9:30 a.m. for a 
hearing entitled, ``Does CMS Have the Right Prescription? Implementing 
the Medicare Prescription Drug Program.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 8, 2004, at 10:30 a.m., in open and closed session 
to receive testimony on the Military Implications of the United Nations 
Convention on the law of the sea.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. SPECTER. 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, April 8, 2004, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Review of Current Investigations and 
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, April 8, 2004, at 11 a.m., in SR-253, for a hearing 
to consider pending committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, April 8, 2004 at 2:30 p.m., to hold a 
hearing on Anti-Semitism.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Thursday, April 8, 2004, at 10 a.m. on Judicial Nominations in the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Senators.
  Panel II: William Duane Benton, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eighth Circuit.
  Panel III: Robert Bryan Harwell, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of South Carolina; George P. Schiavelli, to be United 
States District Judge for the Central District of California; Curtis V. 
Gomez, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Thursday, April 8, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. on ``Keeping America's Mass 
Transportation System Safe: Are the Laws Adequate?'' in the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Harry S. Mattice, Jr., United States Attorney, Eastern 
District of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN; S. Mark Lindsey, Chief Counsel, 
Federal Rail Administration, United States Department of 
Transportation, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Ernest R. Frazier, Sr., Chief, System Security and Safety, 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Washington, DC; Brian 
Jenkins, Director, National Transportation Security Center, Mineta 
Transportation Institute, San Jose, CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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