[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. HATCH. 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 Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 2 p.m. to 
conduct a hearing on the nominations of the Honorable Romolo A. (Roy) 
Bernardi, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; Mr. Dennis C. Shea, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; and Ms. Cathy M. MacFarlane, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Iraq Transition: Civil War on Civil Society (II).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 
at 9:30 a.m. in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to 
conduct a business meting on S. 344, a bill expressing the policy of 
the United States regarding the United States' Relationship with Native 
Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United 
States of Native Hawaiian governing entity, and for other purposes; and 
S. 1721, a bill to amend the Indian Land Consolidation Act to improve 
provisions relating to probate of trust and restricted land, and for 
other purposes, to be followed immediately by a hearing on S. 297, the 
Federal Acknowledgement Process Reform Act of 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        Joint Economic Committee

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint 
Economic Committee be authorized to conduct a hearing in Room 216 of 
the Hart Senate Office Building, Wednesday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 
p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on forests and public lands

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, April 21, at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366.
  The purpose of the hearings is to receive testimony on implementation 
of the recreation fee demonstration program by the Forest Service and 
Bureau of Land Management, and on policies related to the program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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