[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7369]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on the U.S. Commission on Ocean 
Policy.
  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 Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Iraq Transition: Obstacles and Opportunities.
  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 Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
Nominations.
  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 Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a Subcommittee 
on East Asian and Pacific Affairs hearing on U.S.-China Relations: 
Status of Reforms in China.
  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 Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 4 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
Nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
April 22, 2004, at 11 a.m. in Senate Dirksen Building Room 226.

                                 Agenda

  I. Nominations: Henry W. Saad to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
Circuit; William Duane Benton to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eighth Circuit; Robert Bryan Harwell to be United States District of 
South Carolina; George P. Schiavelli to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California; and Curtis V. Gomez to be Judge 
for the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
  II. Legislation: S. 1735. Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence 
Act of 2003 [Hatch, Chambliss, Cornyn, Feinstein, Graham, Grassley, 
Schumer]; S. Res. 310. A resolution commemorating and acknowledging the 
dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their 
lives while serving as law enforcement officers [Campbell, Hatch, 
Leahy]; H. Con. Res. 328. Recognizing and honoring the United States 
Armed Forces and supporting the goals and objectives of a National 
Military Appreciation Month; S. 2270. No Oil Producing and Exporting 
Cartels (NOPEC) Act of 2004 [DeWine, Durbin, Feingold, Grassley, Kohl, 
Leahy, Schumer, Specter]; S. 2107. A bill to authorize an annual 
appropriations of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal 
year 2009 [DeWine, Leahy]; S. 2192. Cooperative Research and Technology 
Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004 [Hatch, Feingold, Leahy]; H.R. 1561. 
United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2004; S. 
1933. Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement 
(ENFORCE) Act of 2003 [Hatch, Cornyn, Feinstein]; S. 2237. Protecting 
Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation (PIRATE) Act of 
2004 [Leahy, Hatch]; and S. 1932. Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention 
(ART) Act of 2003 [Cornyn, Feinstein, Graham, Hatch].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 subcommittee on children and families

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and 
Families, be authorized to meet for a hearing on Parents Raising 
Children: The Workplace during the session of the Senate on April 22, 
2004, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            subcommittee on immigration and border security

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security be 
authorized to meet conduct a hearing on ``State and Local Authority To 
Enforce Immigration Law: Evaluating a unified approach for stopping 
terrorists'' on Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. in SD226

                             Witness List:

  Panel I: Professor Kris W. Kobach, Former Counsel to the Attorney 
General, Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of 
Law, Kansas City, MO; E.J. Picolo, Regional Director, Florida 
Department of Law Enforcement, Ft. Myers, FL; Michelle Malkin, 
Journalist and Author of Invasion, Bethesda, MD; and David A. Harris, 
Balk Professor of Law and Values, University of Toledo College of Law, 
Toledo, OH.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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