[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 29, 2004, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Counter-Terror Initiatives and Concerns 
in the Terror Finance Program.''
  Concurrent with the hearing, the Committee intends to vote on the 
nominations of the Hon. 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. ALEXANDER. 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 29, 2004, to hold a business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 29, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a 
hearing on Middle East Broadcasting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
April 29, 2004, at 10 a.m. to consider the nomination of Dawn Tisdale 
to be Commissioner, U.S. Postal Rate Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Government Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
April 29, 2004, immediately following a 10 a.m. nominations hearing, to 
consider the nominations of David Safavian to be Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs.

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 
29, 2004, at 10 am., in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building 
to conduct a hearing on S. 2301, a discussion draft bill to improve the 
management of Native American fish and wildlife and gathering, and for 
other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate 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 Judge 
for the 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. 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, Kohl, Leahy].
  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].
  S. 1932. Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention (ART) Act of 2003 
[Cornyn, DeWine, Durbin, Feinstein, Graham, Hatch, Kennedy].
  H.R. 1561. United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act 
of 2004.
  S. 1635. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
ensure the integrity of the L-1 visa for intracompany transferees 
[Chambliss].
  S. 1609. Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration 
System Enforcement (PROMISE) Act [Hatch, Cornyn].
  S. 1129. Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2003 [Feinstein, 
DeWine, Durbin, Edwards, Feingold, Kennedy, Kohl, Leahy, Schumer, 
Specter].
  S. Res. 334. A resolution designating May 2004 as National Electrical 
Safety Month.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on intelligence

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 29, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed mark-up on 
the fiscal year 2005 Intelligence Authorization Bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on oceans, fisheries and coast guard

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 10 a.m. on NOAA Oversight, in SR-
253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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