[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11745-11746]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 8 at 10 a.m. to consider the 
nomination of Suedeen G. Kelly, to be a member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2009.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         committee on finance.

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, June 8, 
2004, at 10 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear 
testimony on Medicare Drug Card: Delivering Savings for Participating 
beneficiaries.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at 10 
a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
hearing on S. 2436, a bill to reauthorize the Native American Programs 
Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, 
June 8, 2004 at 10 a.m. on ``DOJ Oversight: Terrorism and Other 
Topics'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226. The Honorable 
John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General, will testify.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

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


                         subcommittee on aging

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Aging be 
authorized to meet for a hearing on Arthritis: A National Epidemic 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at 10 a.m. 
in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Property Rights be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Beyond 
the Pledge of Allegiance: Hostility to Religious Expression in the 
Public Square'' on Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at 2 p.m. in SD-226.
  Panel I: The Honorable Chet Edwards, United States Representative, 
(D-TX); The Honorable Mary Landrieu, United States Senator, (D-LA); The 
Honorable Richard Shelby, United States Senator, (R-AL).
  Panel II: William ``Barney'' Clark, Balch Springs, TX; Nashala Hearn, 
Muskogee, OK; The Honorable Roy Moore, Former Chief Justice, Supreme 
Court of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; Steven Rosenauer, Bradenton, FL; 
Kelly J. Shackelford, Chief Counsel, Liberty Legal Institute, Plano, 
TX; J. Brent Walker, Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee on 
Public Affairs, Washington, DC.
  Panel III: Professor Richard W. Garnett, Associate Professor of Law, 
Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, IN; Professor Vincent Phillip Munoz, 
Civitas Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Assistant Professor of 
Political Science, North Carolina State University, Washington, DC; 
Professor Melissa Rogers, Wake Forest University Divinity School, 
Winston-Salem, NC.
  Witnesses are listed in alphabetical order, not necessarily in order 
of testimony.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. SHELBY. 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

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the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 931, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a 
program to reduce the risks from and mitigate the effects of avalanches 
on visitors to units of the National Park System and on other 
recreational users of public land; S. 1678, to provide for the 
establishment of the Uintah Research and Curatorial Center for Dinosaur 
National Monument in the States of Colorado and Utah, and for other 
purposes; S. 2140, to expand the boundary of the Mount Rainier National 
Park; S. 2287, to adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of 
the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of 
Louisiana, and for other purposes; and S. 2469, to amend the National 
Historic Preservation Act to provide appropriation authorization and 
improve the operations of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
                Workforce, and the District of Columbia

  Mr. SELBY. 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 Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. for a hearing 
entitled, ``Dietary Supplement Safety Act: How is FDA Doing 10 Years 
Later?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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