[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15618-15619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 10 a.m. on Digital Television 
Transmission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. in Digital Television 
Transmission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meeting 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 12 at 10 a.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nomination of Jill L. 
Sigal to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs; David R. Hill to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Energy; and James A. Rispoli to be Assistant Secretary of 
Energy for Environmental Management.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 Subcommittee on federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
                       and International Security

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
and International Security be authorized to meet on Tuesday, July 12, 
2005, at 2 p.m. for a hearing regarding ``Improper Payments: Where are 
Truth and Transparency in Federal Financial Reporting?''.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property be authorized to meet to conduct 
a hearing on ``Music Licensing Reform'' on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 
2:30 p.m. in Dirksen 226.

                             Witness List:

  Panel I: Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights, Washington, 
DC.
  Panel II: Rob Glaser, Chairman and CEO, RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, 
WA; Rick Carnes, President, Songwriters Guild of America, Nashville, 
TN; Glen Barros, Pres and CEO, Comcord Records, Beverly Hills, CA; 
Marilyn Bergman, President and Chairman, American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publishers, New York, NY; and Ish Cuebas, Director of 
Merchandising Operations, Trans World Entertainment, and Co-Chairman of 
the Media on Demand Task Force Corporate Circle, National Association 
of Recording Merchandisers, Albany, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on water and power be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 3 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 49, to 
establish a joint Federal-State Floodplain and Erosion Mitigation 
Commission for the State of Alaska; S. 247, to authorize

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the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the planning, design, and 
construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation 
Project in Deschutes County, Oregon; S. 648, to amend the reclamation 
states emergency drought relief act of 1991 to extend the authority for 
drought assistance; S. 819, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to reallocate costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to 
reflect increased demands for municipal, industrial, and fish and 
wildlife purposes; S. 891, to extend the water service contract for the 
Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, 
Nebraska; and S. 1338, to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the bureau of reclamation and the United States Geological 
Survey, to conduct a study on groundwater resources in the State of 
Alaska, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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