[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 24647-24648]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AUTHORITIES FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science and transportation

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and

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Transportation be authorized to meet on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at 
2:30 p.m., in SH-216, on pending Committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
November 2 at 9:30 a.m. The Committee on Environment and Public Works 
will hold the second in a series of two hearings to receive testimony 
on the response to Hurricane Katrina.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at 3 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
U.S.-India Nuclear Energy Cooperation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing entitled, 
``Hurricane Katrina: Why Did the Levees Fail?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 
at 9:30 a.m. in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on the In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, Et Al.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meeting during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights be 
authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 
at 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen 226.

                                Agenda:

  S.J. Res. 1, the Marriage Protection Amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, November 2 at 2 p.m. The purpose of the 
hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1541, to protect, conserve, and 
restore public lands administered by the Department of the Interior or 
the Forest Service and adjacent land through cooperative cost-share 
grants to control and mitigate the spread of invasive species, and for 
other purposes; S. 1548, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
forest service land to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska; S. 1552, to 
amend public law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary 
of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent 
concerning certain lands conveyed by the United States to Eastern 
Washington University until December 31, 2009; H.R. 482, to provide for 
a land exchange involving Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest 
in the State of New Mexico; and S. 405, a bill to provide for the 
conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a 
heliport.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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