[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29037]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AUTHORITIES FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on December 16, 2005, at 10:30 a.m., in closed session to 
receive a classified briefing regarding future naval force structure 
requirements.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the 
session on Friday, December 16, 2005, immediately following a vote on 
the Senate Floor, tentatively scheduled to occur at 11:30 a.m., in the 
President's Room, S-216 of the Capitol, to consider favorably reporting 
the nominations of Antonio Fratto, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 
Washington, DC; David M. Spooner, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC; 
David Steele Bohigian, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Market Access 
and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC; and, 
Richard T. Crowder, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the 
United States Trade Representative, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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