[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                       commitee 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 March 17, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., in open and closed session to 
receive testimony on current and future worldwide threats to the 
national security of the United States.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. GREGG. 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, March 17, 2005, at 11 a.m. to mark 
up an original bill entitled the Federal Public Transportation Act of 
2005.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the 
session on Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., to consider 
favorably reporting the nomination of Daniel R. Levinson, to be 
Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, 
DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to hold a 
hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 
9:30 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
March 17, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. in Senate Dirksen Office Building Room 226.

                                Agenda:

  I. Nominations: William G. Myers, III, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit; Terrence W. Boyle, II, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for 
the Fourth Circuit; Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be U.S. District Judge 
for the Western District of North Carolina; James C. Dever, III, to be 
U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina; Thomas 
B. Griffith, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia 
Circuit; Paul A. Crotty, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York; J. Michael Seabright, to be U.S. District Judge 
for the District of Hawaii.
  II. Bills: Asbestos--S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at 
America's Seaports Act of 2005, Biden, Specter, Feinstein, Kyl; S. 188, 
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act of 2005, 
Feinstein, Kyl, Schumer, Cornyn, Durbin, Specter; S. 119, Unaccompanied 
Alien Child Protection Act of 2005, Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, DeWine, 
Feingold, Kennedy, Brownback, Specter; S. 589, a bill to establish the 
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays, Cornyn, 
Leahy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, March 17, 2005, for a committee hearing titled 
``Back from the Battlefield: Are We Providing the Proper Care for 
America's Wounded Warriors?''
  The hearing will take place in Room 418 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               subcommittee on fisheries and coast guard

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Fisheries and Coast Guard be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 10 a.m. on Coast Guard Operational 
Readiness/Mission Balance/FY 2006 Budget Request in SR-253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on seapower

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Seapower be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on March 17, 2005, at 3 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the posture of the U.S. Transportation Command in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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