[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 14, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on implementation by the Department of Defense of the 
National Security Personnel System.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. COCHRAN. 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 April 14, 2005, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on pending Committee business, on Thursday, April 14, 2005, at 10 
a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Thursday, April 14, 2005, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``The $350 
Billion Question: How To Solve the Tax Gap.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. COCHRAN. 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, April 14, 
2005, at 10 a.m., in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Thursday, April 14, 2005, at 2 p.m., for a hearing title: 
``U.S. Postal Service: What Is Needed To Ensure Its Future Viability?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, April 14, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. in Senate Dirksen Office Building 
Room 226.

                                AGENDA:

  I. Nominations: Thomas B. Griffith to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit; Terrence W. Boyle, II to be U.S. Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit; Priscilla R. Owen to be U.S. Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit; Janice Rogers Brown to be U.S. Circuit 
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit; Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to be 
U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina; and 
James C. Dever, III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eastern District 
of North Carolina.
  II. Bills: S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports 
Act of 2005: Biden, Specter, Feinstein, Kyl, cornyn; S. 119, 
Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2005: Feinstein, Schumer, 
Durbin, DeWine, Feingold, Kennedy, Brownback, Specter, Leahy; S. 629, 
Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Act of 2005: Sessions, Kyl; 
and S. 555, No oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2005: DeWine, 
Kohl, Leahy, Grassley, Feingold, Schumer, Durbin.
  III. Matters: Asbestos
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select committee on intelligence

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 14, 2005, a 10 a.m. to hold a hearing.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select committee on intelligence

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 14, 2005, at 2 p.m. to hold a closed briefing.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on Airland

  Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Airland be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on April 14, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on Air Force Acquisition oversight in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2006.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


     Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship 
      Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee Subcommittee on 
Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security be authorized to meet to 
conduct a joint hearing on ``Strengthening Interior Enforcement: 
Deportation and Related Issues'' on Thursday, April 14, 2005 in Dirksen 
room 226 at 2:30 p.m.
  Panel I: Jonathan Cohn, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the 
Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC and Victor 
Cerda, Acting Director of Detention and Removal, U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: David Venturella, U.S. Investigations Service, Washington, 
DC and Lee Gelernt, Senior Staff Counsel, Immigrant's Rights Project, 
American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, April 14, at 10 a.m. for a hearing entitled, ``Passing the 
Buck: A Review of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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