[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7770]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee for banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. INHOFE. 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 26, 2005, at 10 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on ``An Update on Money Services Businesses Under Bank Secrecy 
and USA Patriot Regulation.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 10 a.m. on the nominations of Maria Cino to 
be the Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and Phyllis Scheinberg to be 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. on the Transportation Security 
Administration's FY2006 Budget and pending nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 26, at 10 a.m. in Room SD-366.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding the 
status of the Department of Energy's Nuclear Power 2010 Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of Tuesday, April 
26, 2005, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``Proposals To Achieve 
Sustainable Solvency, With and Without Personal Accounts.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on health, education, labor and pensions

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Reitrement 
Security and Aging, be authorized to hold a hearing during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``A Bill 
to create a Fair and Efficient System to Resolve Claims of Victims for 
Bodily Injury Caused by Asbestos Exposure, and for other Purposes'' on 
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 9:30 a.m., in Russell Senate Office 
Building, Room 325.
  Panel I: The Honorable Judge Becker.
  Panel II: The Honorable John Engler, National Association of 
Manufacturing, Washington, DC.; Mr. Craig Berrington, General Counsel, 
American Insurance Association, Washington, DC.; Ms. Peg Seminario, 
Director, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC.; Ms. Carol Morgan, President and 
General Counsel, National Service Industries, Inc.; Doraville, GA; Mr. 
Hershel W. Gober, National Legislative Director, Military Order of the 
Purple Heart, McLean, VA; Dr. Francine Rabinovitz, Hamilton, Rabinovitz 
& Alschuler, Carmel, CA; Mr. Mark A. Peterson, President, Legal 
Analysis Systems, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; Prof. Eric D. Green, Boston 
University Law School, Boston, MA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, to markup the nomination of Mr. 
Jonathan B. Perlin to be Under Secretary for Health, Department of 
Veterans' Affairs.
  The meeting will take place in room S 216 (the President's Room) of 
the Capitol at 11:45 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 26, 2005 at 2:30 p.m., to hold a briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 2:30 p.m., in 
room SD-366.
  The purpose of the hearing is to review the preparedness of the 
Departments of Agriculture and the Interior for the 2005 Wildfire 
Season, including agencies' assessment of the risk of fires by region, 
the status of and contracting for aerial fire suppression assets, and 
other information needed to better understand the agencies' ability to 
deal with the upcoming fire season.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

                          ____________________