[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on April 28, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., in open and closed session to 
receive testimony on defense intelligence in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2006.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. FRIST. 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 28, 2005 at 
10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Committee on the Judiciary--Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology 
                         and Homeland Security.

  Mr. THUNE. 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 Border Security Between the Ports of Entry: The Use 
of Technology To Protect the Borders'' on Thursday, April 28, 2005 in 
Dirksen Room 138 at 3 p.m.

     Witness List

  Panel I: David Aguilar, Chief of the Border Patrol, Customs and 
Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC; 
Kirk Evans, Ph.D., Director, Mission Support Office, Science & 
Technology Directorate, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 28, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     SubCommittee on National Parks

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on National Parks be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, April 28, 2005, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-
366.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 242, a bill to establish four memorials to the space shuttle 
Columbia in the State of Texas; S. 262, a bill to authorize 
appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for the restoration of 
the Angel Island Immigration Station in the State of California; S. 
336, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a 
study of the feasibility of designating the Captain John Smith 
Chesapeake National Historic Water-
trail as a national historic trail; S. 670, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites 
associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor 
movement; S. 777, a bill to designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the 
State of Maryland as the Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 126, a bill to amend Public Law 89-366 
to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses 
permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. FRIST. 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 28, 2005, at 2 p.m., for a hearing entitled, ``Waging 
War on Waste: An Examination of DoD's Business Practices.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy be authorized to meet 
during the session on Thursday, April 28, 2005, at 10:30 a.m., to hear 
testimony on ``Building Assets for Low-Income Families.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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