[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry be authorized to 
conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 9, 
2005 at 2 p.m. in SR-328A. The purpose of this hearing will be to 
review the nominations of Mr. Walter Lukken and Mr. Reuben Jeffries to 
be commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and also 
for Mr. Jeffries to be chairman of the Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. SESSIONS. 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, June 9, 2005, at 10 a.m. 
to mark up S. 582 ``The Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 
50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act,'' and to vote on the 
nomination of Mr. Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a member of the 
Council of Economic Advisers; and Mr. Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, to 
be assistant secretary of Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner, U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Review of General Aviation Security, at 11 a.m., on Thursday, 
June 9, 2005, in SR-253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing 
on the Western Hemisphere.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. SESSIONS. 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, June 9, 
2005 at 10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on 
Thursday, June 9, 2005, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations:

  Terrence W. Boyle, II to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit; Brett M. Kavanaugh to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District 
of Columbia; Rachel Brand to be an Assistant Attorney General for the 
Office of Legal Policy; Alice S. Fisher to be an Assistant Attorney 
General for the Criminal Division.

     II. Bills:

  S. 491, Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Apprentice Act, 
Specter, Leahy;
  S. 1181, Which is Section 8 of Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our 
National Government Act of 2005, Cornyn, Leahy, Feingold.

     III. Matters:

   Senate Judiciary Committee Rules.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, June 9, 2005, for a committee hearing to 
receive testimony on various healthcare-related bills pending before 
the Committee.
  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 bioterrorism and public health preparedness

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, be 
authorized to hold a hearing during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 2 p.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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