[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12493-12494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a 
hearing on North Korea.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal 
                workforce, and the district of columbia

  Mr. DOMENICI. 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 
Tuesday, June 14, at 10 a.m., for a hearing entitled, ``Finding and 
Fighting Fakes: Reviewing the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet in open executive session 
during the session on Tuesday, June 14, at 10 a.m., to review and make 
recommendations on proposed legislation implementing the U.S.-Central 
America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. DOMENICI. 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 Tuesday, June 14, 
2005 at 2 p.m. in SR-328A. The purpose of this hearing will be to 
review the benefits and future developments in agriculture and food 
biotechnology.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. DOMENICI. 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 June 14, 2005, at 2 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``The Role of the Financial Markets in Social 
Security Reform.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on federal financial management, government information, 
                       and international security

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
and International Security be authorized to meet on Tuesday, June 14, 
2005, at 2 p.m. for a hearing regarding ``Accountability and Results in 
Federal Budgeting''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 subcommittee on intellectual property

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property be authorized to meet to conduct 
a hearing on ``Patent Law Reform: Injunctions and Damages'' on Tuesday, 
June 14, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen 226.
  Tentative Witness List: Carl Gulbrandsen, Managing Director, 
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Madison, WI; Jeffrey P.

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Kushan, Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP, Washington, DC; J. 
Jeffrey Hawley, President, Intellectual Property Owners Association, 
and Legal Division Vice President, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, New 
York; Mark A. Lemley, Professor, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA; 
Jonathan Band, Counsel on behalf of VISA and the Financial Services 
Roundtable, Washington, DC; Chuck Fish, Vice President and Chief Patent 
Counsel, Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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