[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 14404-14405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on July 13, 2006, at 10 a.m. in open session to receive 
testimony on military commissions in light of the Supreme Court 
decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
hold a Full Committee Hearing on Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Alaska 
and the Pacific Region: A Framework for the Nation, on Thursday, July 
13, 2006, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. GREGG. 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 Thursday, July 13, 2006, at 10 a.m. the 
purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on H.R. 5254, the 
Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act.
  ThE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on Finance

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Thursday, July 
13, 2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to 
consider the nomination of Mr. Eric Solomon, to be Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, vice 
Pamela Olson, resigned.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, July 13, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to consider the nomination of 
Stephen S. McMillin to be Deputy Director, Office of Management and 
Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
July 13, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 
226.

     I. Nominations

  Neil M. Gorsuch, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit; 
Jerome A. Holmes, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit; 
Kimberly Ann Moore, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit; 
Bobby E. Shepherd, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit; 
Gustavo Antonio Gelpi, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of 
Puerto Rico; Daniel Porter Jordan, III, to be U.S. District Judge for 
the Southern District of Mississippi; Steven G. Bradbury, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; R. 
Alexander Acosta, to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida; Martin J. Jackley, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of 
South Dakota; Brett L. Tolman, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of 
Utah.

     II. Bills

  S. 2453, National Security Surveillance Act of 2006, Specter;
  S. 2455, Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006, DeWine, Graham;
  S. 2468, A bill to provide standing for civil actions for declaratory 
and injunctive relief to persons who refrain from electronic 
communications through fear of being subject to warrantless electronic 
surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, and for other purposes, 
Schumer;
  S. 3001, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and 
Enhancement Act of 2006, Specter, Feinstein;
  S. 2831, Free Flow of Information Act of 2006, Lugar, Specter, 
Graham, Schumer, Biden, Grassley;
  H.R. 1036, Copyright Royalty Judges Program Technical Corrections 
Act, Smith--TX;
  S. 155, Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2005, 
Feinstein, Hatch, Grassley, Cornyn, Kyl, Specter;
  S. 2703, Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting 
Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, Specter, Leahy, 
Grassley, Kennedy, DeWine, Feinstein, Brownback, Durbin, Schumer, Kohl, 
Biden, Feingold;
  S. 1845, Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act 
of 2005, Ensign, Kyl;
  S. 2679, Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, Talent, De Wine, Cornyn.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, July 13, 2006, to hold a hearing titled ``Battling 
the Backlog Part II: Challenges Facing the U.S. Court of Appeals for 
Veterans' Claims''. 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.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on July 13, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet tomorrow, July 13, 2006, from 
10 a.m. to noon in Dirksen 106 for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


     Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President: I would like to ask unanimous consent that 
on Thursday, July 13, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. the Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety be authorized to hold a hearing on 
the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed revisions to the 
particulate matter air quality standards.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights, and property rights

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights be authorized to meet on Thursday, July 13, 
2006, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing on ``Renewing the Temporary 
Provisions of the Voting Rights Act: Legislative Options after LULAC v. 
Perry'' in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  Panel I: Michael Carfin, Partner, Jones Day, Washington, DC;

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  Abigail Thernstrom, Vice Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
Lexington, MA;
  Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal 
Opportunity, Sterling, VA;
  Joaquin G. Avila, Assistant Professor of Law, Seattle University 
School of Law, Seattle, WA;
  Nina Perales, Regional Counsel, MALDEF, San Antonio, TX;
  Sherrilyn Ifill, Associate Professor of Law, University of Maryland 
Law School, Baltimore, MD.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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