[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15982]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 July 26, 2006, at 
9:30 a.m. In SR-328A, Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose of 
this committee hearing will be to consider the following nominations: 
Nancy Johner to be under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, 
and Consumer Services for the Department of Agriculture and to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation; 
Bruce Knight to be under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs for the Department of Agriculture and to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation; 
Margo McKay to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil 
Rights for the Department of Agriculture; and Michael Dunn to be a 
Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at 2 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``A Closer Look at the Size and Sources 
of the Tax Gap.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
nominations hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``FISA for the 21st Century'' on Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at 9 a.m. 
in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: LTG Michael V. Hayden, Director of Central Intelligence 
Agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Langley, VA; 
LTG Keith B. Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency, Chief 
of the Central Security Service, Washington, DC; Steven Bradbury, 
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Bryan Cunningham, Partner, Morgan & Cunningham LLC, Denver, 
CO; Jim Dempsey, Policy Director, Center for Democracy & Technology, 
Washington, DC; John Schmidt, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, 
Chicago, IL; Mary DeRosa, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, Technology and Public Policy 
Program, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on July 26, 2006, at 10 a.m. to hold a closed meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


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

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the 
District of Columbia be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 
at 3:30 p.m. for a hearing entitled, STOP!: A Progress Report on 
Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Here and Abroad.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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