[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16827-16828]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on August 2, 2006, at 2 p.m., in open session to continue to 
receive testimony on the future of military commissions in light of the 
supreme court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 5 p.m., in closed session, 
regarding overhead imagery systems.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 10 
a.m. to mark up an original bill entitled

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``Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 August 2, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``Meeting the Housing Needs of Veterans.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 August 2, 2006, at 11:30 a.m., to purpose 
of this meeting is to consider the nominations of John Ray Correll, 
Mark Myers, and Drue Pearce.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on 
Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works be authorized to hold an oversight hearing to discuss 
The Toxic Substances Control Act and the Chemicals Management Program 
at EPA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Border Insecurity, Take Two: Fake IDs 
Foil the First Line of Defense.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing on nominations.
  The PRESIDING, OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions meet in executive 
session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, August, 2, 2006, 
off the Senate floor at a time to be determined later.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 10 a.m. for a hearing titled, 
``Iraq Reconstruction: Lessons Learned in Contracting and 
Procurement.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, August 
2, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building 
to conduct a business meeting on S. 374, the Tribal Parity Act; S. 480, 
the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition 
Act of 2005; S. 660, the Lumbee Recognition Act; S. 1439, the Indian 
Trust Reform Act of 2005; and S. 1535, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 
Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2005.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``The Authority to Prosecute Terrorists Under the War Crime 
Provisions of Title 18'' on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.
  Panel I: Steven Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office 
of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, Washington, DC; General 
Richard B. Myers, Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, 
DC; Major General Scott Black, The Judge Advocate General, United 
States Army, Washington, DC; Rear Admiral Bruce MacDonald, Judge 
Advocate General, United States Navy, Washington, DC; Major General 
Jack Rives, the Judge Advocate General, United States Air Force, 
Washington, DC, and Brigadier General Kevin M. Sandkuhler, Director, 
Judge Advocate Division, United States Marine Corps, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

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


  subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 Wednesday, August 
2, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing on ``Paying Your Own Way: 
Creating a Fair Standard for Attorney's Fees Awards in Establishment 
Clause Cases'' in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list

  Rees Lloyd, Commander of District 21, The American Legion Department 
of California, Banning, CA; Marc Stern, Assistant Executive Director, 
American Jewish Congress, New York, NY; Mathew Staver, Founder and 
Chairman, Liberty Counsel, Interim Dean, Liberty University School of 
Law, Lynchburg, VA; Melissa Rogers, Visiting Professor of Religion and 
Public Policy, Wake Forest University Divinity School, Winston-Salem, 
NC; Shannon Woodruff, Senior Research Counsel, American Center for Law 
and Justice, Washington, D.C.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization of the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry be authorized to 
conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate on August 2, 2006, 
at 9 a.m. in SR-328A, Senate Russell Building. The purpose of this 
subcommittee hearing will be to discuss H.R. 4200, the Forest Emergency 
Recovery and Research Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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