[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7662]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry be authorized to 
conduct a full committee hearing during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 10 a.m. in SH-216, Hart Senate Office 
Building. The purpose of this hearing will be to review the 
implementation of the Sugar Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on May 10, 2006, at 5:45 p.m., in closed session for a 
discussion on the situation in Afghanistan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 Wednesday, May 10 at 11:30 a.m. The 
purpose of this meeting is to consider the nomination of Dirk 
Kempthorne to be Secretary of the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Fostering Permanence: Progress 
Achieved and Challenges Ahead for America's Child Welfare System''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on indian affairs

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, May 10, 
2006, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct an oversight hearing on Economic Development in Indian Country.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on May 10, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed Business 
Meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Modern Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act'' on Wednesday, May 
10, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the 
Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, 
DC.
  Panel II: Robert B. McDuff, The Law Offices of Robert McDuff, 
Jackson, MS; Gregory Coleman, Weil Gotshall & Manges, Austin, TX; 
Natalie Landreth, Attorney, Native American Rights Fund (NARF), 
Anchorage, AK; Frank B. Strickland, Partner, Strickland Brockington 
Lewis, Atlanta, GA; Juan Cartagena, General Counsel, Community Service 
Society of New York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

  Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee of Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, May 10 at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony of the following 
bills: S. 906, to promote Wildland Firefighter Safety; S. 2003, to make 
permanent the authorization for Watershed Restoration and Enhancement 
Agreements; H.R. 585, to require Federal land managers to support, and 
to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with, designated gateway 
communities, to improve the ability of gateway communities to 
participate in Federal land management planning conducted by the Forest 
Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior, and to respond 
to the impacts of the public use of the Federal lands administered by 
these agencies, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3981, to authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain land exchanges involving 
small parcels of National Forest System land in the Tahoe National 
Forest in the State of California, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it so ordered.

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