[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8315-8316]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. SMITH. 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 May 16, 2006, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing 
on the nominations of Mr. James Lambright, of Missouri, to be 
President, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Mr. Armando J. 
Bucelo, Jr., of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Securities Investor Protection Corporation; Mr. Todd S. Farha, of 
Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation; Mr. Jon T. Rymer, of Tennessee, to be 
Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Mr. John Cox, 
of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; and Mr. William Hardiman, of Michigan, to be a 
member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building 
Sciences.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. SMITH. 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 May 16, 2006, at 2 p.m., to conduct a hearing 
on the ``Role of Hedge Funds in our Capital Markets.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at 10 a.m., on the Transportation 
Security Administration's Transportation Worker Identification 
Credential--TWIC--Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. SMITH. 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 Tuesday, May 16 at 10 a.m. The purpose of this 
hearing is to receive testimony regarding the status of the Yucca 
Mountain Repository Project within the Office of Civilian Radioactive 
Waste Management at the Department of Energy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, May 16, 
2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to consider 
the nomination of Susan C. Schwab to be United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary, Executive Office of the President, vice Robert J. 
Portman.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to

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meet in Open Executive Session on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, in 215 Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to consider favorably reporting the nomination 
of W. Ralph Basham, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Customs, 
Department of Homeland Security, vice Robert C. Bonner, resigned.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Energy Security and Oil Dependence.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in Open Executive Session on Tuesday, 
May 16, 2006, to review and make recommendations on proposed 
legislation implementing the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Retirement 
Security and Aging, be authorized to hold a hearing during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet Tuesday, May 16, 2006, 
at 9:30 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Anita S. Earls, Director of Advocacy, University of North 
Carolina Center for Civil Rights, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Pamela 
S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest 
Law, and Associate Dean for Research and Academics, Stanford University 
School of Law, Stanford, California; Keith Gaddie, Professor, 
Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 
Oklahoma; Theodore S. Arrington, Chair, Department of Political 
Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, North 
Carolina; and Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Law, New 
York University School of Law, New York, New York.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on May 16, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. to hold a confirmation hearing 
on Kenneth Wainstein to be Assistant Attorney General for National 
Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, May 16, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearings is to receive testimony on the following 
bills: S. 1686, a bill to amend the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 
to provide for the operation of the National Constitution Center; S. 
2417 and H.R. 4192, bills to authorize the secretary of the Interior to 
designate the President William Jefferson Clinton birthplace home in 
Hope, Arkansas, as a national historic site and unit of the National 
Park System, and for other purposes; S. 2419 and H.R. 4882, bills to 
ensure the proper remembrance of Vietnam Veterans and the Vietnam War 
by providing a deadline for the designation of a visitor center for the 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial; S. 2568, a bill to amend the National Trails 
System Act to designate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National 
Historic Trail; S. 2627, a bill to amend the Act of August 21, 1935, to 
extend the authorization for the National Park System Advisory Board, 
and for other purposes; and S. Res. 468, a resolution supporting the 
continued administration of Channel Islands National Park, including 
Santa Rosa Island, in accordance with the laws (including regulations) 
and policies of the National Park Service.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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