[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. 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 23, 2006, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``Improving Financial Literacy in the United 
States.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized 
to meet on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 10 a.m. on price gouging.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. 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 23 at 10 a.m.
  The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the National 
Research Council Report, ``Managing Construction and Infrastructure in 
the 21st Century Bureau of Reclamation'' and the U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation Report, ``Managing for Excellence: An Action Plan for the 
21st Century.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to hold a 
Business Meeting on May 23, 2006 at 9:30 am to consider the following 
agenda:
  S. 2735 To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize 
the national dam safety program, and for other purposes.
  S. 2832 The Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006.
  S. 2430 Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006 with 
amendment.
  S. 1509 Captive Primate Safety Act.
  S. 2041 Ed Fountain Park Expansion Act.
  S. 2127 To redesignate the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in the 
state of Virginia as the ``Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National 
Wildlife Refuge''.
  S. Res. 301 Commemorating Audubon Society's 100th Anniversary with 
amendment.
  S. 2781 Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2006.
  S. 2650 To designate the Federal courthouse to be constructed in 
Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Federal 
Courthouse.''
  S. 801 To designate the United States courthouse located at 300 North 
Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the ``John Milton Bryan Simpson 
United States Courthouse.''
  S.__ Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006.
  S. 2023 To amend the oil pollution act of 1990 to improve that act, 
and for other purposes.
  GSA Resolutions: To authorize the majority of the General Services 
Administration's FY 2007 Capital Investment and Leasing Program; To 
authorize seven new courthouse construction projects.
  Army Corps Study Resolutions: Committee Resolution on Cedar River, 
Time Check Area, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Committee Resolution on Pawcatuck 
River, Little Narragansett Bay, and Watch Hill Cove, Rhode Island and 
Connecticut; Committee Resolution on Kansas River Basin, Kansas, 
Colorado, and Nebraska; and Committee Resolution on Port of San 
Francisco, San Francisco, California.
  Nominations: Molly O'Neill to be an Assistant Administrator--EPA; Dr. 
Dale Klein to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Dr. 
Gregory Jaczko to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and 
Dr. Peter Lyons to-be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Encouraging Economic Self-
Determination in Indian Country''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. 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 23, 2006, at 2:15 p.m. to hold a business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on May 23, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
mark-up.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 subcommittee on intellectual property

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Perspectives on 
Patents: Post-Grant Review Procedures and Other Litigation Reforms'' on 
Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 2 p.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building.
  Witness List: Panel I: Andrew Cadel, Managing Director, Associate 
General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, JP Morgan 
Chase, New York, NY; Philip S. Johnson, Chief Patent Counsel, Johnson & 
Johnson, Newbrunswick, NJ; Nathan P. Myhrvold, Chief Executive Officer, 
Intellectual Ventures, Bellevue, WA; John R. Thomas, Professor of Law, 
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; and Mark Chandler, 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Cisco Systems, Inc., San 
Jose, CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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