[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 14942-14943]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 June 6, 2007, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing  entitled ``Paying for College: The Role of Private 
Student Lending.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet in 
order to conduct a business meeting during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 10 a.m. in Room 406 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building.
  The business meeting will consider the following agenda:
  S. 506, the High Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007;
  H.R. 1195, SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act;
  H.R. 798, a bill to direct the Administrator of General Services to 
install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the 
Department of Energy;
  S. 635, the Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007;
  S. 1523, the Capitol power plant carbon dioxide emissions reduction 
demonstration project bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Trade and Globalization: 
Adjustment for a 21st Century Workforce.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Patent Reform: The Future of American Innovation'' on 
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Jon W. Dudas, Undersecretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 
Department of Commerce, Alexandria, VA;
  Panel II: Mr. Bruce G. Bernstein, Chief Intellectual Property and 
Licensing Officer, InterDigital Communications Corporation, King of 
Prussia, PA; Ms. Mary Doyle, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and 
Secretary, Palm, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Mr. John A. Squires, Chief 
Intellectual Property Counsel, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, NY; Ms. 
Kathryn L. Biberstein, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and 
Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer, Alkermes, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building. The purpose of the hearing is to 
receive testimony on the impacts of climate change on water supply and 
availability in the United States, and related issues from a water use 
perspective.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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