[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 25122-25123]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
 
                     AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET
 
 
                Committee on Environment and Public Works
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
 on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the 
 session of the Senate on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 9:55 a.m. in 
 room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a 
 business meeting to consider several General Services Administration 
 Resolutions and S. 589, a Bill to provide for the transfer of certain 
 Federal property to the United States Paralympics, Incorporated, a 
 subsidiary of the United States Olympic Committee, to be followed 
 immediately with a hearing entitled, ``Oversight Hearing to Examine the 
 Condition of our Nation's Bridges.''
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
 
                           committee on finance
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
 on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
 Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen 
 Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Frozen Out: A Review of 
 Bank Treatment of Social Security Benefits'' .
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
 
                        committee on the judiciary
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
 Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet in order to conduct a 
 markup on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 10 a.m. in the Dirksen 
 Senate Office Building Room 226.
 
                                  Agenda
 
      I. Bills
 
   S. 1845, A bill to provide for limitations in certain communications 
 between the Department of Justice and the White House (Whitehouse, 
 Leahy).
   S. 772, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007 (Kohl, Coleman, 
 Feingold).
   S. 1267, Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 (Lugar, Dodd, Graham).
   S. 1703, Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2007 (Durbin, 
 Coburn).
 
      II. Nominations
 
   Jennifer Walker Elrod to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 
 Circuit.
   Patrick Shen, Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair 
 Employment Practices.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
 
             committee on small business and entrepreneurship
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
 on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
 session of the Senate in order 
 
 
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 to conduct a hearing entitled 
 ``Expanding Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs: The Future of 
 Women's Small Business Programs:'' on Thursday, September 20, 2007, 
 beginning at 10 a.m. in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office 
 Building.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
 
                      committee on veterans' affairs
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the Committee 
 on Veterans' Affairs to be authorized to meet during the session of the 
 Senate on Thursday, September 20, 2007, in order to conduct a Joint 
 Hearing to receive the 2007 legislative presentation by the American 
 Legion. The Committee will meet in 345 Cannon House Office Building, at 
 9:30 a.m.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
 
                     select committee on intelligence
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
 Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
 the Senate on September 20, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
 
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
               Federal Services, and International Security
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
 Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
 Federal Services, and International Security of the Committee on 
 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
 Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. for a hearing entitled 
 ``High Risk IT Investments: Is Poor Management Leading to Billions in 
 Waste.''
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
 
                 Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
 
   Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
 Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
 Natural Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during the session of 
 the Senate on Thursday, September 20, 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 S. 1377, to 
 direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of 
 Henderson, NV, certain Federal land located in the city, and for other 
 purposes; S. 1433, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands 
 Conservation Act to provide competitive status to certain Federal 
 employees in the State of Alaska; S. 1608 and H.R. 815, to provide for 
 the conveyance of certain land in Clark County, NV, for use by the 
 Nevada National Guard; S. 1740, to amend the act of February 22, 1990, 
 and the act of July 2, 1862, to provide for the management of public 
 land trust funds in the State of North Dakota; S. 1802, to adjust the 
 boundaries of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in the 
 State of Idaho; S. 1939, to provide for the conveyance of certain land 
 in the Santa Fe National Forest, NM; and S. 1940, to reauthorize the 
 Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program, and for other purposes.
   And to receive testimony on two additional bills added to the 
 hearing: S. 1143, to designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the 
 surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding 
 Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape System, and for 
 other purposes; and S. 2034, to amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 
 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and 
 Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North and South Forks of 
 the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for 
 other purposes.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
 
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