[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3537-3538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. BYRD. 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 Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 11:30 a.m. to 
mark up an original bill entitled ``Public Transportation Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2007.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to hold a 
hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2007, 
at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The 
purpose of the hearing is to evaluate the present and future of public 
safety communications.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The purpose of 
the hearing is to receive testimony on issues relating to labor, 
immigration, law enforcement, and economic conditions in the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2007, at 9:15 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
the fiscal year 2008 budget request for international affairs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to hold a 
hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2007 
at 10 a.m. in SH-216.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 8, 2007, 
at 9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct a business meeting to consider pending legislative business, to 
be followed immediately by an oversight hearing on diabetes in Indian 
Country, with particular focus on the Special Diabetes Program for 
Indians.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
February 8, 2007, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Norman Randy Smith, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; 
Marcia Morales Howard, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle 
District of Florida; John Alfred Jarvey, to be U.S. District Judge for 
the Southern District of Iowa.

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     II. Bills

  S. 188, To revise the short title of the Voting Rights Act 
Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, Salazar;
  S. 214, To amend chapter 35 of title 28, To Preserve the Independence 
of U.S. Attorneys, Feinstein;
  S. 316, The Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, Kohl, 
Grassley, Leahy, Schumer, Feingold; S. 236, The Federal Agency Data 
Mining Reporting Act of 2007, Feingold, Sununu, Leahy, Akaka, Kennedy.

     III. Resolutions

  S. Res. 23, National School Counseling Week, Murray;
  S. Res. 36, Honoring women's health advocate Cynthia Doles Dailard, 
Snowe;
  S. Res. 37, Designating March 26, 2007 as National Support the Troops 
Day, Stabenow;
  S. Con. Res. 5, Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in 
the field of organic chemistry and the first and only African-American 
chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, Obama.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on February 8, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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