[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 10550-10551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open session 
to receive testimony on legal issues regarding individuals detained by 
the Department of Defense as unlawful enemy combatants.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mrs. MURRAY. 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, April 26, 
2007, at 10 a.m. in Room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The 
purpose of this hearing is to discuss clean coal technology.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Finance which will meet on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 1 
p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on 
``Coal: A Clean Future''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, April 
26, 2007, at 10 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building 
to conduct a hearing on S. 462, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley 
Water Rights Settlement Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 26, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed business 
meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        Subcommittee on Airland

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Airland be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 3 p.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on Air Force and Navy Aviation in review of the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2008 and the future years 
defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, be authorized to hold 
a hearing on OSHA during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 
26, 2007 at 10 a.m. in SD-628.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks be authorized to hold a hearing during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 26th, 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 following 
bills: S. 169, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify 
Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for 
the majority of the trails in the System; S. 312/H.R. 497, to authorize 
the Marion Park Project and Committee of the Palmetto Conservation 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General 
Francis Marion; S. 580, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and 
suitability studies of four national historic trails; S. 686, to amend 
the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail; S. 722, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly 
conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National 
Monument in the State of Arizona; S. 783, to adjust the boundary of the 
Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 
and Preserve in the State of Louisiana; S. 890, to provide for certain 
administrative and support services for the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission; and H.R. 1047, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a

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study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum located in St. Louis, MO, as a unit 
of the National Park System.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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