[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 25157-25158]
[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 October 20, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``The State of the Nation's Housing Market.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
October 20, 2009, at 10 a.m. in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``S. 1631, the Customs 
Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2009.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet 
during

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the session of the Senate on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on October 20, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``Reform Done Right: Sensible Health Care Solutions 
for America's Small Businesses.''
  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 October 20, 2009, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        subcommittee on administrative oversight and the courts

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on 
October 20, 2009, at 10 a.m. in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Medical Debt: Can 
Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?'' The witness list is 
attached.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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