[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


              ad hoc subcommittee on contracting oversight

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight of the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. to 
conduct a hearing entitled, ``Improving the Ability of Inspectors 
General to Detect, Prevent, and Prosecute Contracting Fraud.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  ad hoc subcommittee on state, local, and private sector preparedness

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled, 
``Counternarcotics Enforcement: Coordination at the Federal, State, and 
Local Level.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., in 
room 253 of the Russell Senate office building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
April 21, 2009, at 10 a.m. in room 216 of the Hart Senate office 
building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Empowering 
Workers to Rebuild America's Economy and Longer-Term Competitiveness: 
Green Skills Training for Workers'' on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The 
hearing will commence at 10:30 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate 
office building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 21, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Protecting National Security and Civil 
Liberties: Strategies for Terrorism Information Sharing'' on Tuesday, 
April 21, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate 
office building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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