[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7865-7866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. WYDEN. 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 May 25, 2011, at 10 a.m. in room 406 of the 
Dirksen Senate Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
May 25, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The U.S.-Panama Trade 
Promotion Agreement.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on May 25, 2011, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing entitled ``How to Save Taxpayer Dollars: Case Studies of 
Duplication in the Federal Government.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate, on May 25, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Holding 
Criminals Accountable: Extending Criminal Jurisdiction to Government 
Contractors and Employees Abroad.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on May 25, 2011, in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building beginning at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on federal financial management, government information, 
              federal services, and international security

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Federal 
Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and 
International Security be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on May 25, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled, 
``Assessing Efforts to Eliminate Improper Payments.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       subcommittee on fiscal responsibility and economic growth

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth of the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on May 25, 2011, at 2 p.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Spread of Tax 
Fraud by Identity Theft: A Threat to Taxpayers, A Drain on the Public 
Treasury.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on May 25, 2011, at 2:30 p.m., in room 366 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on seapower

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 25, 2011, at 
2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          subcommittee on securities, insurance and investment

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and

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Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, 
be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 25, 2011, 
at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Derivative 
Clearinghouses: Opportunities and Challenges.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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