[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 13223-13224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. LEAHY. 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 September 8, 2011, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. LEAHY. 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 September 8, 2011, at 10 a.m. in room 406 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
September 8, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Tax Reform Options: 
International Issues.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. LEAHY. 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 ``Examining 
Quality and Safety in Child Care: Giving Working Families Security, 
Confidence, and Peace of Mind'' on September 8, 2011, at 10:15 a.m., in 
room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate, on September 8, 2011, at 10 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights and human rights

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Human Rights, be authorized to meet during the session of the

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Senate, on September 8, 2011, at 2 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``New State 
Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


international development and foreign assistance, economic affairs, and 
          international environmental protection subcommittee

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 8, 2011, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a International 
Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International 
Environmental Protection subcommittee hearing entitled, ``Afghanistan: 
Right Sizing the Development Footprint.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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