[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 19281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. CARDIN. 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 December 17, 2013, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on December 17, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled 
``Department of the Interior and Department of Energy Nominations.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. CARDIN. 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 December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-
406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on December 17, 2013, at 4 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. CARDIN. 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 December 17, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., 
to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Navy Yard Tragedy: Examining 
Physical Security for Federal Facilities.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on December 17, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Protecting Small 
Businesses and Promoting Innovation by Limiting Patent Troll Abuse.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Federal 
Arbitration Act and Access to Justice: Will Recent Supreme Court 
Decisions Undermine the Rights of Consumers, Workers, and Small 
Businesses?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on December 17, 2013, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on December 17, 2013, at 2 p.m., to hold an African Affairs 
subcommittee hearing entitled, ``Responding to the Humanitarian, 
Security and Governance Crisis in the Central Africa Republic.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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