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“AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S8051 on July 13, 2004.
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AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Mr. ALLARD. 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 Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing on ``Examination of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Five Years After Its Passage.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. on Reauthorization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
committee on commerce, science, and transportation
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 3 p.m. on the nomination of David Stone to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security and Albert Frink to be Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services of the Department of Commerce.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
committee on energy and natural resources
Mr. ALLARD. 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 Tuesday, July 13 at 10 a.m. to receive testimony regarding the role of nuclear power in national energy policy.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
committee on foreign relations
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 3 p.m. to hold a hearing on Human Trafficking.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
committee on the judiciary
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 10 a.m. on ``Blakely v. Washington and the Future of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.
Witness List
Panel I; Hon. Bill Mercer, U.S. Attorney, District of Montana, Helena, MT; Hon. John Steer, Vice Chair and Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC; Hon. William Sessions, Chief U.S. District Judge, District of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Vice Chair and Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC; Hon. Lawrence L. Piersol, Chief U.S. District Judge, District of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD; and Hon. Paul G. Cassell, U.S. District Court Judge, District of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Panel II: Frank Bowman, Professor of Law, Indiana University Law School, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel Barkow, Assistant Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York, NY; Ronald Weich, Esq., Zuckerman, Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC; and Alan Vinegrad, Esq., Former U.S. Attorney, Covington & Burling, New York, NY.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
committee on the judiciary
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 2 p.m. on ``An Examination of Section 211 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.
Witness List
Nancie Marzulla, President, Defender of Property Rights, Washington, DC; William Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., Washington, DC; Ramon Arechabala, Miami, FL; Kenneth Germain, Attorney at Law, Adjunct Law Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; and Bruce Lehman, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
select committee on intelligence
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 13, 2004, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed hearing on intelligence matters.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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