[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8] [Senate] [Pages 10442-10443] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET committee on Armed Services Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee to meet on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., in closed session, to receive a classified briefing on overhead imagery systems. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Armed Services Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent, that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 4 p.m., to receive a briefing on the loss of personal information about Department of Defense personnel as a result of the theft of a computer from a Department of Veterans Affairs analyst. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Armed Services Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 5:20 p.m., to receive a classified briefing on the death of Al-Zarqawi. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Mr. McCONNELL. 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 June 8, 2006, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on the nominations of Ms. Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be a member and chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Mr. James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight; Mr. Donald L. Kohn, of Virginia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Ms. Kathleen L. Casey, of Virginia, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, [[Page 10443]] and Transportation be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. on Nominations. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Mr. McCONNELL. 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 Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 10 a.m. The purpose of this hearing is to consider the nominations of: Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2010, Vice Patrick Henry Wood III, resigned and Jon Wellinghoff, of Nevada, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2008, Vice William Lloyd Massey, term expired. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on finance Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 11 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to consider original bills entitled, the ``Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2006'', and the ``Improving Outcomes for Children Affected by Meth Act of 2006''. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Foreign Relations Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Development of Democracy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security Affairs Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 10 a.m., for a hearing titled, ``National Emergency Management: Where Does FEMA Belong?'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on the Judiciary Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, June 8,2006, at 9:30 a.m., in the Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226. The agenda will be provided when it becomes available. I. Nominations: Andrew J. Guilford, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California; Frank D. Whitney, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina; Kenneth L. Wainstein, to be an Assistant Attorney General; Charles P. Rosenberg, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. II. Bills: S. 2453, National Security Surveillance Act of 2006, Specter; S. 2455, Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006, DeWine, Graham; S. 2468, A bill to provide standing for civil actions for declaratory and injunctive relief to persons who refrain from electronic communications through fear of being subject to warrantless electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, and for other purposes, Schumer; S. 3001, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2006, Specter, Feinstein; S. 2831, Free Flow of Information Act of 2006, Lugar, Specter, Graham, Schumer, Biden. III. Matters: S.J. Res. 12, Flag Desecration resolution, Hatch, Feinstein, Brownback, Coburn, Cornyn, DeWine, Graham, Grassley, Kyl, Sessions, Specter. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, for a committee hearing re pending benefits related legislation. The hearing will take place in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Select Committee on Intelligence Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed briefing. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The Findings and Recommendations of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons'' on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Witness list. The Honorable John J. Gibbons, Commission Co-Chairman, Former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Newark, NJ. Nicholas de B. Katzenbach, Commission Co-Chairman, Former U.S. Attorney General, Princeton, NJ. Gary D. Maynard, Commissioner, Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections and President-Elect of the American Correctional Association, Des Moines, IA. Mark H. Morial, Commissioner, President and CEO of the National Urban League, former Mayor of New Orleans and Louisiana State Senator, New York, NY. Pat Nolan, Commissioner, President of Prison Fellowship's Justice Fellowship and a member of the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Lansedowne, VA. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on Asian Adoptions in the United States. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on National Ocean Policy Study Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on National Ocean Policy Study be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 10 a.m. on Offshore Aquaculture: Challenges of Fish Farming in Federal Waters. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Isakson). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________