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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            subcommittee on international trade and finance

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2000, to conduct 
a hearing on multilateral development institutions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Gender Wage Discrimination during the session of the Senate 
on Thursday, June 8, 2000, at 10:00 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
June 8, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. The markup will take place in Dirksen Room 
226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on european affairs

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on European Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. to hold a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on forests and public lands

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public lands be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 8, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing. The subcommittee will receive testimony on H.R. 359, an act 
to clarify the intent of Congress in Public Law 93-632 to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to continue to provide for the maintenance and 
operation to certain water impoundment structures that were located in 
the Emigrant Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was designated 
in that Public Law; H.R. 468, an act to establish the Saint Helena 
Island National Scenic Area; H.R. 1680, an act to provide for the 
conveyance of Forest Service property in Kern County California, in 
exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National 
Forest; S. 1817, a bill to validate a conveyance of certain lands 
located in Carlton County, Minnesota and to provide for the 
compensation of certain original heirs; S. 1972, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Dolores, Colorado, 
the current site of the Joe Rowell Park; and S. 2111, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey for fair market value 1.06 acres 
of land in the San Bernardino national Forest, California, to KATY 
101.3 FM, a California corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection. It is so ordered.


  subcommittee on national parks, historic preservation and recreation

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 
8, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct an oversight hearing. The subcommittee will 
review the final rules and regulations issued by the National Park 
Service relating to title IV of the National Parks Omnibus management 
act of 1998.
  The PRESIDING OFFICE. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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