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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. 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 29, 2010, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``A Comparison of International Housing Finance 
Systems.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 29, 2010, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled 
``The Al-Megrahi Release: One Year Later.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 29, 2010, at 2:15 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. 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 September 29, 2010, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on September 29, 2010, at 2 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Judicial 
Nominations.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 29, 2010, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on crime and drugs

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on September 29, 2010, at 10 
a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct 
a hearing entitled ``Crimes Against America's Homeless: Is the Violence 
Growing?''

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         subcommittee on energy

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Energy be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 29, 2010, at 10 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on federal financial management, government information, 
              federal services, and international security

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on 
Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, 
and International Security be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 29, 2010, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Improving Financial Accountability at the Department of 
Defense.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


subcommittee on national parks and the subcommittee on public lands and 
                                 forest

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, and the Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forest be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to 
conduct a hearing on September 29, 2010, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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