[Click on Lady Justice to Return to the Judiciary Homepage]
AGENDA
Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
November 2, 1999
The President’s Room
I.
Nominations:
- Ann Claire Williams
- of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- Faith S. Hochberg
- of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- Frank H. McCarthy
- of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- Virginia A. Phillips
- of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- STATUSAPPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, TO DELAY CONSIDERATION OF THIS JUDICIAL NOMINEE UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
- Q. Todd Dickenson
- to be Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
- STATUSAPPROVED WITH SENATOR SESSIONS’ OBJECTION TO THE NOMINATION
- STATUSAPPROVED WITH SENATOR SESSIONS’ OBJECTION TO THE NOMINATION
- Anne H. Chasser
- to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
- STATUSUNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
- STATUSUNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
- Kathryn M . Turman
- of Virginia, to be Director of the Office for Victims of Crime
- STATUS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
- STATUS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
II.
Legislation:
- S. 1798
- American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 [Hatch/Leahy]
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT WITHOUT OBJECTION
- STATUS ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT WITHOUT OBJECTION
- H.R. 1907
- American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
- STATUS – ORDERED ORDERED REPORTED UNANIMOUSLY BY ROLL CALL VOTE OF 18 YEAS, 0 NAYS WITH THE LANGUAGE OF S. 1798 INSERTED IN LIEU THEREOF THE TEXT OF H.R. 1907
- STATUS – ORDERED ORDERED REPORTED UNANIMOUSLY BY ROLL CALL VOTE OF 18 YEAS, 0 NAYS WITH THE LANGUAGE OF S. 1798 INSERTED IN LIEU THEREOF THE TEXT OF H.R. 1907
- S. 1515
- Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 1999, as amended 10/28/99 with a Leahy technical amendment.
- STATUS– ORDERED ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, AS AMENDED PREVIOUSLY
- STATUS– ORDERED ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, AS AMENDED PREVIOUSLY
- H.J.Res.65
- Commending the WWII veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
- STATUS – ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION
- STATUS – ORDERED REPORTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, WITHOUT OBJECTION
- H.R. 1658
- Civil Asset Forfeiture Antitrust Bill
- STATUS– HELD OVER FOR ONE WEEK
- STATUS– HELD OVER FOR ONE WEEK
III.
Statements:
- Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Minority Member
- S. 1798, "American Inventors Protection Act of 1999"
- Pending Nominations
- Pending Nominations
- Senator Joseph Biden
- Patent Reform and American Inventors Act of 1999 (S. 1798) and
- American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (H.R. 1907)