A bill to designate the Federal courthouse to be constructed in Greenville, South Carolina, as the "Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Federal Courthouse".

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 May 23, 2006, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Improving Financial Literacy in the United States.''

Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 10 a.m. on price gouging.

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, May 23 at 10 a.m.

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the National Research Council Report, ``Managing Construction and Infrastructure in the 21st Century Bureau of Reclamation'' and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Report, ``Managing for Excellence: An Action Plan for the 21st Century.''

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to hold a Business Meeting on May 23, 2006 at 9:30 am to consider the following agenda:

S. 2735 To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize the national dam safety program, and for other purposes.

S. 2832 The Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006.

S. 2430 Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006 with amendment.

S. 1509 Captive Primate Safety Act.

S. 2041 Ed Fountain Park Expansion Act.

S. 2127 To redesignate the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Virginia as the ``Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge''.

S. Res. 301 Commemorating Audubon Society's 100th Anniversary with amendment.

S. 2781 Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2006.

S. 2650 To designate the Federal courthouse to be constructed in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Federal Courthouse.''

S. 801 To designate the United States courthouse located at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the ``John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse.''

S.__ Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight Act of 2006.

S. 2023 To amend the oil pollution act of 1990 to improve that act, and for other purposes.

GSA Resolutions: To authorize the majority of the General Services Administration's FY 2007 Capital Investment and Leasing Program; To authorize seven new courthouse construction projects.

Army Corps Study Resolutions: Committee Resolution on Cedar River, Time Check Area, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Committee Resolution on Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, and Watch Hill Cove, Rhode Island and Connecticut; Committee Resolution on Kansas River Basin, Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska; and Committee Resolution on Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Nominations: Molly O'Neill to be an Assistant Administrator--EPA; Dr. Dale Klein to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Dr. Gregory Jaczko to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Dr. Peter Lyons to-be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Encouraging Economic Self- Determination in Indian Country''.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 2:15 p.m. to hold a business meeting.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 23, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed mark-up.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Perspectives on Patents: Post-Grant Review Procedures and Other Litigation Reforms'' on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 2 p.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Witness List: Panel I: Andrew Cadel, Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY; Philip S. Johnson, Chief Patent Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, Newbrunswick, NJ; Nathan P. Myhrvold, Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Ventures, Bellevue, WA; John R. Thomas, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; and Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA.

Mr. President, I rise today to share information about S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005. Some of my colleagues have made reference to a recent report issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights which characterizes my bill as race-based legislation. The report itself, however, does not contain any substantive analysis. Rather, it outlines the testimony that was presented to the commission.

I have already shared with my colleagues my dismay and displeasure with the manner in which the Commission considered S. 147. Not once did they contact the Hawaii Advisory Committee to the Commission, which is composed of experts on Hawaii's history, Federal Indian Law, and Federal policies toward indigenous peoples. In addition, during the briefing upon which this report is based, it was clear that certain Commissioners lacked a general understanding of Federal Indian law, a necessary context to understand the existing political and legal relationship between native Hawaiians and the United States.

Commissioner Michael Yaki understood both the history of Hawaii and Federal Indian Law and he, along with Commissioner Arlen Melendez, dissented from the Commission's position that S. 147 is race-based legislation. I ask unanimous consent that Commissioner Yaki's dissent be printed in the Record.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed, en bloc, to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 446 and Calendar No. 447.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bills be read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc, that any statements relating to the bills be printed in the Record, and the consideration of these items appear separately in the Record, without intervening action or debate.

Mr. President, I am submitting for inclusion in the Record a letter from the Congressional Budget Office providing cost estimates for two bills ordered reported from the Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 23, 2006 and reported without written report to the full Senate on May 24, 2006, S. 801 and S. 2650. I ask unanimous consent that the letter be printed in the Record.