[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S5561]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet 
on May 23, 2001, to conduct a markup on the nomination of Mr. Alphonso 
R. Jackson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; Mr. Richard A. Hauser, of Maryland, to be General Counsel 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Mr. John Charles 
Weicher, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development and serve as the Federal Housing 
Commissioner; and the Hon. Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for community 
planning and development.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., on boxing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. GRASSLEY. 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 Wednesday, May 23, for purposes of 
conducting a business meeting which is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. 
The purpose of this business meeting is to consider pending calendar 
business, as follows:

       Agenda Item No. 1--S. 507--To implement further the Act 
     (Public Law 94-241) approving the Covenant to Establish a 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political 
     Union with the United States of America, and for other 
     purposes.
       Agenda Item No. 5--Nomination of Patrick henry Wood III to 
     be a Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission.
       Agenda Item No. 6--Nomination of Nora Mead Brownell to be a 
     Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
       Agenda Item No. 7--Nomination of Lee Sarah Liberman Otis to 
     be General Counsel of the Department of Energy.
       Agenda Item No. 8--Nomination of Jesse Hill Roberson to be 
     Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management.
       Agenda Item No. 9--Nomination of J. Steven Griles to be 
     Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior.

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


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. GRASSLEY. 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 Wednesday, May 23, immediately following 
the committee business meeting to conduct a hearing. The committee will 
receive testimony regarding the administration's National Energy Policy 
Report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on May 
23, 2001, at 11:30 a.m., for a business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on foreign affairs

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., 
to hold two hearings as follows:
  10:30 a.m., room S-116--Nominee: The Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr., 
of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Japan, to be introduced by the 
Honorable Fred Thompson, the Honorable Bill Frist, and the Honorable 
Robert C. Byrd.
  2:30 p.m., room SD-419--Witnesses: Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, Volunteer, 
German Emergency Doctors, Germany; Mr. Chuck Downs, Former Defense 
Policy Analyst, House Republican Policy Committee; and Consultant, 
McLean, VA; the Honorable James T. Laney, co-chair, Council on Foreign 
Relations Korea Task Force, Atlanta, GA; the Honorable Robert L. 
Gallucci, Dean, Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of 
Foreign Service, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
May 23, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., for a business meeting to consider pending 
committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen 226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology and space

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at 2 p.m., on carbon sequestration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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