[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6235-S6236]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. SCHUMER. 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 June 13, 2001, to conduct a hearing 
on the nomination of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to 
be a member of the board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at 10:15 a.m. to hold a 
hearing titled ``The Crisis in Macedonia and U.S. Engagement in the 
Balkans'' as follows:

       Witnesses:
       Panel 1: Ambassador James Pardew, Senior Advisor on the 
     Balkans for the Bureau of European Affairs, U.S. Department 
     of State, Washington, DC.
       Panel 2: General Wesley K. Clark (USA Ret.), Corporate 
     Consultant, Stephens Group, Inc., Washington, DC.
       The Honorable Richard Perle, Resident Fellow, American 
     Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC.
       Panel 3: General William Nash (USA Ret.), Senior Fellow and 
     Acting Director of the Center on Preventive Act, Council on 
     Foreign Relations, Washington, DC.
       Dr. Daniel P. Serwer, Director, Balkans Initiative, United 
     States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC.

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


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
June 13, 2001 at 9:30 am for a hearing regarding Economic Issues 
Associated with the Restructuring of Energy Industries.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized

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to meet on June 13, 2001, at 9:30 a.m. in room 485 Russell Senate 
Building to conduct a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Mr. 
Neal K. McCaleb to be the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, U.S. 
Department of the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on the constitution

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution be 
authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at 
10:00 a.m. in SD226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       subcommittee on strategic

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 
13, 2001, at 9:30 a.m. in closed session to receive a briefing on the 
Department of Defense's Missile Defense Strategic Review.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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