[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7828-S7829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 17, 2001. The purpose of 
this hearing will be to discuss the next Federal farm bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
continue to receive testimony on ballistic missile defense programs and 
policies, in review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal 
year 2002.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., on media concentration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at 12 p.m., on pending committee business in S-
216 of the Capitol.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. DURBIN. 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, July 17, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing. The committee will receive testimony on legislative proposals 
related to reducing the demand for petroleum products in the light duty 
vehicle sector including titles III and XII of S. 597, the 
Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001; title VII of S. 
388, the National Energy Security Act of 2001; S. 883, the Energy 
Independence Act of 2001; S. 1053, Hydrogen Future Act of 2001; and S. 
1006, Renewable Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 17, 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a nominations hearing 
on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen 226.
  Panel I: Senator Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas, Senator Blanche Lincoln 
of Arkansas, Representative James Sensenbrenner, Jr. of Wisconsin, 
Representative John Conyers of Michigan.
  Panel II: Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Administrator of Drug 
Enforcement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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                     Subcommittee on National Parks

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on national Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, July 17, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing. The subcommittee 
will receive testimony on S. 281, to authorize the design and 
construction of a temporary education center at the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial; S. 386 and H.R. 146, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, NJ, as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes; S. 513 and H.R. 182, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut for study for potential 
addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes; S. 921 and H.R. 1000, to adjust the boundary of the William 
Howard Taft National Historic Site in the State of Ohio, to authorize 
an exchange of land in connection with the historic site, and for other 
purposes; S. 1097, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue 
right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines within the boundary of 
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; and H.R. 1668, to authorize 
the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on 
Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor 
former President John Adams and his legacy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and 
                        the District of Columbia

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., for a hearing to examine 
``Expanding Flexible Personnel Systems Governmentwide.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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