[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 107 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S8367]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing and urban affairs

  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam 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 Friday, July 27, 2001, to conduct 
the second in a series of hearings on ``Predatory Mortgage Lending: The 
Problem, Impact, and Responses.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Friday, July 27, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct 
a hearing.
  The Committee will receive testimony on the nomination of Theresa 
Alvillar-Speake to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic 
Impact, Department of Energy. The Committee will also receive testimony 
on H.R. 308, to establish the Guam War Claims Review Commission, and 
H.R. 309, to provide for the determination of withholding tax rates 
under the Guam income tax.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Friday, July 27, 2001 at 11:30 to hold a business 
meeting.

       The Committee will consider and vote on the following 
     nominees:
       1. Mr. Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be Ambassador to Denmark.
       2. Mrs. Sue M. Cobb, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
     Jamaica.
       3. Mr. Russell F. Freeman, of North Dakota, to be 
     Ambassador to Belize.
       4. Mr. Michael E. Guest, of South Carolina, to be 
     Ambassador to Romania.
       5. Mr. Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., of Connecticut, to be 
     Ambassador to Sweden.
       6. The Honorable Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be 
     Ambassador to the Republic of Korea.
       7. Mrs. Marie T. Huhtala, of California, to be Ambassador 
     to Malaysia.
       8. Mr. Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the 
     Republic of Singapore.
       9. Mr. Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
     Greece.
       10. The Honorable Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to be 
     Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
       11. Mr. Roger F. Noreiga, of Kansas, to be Permanent 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador.
       12. Mr. Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the 
     Holy See.
       13. Mr. Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to 
     Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
     compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
     Liechtenstein.
       14. Mr. John T. Schieffer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
     Australia.

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

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