[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S10168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. KERRY. 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, October 3, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct 
a hearing. The Committee will receive testimony on the nominations of 
Jeffrey D. Jarrett to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior, and Harold 
Craig Manson to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, 
Department of the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at 11 a.m., to hear testimony on the need 
for an economic stimulus package and if one is needed, potential 
components.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at a time to be determined, to 
hold a business meeting.
  The committee will consider and vote on the following matters:
  Nominees: Mr. Robert W. Jordan of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  Committee Organization: Approval of the creation of the Subcommittee 
on Central Asia and South Caucasus, as follows:

Membership

Robert G. Torricelli, Chairman
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
John F. Kerry
Paul D. Wellstone
Barbara Boxer
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Richard G. Lugar, Ranking Member
Chuck Hagel
Gordon H. Smith
Sam Brownback

  (The Chairman and Ranking Member of the full committee are ex officio 
members of each subcommittee on which they do not serve as members.)

Jurisdiction of Subcommittee on Central Asia and South Caucasus

  The subcommittee deals with matters concerning Central Asia and the 
South Caucasus, including the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan 
and Georgia.
  This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters, problems 
and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and export; terrorism, 
crime and the flow of illegal drugs; and oversight over U.S. foreign 
assistance programs that fall within this subcommittee's regional 
jurisdiction.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


     subcommittee on constitution, federalism, and property rights

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property 
Rights be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Wednesday, October 
3, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., in Dirksen 226.
  Tentative Witness List [Invited]: United States Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC; Mr. Jerry Berman, Executive Director, Center 
for Democracy & Technology, Washington, DC; Professor David D. Cole, 
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; Dr. 
Morton H. Halperin, Chair, Advisory Board, Center for National Security 
Studies, Washington, DC; Dean Douglas W. Kmiec, Dean and St. Thomas 
More Professor, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of 
America, Washington, DC; Professor John O. McGinnis, Professor of Law, 
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, New York, NY; 
Mr. Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform, Washington, 
DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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