[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10775-S10776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Dr. DORGAN. 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 Tuesday, October 16, 2001, To conduct a 
hearing on ``The Failure of Superior Bank, FSB, Hinsdale, Illinois.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
October 16, 2001, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing to review the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to the September 11, 
2001, attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. The hearing 
will be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, October 16, 
2001, following the first vote of the day for a business meeting to 
consider pending committee business, including the nomination of Mark 
Everson, to be Controller, Office of Federal and Financial Management, 
Office of Management and Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet in 
executive session during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, October 
16, 2001, at 3 p.m.
  Agenda: Markup of S. 1379, a bill to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to establish an Office of Rare Diseases at the National Institutes 
of Health, and for other purposes; S. 727, a bill to provide grants for 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools; H.R. 
717, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research and 
services with respect to Duchenne muscular dystrophy; an original bill 
dealing with mental health and terrorism; and the nomination of Jean 
Scalia to be Solicitor General of the Department of Labor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Small Business

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate for a confirmation hearing on the nomination of 
Thomas M. Sullivan to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the U.S. Small 
Business Administration on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, beginning at 
10:15 a.m., in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, for a hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs' Fourth Mission: Caring for Veterans, Servicemembers, 
and the Public Following Conflicts and Crises. The meeting will take 
place in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on communications

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, 
at 10 a.m., on Emergency 911.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on readiness and management

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on 
Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 2 p.m., in closed session to receive 
testimony on security of Department of Defense ammunition shipments.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on youth violence

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Youth Violence be authorized to meet 
to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 10:30 a.m., in 
Dirksen 226.
  ``Defending America's Transportation Infrastructure'' panel: The 
Honorable Mike Parker, Assistant Secretary for the Army (Civil Works), 
Department of the Army, Washington, DC; Brian M. Jenkins, Senior 
Advisory to the President, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; Donald 
E. Brown, Chair of the Department of Systems Engineering, University of 
Virginia,

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Charlottesville, VA; Jeffrey K. Beatty, President and CEO, Total 
Security Services International, Marrietta, GA; and Tony Chrestman, 
President, Ruan Transport, Des Moines, IA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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