[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S10798]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. REID. 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 October 17, 2001 to conduct a hearing on the 
nominations of Dr. Susan Schmidt Bies, of Tennessee, to be a member of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Mr. Mark W. 
Olson, of Minnesota, 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 commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 9:30 a.m. on pending committee 
business, including Rail Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
October 17, 2001, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing to consider the 
following nominations: William W. Baxter to be a member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority; Kimberly Terese Nelson to 
be an Assistant Administrator of the Office of Environmental 
Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and Steven A. 
Williams to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
U.S. Department of the Interior.
  The hearing will be held in room 406 of the Senate Dirksen Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, October 17, 
2001, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing entitled ``Federal Efforts to 
Coordinate and Prepare the United States for Bioterrorism: Are They 
Adequate?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. REID. 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 17, 2001, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  Nominees: Mr. Brian Carlson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Latvia; Mr. Joseph DeThomas, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia; Ms. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, of 
North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland; Mr. John 
Ordway, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia; Mr. 
John Palmer, of Mississippi, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Portugal; and Mr. Clifford Sobel, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      subcommittee on immigration

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration be authorized to meet to 
conduct a hearing on Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 10:30 a.m. in 
Dirksen 226 on ``Effective Immigration Controls To Deter Terrorism.''
  Panel I: Mary Ryan, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular 
Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC; Mr. Lino Gutierrez, 
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department 
of State, Washington, DC; Mr. James Ziglar, Commissioner, Immigration 
and Naturalization Service, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Ms. Jeanne Butterfield, Executive Director, American 
Immigration Lawyer's Association, Washington, DC; Dr. Demetrios 
Papademetriou, Co-Director, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC; 
Mr. Richard Norton, Executive Director, International Biometric 
Industry Association, Fairfax, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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