[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S11503]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. DORGAN. 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, November 6, 2001. The purpose of 
this hearing will be to continue markup on the next Federal Farm bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, November 6, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.


                                 agenda

  Nominees: Mr. Raymond Burghardt, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Vietnam; Mr. Larry Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Federated 
States of Micronesia; Mr. Charles Greenwood, Jr., of Florida, for rank 
of ambassador as Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 
(APEC); and Mr. Charles Pritchard, of the District of Columbia, for 
rank of Ambassador as Special Envoy for Negotiations with the 
Democratic People's Republic of Korea and U.S. Representative to Korean 
Peninsula Energy Development Organization.
  Additional nominees to be announced.
  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, November 6, 
2001, at 2:30 p.m., to consider the nomination of Odessa F. Vincent to 
be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on the 
nomination of Thomas L. Sansonetti, to be the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Tuesday, 
November 6, 2001, at 2 p.m., in Dirksen Room 226.
  Panel I: The Honorable Craig Thomas and The Honorable Mike Enzi.
  Panel II: Thomas L. Sansonetti, to be the Assistant Attorney General 
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on technology, terrorism, and government information

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government 
Information be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, 
November 6, 2001, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen 226, on ``Germs, Toxins and 
Terror: The New Threat to America.''
  Panel I: J.T. Caruso, Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation; Jim Reynolds, Chief, Terrorism and Violent Crimes 
Section, Department of Justice; and Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
  Panel II: John Paraccini, RAND Corporation; Dr. Michael Drake, Co-
Chair, California Task Force on Bioterrorism; and Ronald Atlas, 
National President, American Society of Microbiology.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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