[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 154 (Thursday, November 8, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11631-S11632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. GRAHAM. 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 Thursday, November 8, 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 armed services

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nominations of R.L. Brownlee to be under Secretary of the 
Army, Dale Klein to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for 
nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, and Peter B. 
Teets to be Under Secretary of the Air Force.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on commerce, science, and transportation.

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., on the nomination of Vice 
Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., to be Under Secretary for Oceans 
and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the full 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 2 p.m., to conduct a business meeting in 
SD-406 on the following items:
  1. Nomination of William W. Baxter to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority;
  2. Nomination of Kimberly Terese Nelson to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Office of Environmental Information, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency; and
  3. Nomination of Steven A. Williams to be Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
  4. S. 835--Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Establishment 
Act;
  5. S. 990--American Wildlife Enhancement Act of 2001;
  6. S. 1459--a bill to designate the Federal building and United 
States Courthouse located at 550 West Front Street in Boise, Idaho, as 
the ``James A. McClure Federal Building and United States Courthouse'';
  7. S. 1593--Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development 
Act;
  8. S. 1608--a bill to establish a program to provide grants to 
drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security 
needs;
  9. S. 1621--a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency; Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a 
program for the protection of the health and safety of community 
members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area;
  10. S. 1622--a bill to extend the period of availability of 
unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of the terrorist attacks of 
September 11, 2001;
  11. S. 1623--a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to appoint 
Children's Coordinating Officers for disaster areas in which children 
have lost 1 or more custodial parents;
  12. S. 1624--a bill to establish the Office of World Trade Center 
Attack Claims to pay claims of injury to businesses and property 
suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center in New 
York City that occurred on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes;
  13. S. 1631--a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Response Assistance Act to Study of Emergency 
Communications Response System;

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  14. S. 1632--a bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act to extend the deadline for submission of 
State recommendations of local governments to receive assistance for 
predisaster hazard mitigation and to authorize the President to provide 
additional repair assistance to individuals and households.
  15. S. 1637--a bill to waive certain limitations on the use of the 
emergency fund for repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and 
trails that suffered serious damage as a result of the September 11 
attack on the World Trade Center;
  16. H.R. 643--African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 
2001;
  17. H.R. 645--Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act 
of 2001;
  18. H.R. 700--Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 
2001;
  19. S. Con. Res. 80--Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 
30th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act;
  20. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Study Resolution for Tybee Island, 
Georgia; and
  21. Several GSA Building and Lease Committee Resolutions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open executive session during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, November 8, 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 10 a.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.

                                 Agenda

  Nominees: Eric Javits, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on 
Disarmament; Christopher Burnham, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial 
Officer and an Assistant Secretary of State (Resource Management); 
Sichan Siv, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of 
America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and an 
Alternate Representative to the Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations; and Richard Williamson, of Illinois, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, November 8, 2001, after the next rollcall 
vote to hold a business meeting.
  The Committee will consider and vote on the following nominees: 
Sichan Siv, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of 
America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and an 
Alternative Representative to the Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations, and Richard Williamson, of Illinois, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations and to be the Alternate U.S. 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
November 8, 2001, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen Room 226.

                            Tentative Agenda

  1. Nominations: Terry L. Wooten to be U.S. District Court Judge for 
the District of South Carolina and John P. Walters to be Director of 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  II. Bills: S. 1630, a bill to extend for 6 additional months the 
period for which chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, is 
reenacted [Carnahan/Grassley/Leahy/Bond/Harkin/Sessions/Brownback] and 
S. 986, a bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings [Grassley/
Schumer/Leahy/Smith/Allard/Feingold/Specter].
  III. Resolution: S. Res. 23, A resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate that the President should award the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom posthumously to Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays in honor of his 
distinguished career as an educator, civil and human rights leader, and 
public theologian [Cleland/Miller/Hollings].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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