[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 163 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S12215]
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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 November 29, 2001, at 10 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on ``Housing and Community Development Needs: The FY 2003 HUD 
Budget.''
  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 Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 10:30 a.m. to hold a 
nomination hearing.

                                 Agenda

  Nominees: John V. Hanford, III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at 
Large for International Religious Freedom; Arthur E. Dewey, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, 
and Migration); and John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Norway.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
November 29, 2001, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen room 226.

                                 Agenda

  I. Committee Business: Subcommittees.
  II. Unfinished Business: S. 986, A bill to allow media coverage of 
court proceedings [Grassley / Schumer / Leahy / Smith / Allard / 
Feingold / Specter / Durbin / DeWine / Allen / Edwards / Cantwell].
  III. Nominations: Harris L. Hartz to be United States Circuit Court 
Judge for the Tenth Circuit; John D. Bates to be United States District 
Court Judge for the District of Columbia; Kurt D. Engelhardt to be 
United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana; Joe L. Heaton to be United States District Court Judge for 
the Western District of Oklahoma; William P. Johnson to be United 
States District Court Judge for the District of New Mexico; Clay D. 
Land to be United States District Court Judge for the Middle District 
of Georgia; Frederick J. Martone to be United States District Court 
Judge for the District of Arizona; Danny C. Reeves to be United States 
District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Julie A. 
Robinson to be United States District Court Judge for the District of 
Kansas; James E. Rogan to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office at the Department of Commerce; and Thomas L. 
Sansonetti to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
  To be United States Attorney: David R. Dugas for the Middle District 
of Louisiana; Edward H. Kubo for the District of Hawaii; James A. 
McDevitt for the Eastern District of Washington; David E. O'Meilia for 
the Northern District of Oklahoma; Sheldon S. Sperling for the Eastern 
District of Oklahoma; Johnny Keane Sutton for the Western District of 
Texas; and Richard S. Thompson for the Southern District of Georgia.
  IV. Bills: S. 304, Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment 
Act of 2001 [Hatch / Leahy / Biden / DeWine / Thurmond].
  V. Resolutions:
  S. Res. 140, A resolution designating the week beginning September 
15, 2002, as ``National Civic Participation Week'' [Roberts / Feinstein 
/ Reid / Warner].
  H. Con. Res. 88, Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 
President should issue a proclamation recognizing a National Lao-Hmong 
Recognition Day.
  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 Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a nomination 
hearing.

                                 Agenda

  Nominees: James McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Swaziland; Kenneth Moorefield, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Gabonese Republic; and John Price, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The 
Comoros and Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
                                Services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on International Security, 
Proliferation and Federal Services be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
November 29, 2001 at 9:30 A.M. for a hearing entitled ``Combating 
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) with Non-
Proliferation Programs: Non-Proliferation Assistance Coordination Act 
of 2001, Part II.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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