[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12458-S12459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, December 5, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing. The committee will receive testimony on the 
nominations of Margaret S.Y. Chu to be Director of the Office of 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy; Beverly 
Cook to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environment, Safety, and 
Health), Department of Energy; Jeffrey D. Jarrett to be Director of the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the 
Interior; and Rebecca W. Watson to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior (Lands and Minerals Management), Department of the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a nominations hearing 
on Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen Room 226.

                              Witness List

  Panel I: Hon. John Warner, Hon. Phil Gramm, Hon. Harry Reid, Hon. Bob 
Graham, Hon. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Hon. 
Wayne Allard, Hon. Max Cleland, Hon. Jeff Sessions, Hon. Zell Miller, 
Hon. John Ensign, Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Hon. Carrie Meek, and Hon. 
Silvestre Reyes.
  Panel II: Callie V. Granade to be U.S. District Court Judge for the 
Southern District of Alabama; Marcia S. Krieger to be U.S. District 
Court Judge for the District of Colorado; James C. Mahan to be U.S. 
District Court Judge for the District of Nevada; Philip R. Martinez to 
be U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas; and C. 
Ashley Royal to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of 
Georgia.
  Panel III: Mauricio J. Tamargo to be Chair of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet to hold a closed 
conference with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on 
H.R. 2883, on Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 2 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on crime and drugs

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee

[[Page S12459]]

on Crime and Drugs be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Making America's Streets Safer: The Future of the COPS Program,'' on 
Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 1:30 p.m., in SD226.

                              Witness List

  Panel I: Viet D. Dinh, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal 
Policy, U.S. Department of Justice.
  Panel II: Thomas P. Gordon, County Executive, New Castle County, 
Delaware; Colonel Lonnie Westphal, Chief, Colorado State Patrol, Vice 
President, International Association of Chiefs of Police; Steve Young, 
Lieutenant, Marion City Police Department, National President, 
Fraternal Order of Police; Mike Brown, Sheriff, Bedford County, 
Virginia, National Sheriffs' Association; Dr. Jihong Zhao, Professor, 
Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha; and 
David Muhlhausen, Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on Science, technology and space

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space of the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, December 5, 2001, at 9 a.m., on the response of the 
technology sector in times of crisis.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

                          ____________________