[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 171 (Tuesday, December 11, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S12984]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed 
Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, December 11, 2001, at 10:30 a.m., in executive session to 
discuss the status of conference on S. 1438, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            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 Tuesday, December 11, 2001, immediately 
following the first rollcall vote, to conduct a markup on the 
nominations of Mr. Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be First Vice 
President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; Mr. J. Joseph 
Grandmaison, of New Hampshire, to be a member of the Board of Directors 
of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; and Mr. Kenneth M. 
Donohue, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  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 Tuesday, December 11, 2001, at 3 p.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.

                                 Agenda

  Nominee: Francis Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador 
to the Philippines and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Palau.
  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 Tuesday, December 11, 
2001, at 9 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``The Local Role in 
Homeland Security.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary 
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts be authorized 
to meet to conduct a hearing on Tuesday, December 11, 2001, at 10 a.m., 
in Dirksen 226.
  Tentative Witness List: Mr. Bernard B. Kerik, Police Commissioner, 
New York, New York; the Honorable Martin O'Malley, Mayor, Baltimore, 
MD; Mr. Chuck Canterbury, National Vice President, Fraternal Order of 
Police, Myrtle Beach, SC; and Mr. John Greiner, President, Utah Chief 
of Police Association, Ogden, Utah.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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