[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 173 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13224-S13225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    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 December 13, 2001, at 10 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on ``Housing and Community Development Needs in America.''
  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, December 13, 2001, at 3 p.m., to hold a hearing 
titled, ``Contributions of Central Asian Nations to the Campaign 
Against Terrorism.''

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Secretary for 
European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. State Department, Washington, DC. 
Additional witnesses to be announced.
  Panel 2: Witnesses to be announced.
  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 Thursday, December 13, 
2001 at 9 a.m. to hold a hearing entitled ``Riding the Rails: How 
Secure is our Passenger and Transit Infrastructure?''
  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 a conduct a markup on Thursday, 
December 13, 2001, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

                            Tentative Agenda

  Nominations: 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; C. 
Ashley Royal to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of 
Georgia; Michael Battle, to be U.S. attorney for the Western District 
of New York; Christopher J. Christie, to be U.S. attorney for the 
District of New Jersey; Harry E. Cummins, to be U.S. attorney, for the 
Eastern District of Arizona; David Preston York, to be U.S. attorney, 
for the Southern District of Alabama; Mauricio J. Tamargo to be Chair 
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States.
  Bills: S. 1174, Children's Confinement Conditions Improvement Act of 
2001 [Leahy/Hatch/Kennedy]; H.R. 1892, Family Sponsor Immigration Act 
of 2001; H.R. 2277, To provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant 
spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors; H.R. 2278, To provide 
for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany 
transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain 
intracompany transferees have to be continously employed before 
applying for admission to the United States; H.R. 1840, to extend 
eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of 
certain Vietnamese refugees; H.R. 861, To make technical amendments to 
section 10 of title 9, United States Code; H.R. 2048, To require a 
report on the operations of the State Justice Institute.
  Resolutions: S.J. Res. 8, A joint resolution designating 2002 as the 
``Year of the Rose'' [Landrieu/Breaux/Lincoln/Bayh/Feinstein]; S.J. 
Res. 13, A joint resolution conferring honorary citizenship of the 
United States on Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, also known as the 
Marquis de Lafayette [Warner/Allen/Kerry/Breaux/Helms/Sessions/Roberts/
Jeffords/Inhofe/Leahy].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet to conduct a closed 
business meeting on Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 3:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       subcommittee on Strategic

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, 
December 13, 2001, at 10 a.m., in open and closed session to receive 
testimony on the security of U.S. nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons 
facilities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Subcommittee on Strategic

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, 
December 13, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., in open and closed session to receive 
testimony on the security of U.S. nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons 
facilities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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    Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government 
Information be authorized to meet on Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 2 
p.m. in Dirksen 226, to conduct a hearing on ``Protecting Our Homeland 
Against Terror: Building a New National Guard for the 21st Century.''
  Panel I: Senator Christopher S. ``Kit'' Bond, Co-Chair, National 
Guard Caucus, United States Senate.
  Panel II: Lieutenant General Frank G. Libutti (Retired), Special 
Assistant for Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
United States Department of Defense; Lieutenant General Russell C. 
Davis, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, VA; Major General 
Richard C. Alexander (Retired), Executive Director, National Guard 
Association of the United States, Washington, DC; Major General Paul D. 
Monroe, Jr., Adjutant General, California National Guard, Sacramento, 
CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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