[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 176 (Tuesday, December 18, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S13641]
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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 December 18, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a 
hearing on the nominations of Ms. Vickers B. Meadows, of Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Ms. 
Diane L. Tomb, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., to mark up the Bipartisan 
Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2001, which the chairman will propose 
as a substitute for H.R. 3005. In addition, the committee will consider 
favorably reporting the following nominations: Richard Clarida to be 
Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Economic Policy; Kenneth Lawson to 
be Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement; B. John Williams, 
Jr., to be Chief Counsel/Assistant General Counsel for the Internal 
Revenue Service; Janet Hale to be Assistant Secretary of Management and 
Budget, Department of Health and Human Services; Joan E. Ohl to be 
Commissioner of Children, Youth and Family Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; James B. Lockhart III, to be Deputy 
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration; and Harold Daub to 
be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board.
  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 18, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing 
titled, ``The Global Reach of Al-Qaeda.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: Mr. J.T. Caruso, Acting Assistant Director, Counter 
Terrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC, 
and Mr. Thomas Wilshere, Deputy Section Chief, International Terrorism 
Operational Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Ms. Michelle Flournoy, Senior Advisor, International 
Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 
Washington, DC, and Mr. Larry Johnson, Former Deputy Director (1989-
1993), Office of Counter-terrorism, U.S. State Department, Washington, 
DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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