[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S672-S673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2003 and the Future Years Defense Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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            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 on 
February 12, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Accounting 
and Investor Protection Issues Raised by Enron and Other Public 
Companies.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. REID. Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., on the collapse of Enron in 
SR-253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. REID. 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 Tuesday, February 12 at 10:00 a.m., to conduct 
a hearing. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the 
FY 2003 budget requests for the Department of the Interior, the U.S. 
Forest Service, and the Department of Energy.
  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 sessions of the 
Senate on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing 
entitled, ``Theft of American Intellectual Property: Fighting Crime 
Abroad and at Home''.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, 
Business, and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State, Washington, 
DC; the Honorable Peter F. Allgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, 
Office of U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, DC; and Mr. John S. 
Gordon, U.S. attorney, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA.
  Panel 2: Mr. Jeff Raikes, Group Vice President, Productivity and 
Business Services, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; Mr. Jack 
Valenti, President and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America, 
Washington, DC; Ms. Hilary Rosen, President and CEO, Recording Industry 
Association of America, Washington, DC; and Mr. Douglas Lowenstein, 
president, Interactive Digital Software Association, Washington, DC.
  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, February 12, 
2002 at 10:15 a.m. (immediately following the first vote of the day) 
for a business meeting to consider the nominations of: 1) Nancy Dorn to 
be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget; 2) Dan G. 
Blair to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and 
3) John L. Howard to be Chairman, Special Panel on Appeals.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Early Education: From Science To Practice during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, February 12, 2002. At 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on OxyContin: Balancing Risks and Benefits during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, February 12, 2002. At 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      subcommittee on immigration

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration be authorized to meet to 
conduct a hearing on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 3:00 p.m. in Dirksen 
226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Arthur ``Gene'' Dewey, Assistant Secretary of State for the 
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, 
Washington, DC; and James Ziglar, Commissioner, U.S. Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Lenny Glickman, chairman, Refugee Council USA, New York, 
NY; Anastasia Brown, assistant director for processing operations, 
Migration and Refugee Services, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 
Washington, DC; and Bill Frelick, Director of Policy, U.S. Committee 
for Refugees, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 subcommittee on international security

  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 Tuesday, 
February 12, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing regarding ``Multilateral 
Non-proliferation Regimes, Weapons of Mass Destruction Technologies, 
and the War on Terrorism.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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