[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 14 (Thursday, February 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S876-S877]
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 Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in open and closed 
session to receive testimony on the results of the nuclear posture 
review in review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2003.
  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 on 
February 14, 2002, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Accounting and 
Investor Protection Issues Raised by Enron and Other Public Companies: 
International Accounting Standards and Necessary Reforms to Improve 
Financial Reporting.''
  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 Thursday, February 14, at 2:30 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony 
on the following bills:
  S. 202 and H.R. 2440, to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park as Wolf Trap 
National Park for the Performing Arts;
  S. 1051 and H.R. 1456, to expand the boundary of the Booker T. 
Washington National Monument, and for other purposes;
  S. 1061 and H.R. 2238, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
acquire Fern Lake and the surrounding watershed in the States of 
Kentucky and Tennessee for addition to Cumberland Gap National 
Historical Park, and for other purposes;
  S. 1649, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1996 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the 
Vancouver National Historic Reserve and for the preservation of 
Vancouver Barracks;
  H.R. 2234, to revise the boundary of the Tumacacori National 
Historical Park in the State of Arizona; and
  S. 1894, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to determine the national significance of the Miami 
Circle site in the State of Florida as well as the suitability and 
feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of 
Biscayne National Park, and for other purposes.
  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 
Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on the 
administration's request to increase the Federal debt limit.
  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, February 14, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing 
on HIV/AIDS in Africa.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: Dr. Eugene McCray, Director, Global AIDS Program, National 
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Atlanta, GA, and Dr. E. Anne Peterson, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau of Global Health, U.S. Agency for International 
Development, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Center for International 
Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Dr. Jim Yong Kim, 
Director, Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard 
Medical School, Boston, MA; and Mr. Martin J. Vorster, Mahyeno 
Tributary Mamelodi, Pretoria, South Africa.
  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 ``The Needs of the Working Poor: Helping Families To Make 
Ends Meet,'' during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 14, 
2002, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 14, 2002, for a hearing on 
administration's proposed budget for veterans' programs for fiscal year 
2003.
  The hearing will take place in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    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 to conduct a hearing on Thursday, 
February 14, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in Dirksen 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Judd Gregg.
  Panel II: Richard Stana, Director, Justice Issues, General Accounting 
Office.
  Panel III: Susan Fisher, Executive Director, Doris Tate Crime 
Victim's Bureau, Carlsbad, CA; Doug Comer, Director of Legal Affairs 
and Technology Policy, Intel Corporation, Washington, DC; John Avila, 
Executive Counsel, Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA;

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and Frank Torres, Legislative Counsel, Consumers Union, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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