[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 19 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1375-S1376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Dr. DORGAN. 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 28, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on the future of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. 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 Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct an oversight hearing on

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``Issues Regarding the Sending of Remittances.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. on protecting content in a 
digital age-promoting broadband and the digital television transition, 
in room SR-253.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife 
and Water be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 2:30 
p.m. to conduct a hearing that will focus on S. 1961, the Water 
Investment Act, a bill to improve the financial and environmental 
sustainability of the water programs of the United States.
  The committee will also receive testimony on the following 
legislation:
  S. 252: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving 
funds, and for other purposes.
  S. 285: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
authorize the use of State revolving loan funds for construction of 
water conservation and quality improvements.
  S 503: A bill to amend the Safe Water Act to provide grants to small 
public drinking water system.
  S. 1044: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed.
  The hearing will be held in room SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DORGAN. 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 28, 2002, at 2:45 p.m. to hold a 
nomination hearing.

                                 Agenda

  Nominees: Mrs. Emmy B. Simmons, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator (Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade) of 
the United States Agency for International Development (New Position); 
and Robert B. Holland, III, of Texas, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development for a term of two years.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Government Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 28, 
2002, at 2:30 p.m. to consider the nomination of Louis Kincannon to be 
Director of the Census.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on health, education, labor and pensions

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Public 
Health, be authorized to meet for a hearing on ``Making Sense of the 
Mammography Controversy: What Women Need to Know'' during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 2:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration be authorized to meet to 
conduct a hearing on ``The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act'' 
on Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Michael Creppy, Chief Immigration Judge, Executive Office of 
Immigration Review, Falls Church, VA; and Stuart Anderson, Executive 
Associate Commissioner, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Edwin Munoz, Grand Rapids, MI; Wendy Young, Director of 
Government Relations and U.S. Programs, Women's Commission on Refugee 
Women & Children, Falls Church, VA; Andrew Morton, Attorney, Latham & 
Watkins, Washington, DC; and Julianne Duncan, Director of Children's 
Services, United States Conference on Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            subcommittee on international trade and finance

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. to 
conduct an oversight hearing on ``Argentina's Economic Crisis.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            subcommittee on readiness and management support

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Armed Services 
Committee be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on Department of Defense installation and environmental 
programs, in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 
year 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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