[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 24 (Thursday, March 7, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1687-S1688]
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, March 7, 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.


            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 Thursday, March 7, 2002, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
an oversight hearing on the ``The Semi-Annual Report on Monetary Policy 
of the Federal Reserve.''
  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 hold a hearing during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, March 7, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366. 
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following 
bills:
  S. 213 and H.R. 37, to amend the National Trails System Act to update 
the feasibility and suitability studies of 4 national historic trails 
and provide for possible additions to such trails.
  S. 1069 and H.R. 834, to amend the National Trails Systems Act to 
designate the route in Arizona and New Mexico which the Navajo and 
Mescalero Apache Indian Tribes were forced to walk in 1863 and 1864, 
for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
  S. 1946, to amend the National Trails Systems Act to designate the 
Old Spanish Trail as a National Historic Trail.
  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, March 7, 2002 at 10 a.m. to hear testimony on Bush proposal 
for Medicare modernization.
  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, March 7, 2002 at 10:15 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
the children's protocols.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Michael Southwick, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for International Organization Affairs, Department of State, 
Washington, DC; Mr. Marshall Billingslea, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Negotiations Policy, Department of Defense, Washington, DC; Mr. 
John Malcolm, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Ms. Jo Becker, Children's Rights Advocacy Director, Human 
Rights Watch, New York, NY; RADM (Ret.) Eugene Carroll, Jr., USN, Vice 
President Emeritus, Center for Defense Information, Washington, DC; 
Rear Adm. Timothy O. Fanning, Jr., USNR (ret.), National President of 
the Navy League of the United States, Washington, DC.


                     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, March 7, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
trafficking.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Paula Dobriansky, Undersecretary for Global 
Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC; Mr. Viet D. Dinh, 
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Ms. Nancy Ely-Raphel, Senior Advisor, Office to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State, Washington, DC; Dr. 
Nguyen Van Hanh, Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department 
of Health and Human Resources, Washington, DC.
  Panel 3: Ms. Hae Jung Cho, Coalition to Abolish Slavery and 
Trafficking, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. Ann Jordan, Director, Initiative 
Against Trafficking in Persons, International Human Rights Law Group, 
Washington, DC; Mrs. Carol Smolensky, Coordinator, End Child 
Prostitution and Trafficking--USA, New York, NY.
  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, March 7, 
2002 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing entitled ``Public Health and 
Natural resources: A Review of the Implementation of our Environmental 
Laws.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, March 7, 2002, at 
10 a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct an 
oversight hearing on the President's budget request for Indian Programs 
for fiscal year 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the 
Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, March 
7, 2002 at 10:00 a.m., in SD 226.

                              Final Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Charles W. Pickering, Sr. to be U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the 5th 
Circuit, Ralph Beistline to be U.S. District Court Judge for the 
District of Alaska, David Charles Bury to be U.S. District Court Judge 
for the District of Arizona, Randy Crane to be U.S. District Court 
Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
  To be United States Attorney: Eric F. Melgren for the District of 
Kansas and Paul I. Perez for the Middle District of Florida.
  To be United States Marshal: Theophile Alceste Duroncelet for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana, John Edward for the District of Vermont, 
Steven Gilbert Fitzgerald for the Western District of Wisconsin, 
Gregory Forest to be U.S. Marshal for the WD of NC, James Loren Kennedy 
for Southern District of Indiana, Dennis Cluff Mwerrill for the 
District of Oregon, James Thomas Plousis for the District of New 
Jersey, J.C. Raffety for the Northern District of West Virginia, 
Charles R. Reavis for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael 
Robert Regan for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, James Anthony 
Rose for the District of Wyoming, John Schickel for the Eastern 
District of Kentucky, Jesse Seroyer to be U.S. Marshal for the MD of 
AL, Timothy Dewayne Welch for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and 
William R. Whittington for the Western District of Louisiana.

     II. Bills

  S. 1615, Federal-Local Information Sharing Partnership Act of 2001 
[Schumer/Hatch].
  S. 1356, The Wartime Treatment of European Americans and Refugees 
Study Act. [Feingold/Grassley/Kennedy].

     III. Resolutions

  S. Res. 214, a resolution designating March 25, 2002, as ``Greek 
Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of

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Greek and American Democracy'' [Specter].
  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, March 7, 2002, for a joint hearing with the House 
of Representatives' Committee on Veterans Affairs, to hear the 
legislative presentations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Jewish 
War Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, the Non-Commissioned 
Officers Association, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
  The hearing will take place in room 345 of the Cannon House Office 
Building at 10 a.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, March 
7, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on the 
Ballistic Missile Defense Program and budget in review of the Defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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