[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 53 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3884-S3886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    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 Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 10 a.m., to conduct 
an oversight hearing on ``Bringing More Unbanked Americans Into the 
Financial Mainstream.''
  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, May 2, 2002, at 10:15 a.m., to hold a hearing 
titled, ``Protecting U.S. Citizens Abroad From Terrorism''.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: Mr. Peter Bergin, Principal Deputy Assistant for Diplomatic 
Security and Director of the Diplomatic Security Service, Department of 
State, Washington, DC, and Ms. Dianne Andruch, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Overseas Citizens Services, Department of State, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Mr. Frank Smyth, Washington Representative, the Committee to 
Protect Journalists, Washington, DC; the Honorable Vernon Penner, Vice 
President for Corporate International Services, Crisis Management 
Worldwide, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas 
Citizens Services, Annapolis, MD; Mr. Thomas P. Ondeck, President, 
GlobalOptions, Inc., Washington, DC; and Dr. Sheryl E. Spivack, 
Assistant Professor of Tourism Studies, George Washington University, 
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 Thursday, May 2, 2002, 
at 9:10 a.m., for the purpose of conducting a business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Paul A. Quander, Jr. to be Director of the 
District of Columbia Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.

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  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 in 
executive session during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 2, 
2002, after the first scheduled vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
May 2, 2002, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen Building Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Julia Smith Gibbons to be United States Circuit Court Judge for the 
Sixth Circuit; Leonard E. Davis to be United States Circuit Court Judge 
for the Eastern District of Texas; David C. Godbey to be United States 
Circuit Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas; Andrew S. 
Hansen to be United States Circuit Court Judge for the Southern 
District of Texas; Samuel H. Mays, Jr., to be United States Circuit 
Court Judge for the Western District of Tennessee; Thomas M. Rose to be 
United States Circuit Court Judge for the Southern District of Ohio; 
and Paul G. Cassell to be United States Circuit Court Judge for the 
District of Utah.
  To be United States Attorney: Steven M. Biskupic for the Eastern 
District of Wisconsin; James E. McMahon for the District of South 
Dakota; and Jan Paul Miller for the Central District of Illinois.
  To be United States Marshal: Walter Robert Bradley for the District 
of Kansas; Randy Paul Ely for the Northern District of Texas; William 
Paul Kruziki for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Stephen Robert 
Monier for the District of New Hampshire; and Gary Edward Shovlin for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

     II. Bills

  S. 2031, Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2002 
[Leahy/Brownback].
  S. 848, Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act of 2001 
[Feinstein/Gregg].
  S. 1742, Restore Your Identity Act of 2001 [Cantwell].
  S. 1644, Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of 2001 
[Campbell].
  S. 2431, The Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety 
Officers' Benefit Act of 2002 [Leahy/Campbell/Schumer/Clinton/Biden].
  S. 1868, National Child Protection Improvement Act [Biden/Thurmond].

     III. Resolutions

  S. Res. 255, A resolution to designate the week beginning May 5, 
2002, as ``National Correctional Officers and Employees Week'' 
[Feinstein/Hatch].
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Immigration and Naturalization Service: How Should It Be 
Restructured?'' on Thursday, May 2, 2002, in Dirksen Room 226 at 2:30 
p.m.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Congressman Romano Mazzoli, Former U.S. Representative, 
Louisville, Kentucky.
  Panel II: Paul Virtue, Former INS General Counsel, Washington, DC, 
and Stephen Yale-Loehr, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 
Ithaca, New York.
  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, May 2, 2002, for a hearing on pending legislation.
  The hearing will take place in SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building at 9:30 a.m.

     Agenda for Legislative Hearing Pending Legislation

  S. 1113, to increase the Medal of Honor pension, and to provide for 
an annual adjustment in that pension.
  S. 1408, to standardize the income threshold for copayment for 
outpatient medications with the income threshold for inability to 
defray necessary expense of care, and for other purposes.
  S. 1517, to implement Hart-Rudman Commission recommendations on 
enhancing Montgomery GI Bill benefits.
  S. 1561, to strengthen the preparedness of health care providers 
within the Department of Veterans Affairs and community hospitals to 
respond to bioterrorism.
  S. 1576, to extend the eligibility for health care of veterans who 
served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.
  S. 1680, to provide that duty of the National Guard mobilized by a 
State in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or otherwise at the 
request of the President shall qualify as military service under the 
Soldier and Sailors Civil Relief Act.
  S. 1905, to enhance veterans' programs and the ability of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to administer them.
  S. 2003, to clarify the applicability of the prohibition on 
assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding future receipt 
of compensation, pension, or dependency and indemnity compensation, and 
for other purposes.
  S. 2025, to increase the rate of special pension for Medal of Honor 
recipients, to make that special pension effective from the date of the 
act for which the Medal of Honor is awarded, and to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to increase the criminal penalties associated with 
misuse or fraud relating to the Medal of Honor.
  S. 2043, to extend by five years the period for the provision by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs of noninstitutional extended care serves 
and required nursing home care, and for other purposes.
  S. 2044, to provide for further improvement of the program to expand 
and improve the provision of specialized mental health services to 
veterans.
  S. 2060, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office 
in St. Petersburg, Florida, after Franklin D. Miller.
  S. 2073, to provide for the retroactive entitlement of Ed W. Freeman 
to Medal of Honor special pension.
  S. 2074, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2002, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans.
  S. 2079, to facilitate and enhance judicial review of certain matters 
regarding veteran's benefits, and for other purposes.
  S. 2132, to provide for the establishment of medical emergency 
preparedness centers in the Veterans Health Administration, to provide 
for the enhancement of the medical research activities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
  S. 2186, to establish a new Assistant Secretary to perform 
operations, preparedness, security and law enforcement functions, and 
for other purposes.
  S. 2187, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish 
health care during a major disaster or medical emergency, and for other 
purposes.
  S. 2205, to clarify the entitlement to disability compensation of 
women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies, to provide 
permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma, and 
for other purposes.
  S. 2209, to provide an additional program of service disabled 
veterans' insurance for veterans, and for other purposes.
  S. 2227, to clarify the effective date of the modification of 
treatment for retirement annuity purposes of part-time service before 
April 7, 1986, of certain Department of Veterans Affairs health-care 
professionals.
  S. 2228, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to operate up 
to 15 centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical 
activities.
  S. 2229, to authorize a cost-of-living increase in rates of 
disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, and 
to revise the requirement for maintaining levels of extended-care 
services to veterans.
  S. 2230, to authorize VA to guarantee adjustable rate mortgage loans.

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  S. 2231, to increase Chapter 35 educational assistance benefits, and 
to increase funding to State Approving Agencies.
  S. 2237, to enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss.


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., for a 
hearing entitled ``Gas Prices: How Are They Really Set?''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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