[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3966-S3967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. HARKIN. 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 Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. in SD-
366.
  The purpose of this hearing is to review the outlook for this year's 
wildland fire season as well as assess the Federal land management 
agencies' state of readiness and preparedness for the wildland fire 
season.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and Public Works

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous conset that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Tuesday, May 
7, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. to hold a hearing to receive testimony from John 
P. Suarez, nominee to be Assistant Administrator of the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency. 
The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
environmental treaties.

                                 Agenda

     Treaties

  Treaty Doc. 106-32: An amendment to the Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal Protocol''), 
adopted at Beijing on December 3, 1999, by the Eleventh Meeting of the 
Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the ``Beijing Amendment'').
  Treaty Doc. 106-10: An amendment to the Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal Protocol''), 
adopted at Montreal on September 15-17, 1997, by the Ninth Meeting of 
the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.
  Treaty Doc. 103-5: A Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas 
and Wildlife to the Convention for the Protection and Development of 
the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, done at Kingston 
on January 18, 1990.
  Treaty Doc. 105-32: An agreement Establishing the South Pacific 
Regional Environment Programme, done at Apia on June 16, 1993.
  Treaty Doc. 105-53: A Treaty Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of Niue on the Delimitation of a 
Maritime Boundary.
  Treaty Doc. 107-2: A Protocol to Amend the 1949 Convention on the 
Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, done at 
Guayaquil, June 11, 1999, and signed by the United States, subject to 
ratification, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on the same date.

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable John Turner, Assistant Secretary for Oceans 
and Environmental Scientific Affairs, Department of State, Washington, 
DC.
  Panel 2: Mr. Thomas Grasso, Director, Marine Conservation Program, 
World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC; and Dr. David Read Barker, 
President, Monitor International, Annapolis, MD.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
be authorized to meet on Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., for a 
hearing entitled ``The Role of the Board of Directors in Enron's 
collapse.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         subcommittee on aging

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Aging be 
authorized to meet for a hearing on national Family Caregiver Support

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Program: Getting Behind Our Nation's Families during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on airland

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Airland of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 7 
at 3:00 p.m. in closed session to mark up the Airland Programs and 
provisions contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2002.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Subcommittee on Personnel

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 7 
at 4:00 p.m. in closed session to mark up the personnel programs and 
provisions contained in the Department of Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on 
Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. in closed session to mark up the 
readiness and management programs and provisions contained in the 
Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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