[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 76 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5387-S5388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                     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 Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 10:45 a.m., to hold a hearing on 
public diplomacy.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary for Public 
Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC; and 
the Honorable Norman Pattiz, Governor, Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: The Honorable Mark Ginsberg, Former Ambassador to Morocco, 
CEO and Managing Director, Northstar Equity Group, Washington, DC; the 
Honorable Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, 
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; Mr. David 
Hoffman, President, Internews, Arcada, CA; and Mr. Veton Surroi, 
Chairman, Koha Media Group, Pristina, Kosovo.
  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

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on Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing on Liberia.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary for 
African Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Ms. Binaifer Nowrojee, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch 
Africa Division, New York, New York; and Ms. Rory Anderson, Africa 
Policy Specialist, World Vision, Washington, DC.
  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 Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at 
1:30 p.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on the work of the U.S. Department of Interior's 
Branch of Acknowledgment and Research within the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs.
  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 ``The 
Criminal Justice System and Mentally Ill Offenders'' on Tuesday, June 
11, 2002 in Dirksen room 226 at 10:00 a.m.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel I: The Honorable Ted Strickland, U.S. Representative (D-OH-
6th), Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Chief Gary Margolis, University of Vermont, Director of 
Police Services, Burlington, VT; Ms. Marylou Sudders, Commissioner of 
Mental Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA; the Honorable 
Kenneth Mayfield, President-Elect, National Association of Counties, 
Commissioner, Dallas County, Dallas, TX; and Captain John Caceci, 
Monroe County Jail, Rochester, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 10 a.m. to hold a closed 
hearing on the joint inquiry into the events of September 11, 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing on the joint inquiry into the events of September 11, 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         subcommittee on aging

  Mr. REID. 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 ``Preventing Elder Falls'' during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. in 
SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on communications

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation be authorized to meet on Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at 
9:30 a.m. on ``Spectrum Management: Improving the Management of 
Government and Commercial Spectrum Domestically and Internationally.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  subcommittee on international Security, Proliferation, and federal 
                                services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on International Security, 
Proliferation and Federal Services be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
June 11, 2002, at 10 a.m. for a hearing regarding ``Cruise Missile and 
UAV Threats to the United States.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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