[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5462-S5463]
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. DORGAN. 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 Wednesday, June 12, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-
366. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the 
following bills:
  S. 1257 and H.R. 107, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to commemorate 
and interpret the Cold War;
  S. 1312 and H.R. 2109, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key Beach, Florida, for 
possible inclusion in the National Park System;
  S. 1944, to revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the 
State of Colorado, and for other purposes;
  H.R. 38, to provide for additional lands to be included within the 
boundaries of the Homestead National Monument of America in the State 
of Nebraska, and for other purposes;
  H.R. 980, to establish the Moccasin Bend National Historic Site in 
the State of Tennessee as a unit of the National Park System; and
  H.R. 1712, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make 
adjustments to the boundary of the National Park of American Samoa to 
include certain

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portions of the islands of Ofu and Olosega within the Park, and for 
other purposes.
  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 be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
June 12, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing to receive testimony 
further analyzing the benefits and costs of multi-pollutant 
legislation. The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  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 Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 12, 
2002 at 9:30 a.m. for the purpose of holding a hearing entitled 
``Protecting Our Kids: What is Causing the Current Shortage in 
Childhood Vaccines?''
  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 be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The 
Criminal Justice System and Mentally Ill Offenders'' on Wednesday, June 
12, 2002, in Dirksen room 226 at 9 a.m.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel I: The Honorable George Ryan, Governor of the State of 
Illinois.
  Panel II: The Honorable Matt Bettenhausen, Illinois Deputy Governor 
for Criminal Justice Policy, Executive Director, Illinois Governor's 
Commission on Capital Punishment; Donald Hubert, Esq., Donald Hubert & 
Associates, Chicago, IL, Member, Illinois Governor's Commission on 
Capital Punishment; John J. Kinsella, Esq., First Assistant State's 
Attorney, DuPage County, IL; Professor Larry Marshall, Northwestern 
University Law School, Legal Director, Center on Wrongful Convictions; 
Kent Scheidegger, Legal Director, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, 
Sacramento, CA; Scott Turow, Esq., Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, 
Chicago, IL, Member, Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital 
Punishment; and Druanne D. White, Esq., Solicitor, Tenth Judicial 
Circuit, South Carolina.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, June 12, 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 science, technology and space

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space of the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. on the Internet Corporation for 
Assigned Names and Numbers.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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