[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 78 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5557-S5558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                          committee on finance

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet in open executive session during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 13, 2002, at 10 a.m.

                                Agenda:

  H.R. 7: Community Solutions Act.
  S. 2498: Tax Shelter Transparency Act.
  S. 2119: Reversing the Expatriation of Profits Offshore Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
the CEDAW Treaty.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), U.S. House of 
Representatives, Washington, DC; the Honorable Juanita Millender-
McDonald (D-CA), U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC; the 
Honorable Constance A. Morella (R-MD), U.S. House of Representatives, 
Washington, DC; and the Honorable Lynn C. Woolsey (D-CA), U.S. House of 
Representatives, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: The Honorable Harold Hongju Koh, Prefessor, Yale Law School, 
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, New Haven, CT; 
the Honorable Juliette C. McLennan, Former U.S. Representative to the 
UN Commission on the Status of Women, Easton, MD; Ms. Jane E. Smith, 
Chief Executive Officer, Business and Professional Women/USA, 
Washington, DC; Ms. Kathryn Ogden Balmforth, Member, Firm of Wood 
Crapo, L.L.C., Salt Lake City, Utah, Former Director, World Family 
Policy Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Ms. Jeane 
Kirkpatrick, Senior Fellow & Director of Foreign and Defense Policy 
Studies, American Enterprise Institute, Former Permanent Representative 
to the United Nations, Washington, DC; and Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers, 
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Chevy Chase, MD.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 2:15 p.m. to hold a business 
meeting to consider and vote on S. 2525, a bill to amend the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for foreign countries 
seriously affected by HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for 
other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Implementation of Reading First and Reading Programs and 
Strategies during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 13, 2002 
at 10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on Judicial 
Nominations on Thursday, June 13, 2002, in Dirksen Room 226 at 2 p.m.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel I: The Honorable Arlen Specter, United States Senator (R-PA); 
the Honorable Mitch McConnell, United States Senator (R-KY); the 
Honorable Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator (D-CA); the Honorable 
Rick Santorum, United States Senator (R-PA); the Honorable Jim Bunning, 
United States Senator (R-KY); the Honorable Bill Nelson, United States 
Senator (D-FL); and the Honorable Roscoe Bartlett, United States 
Representative (Republican, 6th District of Maryland).
  Panel II: John Rogers to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth 
Circuit.
  Panel III: David Cercone to be U.S. District Court Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania; Morrison Cohen England Jr. to be U.S. 
District Court Judge for the Eastern District of California; and 
Kenneth Marra to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District 
of Florida.
  Panel IV: Lawrence Greenfeld to be Director, Bureau of Justice 
Statistics.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
June 13, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.


                            Tentative Agenda

                             i. nominations

  Henry E. Autrey to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern 
District of Missouri; Richard E. Dorr to be a U.S. District Court Judge 
for the Western District of Missouri; David Godbey to be a U.S. 
District Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas; Henry Hudson 
to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia; 
Timothy Savage to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania; and Amy J. St. Eve to be a U.S. District 
Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
  To be a United States Attorney: Gregory Robert Miller for the 
Northern District of Florida, and Kevin Vincent Ryan for the Northern 
District of California.
  To be a United States Marshal: Ray Elmer Carnahan for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas, David Scott Carpenter for the District of North 
Dakota, Theresa Merrow for the Eastern District of Georgia, Ruben 
Monzon for the Southern District of Texas, and James Michael Wahlrab 
for the Southern District of Ohio.


                               ii. bills

  S. 1956, The Safe Explosives Act [Kohl/Hatch/Schumer/Cantwell]
  S. 1291, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act 
[Hatch]
  S. 2134, Terrorism Victim's Access to Compensation Act of 2002 
[Harkin/Allen]
  H.R. 3375, Embassy Employee Compensation Act [Blunt]


                            III. Resolutions

  S. Con. Res. 104, A concurrent resolution recognizing the American 
Society of Civil Engineers on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of 
its founding and for the many vital contributions of civil engineers to 
the quality of life of the people of the United States, including the 
research and development projects that have led to the physical 
infrastructure of modern America. [Jeffords/Smith]
  H. Con. Res. 387, Recognizing the American Society of Civil Engineers 
for reaching its 150th Anniversary and for the many vital contributions 
of civil engineers to the quality of life of our Nation's people 
including the research and development projects that have led to the 
physcial infrastructure of modern America [Barton/Moore]
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               subcommittee on housing and transportation

  Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, June 13, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. to conduct an 
oversight hearing on ``TEA-21: A National Partnership.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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