[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5716]
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                    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 Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 10 a.m., to conduct 
a markup of the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protector 
Act of 2002.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony regarding Elder 
Justice: Protecting Seniors from Abuse and Neglect.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. The Committee on Finance intends 
to complete a mark up on H.R. 7, to provide incentives for charitable 
contributions; S. 2498, the Tax Shelter Transparency Act; and S. 2119, 
the Reversing the Expatriation of Profits Offshore Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Tuesday, June 
18, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on issues pertaining to water 
resources development programs within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 
The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  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 18, 2002, at 
10 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct an 
oversight hearing on the implementation of the Texas Restoration Act, 
Public Law 100-89.
  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 
``Protecting the Innocent: Proposals to Reform the Death Penalty'' on 
Tuesday, June 18, 2002, in Dirksen Room 226 at 10 a.m.

                              Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable William D. Delahunt, United States 
Representative (D-10th District, MA); and the Honorable Ray LaHood, 
United States Representative (R-18th District, IL).
  Panel II: Mr. Barry Scheck, Co-founder, The Innocence Project, 
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY; Mr. James S. Liebman, 
Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, New York, NY; 
Mr. Larry Yackle, Professor of Law, Boston University Law School, 
Boston, MA; the Honorable Paul A. Logli, State's Attorney, Winnebago 
County, Illinois, Rockford, IL; and Mr. William G. Otis, Adjunct 
Professor of Law, George Mason University Law School, Falls Church, VA.
  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 18, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. and 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.


     subcommitte on consumer affairs, foreign commerce, and tourism

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism be 
authorized to meet on steroid use in professional baseball and 
antidoping issues in amateur sports on Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 9:30 
a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. REID Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, June 18, at 2:20 p.m. in SD-366. The purpose of this 
hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:
  S. 198, to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to provide assistance through states to eligible weed 
management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on 
public and private land;
  S. 1846, to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National 
Forest in the State of New York;
  S. 1879, to resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands 
adjacent to the Russian River in the State of Alaska;
  S. 2222, to resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative 
land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related 
to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation;
  S. 2471, to provide for the independent investigation of Federal 
wildland firefighter fatalities; and
  S. 2482, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to grant to 
Deschutes and Crook Counties in the State of Oregon a right-of-way to 
West Butte Road.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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