[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5787-S5788]
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. REID. 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 19, at 9:30 a.m. in SD-
366. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the 
following bills addressing the recreation fee program on Federal lands:
  S. 2473, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for 
the National Park Service, and for other purposes; and
  S. 2607, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to collect recreation fees on Federal lands, and for 
other purposes.
  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 on Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on S. 
1017.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: Mr. Bernard Aronson, Co-chair of the Council on Foreign 
Relations, Independent Task Force on Cuba, Managing Partner, ACON 
Investment LLC, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2 (Scientific Exchanges, Public Health and Advances in 
Medicine): Mr. Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, American 
Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC; Dr. Donald 
Morton, Medical Director and Surgeon in Chief, John Wayne Cancer 
Institute, Santa Monica, CA; Dr. Kenneth Bridges, Director, Joint 
Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, Brigham and Women's 
Hospital, Boston, MA; and Dr. Mark Rasenick, Professor of Physiology, 
Biophysics, and Psychiatry, Director Biomedical Neuroscience Training 
Program, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
  Panel 3 (Travel): Ms. Nancy Chang, Senior Litigation Attorney, Center 
for Constitutional Rights, New York City, New York.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Governmental Affairs Committee be permitted to meet on Wednesday, June 
19, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. for a hearing to consider the nomination of 
Michael Brown to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Committee on Health, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet in 
executive session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 
19, 2002, during the session of the Senate.

                                 Agenda

  S. 2184, To provide for the reissuance of a rule relating to 
ergonomics;
  S. 2558, Benign Brain Tumor Registries Amendment Act;
  S. 2328, Safe Motherhood Act for Research and Treatment;
  S. 1115, Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2001; and
  S. 710, Eliminate Colorectal Cancer Act of 2001.


                              Nominations

  Thomas Mallon, of Connecticut, to be Member of the National Council 
on the Humanities;
  Wilfred M. McClay, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities;
  Wilbur Grizzard, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor;
  Patricia Pound, of Texas, to be Member of the National Council on 
Disability;
  Lex Frieden, of Texas, to be Member of the National Council on 
Disability
  Carol Hughes Novak, of Georgia, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability;
  Kathleen Martinez, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on Disability;
  Young Woo Kang, of Indiana, to be Member of the National Council on 
Disability;
  Russell George, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Corporation for 
National and Community Service;
  Jeffrey D. Wallin, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities; and
  Kathleen Utgoff, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of Labor 
Statistics, United States Department of Labor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on NSF Reauthorization: Strengthening Math and Science 
Research, Development, and Education in the 21st Century during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 1:45 p.m. in SD-
430.
  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 Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs be authorized to meet 
to conduct a hearing on ``Penalties for White Collar Crime Offenses: 
Are We Really Getting Tough on Crime,'' on Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 
10:30 a.m. in SD226.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel I: Mr. Charles Prestwood, Conroe, Texas; Ms. Janice Farmer, 
Orlando, Florida; and Mr. Howard Deputy, Smyrna, Delaware.
  Panel II: The Honorable James B. Comey, Jr., United States Attorney 
for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York; the 
Honorable Glen B. Gainer, III, State Auditor of West Virginia, 
Chairman, National White Collar Crime Center, Morgantown, West 
Virginia; the Honorable

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Bradley Skolnik, Securities Commissioner of Indiana, Chairman, 
Enforcement Division, North American Securities Administrators 
Association, Washington, DC; Mr. Frank Bowman, Associate Professor of 
Law, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana; and Mr. 
Paul Rosenzweig, Senior Legal Research Fellow, Center for Legal and 
Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate for a roundtable entitled ``Are Government 
Purchasing Policies Failing Small Business?'' on Wednesday, June 19, 
2002, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office 
Building.
  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 Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at 10 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.


                     subcommittee on communications

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Communications be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 
19, 2002, at 10 a.m. on Future of Universal Service: Ensuring the 
Sufficiency and Stability of the Fund.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. on NASA and education.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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