[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 84 (Friday, June 21, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5915]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on ``Avoiding the Summer Slide: The Importance of Summer School 
to Student Achievement and Well Being'' during the session of the 
Senate on Friday, June 21, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Subcommittee on Immigration

  Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration be authorized to meet to 
conduct a hearing on ``Examining the Plight of Refugees: The Case of 
North Korea'' on Friday, June 21, 2002, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 226.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Arthur Dewey, Assistant Secretary of State for 
the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Soon Ok Lee, North Korean prison camp survivor, Seoul, South 
Korea; Helie Lee, West Hollywood, California; and Norbert Vollertsen, 
M.D., Seoul, South Korea.
  Panel 3: Felice D. Gaer, Chairwoman of the Commission on 
International Religious Freedom, Washington DC; Debra Liang-Fenton, 
Vice Chairman, U.S. Committee fon Human Rights in North Korea, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Jana Mason, Asian Policy Analyst, U.S. 
Committee on Refugees, Washington, DC; and Elisa Massimino Lawyers 
Committee for Human Rights, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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