[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 88 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6274-S6275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    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 Thursday, June 27, 2002, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
an oversight hearing on ``The Preliminary Findings of the Commission on 
Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st 
Century.''
  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 Thursday, June 
27, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a business meeting to consider the 
following: S. 351, the Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act of 2001; S. 
556, the Clean Power Act of 2002; S. 2664, the First Responder 
Terrorism Preparedness Act of 2002; H.R. 3322, the Bear River Migratory 
Bird Refuge Visitor Center Act; H.R. 3958, the Bear River Migratory 
Bird Refuge Settlement Act of 2002; and Subpoena for new source review 
documentation to the Environmental Protection Agency.

[[Page S6275]]


  The business meeting will be held in SD-406.
  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 
Thursday, June 27, 2002 at 10 a.m. to consider the Nomination of 
Charlotte A. Lane, of West Virginia, to be a member of the United 
States International Trade Commission.
  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 Thursday, June 27, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing 
relating to Human Rights in Central Asia.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, Washington, 
DC; the Honorable J.D. Crouch, Assistant Secretary for International 
Security Policy, Department of Defense, Washington, DC; and Mr. Lynn 
Pascoe, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia, Department of 
State, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Ms. Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC; and the Honorable 
William Courtney, Former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia, 
Former Senior Advisor to the National Security Council, Senior Vice 
President, National Security Programs, DynCorp, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Government Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 27, 2002 
at 1 p.m. for the purpose of holding a hearing to ``Review the 
Relationship Between a Department of Homeland Security and the 
Intelligence Community.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is 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 ``Title IX: Building on 30 Years of Progress'' during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 27, 2002, at 2:30 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 be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
June 27, 2002, at 10 a.m., in SD-226.

                                 Agenda

     Nominations

  Lavenski R. Smith to be a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the Eighth 
Circuit, and John M. Rogers to be a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the 
Sixth Circuit.

     Bills

  S. 2134, Terrorism Victim's Access to Compensation Act of 2002 
[Harkin/Allen];
  H.R. 3375, Embassy Employee Compensation Act [Blunt];
  S. 486, Innocent Protection Act [Leahy/Smith];
  S. 2633, Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act [Biden/
Grassley];
  S. 862, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act 
of 2001 [Feinstein/Kyl/Durbin/Cantwell];
  S. 1339, Persian Gulf POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2001 [Campbell/
Kohl/Thurmond/Feinstein/Sessions/Schumer/McConnell/Durbin/Cantwell/
Leahy];
  S. 2395, Anticounterfeiting Amendments of 2002 [Biden]; and
  S. 2513. DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2002 [Biden/Cantwell//
Clinton/Carper].

                              Resolutions

  S. Res. 281, A resolution designating the week beginning August 25, 
2002, as ``National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week''. 
[Levin/Snowe];
  S. Res. 284, A resolution expressing support for ``National Night 
Out'' and requesting that the President make neighborhood crime 
prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime important 
priorities of the Administration. [Biden].
  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 
``Judicial Nominations'' on Thursday, June 27, 2002 at 2 p.m. in 
Dirksen Room 226.

                                 Agenda

  Dennis Shedd, 4th Circuit; Terrence McVerry, Western District of 
Pennsylvania; and Arthur Schuab, Western District of Pennsylvania.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND MERCHANT MARINE AND THE 
             APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on the Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine and the 
Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, June 27 2002, at 9:30 a.m. on Cross Border Trucking Issues.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

                          ____________________