[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 91 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6512-S6513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


              committee on environmental 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, July 
9, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing to receive testimony on 
Sections 2015, 2016, 2017(a) and (b), 2018 and 2019 of S. 2225, the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
  The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  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 Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on the 
Moscow Treaty.

                                 Agenda

  Witness: The Honorable Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State, 
Washington, DC.
  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 Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a nomination 
hearing.

                                 Agenda

  Nominees: Mr. John Blaney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Liberia; Ms. Aurelia Brazeal, of Georgia, to be Ambassador 
to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Mr. Martin Brennan, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia; Mr. J. Anthony 
Holmes, of California, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso; Ms. Vicki 
Huddleston, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali; Mr. 
Donald Johnson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape 
Verde; Mr. Jimmy Kolker, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Uganda; Ms. Gail Mathieu, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Niger; Mr. Richard Roth, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Senegal; and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau; 
and Mr. James Yellin, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Burundi.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            COMMITTEE ON health, education, and public works

  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 The Nomination of Dr. Richard H. Carmona, of Arizona to be 
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 10 a.m. in SD-430.

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  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 The President's Commission on Excellence in Special 
Education during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 
2:30 p.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special COMMITTEE ON aging

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Tuesday, July 9, 2002 from 
2:30 p.m.-5 p.m. in Dirksen 562 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on technology, terrorism, and government information

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government 
Information be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Identity 
Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002'' on Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 
2:30 p.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

                                 Agenda

  Witnesses Dan Collins, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC; Howard Beales, Director, Bureau of Consumer 
Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC; and Dennis 
Lormel, Section Chief, Terrorism Financial Review Group, Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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