[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 31, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7761-S7762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

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                      committee on armed services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 3 P.M., in open and possibly 
closed session to receive testimony on operation enduring freedom.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            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 Wednesday, July 31, 2002, immediately 
following the first rollcall vote, to conduct a mark-up on the 
nominations of Mr. Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a member of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Mr. Donald L. 
Kohn, of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. on the nomination of Rebecca Dye 
to a Federal Maritime Commissioner and immediately following a Surface 
Transportation/Merchant Marine Subcommittee hearing on Railroad Shipper 
Issues.
  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 Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on Iraq.

                           Agenda--Witnesses


                          PANEL I: THE THREAT

       Mr. Charles Duelfer, Visiting Resident Scholar, Middle East 
     Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 
     Washington, DC.
       Dr. Khidir Hamza, Former Iraqi Nuclear Engineer, Director, 
     Council on Middle Eastern Affairs, New York, NY.
       Professor Anthony Cordesman, Senior Fellow and Arleigh A. 
     Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and 
     International Studies, Washington, DC.


                      PANEL II: POSSIBLE RESPONSES

       The Honorable Robert Gallucci, Dean, school of Foreign 
     Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
       Additional witnesses to be announced.

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                   PANEL III: REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

       Dr. Shirbley Telhami, Professor and Answar Sadat Chair, 
     Department of Government and Politics, University of 
     Maryland, College Park, MD.
       Dr. Fouad Ajami, Professor and Director of Middle East 
     Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns 
     Hopkins University, Washington, DC.
       Dr. Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Studies, 
     Nixon Center, Washington, DC.

  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 ``the 
Prison rape Reduction Act of 2002,'' on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 in 
Dirksen Room 226 at 1:30 p.m.

                              Witness List


                                PANEL I

       The Honorable Frank R. Wolf, United states Representative 
     (R-VA).


                                PANEL II

       Linda Bruntmyer, Amarillo, Texas.
       Mark Earley, President and CEO of Prison Fellowship 
     Ministries, Reston, Virginia.
       Robert W. Dumond, Licensed Clinical Mental Health 
     Counselor, Member, Board of Advisors, Stop Prisoner Rape, 
     Inc., Hudson, New Hampshire.
       Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center 
     of Reform Judaism, Washington, DC.

  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 ``Class 
Action Litigation,'' on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 in Dirksen Room 226 at 
10 a.m.

                              Witness List

       Paul Bland, Staff Attorney, Trial Lawyers for Public 
     Justice, Washington, DC.
       Walter E. Dellinger, III, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers, 
     Washington, DC.
       Thomas Henderson, Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy, Lawyers' 
     Committee for Civil Rights, Washington, DC.
       Lawrence Mirel, Commissioner of District of Columbia, 
     Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation, 
     Washington, DC.
       Shaneen Wahl, Port Charlotte, FL.
       Hilda Bankston, Jefferson County, MS.

  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 
Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at 9:45 a.m. in SD-226.

                            Tentative Agenda


                             I. Nominations

       Priscilla Owen to be a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the 
     Fifth Circuit.
       Timothy J. Corrigan to be a U.S. District Court Judge for 
     the Middle District of Florida.
       Jose E. Martinez to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the 
     Southern District of Florida.
       Terrence F. McVerry to be a U.S. District Court Judge for 
     the Western District of Pennsylvania.
       Arthur Schwab to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the 
     Western District of Pennsylvania.
       To be a U.S. Attorney: John Byron (J.B.) Van Hollen for the 
     Western District of Wisconsin.
       To be a U.S. Marshal: Charles E. Beach for the Southern 
     District of Iowa; Peter Alan Lawrence for the Western 
     District of New York; Richard Vaughn Mecum for the Northern 
     District of Georgia; and Burton Stallwood for the District of 
     Rhode Island.


                                I. Bills

       S. 2480, Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2002 
     [Leahy/Hatch/Feinstein/Thurmond/Cantwell/Grassley/Edwards/
     DeWine/Sessions/McConnell/Brownback].
       S. 2127, A bill for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in 
     Canada for settlement of certain claims against the United 
     States. [Inouye].
       S. 2713, Judicial Improvements Act of 2002 [Leahy/
     Thompson].
       H.R. 3892, Judicial Improvements Act of 2002 [Coble/
     Berman].
       H.R. 809, Antitrust Technical Corrections Act of 2001 
     [Sensenbrenner/Conyers].
       H.R. 486, For the relief of Barbara Makuch. [Reynolds].
       H.R. 487, For the relief of Eugene Makuch. [Reynolds].
       H.R. 807, For the relief of Rabon Lowry of Pembroke, North 
     Carolina [McIntyre].
       H.R. 3375, Embassy Employee Compensation Act [Blunt].

  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, July 31, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold an open 
hearing on S. 2659--Non-US persons/probable cause and S.2586--Exclude 
US persons from ``foreign power'' from Foreign Surveillance Act 1978.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


Subcommittee on oversight of government management, restructuring, and 
                        the District of Columbia

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia be authorized 
to meet on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at 10 a.m. for a hearing entitled 
``When Diets Turn Deadly: Consumer Safety and Weight Loss 
Supplements.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk and Waste Management

  Mr. REID. Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, 
Risk and Waste Management be authorized to meet on Wednesday, July 31, 
2002, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing in connection with the EPA 
Inspector General's report on the Superfund program
  The hearing will be held in SD-406
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to hold a Hearing during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366. The purpose 
of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:
  S. 934, to require the Secretary of the Interior to construct the 
rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System in the State of 
Montana, to offer to enter into an agreement with the Chippewa Cree 
Tribe to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain and replace the 
Rocky Boy's Rural Water system and to provide assistance to the North 
Central Montana Regional Water Authority for the planning, design, and 
construction of the noncore system, and for other purposes;
  S. 577, to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional 
projects under the Act, and for other purposes;
  S. 1882, to amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, and for 
other purposes;
  S. 2556, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District in the State of 
Idaho; and
  S. 2696, to clear title to certain real property in New Mexico 
associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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