[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 111 (Thursday, September 5, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8316]
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                    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, September 5, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on ``The Importance of Financial Literacy Among 
College Students.''
  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 
Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. on the nominations of Roger 
Nober to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board and David 
Laney to be a member of the Amtrak Reform Board.
  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 in Open Executive Session during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., to 
markup a substitute for H.R. 5063, the ``Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act 
of 2002''.
  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 in 
executive session, after first vote, during the session of the Senate 
on Thursday, September 5, 2002, in SD-430. The following items will be 
considered.
  1. S. 2328, Safe Motherhood Act for Research and Treatment.
  2. S. ______, to Reauthorize the National Science Foundation.
  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, 
September 5, 2002, at 10 a.m., in SD226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Priscilla Owen to be a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth 
Circuit.
  Reena Raggi to be a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for Second District.
  Ronald H. Clark to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern 
District of Texas.
  James Knoll Gardner to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania.
  Lawrence J. Block to be a Judge for U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
  To be a U.S. Marshal: Denny Wade King for the Middle District of 
Tennessee.

     II. Bills

  S. 2480, Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2002 [Leahy/Hatch/
Feinstein/Thurmond/Cantwell/Grassley/Edwards/Kyl/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].
  H.R. 809, Antitrust Technical Corrections Act of 2001 [Sensenbrenner/
Conyers].
  H.R. 3375, Embassy Employee Compensation Act [Blunt].
  S. 2798, Employee Abuse Prevention Act of 2002 [Durbin/Leahy/
Kennedy].
  S. 2820, to increase the priority for employee wages and benefits in 
bankruptcy [Carnahan/Leahy/Kennedy].
  H.R. 3838, to amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to 
make additional members of the armed services eligible for membership 
in the organization [Bilirakis].
  S. 1972, to amend the charter of the AMVETS organization 
[Rockefeller].
  H.R. 3214, to amend the charter of the AMVETS organization [Chris 
Smith].
  S. Res. 316, to designate the year beginning February 1, 2003, as the 
``Year of the Blues'' [Lincoln/Cantwell/Feingold].
  S. 2896, to enhance the operation of the AMBER Alert communications 
network [Hutchison/Feinstein/Leahy/Hatch/Biden/Durbin/Edwards].
  S. 1615, Federal-Local Information Sharing Partnership Act of 2001 
[Schumer/Leahy/Hatch/Biden/Durbin].
  S. 1655, Captive Exotic Animal Protection Act of 2001 [Biden, 
Feinstein, Durbin, Kohl, Cantwell].
  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 Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    subcommittee on forestry, conservation and rural revitalization

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization of the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday September 5, 2002 in SR-
328A at 9 a.m. The purpose of this hearing will be to discuss the 
decline of oak tree populations in southern States caused by prolonged 
drought and red oak borer insect infestation.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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