[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               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 Tuesday, 
September 24, 2002, at 9 a.m. to conduct a hearing to look at the 
Federal Government's response to September 11th and the continuing role 
of the Federal Government in the recovery efforts. 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, September 24, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a Members; 
Briefing on Iraq.

     AGENDA

  Briefers: The Honorable George J. Tenet, Director of Central 
Intelligence, Washington, DC; The Honorable Carl W. Ford, Jr., 
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research, Department of State, 
Washington, DC; RADM Lowell E. Jacoby, Acting Director, Defense 
Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Washington, DC; and Dr. 
Rhys, Williams, Director, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Division, Office of 
Intelligence, Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

 subcommittee on oversight of government management, restructuring and 
                        the district of columbia

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
Restructuring and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet for a 
joint hearing on West Nile Fever. Challenges for Public Health during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 10 a.m. in 
SD-342.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 24, 2002, 
at 10:00 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct an Oversight Hearing on the Role of the Special Trustee within 
the Department of Interior.
  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 Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. to hold a joint 
hearing with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
concerning the Joint Inquiry into the events of September 11, 2002.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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        subcommittee on administrative oversight and the courts

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The DC Circuit: 
The Importance of Balance on the Nation's Second Highest Court'' on 
Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building.

     Tentative Witness List

  The Honorable Abner Mikva, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, 
IL; Mr. Fred Fielding, Wiley Rein, and Fielding, Washington, DC; 
Professor Christopher Schroeder, Duke University School of Law, Durham, 
NC; Professor Brad Clerk, George Washington University Law School, 
Washington, DC; Professor Michael Gottesman, Georgetown University Law 
Center, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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 subcommittee on oversight of government management, restructuring and 
                        the District of Columbia

           committee on health, education, labor and pensions

  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 and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. for a joint hearing 
entitled, ``Responding to the Threat of West Nile Virus.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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