[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S1756]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
January 29, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a business meeting regarding 
Committee Rules.
  The meeting will be held in SD 406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 
at 10 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
a business meeting to organize for the 108th Congress by electing the 
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the committee and to adopt the rules of 
the committee and any other organizational business the committee needs 
to attend to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a Judicial 
Nominations hearing on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 in Dirksen Room 226 
at 9:30 am.

                            Tentative Agenda

  Panel I: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator (D-CA); the 
Honorable Mike DeWine, U.S. Senator (R-OH); the Honorable John Cornyn, 
U.S. Senator (R-TX); the Honorable John Warner, U.S. Senator (R-VA); 
the Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator (R-TX); the Honorable 
George Voinovich, U.S. Senator (R-OH).
  Panel II: Deborah Cook to be U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the 
Sixth Circuit; John Roberts to be U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the 
D.C. Circuit; and Jeffrey Sutton to be U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit.
  Panel III: John Adams to be U.S. District Court Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio; Robert Junell to be U.S. District Court 
Judge for the Western District of Texas; S. James Otero to be U.S. 
District Court Judge for the Central District of California.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Natural Resources

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate, on Wednesday, January 29 at 9:30 a.m. to consider pending 
calendar business.

                         BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
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                                                     Date put on
                    Agenda item                         agenda     Page
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1. The Committee's Budget Resolution for a two-year      1/27/03       1
 period, March 1, 2003 through February 28, 2005...
2. The Committee Questionnaire for Presidential          1/27/03       2
 Nominees..........................................
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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Subcommittee on Science and Transportation

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space of the Committee on 
Commerce, Science and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. on the science and ethics of 
human cloning.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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