[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 32 (Thursday, February 27, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S2981]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nominations of the Honorable Stephen A. Cambone to be 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; Mr. John Paul Woodley, 
Jr., to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and 
Ambassador Linton F. Brooks to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security 
and Administrator for Nuclear Security, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. ALLARD.  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 27 at 10:00 a.m. to 
receive testimony regarding energy production on Federal Lands.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Thursday, 
February 27, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony on Examining the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Health Care Priorities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Committee for Foreign Relations

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a Hearing on 
American Public Diplomacy and Islam.


                                 agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Charlotte Beers, Undersecretary of State for 
Public Diplomacy, Department of State, Washington, DC and the Honorable 
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, Chairman, Board of Broadcasting Governors, 
Washington, DC;
  Panel 2: Andrew Kohut, Director, The Pew Research Center for the 
People & the Press, Washington, DC; the Honorable Kenton Keith, Senior 
Vice President, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC; and Dr. 
R. S. Zaharna, School of Communication, American University, 
Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 27, 
2003 at 11 a.m. for a hearing to consider the nomination of Janet Hale 
to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security; 
the Honorable Clark Kent Ervin to be Inspector General, Department of 
Homeland Security; and Linda M. Springer to be Controller, Office of 
Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a 
closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet Thursday, February 27, 2003, 
from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. ALLARD.  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 27, at 3 p.m., to receive testimony 
regarding S. 246, a bill to provide that certain Bureau of Land 
Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara 
and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico; S. 32, a 
bill to establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, 
and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems of 
the interior west; S. 203, a bill to open certain withdrawn land in Big 
Horn County, Wyoming, to locatable mineral development for bentonite 
mining; S. 278, a bill to make certain adjustments to the boundaries of 
the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology and space

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. on U.S. involvement in 
aerospace research.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on transportation and infrastructure

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure be authorized to meet 
on Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing on 
the Federal Highway Administration's FY 2004 budget.
  This meeting will be held in SD 406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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