[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3640-S3641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. SANTORUM. 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 Wednesday, March 12 at 10:00 a.m. to 
consider pending calendar business.
  Agenda Item No. 1.--To consider the nomination of Joseph T. Kelliher 
to be a Member of the Federal Electricity Regulatory Commission.
  Agenda Item No. 2: S. 164--To authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life 
of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement.
  Agenda Item No. 3: S. 212--To authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to cooperate with the High Plains Aquifer States in conducting a 
hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling, and monitoring 
program for the High Plains Aquifer and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item No. 4: S. 278--To make certain adjustments to the 
boundaries of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item No. 7: S. 347--To direct the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a joint special resources 
study to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of establishing the 
Rim of the Valley Corridor as a unit of the Santa Monica

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Mountains National Recreation Area, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item No. 8: S. 425--To revise the boundary of the Wind Cave 
National Park in the State of South Dakota.
  Agenda Item No. 9: H.R. 397--To reinstate the license and extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in 
the State of Illinois.
  Staff is working on amendments to Agenda Item No. 6: S. 328--To 
designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as the 
``Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area'', and for other purposes. 
If a resolution can be achieved this item will be considered.
  In addition, the Committee may turn to any other measures that are 
ready for consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony on Welfare 
Reform: Building on Success.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 11:30 a.m. to hold a 
Committee Business Meeting.

                                 Agenda

  The Committee will consider and vote on the following agenda items:
  Treaties: Treaty Doc. 107-19, Tax Convention with the United Kingdom; 
Treaty Doc. 107-20, Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Australia; 
Treaty Doc. 108-3, Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Mexico.
  FSO appointment/promotion list: 1. Sebranek, Lyle J., et al, dated 
January 28, 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on Regional Implications of the Changing Nuclear Equation on 
the Korean Peninsula.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary for East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: The Honorable James Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, 
Washington, DC; Dr. Victor D. Cha, Associate Professor, Department of 
Government and the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown 
University, Washington, DC; Dr. Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China 
Studies, CSIS, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a judicial 
nominations hearing on Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 2 p.m. in the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226.

                            Tentative Agenda

  Panel I: The Honorable Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator (R-
IN); The Honorable Evan Bayh, United States Senator (D-IN); The 
Honorable John W. Warner, United States Senator (R-VA); The Honorable 
George F. Allen, United States Senator (R-VA); The Honorable Dianne 
Feinstein, United States Senator (D-CA); The Honorable Kay Bailey 
Hutchison, United States Senator (R-TX); The Honorable John Cornyn, 
United States Senator (R-TX).
  Panel II: Comac J. Carney to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California; James V. Selna to be United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California; Philip P. Simon 
to be United States District Judge for the North District of Indiana; 
Theresa Lazar Springmann to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Indiana. Mary Ellen Coster Williams to be Judge 
for the Court of Federal Claims; Victor J. Wolski to be Judge for the 
Court of Federal Claims.
  Panel III: Ricardo H. Hinojosa to be U.S. Sentencing Commissioner; 
Michael E. Horowitz to be U.S. Sentencing Commissioner.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, March 12, 2003, for a joint hearing with 
the House of Representatives' Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hear 
the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  The hearing will take place in room 345 of the Cannon House Office 
Building at 10:00 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on airland

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Airland of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 
12, 2003, at 3 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on Army 
Transformation, in review of the defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2004 and the future years defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on oceans, atmosphere, and fisheries

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
March 12, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., in SR-253, for a hearing on the Coast 
Guard and NOAA fiscal year 2004 budget requests.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on strategic forces

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 
12, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive testimony on 
national security space programs and management in review of the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2004.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security

      Subcommittee on Border Security, Immigration and Citizenship

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittees on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security and on Border Security, Immigration and Citizenship 
be authorized to meet to conduct a joint hearing on ``Border 
Technology: Keeping Terrorists out of the United States--2003'' on 
Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building.

                         Tentative Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary for Border and 
Transportation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC; 
Accompanied by: Robert Mocny, Director of Entry-Exit Program, Bureau of 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Washington, DC; Woody Hall, 
Interim Director, Office of Information & Technology, Bureau of Customs 
and Border Protection, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Nancy Kingsbury, Managing Director of Applied Research and 
Methods, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC; Stephen E. 
Flynn, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies, 
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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