[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4030-S4031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. NICKLES. 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 19, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing on Nonproliferation Programs of the Department of State.

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable John S. Wolf, Assistant Secretary for 
Nonproliferation, Department of State, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: The Honorable Rose E. Gottemoeller, Senior Associate, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC.
  The Honorable Charles B. Curtis, President and Chief Operating 
Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington; Dr. Amy E. Smithson, 
Senior Associate, The Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the

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Senate on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
the Effects and Consequences of an Emerging China.

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: Mr. Randall Schriver, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State 
for China, Department of State, Washington, DC; Mr. Charles Freeman, 
Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative, Office of the US Trade 
Representative, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Dr. Robert A. Kapp, President, The US-China Business 
Council, Washington, DC; Ms. Hillary B. Rosen, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, Recording Industry Association of America, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel 3: Dr. Larry Wortzel, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC; 
Dr. David M. Lampton, Director of Chinese Studies, The Nixon Center, 
Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet in Executive Session during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, March 19, 2003. The following agenda will be considered:

                                 Agenda

  S.  , Lifespan Respite Care Act.
  S.  , Pediatric Drugs Research Authority.
  S. 15, Biodefense Improvement and Treatment for America Act.
  Any nominees that have been cleared for action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct an oversight hearing on the operations of the Secretary of the 
Senate and the Architect of the Capitol.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 
19, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building to conduct a hearing on Indian energy legislation, S. 424, the 
Tribal Energy self-Sufficiency Act, and S. 522, the Native American 
Energy Development and Self Determination Act of 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Promoting Ethical Regenerative Medicine Research and 
Prohibiting Immoral Human Reproductive Cloning'' on Wednesday, March 
19, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.
  Panel I: The Honorable Sam Brownback, United States Senator, [R-KS]; 
The Honorable Jim R. Langevin, United States Representative, [D-RI-2nd 
District].
  Panel II: Dr. Leon Kass, Addie Clark Harding Professor, The College 
and the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago. Hertog 
Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Chicago, IL; Dr. Thomas Murray, 
President, The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY.
  Panel III: Dr. Harold Varmus, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering 
Cancer Center, New York City, NY; Dr. Anton-Lewis Usala, Professor, 
East Carolina University Professor, Greenville, NC; Dr. Micheline 
Mathews-Roth, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 
Boston, MA; Dr. Paul Berg, Cahill Professor, Department of 
Biochemistry, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
  Panel IV: Mr. James Kelly, Patient Advocate, Granbury, TX; Mr. Gregg 
Wasson, Patient Advocate, Cotai, CA.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Subcommittee on Personnel

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 
19, 2003, at 3 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on the 
National Guard and Reserve Military and Civilian Personnel Programs, in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2004.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Armed Services 
Committee be authorized to meet during the Session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on acquisition policy and outsourcing issues, in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2004.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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