[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8596-S8598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 9:30 a.m., in open session 
to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General John P. Abizaid, USA, 
for appointment to the grade of General and to be commander, United 
States Central Command.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, is so ordered.


               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, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. to 
consider pending calendar business.
  On Wednesday, June 25, at 10:00 a.m., the Committee will hold a 
Business Meeting in Room SD-366 to consider the following items on the 
Agenda:
  Agenda Item #3: S. 470--A bill to extend the authority for the 
construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Agenda Item #4: S. 490--A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture 
to convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, 
to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe 
of Nevada and California.
  Agenda Item #6: S. 546--A bill to provide for the protection of 
paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item #7: S. 643--A bill to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior, in cooperation with the University of New Mexico, to 
construct and occupy a portion of the Hibben Center for Archaeological 
Research at the University of New Mexico.
  Agenda Item #8: S. 651--A bill to amend the National Trails System 
Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from 
willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, and for 
other purposes.
  Agenda Item #9: S. 677--A bill to revise the boundary of the Black 
Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National 
Conservation Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

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  Agenda Item #10: S. 924--A bill to authorize the exchange of lands 
between an Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Department of the 
Interior, and for other purposes.
  Agenda Item #13: S. 1076--A bill to authorize construction of an 
education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
  Agenda Item #14: H.R. 255--To authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to grant an easement to facilitate access to the Lewis and Clark 
Interpretative Center in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
  Agenda Item #15: H.R. 1577--To designate the visitor center in Organ 
Pipe National Monument in Arizona as the ``Kris Eggle Visitor Center'', 
and for other purposes.
  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 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, June 25, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing on The African Growth and Opportunity Act.
  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, June 25, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on Constitutionalism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the 
Nation of Iraq.
  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, June 25, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on The Successor States to Pre-1991 Yugoslavia: Progress & 
Challenges.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
June 25, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the nomination of the Joshua B. 
Bolton to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

  Mr. SANTORUM. 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, June 25, 2003. The following agenda will be considered:

                                 Agenda

  S. 1248, Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 
2003.
  Any nominees that have been cleared for action.
  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 hearing 
on ``Oversight Hearing: Lessons Learned--The Inspector General's Report 
on the 9/11 Detainees'' on Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Tentative Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Harley G. Lappin, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Michael E. Rolince, Assistant 
Director in Charge, Washington Field Office, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Washington, DC; and David Nahmias, Counsel to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, 
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 hearing 
on ``Department of Justice and Judicial Nominations'' on Wednesday, 
June 25, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 
215 [Finance Committee Hearing Room].

     Revised Tentative Agenda

  Panel I: Senators.
  Panel II: Allyson K. Duncan to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fourth Circuit.
  Panel III: Robert C. Brack to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Mexico; Samuel Der-Yeghiayan to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; Louise W. 
Flanagan to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
North Carolina; Lonny R. Suko to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Washington; and Earl Leroy Yeakel III to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
  Panel IV: Karen P. Tandy to be Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, United States Department of Justice; and Christopher A. 
Wray to be Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, United 
States Department of Justice.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights, and property rights

          subcommittee on near eastern and south Asian affairs

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights and the Senate Foreign Relations 
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs be authorized to 
meet to conduct a joint hearing on ``Constitutionalism, Human Rights 
and the Rule of Law in Iraq,'' on Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 2:00 
p.m. in SD226.

     Tentative Witness List

  Panel I: Mr. Sermid Al-Sarraf, Iraqi Jurists Association, Los 
Angeles, CA; Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, Professor of Law, The Omar and 
Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Fellow in Islamic Law, UCLA School of Law, 
Los Angeles, CA; Mr. Bernard Haykel, Assistant Professor of Middle 
Eastern Studies and History, New York University, New York, NY; Dr. 
Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East 
Policy, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC; and Ms. Zainab Salbi, 
President and Founder, Women for Women International, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Mr. Naoyuki Agawa, Former Professor of Constitutional Law, 
Keio University, Minister and Director of the Japan Information and 
Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC; Mr. A. E. Dick 
Howard, White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs, Roy 
L. and Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Research Professor, University of 
Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA; Dr. Donald P. Kommers, 
Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Government and International 
Studies, University of Notre Dame, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law 
School, Notre Dame, IN; Mr. Neil J. Kritz, Director, Rule of Law 
Program, U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, DC; and Mr. John C. Yoo, 
Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at 
Berkeley, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 
DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on economic policy

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on economic policy of the committee on banking, housing, 
and urban affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on June 25, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. to conduct a hearing on 
``Jumpstarting the Economy: Rural America.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on fisheries, wildlife and water

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, June 25th at 9:30 am to examine the consulting process 
required by Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
  The hearing will take place in SD 406 (Hearing Room).

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                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. SANTORUM. 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 Wednesday, June 25, at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366. The purpose 
of this oversight hearing is to gain an understanding of the grazing 
programs of the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest 
Service. The subcommittee will receive testimony on grazing permit 
renewal, BLM's potential changes to grazing regulations, range 
monitoring, drought and other grazing issues.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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