[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                         committee on financing

  Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Friday, August 3, 2001 to hear testimony on ``The Andean 
Trade Preferences Act, which is due to expire on December 4, of this 
year.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Friday, August 3, 2001 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  Nonimees: Mr. J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Commonwealth of the Behamas; Mr. Hans H. Hertell, of Puerto Rico, 
to be Ambassador to the Dominican Repulic; and Mr. Martin J. 
Silverstein, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic 
of Uruguay.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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