[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17580]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. LEVIN Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be Authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Friday, September 21, 2001, at 8:30 a.m., in closed session 
to receive a briefing on current Department of Defense activities.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the full 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on 
Friday, September 21, 2001, at 9 a.m., to conduct a hearing on 
following pending nominations: Brigadier General Edwin J. Arnold, Jr. 
to be a Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission; Nils 
J. Diaz to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Marianne 
Lamont Horinko to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Patrick Hayes Johnson to be Federal 
Cochairperson, Delta Regional Authority; Paul Michael Parker to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense; 
Mary E. Peters to be Administrator of the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Harold Craig Manson to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior; 
and Brigadier General Carl A. Strock to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission.
  The hearing will be held in the Rm. SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Friday, September 21, 2001, at 12 p.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.
  Nominees: The Honorable Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire; Ms. Mattie Sharpless, of North 
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic; Mr. R. 
Barrie Walkley, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea; Mr. Jackson McDonald, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of The Gambia; Mr. Kevin McGuire, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia; Mr. Ralph Boyce, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia; and Mr. Robert 
Jordan, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Friday, September 21, 
2001, at 9:30 a.m., for a hearing entitled ``Responding to Homeland 
Threats: Is Our Government Organized for the Challenge?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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