[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18776-18777]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2001, at 11 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on the Department of Defense's Quadrennial Defense 
Review (QDR).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2001, to conduct a mark-
up of the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist 
Financing Act of 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, October 4, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. to consider the Nomination of 
JoAnne Barnhart, to be Commissioner of the Social Security 
Administration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2001 at 11:30 a.m. to hold a Business 
Meeting.
  The Committee will consider and vote on the following agenda:
  Legislation: S. 1465 a bill to authorize the President to provide 
assistance to Pakistan and India through September 30, 2003, with a 
substitute amendment.
  Nominee: Mr. Patrick F. Kennedy, of Illinois, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations 
for U.N. Management and Reform.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Government Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, October 4, 
2001 at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing entitled ``Critical Infrastructure 
Protection: Who's In Charge?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Job Training: Helping Workers in a Fragile Economy during 
the session of the Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2001. At 10:00 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
October 4, 2001 at 12:00 p.m. in room S-216.


                                 agenda

  I. Nominations:
  Barrington Parker, Jr. to be U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the 2nd 
Circuit.
  Michael P. Mills to be District Court Judge for the Northern District 
of Mississippi.
  Jay Stephens to be Associate Attorney General.
  Benigno G. Reyna to be Director of the U.S. Marshal Service.
  To Be United States Attorney:
  Susan W. Brooks, Southern District of Indiana,
  John L. Brownlee, Western District of Virginia,
  Timothy M. Burgess, District of Arkansas,
  Steven M. Colloton, Southern District of Iowa,
  Todd Peterson Graves, Western District of Missouri,
  Terrell Lee Harris, Western District of Tennessee,
  David C. Iglesias, District of New Mexico,
  Charles W. Larson, Sr., Northern District of Iowa,
  Gregory G. Lockhart, Southern District of Ohio,
  Henry S. Mattice, Jr., Eastern District of Tennessee,
  Robert G. McCampbell, Western District of Oklahoma,
  Matthew H. Mead, District of Wyoming,
  Michael Mosman, District of Oregon,
  John Suthers, District of Colorado.
  II. Resolutions:
  S.J. Res. 18--A joint resolution memorializing fallen firefighters by 
lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the day of the 
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
  S. Con. Res. 74--A concurrent resolution condemning bigotry and 
violence against Sikh-Americans in the wake of terrorist attacks in New 
York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001.
  S. Res. 164--A resolution designating October 19, 2001, as ``National 
Mammography Day.''
  S. Res. 166--``National Childhood Lead Poisoning Week.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a nominations hearing 
on Thursday, October 4, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. in Dirksen Room 226.


                         TENTATIVE WITNESS LIST

  Panel I: Senator Don Nickles (R-OK), Senator James M. Inhofe (R-OK), 
and Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA).
  Panel II: Edith Brown Clement to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fifth Circuit.
  Panel III: Karen K. Caldwell to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Kentucky; Laurie Smith Camp to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Nebraska; Claire V. Eagan to be 
United States District Judge of the Northern District of Oklahoma; and 
James H. Payne to be United States District Judge for the Northern, 
Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.
  Panel IV: Jay S. Bybee to be Assistant Attorney General for the 
Office of Legal Counsel.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               subcommittee on housing and transportation

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet

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during the session of the Senate on Thursday, October 4, 2001. to 
conduct an oversight hearing on ``Transit Safety in the Wake of 
September 11.''
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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