[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21943]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 7, 2001. The 
purpose of this hearing will be to continue markup on the next Federal 
farm bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 2 p.m., to hold a 
nomination hearing.

                                 Agenda

     Nominees

  Panel 1: John Marshall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
(Management) of the United States Agency for International Development 
and Constance Newman, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator 
(for Africa) of the United States Agency for International Development.
  Panel 2: Cynthia Perry, of Texas, to be United States Director of the 
African Development Bank for a term of five years; Jose Fourquet, of 
New Jersey, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development Bank for a term of three years; and Jorge 
Arrizurieta, of Florida, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen room 226, to 
consider the nominations of Joe L. Heaton, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, Clay D. Land, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, Frederick J. 
Martone, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, Danny C. Reeves, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Kentucky, Julie A. Robinson, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Kansas, and James Edward Rogan, of 
California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property 
and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  Witnesses will include Senators Don Nickles, Mitch McConnell, James 
Inhofe, Jon Kyl, Sam Brownback, Pat Roberts, Max Cleland, Jim Bunning, 
and Zell Miller.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to hold a closed hearing on 
intelligence matters on Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 3:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights 
and Competition be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 2 p.m., in Dirksen 226.
  Tentative witness list for ``International Aviation Alliances: Market 
Turmoil and the Future of Airline Competition'': Donald Carty, 
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines; Leo Mullen, 
Chief Executive Officer, Delta Airlines; Richard Anderson, Chief 
Executive Officer, Northwest Airlines; Richard Branson, Chief Executive 
Officer, Virgin Atlantic Airlines; Roger Maynard, Director of Alliances 
and Strategy, British Airways; and Larry Kellner, President, 
Continental Airlines.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   Subcommittee on International Security, proliferation and Federal 
                                Services

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing entitled 
``Current and Future Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation 
Threats.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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