[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 25073-25074]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                     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 Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a business 
meeting.

                                 Agenda

  The committee will consider and vote on the following agenda:

     Legislation

  S. 1779, A bill to authorize Radio Free Afghanistan.
  H.R. 3167, The Gerald B.H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001, 
A bill to endorse the vision of further enlargement of the NATO 
Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and 
by former President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and for 
other purposes.
  S. Con. Res. 86, A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of 
Congress that women from all ethnic groups in Afghanistan should 
participate in the economic and political reconstruction of 
Afghanistan.
  H. Con. Res. 77, A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 
Congress regarding the efforts of people of the United States of Korean 
ancestry to reunite with their family members in North Korea.
  H. Con. Res. 211, A concurrent resolution commending Daw Aung San Suu 
Kyi on the 10th anniversary of her receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and 
expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the Government of 
Burma.

     Nominations:

  Jorge L. Arrizurieta, of Florida, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank.
  William R. Brownfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Chile.

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  Arthur E. Dewey, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
(Population, Refugees, and Migration).
  Adolfo Franco, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator (Latin 
America and the Caribbean) of the United States Agency for 
International Development.
  John V. Hanford, III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for 
International Religious Freedom.
  Donna Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
Republic of Brazil.
  James McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Swaziland.
  Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese 
Republic and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
  Josephine K. Olsen, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the Peace 
Corps.
  John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Norway.
  Earl Phillips, Jr., of North Carolina. to be Ambassador to Barbados, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, 
the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines.
  Frederick Schiek, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Charles S. Shapiro, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian 
Republic of Venezuela.
  Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
  Roger Winter, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator 
(Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance) of the United States 
Agency for International Development.
  Additional nominees to be announced.

     Foreign Service Officer Promotion List

  Mr. Dobbins, et al., dated October 16, 2001. (With the exception of 
James Dobbins)
  Mr. Hughes, et a., dated November 27, 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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