[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3812]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. HATCH. 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, March 15, 2001, to conduct a markup 
of S. 149, the Export Administration Act of 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, March 15, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., pending committee business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and National Resources

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, March 15, at 9 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing. The committee will receive testimony on S. 26, a bill to amend 
the Department of Energy Authorization Act to authorize the Secretary 
of Energy to impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy 
to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the 
electric energy market, S. 80, California Electricity Consumers Relief 
Act of 2001, and S. 287, a bill to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public 
utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, 
and amendment No. 12 to S. 287.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, March 15, 2001, to hear testimony on Preserving and 
Protecting Family Business Legacies.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance 
be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, 
March 15, 2001, to hear testimony on Living Without Health Insurance: 
Solution to the Problem.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, March 15, 2001, at 10:30 a.m., and 2 p.m., to hold 
two hearings.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Governmental Affairs Committee be permitted to meet on Thursday, March 
15, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., for a hearing regarding High Performance 
Computer Export Controls.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
March 15, 2001, after the first rollcall vote in the President's Room.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           subcommittee on transportation and infrastructure

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Thursday, March 
15, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., on Army Corps of Engineers management reforms.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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