[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8171-8172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on agriculture, nutrition, and forestry

  Mr. JEFFORDS. 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, May 16, 2001. The 
purpose of this hearing will be to review the credit title of the 
upcoming farm bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 10 a.m., in executive session 
to consider certain pending nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER: Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on the nominations of Maria Cine to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce and Director General of U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service; 
Kathleen Cooper to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs; 
Bruce Melman to be Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy of the 
Department of Commerce; Sean O'Hollaren to be Assistant Secretary of 
Governmental Affairs; Donna McLean to be Assistant Secretary for Budget 
Programs and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
Transportation; and Tim Muris to be a Commissioner of the Federal Trade 
Commission on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. JEFFORDS. 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 Wednesday, May 16, for purposes of 
conducting a full committee business meeting which is scheduled to 
begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this business meeting is to consider 
pending calendar business, as follows:

       Agenda Item No. 1, S. 230.--To direct the Secretary of the 
     Interior to convey a former Bureau of Land Management 
     administrative site to the City of Carson City, Nevada, for 
     use as a senior center.
       Agenda Item No. 2, S. 254.--To provide further protections 
     for the watershed of the Little Sandy river as part of the 
     Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other 
     purposes.
       Agenda Item No. 3, S. 329.--To require the Secretary of the 
     Interior to conduct a theme study on the peopling of America, 
     and for other purposes.
       Agenda Item No. 4, S. 498.--Entitled the ``National 
     Discovery Trails Act of 2001''.
       Agenda Item No. 5, S. 506.--To amend the Alaska Native 
     Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land exchange between 
     the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem Corporation, 
     and for other purposes.
       Agenda Item No. 6, S. 507.--To implement further the Act 
     (Public Law 94-241) approving the Covenant to Establish a 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political 
     Union with the United States of America, and for other 
     purposes.
       Agenda Item No. 7, S. 509.--To establish the Kenai 
     Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area in the State 
     of Alaska, and for other purposes.
       Agenda Item No. 10.--Nomination of Francis S. Blake to be 
     Deputy Secretary of Energy.
       Agenda Item No. 11.--Nomination of Robert Gordon Card to be 
     Under Secretary of Energy.
       Agenda Item No. 12.--Nomination of Bruce Marshall Carnes to 
     be Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Energy.

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       Agenda Item No. 13.--Nomination of David Garman to be 
     Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
     Energy of the Department of Energy.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. JEFFORDS. 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 Wednesday, May 16, immediately following 
the committee business meeting to conduct a hearing. The committee will 
consider the nominations of J. Steven Griles to be the Deputy Secretary 
of the Interior; Lee Sara Liberman Otis to be the General Counsel for 
the Department of Energy; Jesse Hill Roberson to be the Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management of the Department of Energy; 
Nora Mead Brownell to be a Commissioner of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission; and Patrick Henry Wood III to be a Commissioner 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, to consider the nominations of 
Claude Allen to be Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Thomas Scully to be Administrator of the Health Care 
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Piyush Jindal to be Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Peter R. Fisher to be Under 
Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of Treasury; James 
Gurule to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, U.S. 
Department of Treasury; Linnet F. Deily to be Deputy U.S. Trade 
Representative, with the Rank of Ambassador, Executive Office of the 
President; and, Peter Allgeier to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, 
with the Rank of Ambassador, Executive Office of the President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on foreign relations

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., to 
hold two nomination hearings as follows: at 10 a.m., in SD-419, the 
Honorable A. Elizabeth Jones, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for European Affairs and Stephen Brauer, of Missouri, to be 
Ambassador to Belgium at 3 p.m., in SD-419, the Honorable Thelma J. 
Askey, of Tennessee, to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency 
and the Honorable Peter S. Watson, of California, to be President of 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet to hold a hearing 
on the following nominations for the Department of Veterans Affairs: 
Leo S. Mackay, Jr. to be Deputy Secretary; Robin J. Higgins to be Under 
Secretary for Memorial Affairs; Maureen P. Cragin to be Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs; Jacob Lozada to be 
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration; and Gordon 
H. Mansfield to be Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., in 
room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 2 p.m., to hold a closed 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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