[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee


on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nominations of Mr. Douglas Jay Feith to be Under Secretary 
of Defense for Policy; Mr. Jack Dyer Crouch, II, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; and Mr. Peter 
W. Rodman, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, June 5, 2001 at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing as 
follows:

       Annual Report on the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom


                               Witnesses

       Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, Former Vice-Chairman, U.S. Commission 
     on International Religious Freedom; and Senior Advisor, 
     National Spiritual Assembly, Alta Loma, CA.
       Ms. Nina Shea, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on 
     International Religious Freedom; and Director of the Center 
     for Religious Freedom, Freedom House, Washington, DC.
       Mr. Michael Young, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on 
     International Religious Freedom; and Dean, George Washington 
     University School of Law, Washington, DC.
       Rabbi David Saperstein, Former Commissioner, U.S. 
     Commission on International Religious Freedom; Director, 
     Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Washington, DC.

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


           Subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on 
Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate 
on Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on the ``Leap Ahead'' technologies and transformation 
initiatives within the Defense Science and Technology Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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