[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11885]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 June 26, 2001, to conduct a hearing 
on the nomination of Donald E. Powell, of Texas, to be Chairman of the 
Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at 9:30 am on the nominations of Sam 
Bodman (DOC), Allan Rutter (FRA), Kirk Van Tine (DOT), and Ellen 
Engleman (DOT).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 Tuesday, June 26 at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing. The committee will receive testimony on proposed amendments to 
the Price-Anderson Act (Subtitle A of Title IV of S. 388; Subtitle A of 
Title I of S. 472; Title IX of S. 597) and nuclear energy production 
and efficiency incentives (Subtitle C of Title IV of S. 388; and 
Section 124 of S. 472).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 to hear testimony on the U.S. Vietnam 
Bilateral Trade Agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 26, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
nomination hearing as follows:


                                nominees

  Panel 1: The Honorable Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to 
be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco.
  The Honorable C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Arab Republic of Egypt.
  The Honorable Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
Israel.
  Panel 2: The Honorable Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be 
Ambassador to India.
  The Honorable Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on June 26, 2001, at 
10:30 a.m. in room 485 Russell Senate Building to conduct a Hearing to 
receive testimony on the goals and priorities of the Great Plains 
Tribes for the 107th session of the Congress.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      Subcommittee on the Administrative Oversight and the Courts

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution be 
authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Should Ideology Matter? 
Judicial Nominations 2001'' on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. in 
SD226. No witness list is available yet.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, June 26, 2001, 
at 10:00 a.m. for a hearing entitled ``Diabetes: Is Sufficient Funding 
Being Allocated To Fight This Disease?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       SUBCOMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 
26, 2001, at 10:00 a.m., in open session to receive testimony on the 
Department of Energy's fiscal year 2002 budget request for the Office 
of Environmental Management, in review of the Defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2002 and the future years defense program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.




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