[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 857-858]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in open and closed 
session to receive testimony on the Conduct of Operation Enduring 
Freedom.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the

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Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 4:30 p.m. in executive session 
to meet with members of the United Kingdom's House of Commons Defence 
Committee.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. 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, February 7, 2002, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct an oversight hearing on ``Analysis of the Failure of Superior 
Bank, FSB, Hinsdale, Illinois.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 10:45 p.m., to hold a hearing 
titled, ``What's Next in the War on Terrorism.''

     Agenda

  Witnesses: Mr. Samuel R. Berger, Former National Security Advisor, 
Washington, DC; Gen. George A. Joulwan (Ret.), Former NATO Supreme 
Allied Commander, Arlington, VA; and Mr. William Kristol, Editor, The 
Weekly Standard, Chairman, Project for the New American Century, 
McLean, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 7, 
2002, at 10:30 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``S. 1867, a Bill To 
Establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 
States.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on ``Protecting America's Pensions: Lessons From the Enron 
Debacle,'' during the session of the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 
2002, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, February 7, 2002, 
at 10 a.m., in room 485, Russell Senate Building to conduct an 
oversight hearing on legislative proposals relating to the statute of 
limitations on claims against the United States related to the 
management of Indian tribal trust fund accounts.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
February 7, 2002, at 10 a.m., in SD226.

                                 Agenda

     Nominations

  Michael Melloy, of Iowa, to be U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the 
Eighth Circuit; Robert Blackburn to be U.S. District Court Judge for 
the District of Colorado; David L. Bunning to be U.S. District Court 
Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky; James Gritzner to be U.S. 
District Court Judge for the Southern District of Iowa; Cindy Jorgenson 
to be U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Arizona; Richard 
Leon to be U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia; and 
Jay Zainey to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana.
  To Be United States Attorney: Thomas P. Colantuono for the District 
of New Hampshire and James K. Vines for the Middle District of 
Tennessee.
  To Be United States Marshal: James D. Dawson for the Southern 
District of West Virginia; Brian Michael Ennis for the District of 
Nebraska; Nehemiah Flowers for the Southern District of Mississippi, 
Arthur Jeffrey Hedden for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Johnny 
Lewis Hughes for the District of Maryland; William C. Jenkins for the 
Middle District of Louisiana; Randy Merlin Johnson for the District of 
Alaska; David Glenn Jolley for the Western District of Tennessee; 
Chester Martin Keely for the Northern District of Alabama; John William 
Loyd for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ronald R. McCubbin for the 
Western District of Kentucky; David R. Murtaugh for the Western 
District of Indiana; Michael Wade Roach for the Western District of 
Oklahoma; Eric Eugene Robertson for the Western District of Washington; 
David Donald Viles for the District of Maine; and Larry Wade Wagster 
for the Northern District of Mississippi.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Committee on 
the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The 
Nomination of Charles W. Pickering to be U.S. Court of Appeals Judge 
for the Fifth Circuit,'' on Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 2 p.m., in 
Dirksen room 226 or, if possible, Hart room 216.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 3 p.m. to hold a closed 
business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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