[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16731-16732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. REID. 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, September 12, 2002, at 2:00 p.m., to 
conduct a hearing and mark-up for the nomination of Wayne A. Abernathy, 
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial 
Institutions; a mark-up of S. 2239, the FHA Downpayment Simplification 
Act of 2002; and a mark-up of S. 1210, Reauthorizing the Native 
American Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, September 12, 2002, to consider favorably reporting H.R. 
5063, the Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2002.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 10:15 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on the World Bank's International Development Association.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable John Taylor, Under Secretary for International 
Affairs, Department of Treasury, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Witnesses to be announced.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing 
on the Moscow Treaty.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable William J. Perry, Berberian Professor and 
Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Stanford 
University, Stanford, CA;
  The Honorable Fred C. Ikle, Distinguished Scholar, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: The Honorable Rose Gottemoeller, Senior Associate, Russian 
and Eurasian and Global Policy Programs, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace, Washington, DC;
  Ambassador James E. Goodby, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy 
Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC;
  Dr. John P. Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental 
Policy and Director Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy 
School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA;

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  Mr. Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy 
Education Center, Washington, DC.
  Additional witnesses to be announced.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on ``One Year Later: Restoring Economic Security for Workers 
and the Nation,'' during the session of the Senate on Thursday, 
September 12, 2002, at 10 a.m., in SD-106.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, September 12, 
2002, at 10 a.m., in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct an oversight hearing on successful strategies for Indian 
reservation development and the lessons that can be learned from 
developing country and other Indian tribal economies.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., 
to hold a joint closed hearing with the House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence regarding the joint inquiry into the events 
of September 11, 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             subcommittee on science, technology, and space

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. on S. 2537/H.R. 3833, DOT 
Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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