[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 19176-19177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. BAUCUS. 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 Friday, October 4, 2002, at 11 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the nomination of Mr. Philip Merrill, of Maryland, 
to be president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Friday, October 4, 2002, at 10 a.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.

                                 Agenda

  Nominees: The Honorable John R. Hamilton, of North Carolina, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala; Mr. John F. Keane, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay; and the 
Honorable David N.

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Greenlee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bolivia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Friday, October 4, 2002, at 11 a.m., to hold a closed 
hearing on intelligence matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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