[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 19763-19764]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. in Executive Session 
to discuss pending military nominations.
  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 
Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony on ``The 
Financial War on Terrorism: New Money Trails Present Fresh 
Challenges.''
  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 Wednesday, October 9, 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. Greenlee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Bolivia.
  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 Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 10:15 a.m., to hold a hearing 
on 10 +10 over 10.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable John R. Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms 
Control and International Security Affairs, Department of State, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Representative from the Department of State; Representative 
from the Department of Defense; Representative from the Department of 
Energy; and Representative from the Department of the Treasury.
  Panel 3: Mr. Kenneth Luongo, Executive Director, The Russian-American 
Nuclear Security Advisory Council, Princeton, NJ.
  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 in 
Executive Session after the first floor vote of the day during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, in SC-216. The 
committee will consider the nomination of Mark B. McClellan, of 
District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department 
of Health and Human Services.
  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 Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 
at 10 a.m., in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct a hearing on S. 2694, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of 
Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2002.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and 
Government Information be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Tools Against Terror: How the Administration is Implementing New Laws 
in the Fight To Protect Our Homeland'' on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, 
at 10 a.m., in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list

  Panel I: Glenn Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice; Alice 
Fisher, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 
Department of Justice; and Dennis Lormel, Chief, Financial Crimes 
Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  Panel II: Scott Hastings, Associate Commissioner for the Office of 
Information Resources Management, Immigration and Naturalization 
Service; Michael Cronin, Assistant Commissioner for Inspections, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service; Steven Edson, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for Visas, Department of State; and 
Benjamin Wu, Under Secretary for Technology, Department of Commerce.
  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 Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., to hold an open 
hearing on the nomination of Scott M. Miller to be General Counsel at 
the Central Intelligence Agency.
  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

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meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 
2 p.m., to hold a closed hearing with the House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence concerning the joint inquiry into the events 
of September 11, 2001.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on transportation

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an 
oversight hearing on ``Affordable Housing Preservation.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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