[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 4029-4030]
[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 Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on Department of Defense policies and programs to 
transform the force to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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                     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 Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing 
titled, `Weak States in Africa--U.S. Policy Options in the DRC.'

                                 Agenda

     Witness

  Panel 1: Mr. William Bellamy, Acting Assistant Secretary for African 
Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Ms. Fabienne Hara, Co-Director of the Africa Program, 
International Crisis Group, Brussels, Belgium; Mr. Learned Dees, 
Program Office for Africa, National Endowment for Democracy, 
Washington, DC; and Ms. Anne Edgerton, Advocate, Refugees 
International, Washington, DC.
  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 the reauthorization of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 9, 
2002, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``FBI 
Reforming the 21st Century: The Lessons of the Hanssen Espionage Case'' 
today, Tuesday, April 9, 2002, in Dirksen room 628 at 10 a.m.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel I: The Honorable William Webster, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & 
McCoy, LLP, Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Mr. Dale Watson, Executive Assistant Director for 
Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Washington, DC; Mr. Dave Szady, Assistant Director for 
Counterintelligence Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Washington, DC; and Mr. Kenneth Senser, Assistant Director for Security 
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        Subcommittee on Seapower

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 
9, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on Navy 
equipment required for fielding a 21st century capabilities-based Navy 
in review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 2003.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel I: Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations.
  Panel II: Major General William A. Whitlow, USMC, Director, 
Expeditionary Warfare Division, Department of the Navy; Rear Admiral 
Phillip M. Balisle, USN, Director, Surface Warfare Division, Department 
of the Navy; Rear Admiral Paul F. Sullivan, USN, Director, Submarine 
Warfare Division, Department of the Navy; and Rear Admiral Michael J. 
McCabe, USN, Director, Air Warfare Division, Department of the Navy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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