[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10984]
[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 Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nomination of General Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF for 
reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander in Chief, 
U.S. Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense 
Command.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 
20, 2002, at 4:30 p.m., to hold a ``top secret'' classified hearing on 
the security of nuclear facilities under the jurisdiction of the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The hearing will be held in S. 407 of 
the Capitol.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 20, 
2002, at 9:30 a.m., for the purpose of holding a hearing regarding 
``President Bush's Proposal to Create a Department of Homeland 
Security.''
  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 ``Workers Freedom of Association: Obstacles to Forming a 
Union'' during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 
10 a.m., in SD-430.
  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 markup on Thursday, 
June 20, 2002, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Lavenski R. Smith to be a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the Eighth 
Circuit; David Cercone to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania; Morrison Cohen England Jr. to be U.S. 
District Court Judge for the Eastern District of California; and 
Kenneth Marra to be U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District 
of Florida.
  For the Department of Justice: Lawrence Greenfeld to be Director, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics.
  To be U.S. Marshal: Anthony Dichio for the District of Massachusetts; 
Michael Lee Kline for the Eastern District of Washington; and James 
Thomas Roberts for the Southern District of Georgia.

     II. Bills

  S. 1291, Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act 
[Hatch].
  S. 2134, Terrorism Victim's Access to Compensation Act of 2002 
[Harkin/Allen].
  H.R. 3375, Embassy Employee Compensation Act [Blunt].
  S. 486, Innocence Protection Act [Leahy/Smith].
  S. 2621, A bill to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of 
criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of 
violence against mass transportation systems. [Leahy/Biden/Hatch].
  S. 2633, Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act [Biden/
Grassley].
  S. 1754, Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002 
[Leahy/Hatch/Cantwell].
  H.R. 1866, To amend title 35, United States Code, to clarify the 
basis for granting requests for reexamination of patents [Coble].
  H.R. 1886, To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for 
appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings. 
[Coble].
  H.R. 2068, To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change 
certain general and permanent laws, related to public buildings, 
property, and works, as title [Sensenbrenner/Conyers].
  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, June 20, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed 
hearing on Intelligence Matters.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 20, 2002, 
from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on superfund, toxics, risk and waste management

  Mr. REID. Mr. President: I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, 
Risk and Waste Management be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 20, 
2002, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing to assess asbestos remediation 
activities in Libby, MT., lessons learned from Libby, as well as 
evaluate home insulation concerns related to asbestos. The hearing will 
be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Subcommittee on National Parks

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, June 20, at 2:30 p.m., in SD-366. The purpose of 
this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:
  S. 139 and H.R. 3928, to assist in the preservation of 
archaeological, paleontological, zoological, geological and botanical 
artifacts through construction of a new facility for the University of 
Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City;
  S. 1609 and H.R. 1814, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
feasibility of designating the Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail 
extending through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut as a 
national historic trail;
  S. 1925, to establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the 
states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and for other purposes;
  S. 2196, to establish the National Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area in 
the State of Utah, and for other purposes;
  S. 2388, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study certain 
sites in the historic district of Beaufort, SC, relating to the 
Reconstruction Era;
  S. 2519, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of Coltsville in the State of Connecticut for potential inclusion in 
the National Park System; and
  S. 2576, to establish the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area 
in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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