[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24525]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. STEVENS. 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 October 14, 2003, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the nominations of the Honorable Roger W. 
Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, 
of New Jersey, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; and the Honorable Paul S. Atkins, of Virginia, to be a 
member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a 
hearing on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (T. Doc. 103-39).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Special Committee on Aging

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


      subcommittee on terrorism, technology, and homeland security

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittees on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
Terrorism: Radical Islamic Influence of Chaplaincy of the U.S. Military 
and Prisons,'' on Tuesday, September 14, 2003, at 10 a.m. in Room 226 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Mr. John Pistole, Assistant Director of Counterterrorism, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC.
  The Honorable Charles Abell, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for 
Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, Washington, DC.
  The Honorable Harley Lappin, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Dr. Michael Waller, Annenberg Professor of International 
Communication, The Institute of World Politics, Washington, DC.
  Mr. Paul Rogers, President, American Correctional Chaplains 
Association, Waupun, WI.
  Mr. A.J. Sabree, Treasurer, American Correctional Chaplains 
Association, Atlanta, GA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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