[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5341-5342]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                          committee on finance

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Wednesday, March 
5, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., to hear testimony on the Administration's Trade 
Agenda.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 10:30 a.m., to hold a Top Secret 
Briefing on the Turkish Aid Negotiations and Developments in Northern 
Iraq.
  Briefers: The Honorable Beth Jones, Assistant Secretary for European 
Affairs, Department of State; The Honorable Earl Anthony Wayne, 
Assistant Secretary for Economic & Business Affairs, Department of 
State; The Honorable Ryan C. Crocker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Mr. Ian Brzezinksi, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for European and NATO Affairs, Department of 
Defense; and Major General Dunne, Vice Director, J-5, The Joint Staff, 
Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at

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3 p.m., to hold a hearing on Tax Convention with the United Kingdom 
(T.Doc. 107-19) and Protocols Amending Tax Conventions with Australia 
(T.Doc. 107-20) and Mexico (T.Doc. 108-3).

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: Ms. Barbara M. Angus, International Tax Counsel, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC Mr. David Noren, Legislation Counsel, 
Joint Committee on Taxation, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: The Honorable William Reinsch, President, National Foreign 
Trade Council, Inc., Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 5, 
2003, at 10 a.m., for a business meeting to consider S. 380 and also 
pending nominations before the Committee.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 
10 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a 
BUSINESS MEETING on pending Committee business, to be followed 
immediately by a HEARING on the President's FY 2004 Budget for Indian 
Programs
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``The 
Asbestos Litigation Crisis Continues--It is Time for Congress to Act'' 
on Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 2 p.m. in Hart Senate Office Building 
Room 216.
  Panel I: The Honorable Max Baucus, U.S. Senator [D-MT], Washington, 
DC; The Honorable George V. Voinovich, U.S. Senator [R-OH], Washington, 
DC.
  Panel II: Melvin McCandless, Williamston, NC; Brian Harvey, Vashon, 
WA; David Austern, Esq., President, Claims Resolution Management, 
General Counsel for the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, 
Fairfax, VA; Dennis Archer, Esq., President-Elect, American Bar 
Association, Washington, DC; Jonathan Hiatt, Esq., General Counsel, 
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations 
(AFL-CIO), Washington, DC; Steven Kazan, Esq., Partner, Kazan, McClain, 
Edises, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons & Farrise, Oakland, CA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on communications

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Communications be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
March 5, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on E911.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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