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“AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S12215 on Nov. 29, 2001.
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AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Mr. REID. 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 November 29, 2001, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing on ``Housing and Community Development Needs: The FY 2003 HUD Budget.''
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 Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 10:30 a.m. to hold a nomination hearing.
Agenda
Nominees: John V. Hanford, III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom; Arthur E. Dewey, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration); and John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Norway.
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, November 29, 2001, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen room 226.
Agenda
I. Committee Business: Subcommittees.
II. Unfinished Business: S. 986, A bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings [Grassley / Schumer / Leahy / Smith / Allard / Feingold / Specter / Durbin / DeWine / Allen / Edwards / Cantwell].
III. Nominations: Harris L. Hartz to be United States Circuit Court Judge for the Tenth Circuit; John D. Bates to be United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia; Kurt D. Engelhardt to be United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Joe L. Heaton to be United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma; William P. Johnson to be United States District Court Judge for the District of New Mexico; Clay D. Land to be United States District Court Judge for the Middle District of Georgia; Frederick J. Martone to be United States District Court Judge for the District of Arizona; Danny C. Reeves to be United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Julie A. Robinson to be United States District Court Judge for the District of Kansas; James E. Rogan to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office at the Department of Commerce; and Thomas L. Sansonetti to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
To be United States Attorney: David R. Dugas for the Middle District of Louisiana; Edward H. Kubo for the District of Hawaii; James A. McDevitt for the Eastern District of Washington; David E. O'Meilia for the Northern District of Oklahoma; Sheldon S. Sperling for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Johnny Keane Sutton for the Western District of Texas; and Richard S. Thompson for the Southern District of Georgia.
IV. Bills: S. 304, Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2001 [Hatch / Leahy / Biden / DeWine / Thurmond].
V. Resolutions:
S. Res. 140, A resolution designating the week beginning September 15, 2002, as ``National Civic Participation Week'' [Roberts / Feinstein
/ Reid / Warner].
H. Con. Res. 88, Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should issue a proclamation recognizing a National Lao-Hmong Recognition Day.
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 Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a nomination hearing.
Agenda
Nominees: James McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland; Kenneth Moorefield, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic; and John Price, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The Comoros and Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal
Services
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services be authorized to meet on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 9:30 A.M. for a hearing entitled ``Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) with Non-
Proliferation Programs: Non-Proliferation Assistance Coordination Act of 2001, Part II.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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