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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001

EVENT: SENATE in session.

AGENDA: For the latest information on the floor agenda please phone the contacts listed below.

DATE: December 18, 2001

CONTACT: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601 or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541.

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: SENATE COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE holds hearings to examine issues surrounding the collapse of Enron Corporation.

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: 253 Russell Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-224-5115

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE holds a business meeting to markup H. R. 3005, to extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements; and to consider the nomination of Richard Clarida, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, the nomination of Kenneth Lawson, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Enforcement

the nomination of B. John Williams, Jr., of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue

Service and Assistant General Counsel, all of the Department of the Treasury; the nomination of

Janet Hale, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget

the nomination of Joan E. Ohl, of West Virginia, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, both of the Department of Health and Human Services

the nomination of James B. Lockhart, III, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security

the nomination of Harold Daub, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board, both of the Social Security Administration

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: 215 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-224-4515

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE holds hearings to examine the limits of existing laws with respect to protecting against genetic discrimination.

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: 430 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-224-5375

TIME: 2:30 p.m.

EVENT: SENATE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE holds hearings on the nomination of Vickers B. Meadows, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and the nomination of Diane Leneghan Tomb, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: 538 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-224-7391

TIME: 2:30 p.m.

EVENT: SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE International Operations and Terrorism Subcommittee holds hearings to examine the global outreach of Al-Qaeda.

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: 419 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-224-4651

TIME: 5 p.m.

EVENT: CONFEREES Meeting to discuss H.R.3061, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: SC-5 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC