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                    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 Friday, April 26, 2002, at 9:30 A.M., in open session to 
receive testimony on pending military nominations: Admiral Thomas B. 
Fargo, USN, for reappointment to the grade of Admiral and to be 
commander in chief, United States Pacific Command; and Lieutenant 
General Leon J. LaPorte, USA, for appointment to the grade of general 
and to be commander in chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces 
Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Subcommittee on Children and Families

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and 
Families, be authorized to meet for a hearing on ``Families and Funeral 
Practices'' during the session of the Senate on Friday, April 26, 2002, 
at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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