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AGENDA
Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thursday, October 21, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
Dirksen Room 226
Nominations| Legislation | Statements
I.
Nominations:
Federal Circuit Court Judges
- Timothy B. Dyk
- of the District of Columbia, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit
- Richard Linn
- of Virginia, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit
United States Attorney
- Paul L. Seave
- of California, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California
Sentencing Commissioners
- Diana E. Murphy
- of Minnesota, to be United States Sentencing Commission Member and Chair
- Ruben Castillo
- of Illinois, to be United States Sentencing Commission Member
- Sterling R. Johnson, Jr.
- of New York, to be United States Sentencing Commission Member
- Elton J. Kendall
- of Texas, to be United States Sentencing Commission Member
- Michael E. O'Neill
- of Maryland, to be United States Sentencing Commission Member
- William K. Sessions III
- of Vermont, to be United States Sentencing Commission Member
- John R. Steer
- of Virginia, to be United States Sentencing Commission Member
II.
Legislation:
- S. 1748
- Multi-District Jurisdiction Act -- Hatch/Leahy
- (H.R. 2112 also to be reported with the Hatch/Leahy substitute)
- H.J.Res. 62
- Boundary Change Between Georgia and South Carolina
- S.1713
- Reauthorization of S1Visas for aliens cooperating in criminal cases -- Abraham/Kennedy
- S.1485
- Nickles’ Adopted Orphan Citizens Bill -- Nickles
- S. ____
- To allow that an adopted alien less than 18 years of age be considered a child for immigration purposes provided his/her sibling is is under 16 years of age. Hatch (Counterpart to H.R. 2886)
- S. ____
- Denying Safe havens to International and War Criminals Act of 1999 -- Hatch/Leahy
- S.1235
- FBI Training for Railroad Police -- Leahy/Hatch
III.
Statements:
Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman
S. 1485, The Adopted Orphans Citizenship Act
S. 1235 “FBI Training for Railroad Police”
S.1754, “Denying Safe Havens to International and War Criminals Act of 1999"
Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Minority Member
S.1748, “The Multi-District Jurisdiction Act of 1999”
S.1235, FBI Training for Railroad Police
S.1754,“Denying Safe Haven to International and War Criminals Act of 1999”
On Judicial and Executive Branch Nominations
S.1753, "Alien Adoption" and S.871, "The Fairness to Immigrant Veterans Act "