SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

ONE 'HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS 

FIRST SESSION { CONVENEDJANUARY3,2001 

SECOND SESSION { 

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR 

Thursday, January 25, 2001 

PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GARY SISCO, 

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 

By Michelle Haynes, Executive Clerk 
UN~OUSCONSENTAGREEMENT 

Ordered, That on Monday, January 29, 2001, at 2:00p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider 

the nomination of Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary ofthe Interior; that there be three hours equally 

divided between the Chairman (Mr. Murkowski) and the Ranking Member (Mr. Bingaman); that there be two hours 

equally divided between the Majority Leader (Mr. Lott) and the Democratic Leader (Mr. Daschle), or their 

designees, and that following the use or yielding back of time, the nomination be laid aside. 

Ordered further, That on Tuesday, January 30, 2001, at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works be discharged from the nomination of Christine Todd Whitman, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the 

Environmental Protection Agency and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that there be ten minutes 

under the control of Mr. Corzine, ten minutes under the control of Mr. Torricelli, and that there be ten minutes to be 

equally divided between the Chairman (Mr. Smith of New Hampshire) and the Ranking Member (Mr. Reid) of the 

Committee on Environment and Public Works. 

Ordered further, That at 10:30 a.m., the nomination of Christine Todd Whitman be temporarily laid aside and 

that the Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Gale Ann Norton; that the debate time be divided as 

follows: 

Mr. Feingold- 10 minutes 

Ms. Stabenow - 10 minutes 

Mr. Durbin - 15 minutes 

Mr. Wellstone- 15 minutes 

Mrs. Boxer - 30 minutes 

Mr. Murkowski - 30 minutes. 

Ordered further,-That at 2:15p.m., the Senate proceed to the nomination of Elaine Chao to be the Secretary of 

Labor and there be fifteen minutes equally divided between the Chairman (Mr. Jeffords) and the Ranking Member 

(Mr. Kennedy) of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and fifteen minutes under the control 

of Mr. Wellstone; that following the use or yielding back oftime, the Senate proceed to vote on the nomination of 

Elaine Chao, to be followed by a vote on the nomination of Gale Ann Norton, to be followed by a vote on the 

no;mination of Christine Todd Whitman. 

Ordered further, That following the votes the President be notified of the Senates action and the Senate return 

to legislative session. 

Ordered further, That either the Majority Leader (Mr. Lott) or the Democratic Leader (Mr. Daschle) may vitiate 

the agreement relative to the nomination of Elaine Chao prior to the vote and that the Senate will not proceed if the 

nomination of Elaine Chao and accompanying papers have not been received. 

(January 24, 2001) 
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RESOLUTIONS 

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TREATIES 

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NOMINATIONS 

NOMINEE, OFFICE, AND PREDECESSOR 

[NEW REPORTS] 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary of 

the Interior. 

REPORTED 

BY 

Jan 24, 2001 Reported by Mr. 

Murkowsk.i, Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources, 

without printed report. 

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NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY'S DESK