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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E260-E262 on March 5, 2018.
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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, 2018 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
MARCH 7
Time to be announced
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of John F.
Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, Frank T. Brogan, of
Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, and Mark Schneider, of the
District of Columbia, to be Director of the Institute of Education Science, both of the Department of
Education, Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr., of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission, and other pending nominations.
TBA9:30 a.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold hearings to examine security clearance reform.
SD-10610 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To continue a business meeting to consider H.R. 2825, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
SD-342
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John B.
Nalbandian, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Kari A. Dooley, to be
United States District Judge for the District of
Connecticut, Dominic W. Lanza, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Arizona, Jill Aiko
Otake, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Hawaii, and Joseph H. Hunt, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of
Justice.
SD-226
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States.
SD-G5010:30 a.m.
Committee on the Budget
To hold hearings to examine Department of Defense audit and business operations reform at the Pentagon.
SD-6081 p.m.
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine stopping senior scams.
SD-5622 p.m.
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the Economic Report of the
President.
SH-2162:30 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph E.
Macmanus, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Marie Royce, of California, to be an
Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs),
Robin S. Bernstein, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the
Dominican Republic, and Edward Charles Prado, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, all of the
Department of State.
SD-419
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
To hold hearings to examine small business bankruptcy, focusing on assessing the system.
SD-226
MARCH 8
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine United States European
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense
Program.
SD-G5010 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider S. 79, to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector, S. 186, to amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inacation by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the
Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review,
S. 1059, to extend the authorization of the Uranium
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado, S. 1160, to include Livingston County, the city of Jonesboro in
Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson
County, Illinois, to the Lincoln National Heritage
Area, S. 1181, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, S. 1260 and H.R. 2615, bills to authorize the exchange of certain land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson County,
Mississippi, between the National Park Service and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, S. 1335 and H.R. 2888, bills to establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, S. 1336, to amend the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize hydroelectric production incentives and hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives, S. 1337, to amend the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 to make certain strategic energy infrastructure projects eligible for certain loan guarantees, S. 1446 and H.R. 1135, bills to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historic Preservation program, S. 1457, to amend the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of
Energy to carry out demonstration projects relating to advanced nuclear reactor technologies to support domestic energy needs, S. 1563, to authorize the Office of Fossil Energy to develop advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts, S. 1602, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the
Finger Lakes National Heritage Area, S. 1692, to authorize the National Emergency Medical Services
Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 1799, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at Department of Energy facilities with promising commercial potential, S. 1860 and H.R. 1109, bills to amend section 203 of the
Federal Power Act, S. 1981, to amend the Natural Gas
Act to expedite approval of exports of small volumes of natural gas, S. 2213 and H.R. 4300, bills to authorize
Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display to honor members of the United States Armed
Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of World War
II, S. 2325, to incentivize the hiring of United States workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, H.R. 589, to establish Department of Energy policy for science and energy research and development programs, and reform National Laboratory management and technology transfer programs, H.R. 648, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite
Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir,
H.R. 1397, to authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, H.R. 1404, to provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the
United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and H.R. 1500, to redesignate the small triangular property located in
Washington, DC, and designated by the National Park
Service as reservation 302 as ``Robert Emmet Park''.
SD-366
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory
Oversight
To hold hearings to examine S. 2421, to amend the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 to provide an exemption from certain notice requirements and penalties for releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at farms.
SD-406
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the opioid crisis, focusing on leadership and innovation in the states.
SD-4302 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing regarding certain intelligence matters.
SH-219 2:15 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Personnel
To hold hearings to examine domestic violence and child abuse in the military.
SD-G50
MARCH 14
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
To hold hearings to examine Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities and programs in review of the
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program.
SR-232A
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine opioids in Indian country.
SD-628
