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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, September 15, 2020 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
SEPTEMBER 169:45 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider S. 804, to amend the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and fossilized ivory products, S. 1626, to require the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration to estimate the value of electromagnetic spectrum assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal entities, S. 3831, to authorize the position of
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, to statutorily establish the United States Travel and
Tourism Advisory Board, S. 3969, to amend title 49,
United States Code, to reform the Federal Aviation
Administration's aircraft certification process, S.
4159, to amend the Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act to accommodate emerging technologies, S. 4286, to authorize appropriations for offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity resulting from the coronavirus pandemic,
S. 4462, to establish a national integrated flood information system within the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, an original bill entitled,
``Forensic Science Research and Standards Act'', and the nominations of Eric J. Soskin, of Virginia, to be
Inspector General, Department of Transportation, Robert
E. Primus, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Surface
Transportation Board, and Theodore Rokita, of Indiana,
Sarah E. Feinberg, of West Virginia, and Chris Koos, of
Illinois, each to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of
Directors.
SR-325 10 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine the Department of Health and
Human Services' Coronavirus response, focusing on a review of efforts to date and next steps.
SD-G50
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Allison
Clements, of Ohio, and Mark C. Christie, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
SD-366
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the Navigable Waters
Protection Rule under the Clean Water Act, focusing on the stakeholder reaction.
SD-10610:15 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider a motion to authorize the
Chairman to issue notices for taking depositions, subpoenas for records, and subpoenas for testimony, to individuals relating to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation; the
DOJ Inspector General's review of that investigation; and the ``unmasking'' of U.S. persons affiliated with the Trump campaign, transition team, and Trump administration, as described in Schedule A (Items 1-3), a motion to authorize the Chairman to issue subpoenas for testimony and notices for taking depositions to individuals relating to Burisma Holdings and actual or apparent conflicts of interest with U.S.-Ukraine policy, as described in Schedule A (Item 4), and the nominations of John Gibbs, of Michigan, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and John M.
Barger, of California, Christopher Bancroft Burnham, of
Connecticut, and Frank Dunlevy, of California, each to be a Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment
Board.
SD-3421:30 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SVC-2172:30 p.m.
Committee on the Budget
To hold hearings to examine Federal housing assistance programs.
SD-608
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
To hold hearings to examine S. 180, to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, S. 1295, to require the Secretary of the
Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real property, S. 1765, to sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the
National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, S. 1870 and H.R. 722, bills to designate a mountain in the State of Utah as
``Miracle Mountain'', S. 2533, to amend the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, S. 2828, to require the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement allowing for adaptive management of certain Federal land in Malheur County,
Oregon, S. 2890, to promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in
Douglas County, Nevada, S. 3241, to amend the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation
Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the
Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico, S.
3366, to amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational
Lands Pass available at no cost to members of Gold Star
Families, S. 3427, to require the Secretary of the
Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly available geographic information system mapping data relating to public access to Federal land and waters for outdoor recreation, S. 3485, to expand the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act to expand revenue sharing for offshore wind, to reauthorize the National Oceans and Coastal
Security Act, S. 3670, to amend the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila
River System in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico,
S. 4431, to increase wildfire preparedness and response throughout the United States, S. 4475, to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La
Paz County, Arizona, and H.R. 255, to provide for an exchange of lands with San Bernardino County,
California, to enhance management of lands within the
San Bernardino National Forest.
SD-366
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
To hold hearings to examine whether the reforms to
Section 1201 are needed and warranted.
SD-226
SEPTEMBER 179:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine matters relating to the budget of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
SD-G5010 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine advancing U.S. engagement and countering China in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
SD-106
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine fixing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of J. Philip
Calabrese, and James Ray Knepp II, both to be a United
States District Judge for the Northern District of
Ohio, Aileen Mercedes Cannon, to be United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida,
Toby Crouse, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Kansas, Michael Jay Newman, of Ohio, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, and Anna Maria Ruzinski, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and
Gregory Scott Tabor, of Arkansas, to be United States
Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas, both of the Department of Justice.
SR-3251 p.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine Albania's chairmanship of the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
WEBCAST
SEPTEMBER 239:15 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
To hold hearings to examine Navy and Marine Corps readiness.
SD-56210 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine COVID-19, focusing on an update on the federal response.
SD-G502:30 p.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
To hold hearings to examine threats to American intellectual property, focusing on cyber attacks and counterfeits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SD-226
SEPTEMBER 2410 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the quarterly CARES Act report to Congress.
SD-106
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine threats to the homeland.
SD-342
OCTOBER 19:15 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
To hold hearings to examine supply chain integrity.
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