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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2020-03-12” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D278-D279 on March 11, 2020.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
MARCH 12, 2020
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to examine agriculture innovation and the Federal biotechnology regulatory framework, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United States Central Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the Government Accountability Office's annual report on the nation's fiscal health, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the nominations of John Leonard Badalamenti, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, William Scott Hardy, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, John F. Heil III, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, David Cleveland Joseph, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Anna M. Manasco, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Drew B. Tipton, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Stephen Sidney Schwartz, of Virginia, Kathryn C. Davis, of Maryland, and Edward Hulvey Meyers, of Maryland, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Vincent F. DeMarco, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings to examine the coronavirus and America's small business supply chain, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the nomination of Scott J. Laurer, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 11:45 a.m., S-216, Capitol.
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters, 1:45 p.m., S-219, Capitol.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, hearing entitled ``Public Witness Day'', 8:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``Member Day'', 9 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Navy and Marine Corps Installations and Quality of Life'', 9 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``FY21 Navy and Marine Corps Readiness Posture'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled ``FY21 Priorities for Missile Defense and Missile Defeat Programs'', 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, markup on H.R. 6160, to extend the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program of the Department of Homeland Security; and H.R. 5544, the
``American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act of 2020'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, hearing entitled, ``The Irreparable Environmental and Cultural Impacts of the Proposed Resolution Copper Mining Operation'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, continue hearing entitled ``Coronavirus Preparedness and Response'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, continue hearing on H.R. 6201, the ``Families First Coronavirus Response Act'', 8 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 6084, the ``Water Power Research and Development Act''; H.R. 6097, the ``Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act''; H.R. 4481, the ``Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2019''; and H.R. 4733, the ``Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, business meeting to reauthorize the Women Veterans Task Force; and markup on H.R. 712, the ``VA Medical Cannabis Research Act''; H.R. 1647, the ``Veterans Equal Access Act''; H.R. 2224, the
``Homeless Veterans with Children Reintegration Act''; H.R. 3798, the ``Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act''; H.R. 6140, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program; H.R. 6018, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to collect overpayments of specially adapted housing assistance; H.R. 6157, to improve the GI comparison tool program and update oversight of schools who convert from a profit to a non-profit school; legislation on the Veterans' Compensation COLA Act; H.R. 5284, the ``Vet OUTREACH Act''; H.R. 2816, the
``Vietnam Era Veterans Hepatitis-C Testing Enhancement Act''; H.R. 2628, the ``VET CARE Act''; H.R. 1527, the ``Long Term Care Veterans Choice Act''; H.R. 5750, the ``Streamlining GI Bill Processing Act of 2020''; H.R. 5781, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make an individual who is eligible for educational assistance under chapter 33 of such title, transfers such educational assistance to a dependent, and fails to complete a service agreement, solely liable for any overpayment of such educational assistance; S. 3084, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the limitation on pay for certain high-level employees and officers of the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 6036, the ``VA Family Leave Act of 2020''; and H.R. 5766, the ``VET TEC Expansion Act'', 9 a.m., HVC-210.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation, hearing entitled ``FBI Budget Hearing'', 10 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.
