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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, May 16, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
MAY 179:30 a.m.
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine aging with community, focusing on building connections that last a lifetime.
SD-562
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine the growing Russian military threat in Europe, focusing on assessing and addressing the challenge.
SVC-20810 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine current issues in American sports, focusing on protecting the health and safety of
American athletes.
SR-253
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine improving America's transportation infrastructure.
SD-406
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 34, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for
``midnight rules'', S. 829, to reauthorize the
Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the Fire
Prevention and Safety Grants program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program,
S. 951, to reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents, S. 21, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, S.
577, to require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed rule, S. 584, to amend chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, S. 579, to require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for major rules, S. 459, to designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis
Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and
Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of
Columbia, as ``Boris Nemtsov Plaza'', S. 595, to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with additional flexibility to expedite the hiring process for applicants for law enforcement positions, S. 696, to amend title 5, United States Code, to appropriately limit the authority to award bonuses to Federal employees, S. 504, to permanently authorize the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card
Program, S. 842, to prohibit Federal agencies and
Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information before the applicant has received a conditional offer, S. 760, to expand the Government's use and administration of data to facilitate transparency, effective governance, and innovation, S.
831, to designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the ``Police Officer Scott
Bashioum Post Office Building'', an original bill entitled, ``Department of Homeland Security Blue
Campaign Authorization Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled, ``Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of
2017'', and an original bill entitled, ``Saving Federal
Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and
Travel Cards Act of 2017''.
SD-342
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the state of social capital in America today.
SD-10610:30 a.m.
Committee on the Budget
To hold hearings to examine running the government for less.
SD-6082 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
To hold hearings to examine military space organization, policy, and programs.
SR-222
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Scott P.
Brown, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to New
Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the
Independent State of Samoa, Department of State.
SD-4192:30 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 458, to support the education of Indian children, S. 691, to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the
Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper
Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the
Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe, and S. 1116, to amend the Native American Business
Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native American Programs
Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the Government Accountability Office's high risk list for Indian programs.
SD-628
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S. 23, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in the tracking and procurement of biological implants by the Department of
Veterans Affairs, S. 112, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, S.
324, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans, S. 543, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in each contract into which the Secretary enters for necessary services authorities and mechanism for appropriate oversight, S. 591, to expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday life, S. 609, to amend the
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs
Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States
Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans
Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, S. 681, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, S. 764, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to improve the enrollment of veterans in certain courses of education, S. 784, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2017, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 804, to improve the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans
Affairs, S. 899, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the requirements that new Federal employees who are veterans with service-connected disabilities are provided leave for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health
Administration, S. 1024, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to reform the rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 1094, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, an original bill entitled, ``Serving our Rural Veterans Act'', and an original bill entitled, ``Veteran Partners' Efforts to
Enhance Reintegration Act''.
SR-4183:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Airland
To hold hearings to examine United States military small arms requirements.
SR-232A
MAY 189:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kari A.
Bingen, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under
Secretary, Robert Story Karem, of the District of
Columbia, and Kenneth P. Rapuano, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and Ryan Dean Newman, of New
Mexico, to be General Counsel of the Department of the
Army, all of the Department of Defense.
SD-G50
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of William
Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to
Japan, Department of State.
SD-41910 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine domestic and international policy.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SH-216
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of David
Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the
Interior.
SD-366
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 867, to provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers, and the nomination of Amul R. Thapar, of
Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Sixth Circuit.
SD-2262 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
MAY 239:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine worldwide threats.
SD-G50
MAY 242:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
To hold hearings to examine Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities and programs.
SD-G50
CANCELLATIONS
MAY 171 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
POSTPONEMENTS
MAY 182:30 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
To hold hearings to examine the Balkan Peninsula, focusing on strengthening democracy and countering malign foreign influence.
SD-419
