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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1264-E1265 on Sept. 25, 2017.
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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 26, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
SEPTEMBER 2710 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine forest management to mitigate wildfires, focusing on legislative solutions.
SD-406
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Patrick
Pizzella, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor,
Janet Dhillon, of Pennsylvania, and Daniel M. Gade, of
North Dakota, both to be a Member of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and Carlos G. Muniz, of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of
Education.
SD-430
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine threats to the homeland.
SD-342
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine preventing veteran suicide.
SR-41810:30 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ann Marie
Buerkle, of New York, to be Chairman of the Consumer
Product Safety Commission, Howard R. Elliott, of
Indiana, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, and Walter G. Copan, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and
Technology.
SR-25310:45 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kathleen
M. Fitzpatrick, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and Daniel J. Kritenbrink, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, both of the Department of State.
SD-4192 p.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks
To hold hearings to examine encouraging the next generation to visit National Parks.
SD-3662:15 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard
Duke Buchan III, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra,
Richard Grenell, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Federal Republic of Germany, Edward T. McMullen, Jr., of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Swiss
Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the
Principality of Liechtenstein, Jamie
McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador to the French
Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the
Principality of Monaco, and Peter Hoekstra, of
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, all of the Department of State.
SD-4192:30 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Government
Accountability Office reports on human trafficking of
Native Americans in the United States.
SD-628
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-2193 p.m.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold hearings to examine the Small Business
Administration's response to the 2017 hurricanes.
SR-428A
SEPTEMBER 289:30 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine rural development and energy programs, focusing on perspectives for the 2018 Farm
Bill.
SH-216
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine evaluating sanctions enforcement and policy options on North Korea, focusing on Administration perspectives.
SD-538
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 1766, to reauthorize the
SAFER Act of 2013, and the nominations of Amy Coney
Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Joan Louise Larsen, of
Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Sixth Circuit, William L. Campbell, Jr., to be United
States District Judge for the Middle District of
Tennessee, Thomas Lee Robinson Parker, to be United
States District Judge for the Western District of
Tennessee, and Eric S. Dreiband, of Maryland, and Brian
Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant
Attorney General, Halsey B. Frank, to be United States
Attorney for the District of Maine, D. Michael Hurst,
Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Southern
District of Mississippi, Jeffrey B. Jensen, to be
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of
Missouri, Thomas L. Kirsch II, to be United States
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, and
William J. Powell, to be United States Attorney for the
Northern District of West Virginia, all of the
Department of Justice.
SD-22610 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To receive a closed briefing on North Korea.
SVC-217
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
To hold hearings to examine Transportation Security
Administration modernization, focusing on improvements to aviation security.
SR-253
OCTOBER 39:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John
Marshall Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General Counsel,
Department of Homeland Security.
SD-34210 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Wells Fargo one year later.
SD-538
OCTOBER 410 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the Equifax cybersecurity breach.
SD-5382:30 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian gaming, focusing on new issues and opportunities for success in the next 30 years.
SH-216
October 510 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the Federal response to the opioid crisis.
SD-430
OCTOBER 1810 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of
Justice.
SH-216
OCTOBER 259:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on SeaPower
To receive a closed briefing on the major threats facing naval forces and the Navy's current and planned capabilities to meet those threats.
SVC-217
