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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2017-11-28” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1244 on Nov. 27, 2017.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting to consider the nominations of Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, Robert Hunter Kurtz, of Virginia, and Suzanne Israel Tufts, of New York, each to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 9:45 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on the Budget: business meeting to consider reconciliation legislation pursuant to H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kenneth E. Allen, of Kentucky, A. D. Frazier, of Georgia, Jeffrey Smith, of Tennessee, and James R. Thompson III, of Alabama, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher Ashley Ford, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Security and Non-Proliferation), and Yleem D. S. Poblete, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary
(Verification and Compliance), both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing on examining proposals to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine S. 1241, to improve the prohibitions on money laundering, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3017, the
``Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017''; and H.R. 3905, the ``Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act'', 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
