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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1154 on Sept. 16, 2019.
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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 17, 2019 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
SEPTEMBER 1810 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine mass violence, extremism, and digital responsibility.
SH-216
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine improving American economic competitiveness through water resources infrastructure.
SD-406
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine United States policy in the
Indo-Pacific region, focusing on Hong Kong, alliances and partnerships, and other issues.
SD-4191:30 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Andrew P.
Bremberg, of Virginia, to be Representative of the
United States of America to the Office of the United
Nations and Other International Organizations in
Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, John Leslie
Carwile, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Anthony F. Godfrey, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Doug Manchester, of California, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of
The Bahamas, Erin Elizabeth McKee, of California, to be
Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New
Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon
Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu,
Herro Mustafa, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Bulgaria, and Adrian Zuckerman, of New
Jersey, to be Ambassador to Romania, all of the
Department of State.
S-1162:15 p.m.
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine gun violence in America, focusing on understanding and reducing the costs of firearm injuries and deaths.
CHOB-2102:30 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime,
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global
Women's Issues
To hold hearings to examine United States-Colombia relations, focusing on new opportunities to reinforce and strengthen the bilateral relationship.
SD-419
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the Government Accountability
Office report on tribal access to spectrum, focusing on promoting communications services in Indian country.
SD-628
SEPTEMBER 199 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Eugene
Scalia, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Labor.
SD-4309:30 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Marshall
Billingslea, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of
State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights),
Adam Seth Boehler, of Louisiana, to be Chief Executive
Officer of the United States International Development
Finance Corporation, Darrell E. Issa, of California, to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency, and
Michael Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive
Officer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
SD-419
10 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 2132, to promote security and provide justice for United States victims of international terrorism, S. 2281, to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent applications, and the nominations of Halil
Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, David B. Barlow, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Utah, John Fitzgerald Kness, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois,
R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., to be United States District
Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, Lee Philip
Rudofsky, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas, Justin Reed Walker, to be
United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to be a
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and
Kenneth Charles Canterbury, Jr., of South Carolina, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives, W. Stephen Muldrow, to be United States
Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Michael D.
Baughman, to be United States Marshal for the Western
District of Pennsylvania, Kerry Lee Pettingill, to be
United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Oklahoma, and Fernando L. G. Sablan, to be United
States Marshal for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Marshal for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, all of the Department of
Justice.
SD-226
10:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Business meeting to markup an original bill making appropriations for Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, an original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2020, and an original bill making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
SD-106
SEPTEMBER 242:30 p.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer
Rights
To hold hearings to examine competition in digital technology markets, focusing on acquisitions of nascent or potential competitors by digital platforms.
SD-226
SEPTEMBER 2510:15 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine United States policy in
Mexico and Central America, focusing on ensuring effective policies to address the crisis at the border.
SD-419
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
To receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense cyber operations.
SVC-217
