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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2019-05-14” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D522-D523 on May 13, 2019.
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 TUESDAY,
MAY 14, 2019
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business meeting to consider the nominations of Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, Naomi C. Earp, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Scott Hutchins, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, all of the Department of Agriculture, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine fixing a broken budget and spending process, focusing on the perspectives of two former Chairmen, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, to hold hearings to examine the emerging space environment, focusing on operational, technical, and policy challenges, 3 p.m., SD-562.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the importance of and path to achieving mineral security, including S. 1052, to authorize the Office of Fossil Energy to develop advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts, and S. 1317, to facilitate the availability, development, and environmentally responsible production of domestic resources to meet national material or critical mineral needs, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold hearings to examine S. 242, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to release reversionary and reserved interests in certain land in the Coconino National Forest in the State of Arizona, S. 258, to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains Ranger District located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, S. 434, to provide for a report on the maintenance of Federal land holdings under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, S. 490, to designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as ``B-47 Ridge'', S. 499, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply to territories of the United States, to establish offshore wind lease sale requirements, to provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation, S. 526, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development, S. 1079, to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, and S. 1262, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine challenges in the retirement system, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 5G, focusing on national security concerns, intellectual property issues, and the impact on competition and innovation, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 5, the
``Equality Act''; H.R. 312, the ``Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act''; and H.R. 987, the ``Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019''
[Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act], 4:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Compartmented FY 2020 Budget Request'', 5:30 p.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.
