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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1529 on Nov. 28, 2016.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
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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, November 29, 2016 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
NOVEMBER 3010 a.m.
Committee on Finance
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Charles
P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, and Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Board of
Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and a Member of the
Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical
Insurance Trust Fund.
SD-215
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine initial observations of the new leadership at the Border Patrol.
SD-3422:30 p.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness
To hold hearings to examine the dawn of artificial intelligence.
SR-253
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine financial abuse of older
Americans by guardians and others in power.
SD-5623 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
DECEMBER 19:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the oversight, acquisition, testing, and employment of the Littoral Combat Ship
(LCS) and LCS mission module programs.
SD-G5010:30 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the future of counter-
terrorism strategy.
SD-4192 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SH-2192:30 p.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
To hold hearings to examine two Government Accountability
Office reports regarding the renewable fuel standard.
SD-342
DECEMBER 62:30 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine defeating the Iranian threat network, focusing on options for countering Iranian proxies.
SD-419
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
To hold hearings to examine whether additional firewalls are needed to protect Congressional oversight staff from retaliatory criminal referrals.
SD-226
DECEMBER 72:15 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of the Interior's Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal
Nations, four years later.
SD-628
DECEMBER 810 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management,
International Operations, and Bilateral International
Development
To hold hearings to examine State Department and United
States Agency for International Development management challenges and opportunities for the next administration.
SD-419
