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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E339 on March 19, 2018.
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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, March 20, 2018 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
MARCH 2110 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
SD-406
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kirsten
Dawn Madison, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary
(International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs), and Thomas J. Hushek, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, both of the Department of
State.
SD-419
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Y.
Scudder, of Illinois, and Amy J. St. Eve, of Illinois, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the
Seventh Circuit, and Charles J. Williams, to be United
States District Judge for the Northern District of
Iowa.
SD-226
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold hearings to examine election security.
SH-21610:30 a.m.
Committee on the Budget
To hold hearings to examine the Economic Report of the
President.
SD-6082 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and
Counterterrorism
To hold hearings to examine stability and security challenges in Lebanon.
SD-419
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019 for veterans' programs and fiscal year 2020 advance appropriations requests.
SR-4182:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on SeaPower
To hold hearings to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program.
SR-232A
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
To hold hearings to examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of the Defense
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the
Future Years Defense Program.
SR-222
Committee on Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 1250, to amend the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health
Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health
Service, improve health services, and S. 2515, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act to provide further self-governance by Indian
Tribes; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019 for Indian Programs.
SD-628
MARCH 229:30 a.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine the Good Friday Agreement at
20, focusing on achievements and unfinished business.
RHOB-220010 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the challenges in the
Department of Energy's atomic energy defense programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program.
SH-216
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast
Guard
To hold hearings to examine enhancing the Marine Mammal
Protection Act.
SR-253
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Theodore
J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary
(International Affairs), and James Edward Campos, of
Nevada, to be Director of the Office of Minority
Economic Impact, both of the Department of Energy, and
James Reilly, of Colorado, to be Director of the United
States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S.
2539, to amend the Energy and Water Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River
System water, S. 2560, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, and S. 2563, to improve the water supply and drought resilience of the
United States.
SD-366
Committee on Finance
To hold hearings to examine the President's 2018 trade policy agenda.
SD-215
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of John B.
Nalbandian, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Kari A. Dooley, to be
United States District Judge for the District of
Connecticut, Dominic W. Lanza, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Arizona, Jill Aiko
Otake, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Hawaii, and Thomas T. Cullen, to be United
States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia,
Robert K. Hur, to be United States Attorney for the
District of Maryland, and David C. Joseph, to be United
States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, all of the Department of Justice.
SD-2262 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
POSTPONEMENTS
MARCH 212 p.m.
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine unleashing America's economic potential.
SD-G50
