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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 Thursday, December 7, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
DECEMBER 1210 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
To hold hearings to examine digital decision-making, focusing on the building blocks of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
SR-253
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the permitting processes at the Department of the Interior and the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for energy and resource infrastructure projects and opportunities to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of federal decisions for such projects.
SD-366
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the cost of prescription drugs, focusing on an examination of the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report
``Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative''.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Ensuring
Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act.
SD-2262 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
To hold hearings to examine the future of Zimbabwe.
SD-4192:30 p.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast
Guard
To hold hearings to examine national ocean policy, focusing on stakeholder perspectives.
SR-253
DECEMBER 13Time to be announced
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Kenneth
L. Marcus, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights, and Johnny Collett, of Kentucky, to be
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, both of the Department of
Education, Scott A. Mugno, of Pennsylvania, to be an
Assistant Secretary, and William Beach, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, both of the
Department of Labor, and other pending nominations.
TBA9:30 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine safeguarding American agriculture in a globalized world.
SR-328A
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine using force, focusing on strategic, political, and legal considerations.
SD-41910 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
To receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense global counterterrorism operations.
SVC-217
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Personnel
To hold hearings to examine an update on research, diagnosis, and treatment for traumatic brain injury/
concussion in servicemembers.
SR-222
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SH-216
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
SD-406
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine implementation of the 21st
Century Cures Act, focusing on responding to mental health needs.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Elizabeth
L. Branch, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, R. Stan Baker, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, Charles Barnes Goodwin, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma,
Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Matthew
Spencer Petersen, of Virginia, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Eli
Jeremy Richardson, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.
SD-2262:30 p.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer
Rights
To hold hearings to examine the consumer welfare standard in antitrust.
SD-226
DECEMBER 1410 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Margaret
Weichert, of Georgia, to be Deputy Director for
Management, Office of Management and Budget, and John
Edward Dupuy, of Virginia, to be Inspector General,
Office of Personnel Management.
SD-342
