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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2018-03-21” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D318-D319 on March 20, 2018.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 21, 2018
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
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, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
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, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the Economic Report of the President, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to examine stability and security challenges in Lebanon, 2 p.m., SD-419.
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, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
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, 2 p.m., SR-418.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine election security, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 10 a.m., H-310 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Agriculture, 1:30 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the Open World Leadership Trust Fund, 2:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``State and Non-State Actor Influence Operations: Recommendations for U.S. National Security'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled
``Ground Force Modernization Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled ``Military Personnel Posture: FY 2019'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2683, the ``Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017''; H.R. 4659, to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives; H.R. 4790, to amend the Volcker rule to give the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System sole rulemaking authority, to exclude community banks from the requirements of the Volcker rule, and for other purposes; H.R. 4861, the ``Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans Act of 2018''; H.R. 5051, the ``Public Company Registration Threshold Act''; H.R. 5076, the ``Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018''; H.R. 5082, the ``Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018''; and H.R. 5323, the ``Derivatives Fairness Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``The FY 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``U.S. Responses to China's Foreign Influence Operations'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled
``Implications of a U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement for the Middle East'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3997, the ``Free Veterans from Fees Act''; H.R. 4257, the
``Advancing Conservation and Education Act''; H.R. 5005, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System; and H.R. 5269, the ``State and Territorial Approval for Restriction of Fishing Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing entitled
``Examining the Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Spending, Priorities and Missions of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Four Power Marketing Administrations'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Bureaucratic Challenges to Hurricane Recovery in Puerto Rico'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, markup on legislation on the American Leadership in Space Technology and Advanced Rocketry Act; legislation on the Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act; and H.R. 5086, the ``Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``American Infrastructure and the Small Business Perspective'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``U.S. Trade Policy Agenda'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Implementation of MACRA's Physician Payment Policies'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
