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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2018-03-22” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D326-D327 on March 21, 2018.
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.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
MARCH 22, 2018
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
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, 10 a.m., SH-216.
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-232A.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
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, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 2018 trade policy agenda, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
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, 2 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, budget hearing entitled ``FY 19 Budget Hearing, Applied Energy'', 9 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing entitled ``Reviewing Department of Defense Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) for Fiscal Year 2019'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled
``Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
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 H.R. 5345, the ``American Leadership in Space Technology and Advanced Rocketry Act''; H.R. 5346, the ``Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act''; and H.R. 5086, the ``Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Hearing with Commerce Secretary Ross'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, business meeting on Adoption of the Committee's Investigative Report into Russian Active Measures During the 2016 Presidential Election, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings to examine the Good Friday Agreement at 20, focusing on achievements and unfinished business, 9:30 a.m., 2200, Rayburn Building.
