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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E30-E31 on Jan. 13, 2020.
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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, January 14, 2020 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JANUARY 15
10 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider H.R. 5430, to implement the
Agreement between the United States of America, the
United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade
Agreement; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine industries of the future.
SH-216
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine an update on implementation of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act.
SD-406
Committee on Foreign Relations
To receive a closed briefing on United States-Iran policy and authorities for the use of force.
SVC-217
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider H.R. 5430, to implement the
Agreement between the United States of America, the
United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade
Agreement.
SD-430
JANUARY 169:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of James E.
McPherson, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the
Army, and Charles Williams, of Missouri, to be an
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense.
SD-G5010 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider H.R. 5430, to implement the
Agreement between the United States of America, the
United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade
Agreement, the nominations of Todd C. Chapman, of
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of
Brazil, John Hennessey-Niland, of Illinois, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Dorothy Shea, of
North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese
Republic, and Donald Wright, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, all of the Department of State, and other pending calendar business.
S-116
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Andrew
Lynn Brasher, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, John Charles
Hinderaker, and Scott H. Rash, both to be a United
States District Judge for the District of Arizona,
Joshua M. Kindred, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Matthew Thomas Schelp, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri, Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, Stanley
Blumenfeld, and Mark C. Scarsi, each to be a United
States District Judge for the Central District of
California, Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a
Judge of the United States Court of International
Trade, and Grace Karaffa Obermann, and Stephen Sidney
Schwartz, both of Virginia, both to be a Judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims.
SD-226
CANCELLATIONS
JANUARY 162 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
