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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1004-E1005 on July 17, 2017.
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.
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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, July 18, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 199 a.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Susan M.
Gordon, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Director of
National Intelligence, Robert P. Storch, of the
District of Columbia, to be Inspector General of the
National Security Agency, Department of Defense, and
Isabel Marie Keenan Patelunas, of Pennsylvania, to be
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis,
Department of the Treasury.
SH-2169:30 a.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine illicit cigarette smuggling in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe region.
SD-10610 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ajit
Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, Jessica Rosenworcel, of
Connecticut, and Brendan Carr, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission.
SD-G50
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks
To hold hearings to examine S. 257, to clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, S. 312, to redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the ``Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park'', S. 355, to amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-connected disability, S.
391, to establish the African Burial Ground
International Memorial Museum and Educational Center in
New York, New York, S. 841, to designate the Veterans
Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio, as the National
Veterans Memorial and Museum, S. 926, to authorize the
Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation to establish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, S.
1073, to authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa
Island National Monument and that was conveyed to
Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance, S. 1202, to modify the boundary of the
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site,
S. 1403, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to establish the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps to place youth and veterans in national service positions to conserve, restore, and enhance the great outdoors of the United States, S. 1438, to redesignate the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of Missouri as the ``Gateway Arch National Park'', S.
1459, to establish Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
National Park in the State of South Carolina, and S.
1522, to establish an Every Kid Outdoors program.
SD-366
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine S. 1514, to amend certain
Acts to reauthorize those Acts and to increase protections for wildlife.
SD-406
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Marvin
Kaplan, of Kansas, and William J. Emanuel, of
California, both to be a Member of the National Labor
Relations Board.
SD-430
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nomination of David P.
Pekoske, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Homeland Security; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the Postal Service's actions during the 2016 campaign season, focusing on implications for the Hatch Act.
SD-342
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of
Justice's enforcement of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act.
SD-2261:30 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Thomas G.
Bowman, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary, Brooks D.
Tucker, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary
(Congressional and Legislative Affairs), and James
Byrne, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, and Michael P. Allen, of Florida, Amanda L. Meredith, of Virginia, and Joseph
L. Toth, of Wisconsin, each to be a Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
SR-4182 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Luis E.
Arreaga, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, and Sharon Day, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, both of the
Department of State.
SD-419
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-2194:15 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime,
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global
Women's Issues
To hold hearings to examine the collapse of the rule of law in Venezuela, focusing on what the United States and the international community can do to restore democracy.
SD-419
JULY 20Time to be announced
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Thomas G.
Bowman, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary, Brooks D.
Tucker, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary
(Congressional and Legislative Affairs), and James
Byrne, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, and Michael P. Allen, of Florida, Amanda L. Meredith, of Virginia, and Joseph
L. Toth, of Wisconsin, each to be a Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
TBA9:30 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kay Bailey
Hutchison, of Texas, to be United States Permanent
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, Kelly Knight Craft, of Kentucky, to be
Ambassador to Canada, and Robert Wood Johnson IV, of
New York, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, all of the
Department of State.
SD-419
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of
Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, and Beth Ann Williams, of New Jersey, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, and John W. Huber, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah, all of the Department of Justice, and Trevor N.
McFadden, of Virginia, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Columbia.
SD-22610 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine housing finance reform, focusing on maintaining access for small lenders.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
To hold hearings to examine an update on FirstNet.
SR-253
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Brenda
Burman, of Arizona, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, and Susan Combs, of Texas, and Douglas W.
Domenech, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant
Secretary, all of the Department of the Interior, and
Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be Under Secretary for
Science, David S. Jonas, of Virginia, to be General
Counsel, and Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be
Under Secretary, all of the Department of Energy.
SD-366
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
To hold hearings to examine innovative financing and funding, focusing on addressing America's crumbling water infrastructure.
SD-40610:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled,
``Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
2018'', an original bill entitled ``Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', and subcommittee funding guidance.
SD-1062 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
JULY 252:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on SeaPower
To hold hearings to receive testimony on options and considerations for achieving a 355-ship Navy from naval analysts.
SR-222
JULY 2610 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
To hold hearings to examine S. 32, to provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the California
Desert Conservation Area, S. 90, to survey the gradient boundary along the Red River in the States of Oklahoma and Texas, S. 357, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to convey certain public lands in San
Bernardino County, California, to the San Bernardino
Valley Water Conservation District, and to accept in return certain exchanged non-public lands, S. 436, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the
Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, to substitute certain land selections of the Navajo Nation, to designate certain wilderness areas, S. 467, to provide for the disposal of certain
Bureau of Land Management land in Mohave County,
Arizona, S. 468, to establish a procedure for resolving claims to certain rights-of-way, S. 614, to require the
Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, S. 785, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska
Native veterans, S. 837, to provide for the conveyance of certain land to Washington County, Utah, to authorize the exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Utah, S. 884, to amend the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee,
S. 941, to withdraw certain National Forest System land in the Emigrant Crevice area located in the Custer
Gallatin National Forest, Park County, Montana, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United
States, S. 1149, to amend the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act to repeal a provision limiting the export of timber harvested from land conveyed to the
Kake Tribal Corporation under that Act, S. 1230, to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, S. 1271, to designate certain mountain peaks in the State of Colorado as ``Fowler Peak'' and
``Boskoff Peak'', and S. 1548, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas and to make additional wild and scenic river designations in the State of
Oregon.
SD-3662:30 p.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
To hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal infrastructure permitting and the Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council.
SD-342
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Government
Accountability Office reports on human trafficking of
American Indian and Alaska Natives in the United
States.
SD-628
