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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, May 21, 2019 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
MAY 229 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020.
SR-2229:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of the Interior.
SD-124
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine aging and disability in the
21st century, focusing on how technology can help maintain health and quality of life.
SD-5629:45 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine legislation to address the risks associated with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
SD-40610 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Department of Defense
To hold closed hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Missile Defense Agency.
SVC-217
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel
Aaron Bress, of California, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Michael S. Bogren, to be
United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, Stephanie Dawkins Davis, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Michigan, Jason K. Pulliam, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Frank
William Volk, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, and David
Austin Tapp, of Kentucky, to be a Judge of the United
States Court of Federal Claims.
SD-22610:15 a.m.Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold closed hearings to examine the reconciliation process in Afghanistan.
SVC-2172 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. 178, to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China, S. 249, to direct the
Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health
Organization, S. 1025, to provide humanitarian relief to the Venezuelan people and Venezuelan migrants, to advance a constitutional and democratic solution to
Venezuela's political crisis, to address Venezuela's economic reconstruction, to combat public corruption, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering, S. 1340, to authorize activities to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, H.R. 31, to require certain additional actions in connection with the national emergency with respect to Syria, S. Res.
74, marking the fifth anniversary of Ukraine's
Revolution of Dignity by honoring the bravery, determination, and sacrifice of the people of Ukraine during and since the Revolution, and condemning continued Russian aggression against Ukraine, S. Res.
81, calling for accountability and justice for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, S. Res. 135, expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the Senate for the acts of heroism and valor by the members of the United
States Armed Forces who participated in the June 6,
1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France, and commending those individuals for leadership and bravery in an operation that helped bring an end to World War
II, S. Res. 184, condemning the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, offering sincere condolences to the victims, to their families and friends, and to the people and nation of Sri Lanka, and expressing solidarity and support for Sri Lanka, S. Res. 188, encouraging a swift transfer of power by the military to a civilian-led political authority in the Republic of the Sudan, the nomination of Jeffrey L. Eberhardt, of Wisconsin, to be Special Representative of the
President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of Ambassador, Department of State, and other pending calendar business.
S-116
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the economic impacts of the
2020 Census and business uses of Federal data.
CHOB-2102:30 p.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Small
Business Administration Office of Advocacy.
SD-106
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S. 123, to require the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract or other agreement with a third party to review appointees in the Veterans Health Administration who had a license terminated for cause by a State licensing board for care or services rendered at a non-Veterans
Health Administration facility and to provide individuals treated by such an appointee with notice if it is determined that an episode of care or services to which they received was below the standard of care, S.
221, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards, S. 318, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish medically necessary transportation for newborn children of certain women veterans, S. 450, to require the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to expedite the onboarding process for new medical providers of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, to reduce the duration of the hiring process for such medical providers, S. 514, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, S. 524, to establish the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Tribal and
Indian Affairs, S. 711, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to expand eligibility for mental health services from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, S. 746, to require the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the accessibility of websites of the Department of Veterans
Affairs to individuals with disabilities, S. 785, to improve mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 805, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to recover overpayments made by the Department and other amounts owed by veterans to the United
States, to improve the due process accorded veterans with respect to such recovery, S. 850, to extend the authorization of appropriations to the Department of
Veterans Affairs for purposes of awarding grants to veterans service organizations for the transportation of highly rural veterans, S. 857, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, S. 980, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless veterans, S. 1101, to ensure that only licensed health care providers furnish disability examinations under a certain Department of
Veterans Affairs pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, S. 1154, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an advisory committee on the implementation by the
Department of Veterans Affairs of an electronic health record, an original bill entitled, ``Janey Ensminger
Act of 2019'', and an original bill to amend title 38,
United States Code, to extend the authority of the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to continue to pay educational assistance or subsistence allowances to eligible persons when educational institutions are temporarily closed.
SR-418
MAY 239 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020.
SR-2229:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine resources needed to protect and secure the homeland.
SD-3429:45 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International
Cybersecurity Policy
To hold hearings to examine the Asia Reassurance
Initiative Act in action, focusing on the benefits of economic diplomacy.
SD-419
MAY 249:30 a.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To receive a briefing with the House Committee on
Financial Services on trade-based money laundering.
RHOB-2360
