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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1153 on Aug. 15, 2018.
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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 Thursday, August 16, 2018 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
AUGUST 219:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Alan Ray
Shaffer, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for
Acquisition and Sustainment, Veronica Daigle, of
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Casey
Wardynski, of Alabama, and Alex A. Beehler, of
Maryland, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the
Army, all of the Department of Defense.
SD-G5010 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Russia sanctions, focusing on current effectiveness and potential for next steps.
SD-538
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the energy efficiency of blockchain and similar technologies and the cybersecurity possibilities of such technologies for energy industry applications.
SD-366
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine United States-Russia relations.
SD-419
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services efforts to fight Medicaid fraud and overpayments.
SD-3422:30 p.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
To hold hearings to examine financial literacy, focusing on the starting point for a secure retirement.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
To hold hearings to examine cyber threats to our nation's critical infrastructure.
SD-226
AUGUST 2210 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
To hold hearings to examine S. 483, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National
Park as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1572, to amend the
Mineral Leasing Act to provide that extraction of helium from gas produced under a Federal mineral lease shall maintain the lease as if the helium were oil and gas, S. 1787, to reauthorize the National Geologic
Mapping Act of 1992, S. 1959, to designate certain
Federal land in the State of California as wilderness,
S. 2078, to maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding,
S. 2160, to establish a pilot program under the Chief of the Forest Service may use alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial review of certain projects, S. 2297, to direct the Secretary of
Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land to Custer County, South Dakota, S. 2721, to designate certain land in San Miguel, Ouray, and San
Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, to designate certain special management areas in the State of
Colorado, S. 2809, to establish the San Rafael Swell
Western Heritage and Historic Mining National
Conservation Area in the State of Utah, to designate wilderness areas in the State, to provide for certain land conveyances, S. 2907, to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S. 3245, to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National
Forest System land in the State of Texas, S. 3297, to provide for the expansion of the Desert Tortoise
Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah, S.
3325, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 to provide for the eligibility of national grasslands for grazing leases and permits, and H.R.
2075, to adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes
Canyon-Steelhead Falls and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness
Study Areas in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activities to protect private property.
SD-366
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kevin K.
Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Nicaragua, Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, and Karen L.
Williams, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the Department of State.
SD-419
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of William
Bryan, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
SD-342
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
SD-22610:30 a.m.
Committee on Rules and Administration
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled,
``Secure Elections Act''.
SR-3012:45 p.m.
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine cultural sovereignty, focusing on efforts to maintain and revitalize Native languages for future generations.
SD-628
