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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1041-E1042 on July 24, 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 25, 2017 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 26Time to be announced
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 1598, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
TBA9:30 a.m.
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine progress toward a cure for
Type I Diabetes, focusing on research and the artificial pancreas.
SD-1069:45 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-36610 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of the Treasury.
SD-138
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Karen Dunn
Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, and Peter B. Davidson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of
Commerce, and Mark H. Buzby, of Virginia, to be
Administrator of the Maritime Administration, and
Ronald L. Batory, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, both of the
Department of Transportation.
SR-253
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider S. 1514, to amend certain
Acts to reauthorize those Acts and to increase protections for wildlife.
SD-406
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
To hold hearings to examine South Sudan's conflict and famine; to be immediately followed by a full committee hearing to examine the nominations of Michael Arthur
Raynor, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Maria E. Brewer, of
Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra
Leone, and John P. Desrocher, of New York, to be
Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of
Algeria, all of the Department of State.
SD-419
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 873, to amend section
8433 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for flexibility in making withdrawals from the Thrift
Savings Fund, S. 288, to require notice and comment for certain interpretative rules, S. 886, to amend the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an
Acquisition Review Board in the Department of Homeland
Security, S. 906, to amend the Homeland Security Act of
2002 to provide for congressional notification regarding major acquisition program breaches, S. 1199, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the Border Enforcement Security Task Force program within the Department of Homeland Security, S.
938, to require notice of cost-free Federal procurement technical assistance in connection with registration of small business concerns in procurement systems, S.
1208, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for an option under the Secure Mail Initiative under which a person to whom a document is sent under that initiative may elect to have the United States
Postal Service use the Hold for Pickup service or the
Signature Confirmation service in delivering the document, S. Con. Res. 15, expressing support for the designation of October 28, 2017, as ``Honoring the
Nation's First Responders Day'', H.R. 1293, to amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to
Congress relating to the use of official time by
Federal employees, H.R. 1117, to require the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster, H.R. 1679, to ensure that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's current efforts to modernize its grant management system includes applicant accessibility and transparency, H.R. 195, to amend title 44, United
States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of
Congress and other officers and employees of the United
States, H.R. 194, to ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal agencies, and an original bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize the
Judicial Conference of the United States to redact sensitive information contained in financial disclosure reports of judicial officers and employees.
SD-342
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Foreign
Agents Registration Act and attempts to influence
United States elections, focusing on lessons learned from current and prior administrations.
SD-2262:30 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
Business meeting to consider S. 1285, to allow the
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw
Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of
Indians to lease or transfer certain lands, and H.R.
984, to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy
Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern
Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock
Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the
Nansemond Indian Tribe; to be immediately followed by 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
JULY 27
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rostin
Behnam, of New Jersey, Brian D. Quintenz, of Ohio, and
Dawn DeBerry Stump, of Texas, each to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
SR-328A
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider 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-36610 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph
Otting, of Nevada, to be Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury, and Randal Quarles, of
Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(Reappointment), and to be Vice Chairman for
Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
SD-538
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled,
``Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
2018''.
S-116
Select Committee on Intelligence
Closed business meeting to markup pending intelligence matters.
SH-21910:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled,
``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2018'', an original bill entitled,
``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', and an original bill entitled, ``Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2018''.
SD-106
AUGUST 22 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To receive a closed briefing on the Authorizations for the Use of Military Force, focusing on Administration perspectives.
SVC-217
