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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, April 26, 2022 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
APRIL 27 9:30 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Commerce.
SR-253 10 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Nancy G.
Abudu, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Eleventh Circuit, Julianna Michelle Childs, to be
United States Circuit Judge for the District of
Columbia Circuit, Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of New
York, Ana Isabel de Alba, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of California, and
Natasha C. Merle, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
SD-226 2 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of State.
SD-192 2:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
To hold hearings to examine United States Special
Operations Command's efforts to sustain the readiness of special operations forces and transform the force for future security challenges.
SR-232A
Committee on Foreign Relations
To receive a closed briefing on recent developments in
China's nuclear capabilities.
SVC-217
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Small
Business Administration.
SR-428A
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine investments today for a more competitive tomorrow, focusing on building on a strong foundation.
WEBEX 3 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Personnel
To hold hearings to examine military and civilian personnel programs in the Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program.
SR-222
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
SR-418 4:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
To hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense activities and Department of
Defense nuclear weapons programs in review of the
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program.
SD-G50
APRIL 28 9 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 977, to amend the Sherman
Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, and the nomination of S. Lane Tucker, to be
United States Attorney for the District of Alaska,
Department of Justice.
SH-216 10 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Food and
Drug Administration.
SD-124
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral
Linda L. Fagan, to be Commandant of the Coast Guard,
Department of Homeland Security.
SR-253
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Kathryn
Huff, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Energy (Nuclear Energy); to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of David
Applegate, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the
United States Geological Survey, and Carmen G. Cantor, of Puerto Rico, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Interior, and Evelyn Wang, of
Massachusetts, to be Director of the Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.
SD-366 10:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Transportation.
SD-192
MAY 4 2:15 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jane
Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Alan M.
Leventhal, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Denmark, Constance J. Milstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, and Bruce I.
Turner, of Colorado, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the
Conference on Disarmament, all of the Department of
State, and other pending nominations.
SD-419/VTC
