[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D88-D89]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, 
adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress; and
  The nominations of Ryan Zinke, of Montana, to be Secretary of the 
Interior, and James Richard Perry, of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Gardner (Chair), Risch, Flake, 
Daines, Sessions, Alexander, Hoeven, Cassidy, Portman, Manchin, Wyden, 
Sanders, Franken, Heinrich, King, Duckworth, and Cortez Masto.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining: Senators Lee 
(Chair), Barrasso, Risch, Flake, Daines, Gardner, Sessions, Alexander, 
Hoeven, Cassidy, Wyden, Stabenow, Franken, Manchin, Heinrich, Hirono, 
and Cortez Masto.
  Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Daines (Chair), Barrasso, 
Lee, Gardner, Alexander, Hoeven, Portman, Hirono, Sanders, Stabenow, 
Heinrich, King, and Duckworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Flake (Chair), Barrasso, 
Risch, Lee, Sessions, Cassidy, Portman, King, Wyden, Sanders, Franken, 
Manchin, and Duckworth.

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  Senators Murkowski and Cantwell are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and 
adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and 
Counterterrorism: Senators Risch (Chair), Rubio, Johnson, Young, 
Portman, Kaine, Menendez, Murphy, and Booker.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian 
Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues: Senators 
Rubio (Chair), Johnson, Flake, Gardner, Isakson, Menendez, Udall, 
Shaheen, and Kaine.
  Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation: Senators 
Johnson (Chair), Risch, Barrasso, Portman, Paul, Murphy, Markey, 
Menendez, and Shaheen.
  Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy: Senators Flake 
(Chair), Young, Barrasso, Isakson, Paul, Booker, Coons, Udall, and 
Merkley.
  Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy: Senators Gardner (Chair), Risch, Rubio, Barrasso, 
Isakson, Markey, Merkley, Murphy, and Kaine.
  Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral 
Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental 
Policy: Senators Young (Chair), Flake, Gardner, Barrasso, Portman, 
Merkley, Udall, Coons, and Markey.
  Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International 
Operations, and Bilateral International Development: Senators Isakson 
(Chair), Risch, Rubio, Portman, Paul, Shaheen, Coons, Booker, and 
Udall.
  Senators Corker and Cardin are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine confronting the North Korea threat, focusing on reassessing 
policy options, after receiving testimony from Nicholas Eberstadt, 
American Enterprise Institute, and Scott A. Snyder, Council on Foreign 
Relations, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of 
Michigan, to be Secretary of Education.
  Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress; and
   Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Paul (Chair), 
Murkowski, Burr, Cassidy, Young, Hatch, Roberts, Casey, Sanders, 
Franken, Bennet, Kaine, and Hassan.
   Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Isakson 
(Chair), Roberts, Scott, Burr, Paul, Cassidy, Young, Franken, Casey, 
Whitehouse, Baldwin, Murphy, and Warren.
   Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security: Senators 
Enzi (Chair), Burr, Collins, Cassidy, Young, Hatch, Roberts, Scott, 
Murkowski, Sanders, Bennet, Whitehouse, Baldwin, Murphy, Warren, Kaine, 
and Hassan.
  Senators Alexander and Murray are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and 
adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
   An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee, 
adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress; and
   The nomination of Linda E. McMahon, of Connecticut, to be 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 115th Congress.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.