[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 155 (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1018-D1019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine rural development and energy programs, focusing 
on perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on North 
Korea, 10 a.m., SVC-217.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine evaluating sanctions enforcement and policy options on 
North Korea, focusing on Administration perspectives, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to 
examine Transportation Security Administration modernization, 
focusing on improvements to aviation security, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Patrick Pizzella, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, Janet Dhillon, of 
Pennsylvania, and Daniel M. Gade, of North Dakota, both to be a 
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Carlos G. 
Muniz, of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, 
10:45 a.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1766, 
to reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and the nominations of Amy 
Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Seventh Circuit, Joan Louise Larsen, of Michigan, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, William L. Campbell, 
Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Tennessee, Thomas Lee Robinson Parker, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, and Eric S. Dreiband, 
of Maryland, and Brian Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia, both to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Halsey B. Frank, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Maine, D. Michael Hurst, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 
Jeffrey B. Jensen, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Missouri, Thomas L. Kirsch II, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, and William J. 
Powell, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
West Virginia, all of the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``Examining Insurance for Nonprofit 
Organizations'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 
422, urging the adherence to the ``one country, two systems'' policy 
as prescribed in the Joint Declaration between the Government of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People's 
Republic of China on the Question of the Hong Kong; H.R. 425, the 
``FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2017''; H.R. 1196, the 
``Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017''; H.R. 
2658, the ``Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of 
Democratic Governance Act of 2017''; H.R. 3320, to direct the 
Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status 
for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 3342, the ``Sanctioning Hizballah's Illicit Use of Civilians as 
Defenseless Shields Act''; H.R. 3445, the ``AGOA and MCA 
Modernization Act''; H.R. 3329, the ``Hizballah International 
Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017''; and H.R. 1660, the 
``Global Health Innovation Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Rulemakers Must 
Follow the Rules, Too: Oversight of Agency Compliance with the 
Congressional Review Act'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 1159, the ``United States and Israel Space 
Cooperation Act'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research and Technology; and Subcommittee on 
Space, joint hearing entitled ``The Great American Eclipse: To 
Totality and Beyond'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.