[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 157 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1032-D1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 3, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
political and security situation in Afghanistan, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine Wells Fargo one year later, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the status of energy storage technologies, reviewing today's 
technologies, and understanding innovation in tomorrow's 
technologies, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine S. 186, to 
amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inacation by the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go 
into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for 
purposes of rehearing and court review, S. 1059, to extend the 
authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 
1978 relating to the disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado, S. 
1337, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make certain 
strategic energy infrastructure projects eligible for certain loan 
guarantees, S. 1457, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out demonstration projects 
relating to advanced nuclear reactor technologies to support 
domestic energy needs, S. 1799, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related 
technologies developed at Department of Energy facilities with 
promising commercial potential, and S. 1860 and H.R. 1109, bills to 
amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine international 
tax reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kenneth Ian Juster, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of India, Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Larry Edward Andre, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Djibouti, Peter Henry Barlerin, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Cameroon, Eric P. Whitaker, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Michael James Dodman, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Nina 
Maria Fite, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Angola, Daniel L. Foote, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Zambia, and David Dale Reimer, of Ohio, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, 
all of the Department of State, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the Every Student Succeeds Act, focusing on 
unleashing State innovation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of John Marshall Mitnick, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Administration's decision to end Deferred Action for 
Childhood Arrivals, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Defense Strategy in South Asia'', 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Securing the Peace After the Fall of ISIL'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Equifax 
Data Breach: Answers for Consumers'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining Patient 
Access to Investigational Drugs'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Part II: Powering 
America: Defining Reliability in a Transforming Electricity 
Industry'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Sustainable Housing Finance: An Update from the Director of the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and 
Accountability'', 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``Examining DHS's 
Cybersecurity Mission'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Online Sex 
Trafficking and the Communications Decency Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 3400, the ``Recreation Not Red-Tape Act'', 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Full Committee, begin markup on H.R. 210, the ``Native American 
Energy Act''; H.R. 424, the ``Gray Wolf State Management Act of 
2017''; H.R. 717, the ``Listing Reform Act''; H.R. 1274, the 
``State, Tribal and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act''; 
H.R. 1488, the ``Indiana Dunes National Park Act''; H.R. 2600, to 
provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary 
interest held by the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie 
County, Iowa, and for other purposes; H.R. 2603, the ``SAVES Act''; 
H.R. 2897, to authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and 
the Director of the National Park Service to enter into cooperative 
management agreements for the operation, maintenance, and management 
of units of the National Park System in

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the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3131, the 
``Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act'', 4 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Intergovernmental Affairs; and Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Protective Security of the House Committee on Homeland Security, 
joint hearing entitled ``Innovations in Security: Examining the Use 
of Canines'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Technology, hearing entitled 
``Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H. Con. Res. 71, 
establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027, 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Resiliency: The Electric Grid's Only Hope'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled ``Building 
a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Coast Guard Stakeholders' 
Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine tax reform 
and entrepreneurship, 10 a.m., 1100, Longworth Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine combating kleptocracy with incorporation transparency, 
2:30 p.m., SD-562.