[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 182 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider S. 2099, to provide for the management by the 
Secretary of Agriculture of certain Federal land; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Glen R. Smith, 
of Iowa, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, and 
Stephen Alexander Vaden, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert H. McMahon, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, R. D. James, of Missouri, and Bruce D. Jette, of 
Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Shon J. 
Manasco, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 
all of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Kirstjen Nielsen, of 
Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, Ernest W. Dubester, 
of Virginia, Colleen Kiko, of North Dakota, and James Thomas Abbott, 
of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority, and Jonathan H. Pittman, to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2070, 
to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 
to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert 
Program, and to promote initiatives that will reduce the risk of 
injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some 
children with autism, and the nominations of Gregory G. Katsas, of 
Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of 
Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, Emily Coody 
Marks, and Brett Joseph Talley, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, Holly Lou Teeter, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, and Bobby 
L. Christine, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District 
of Georgia, and David J. Freed, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania, both of the Department of Justice, 
10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing 
entitled ``Aviation Readiness: What's the Flight Plan?'', 10:30 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Perspectives on Mixed 
Martial Arts'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, hearing on legislation on the Farm 
Regulatory Certainty Act, 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Resolving the Political Crisis in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo'', 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Space, hearing entitled ``An Update on NASA Exploration Systems 
Development'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.