[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 198 (Tuesday, December 5, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            DECEMBER 6, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of R. D. James, of Missouri, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory 
Oversight, to hold hearings to examine challenges facing Superfund 
and waste cleanup efforts following natural disasters, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South 
Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to 
examine beyond ISIS, focusing on countering terrorism, 
radicalization, and promoting stability in North Africa, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine adapting to defend the Homeland against the 
evolving international terrorist threat, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1870, 
to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources 
vital to Indian victims of crime; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine S. 664, to approve the settlement of the water 
rights claims of the Navajo in Utah, to authorize construction of 
projects in connection therewith, and S. 1770, to approve the 
settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain 
allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a 
water project relating to those water rights claims, 2:30 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine firearm 
accessory regulation and enforcing Federal and state reporting to 
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine America's 
aging workforce, focusing on opportunities and challenges, 9:30 
a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Workplace Leave 
Policies: Opportunities and Challenges for Employers and Working 
Families'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, business meeting 
on subcommittee membership; and markup on H.R. 453, the ``Relief 
from New Source Performance Standards Act of 2017''; H.R. 350, the 
``Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017''; H.R. 
1119, the ``SENSE Act''; H.R. 1733, to direct the Secretary of 
Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental 
benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil; H.R. 1917, the 
``Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 2872, the ``Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing 
Nonpowered Dams Act''; and H.R. 2880, the ``Promoting Closed-Loop 
Pumped Storage Hydropower Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``Sustainable Housing Finance: Private 
Sector Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform, Part IV'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Advancing Human Rights to Combat Extremism'', 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, hearing 
entitled ``Brexit: A Negotiation Update'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``U.S. 
Policy Towards Tibet: Access, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Power and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 4465, the ``Endangered Fish Recovery 
Programs Extension Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 477, the 
``Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage 
Simplification Act of 2017''; H.R. 3971, the ``Community Institution 
Mortgage Relief Act of 2017''; and H.J. Res. 123, the ``Further 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``From Lab to Market: A 
Review of NSF Innovation Corps'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``NASA's Next Four Large 
Telescopes'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.