[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1292-D1293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            DECEMBER 7, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
Department of Defense acquisition reform efforts, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of Kevin K. McAleenan, of Hawaii, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act, 
focusing on progress and the path forward for medical innovation, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, James C. Ho, of Texas, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Don R. 
Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of 
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Terry A. Doughty, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Terry 
Fitzgerald Moorer, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Alabama, Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 
Claria Horn Boom, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
and Western Districts of Kentucky, John W. Broomes, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Rebecca Grady 
Jennings, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Kentucky, and Robert Earl Wier, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment, 
hearing entitled ``The Mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Examining the Office of Financial 
Research'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 
hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals for a More Efficient 
Federal Financial Regulatory Regime: Part II'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Counterterrorism Efforts in Africa'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications,

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hearing entitled ``Examining the Department of Homeland Security's 
Efforts to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Congressional 
Workplace: Examining Reforms to the Congressional Accountability 
Act'', 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Transforming the Department of 
the Interior for the 21st Century'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 805, the ``Tulare 
Youth Recreation and Women's History Enhancement Act''; H.R. 1349, 
to amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, 
wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in 
Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes; H.R. 3371, the ``Modoc 
County Land Transfer and Economic Development Act of 2017''; and 
H.R. 3961, the ``Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 
2017'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Technology, hearing entitled ``Oversight of IT and 
Cybersecurity at the Department of Veterans Affairs'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``New Names, Same Problems: The VA Medical Surgical Prime Vendor 
Program'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.