[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 201 (Monday, December 11, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1682-E1683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, December 12, 2017 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              DECEMBER 13
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Kenneth 
           L. Marcus, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
           Civil Rights, and Johnny Collett, of Kentucky, to be 
           Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 
           Rehabilitative Services, both of the Department of 
           Education, Scott A. Mugno, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
           Assistant Secretary, and William Beach, of Kansas, to 
           be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, both of the 
           Department of Labor, and other pending nominations.
                                                               TBA
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine safeguarding American 
           agriculture in a globalized world.
                                                           SR-328A
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine using force, focusing on 
           strategic, political, and legal considerations.
                                                            SD-419
     9:50 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of R. D. 
           James, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
           Army, Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
         To receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense 
           global counterterrorism operations.
                                                           SVC-217
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Personnel
         To hold hearings to examine an update on research, 
           diagnosis, and treatment for traumatic brain injury/
           concussion in servicemembers.
                                                            SR-222
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 2202, to amend title 49, 
           United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the 
           National Transportation Safety Board, S. 2200, to 
           reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information 
           System, S. 1768, to reauthorize and amend the National 
           Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the nomination of 
           Barry Lee Myers, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary 
           of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and a routine 
           list in the Coast Guard.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear 
           Regulatory Commission.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine implementation of the 21st 
           Century Cures Act, focusing on responding to mental 
           health needs.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Elizabeth 
           L. Branch, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit 
           Judge

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           for the Eleventh Circuit, R. Stan Baker, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Southern District of 
           Georgia, Charles Barnes Goodwin, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 
           Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Matthew 
           Spencer Petersen, of Virginia, to be United States 
           District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Eli 
           Jeremy Richardson, to be United States District Judge 
           for the Middle District of Tennessee.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Conferees
         Meeting of conferees on H.R. 1, to provide for 
           reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the 
           concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
           2018.
                                                              HC-5
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the extradition Treaty 
           between the Government of the United States of America 
           and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, signed at 
           Pristina on March 29, 2016 (Treaty Doc.115-02), the 
           extradition Treaty between the United States of America 
           and the Republic of Serbia, signed at Belgrade on 
           August 15, 2016 (Treaty Doc.115-01), the Treaty between 
           the Government of the United States of America and the 
           Government of the Republic of Kiribati on the 
           Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries, signed at Majuro 
           on September 6, 2013, and the Treaty between the 
           Government of the United States of America and the 
           Government of the Federated States of Micronesia on the 
           Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary, signed at Koror on 
           August 1, 2014 (Treaty Doc.114-13), and the United 
           Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in 
           International Trade, done at New York on December 12, 
           2001, and signed by the United States on December 30, 
           2003 (Treaty Doc.114-07).
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
           Rights
         To hold hearings to examine the consumer welfare standard 
           in antitrust.
                                                            SD-226

                              DECEMBER 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine assessing accomplishments and 
           challenges of the Magnitsky Act.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine United States policy and 
           strategy in the Middle East.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To receive a closed briefing on new counterterrorism 
           guidance.
                                                           SVC-217
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Margaret 
           Weichert, of Georgia, to be Deputy Director for 
           Management, Office of Management and Budget.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 2152, to amend title 18, 
           United States Code, to provide for assistance for 
           victims of child pornography, and the nominations of 
           Stuart Kyle Duncan, of Louisiana, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, David Ryan Stras, 
           of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Eighth Circuit, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., to be United 
           States District Judge for the Southern District of 
           Texas, Andrei Iancu, of California, to be Under 
           Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 
           Director of the United States Patent and Trademark 
           Office, and Duane A. Kees, to be United States Attorney 
           for the Western District of Arkansas, Stephen R. 
           McAllister, to be United States Attorney for the 
           District of Kansas, Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., to be 
           United States Attorney for the District of South 
           Dakota, Ryan K. Patrick, to be United States Attorney 
           for the Southern District of Texas, and Michael B. 
           Stuart, to be United States Attorney for the Southern 
           District of West Virginia, all of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219