[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 22 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E137-E138]
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, February 6, 2018 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               FEBRUARY 7

     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Andrew 
           Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
           Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine cost and competition among 
           rheumatoid arthritis therapies.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine S. 414 and H.R. 1107, bills 
           to promote conservation, improve public land 
           management, and provide for sensible development in 
           Pershing County, Nevada, S. 441, to designate the Organ 
           Mountains and other public land as components of the 
           National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of 
           New Mexico, S. 507, to sustain economic development and 
           recreational use of National Forest System land in the 
           State of Montana, to add certain land to the National 
           Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas 
           for recreation, S. 612 and H.R. 1547, bills to provide 
           for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land 
           owned by the city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes of 
           economic development by conveyance of the Federal 
           reversionary interest to the City, S. 1046, to 
           facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects in 
           Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundaries of 
           certain wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, and to 
           fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, 
           Recreation, and Development Act, S. 1219 and H.R. 3392, 
           bills to provide for stability of title to certain land 
           in the State of Louisiana, S. 1222, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La 
           Paz County, Arizona, S. 1481, to make technical 
           corrections to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
           S. 1665 and H.R. 2582, bills to authorize the State of 
           Utah to select certain lands that are available for 
           disposal under the Pony Express Resource Management 
           Plan to be used for the support and benefit of State 
           institutions, S. 2062, to require the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to convey at market value certain National 
           Forest System land in the State of Arizona, S. 2206, to 
           release certain wilderness study areas in the State of 
           Montana, S. 2218, to provide for the conveyance of a 
           Forest Service site in Dolores County, Colorado, to be 
           used for a fire station, S. 2249, to permanently 
           reauthorize the Rio Puerco Management Committee and the 
           Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program, H.R. 995, to 
           direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
           of the Interior to modernize terms in certain 
           regulations, and H.R. 1404, to provide for the 
           conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the 
           United States to the Tucson Unified School District and 
           to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of Federal 
           environmental regulations and policies on American 
           farming and ranching communities.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorizing the Department 
           of Homeland Security, focusing on positioning DHS to 
           address new and emerging threats to the Homeland.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
         To hold hearings to examine defending the homeland, 
           focusing on Department of Defense's role in countering 
           weapons of mass destruction.
                                                           SR-232A
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 242, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access 
           to their records in the databases of the Veterans 
           Benefits Administration to certain designated 
           congressional employees, S. 624, to allow 
           servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite 
           television, and Internet access service contracts while 
           deployed, S. 1072, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless 
           veterans, S. 2038, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to provide for a presumption of herbicide 
           exposure for certain veterans who served in Korea, S. 
           2097, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
           the administration of State homes furnishing care to 
           veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary 
           of Veterans Affairs, S. 2105, to modify the presumption 
           of service connection for veterans who were exposed to 
           herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in 
           Thailand during the Vietnam era, S. 2107, to amend 
           title 38, United States Code, to require the Under 
           Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel 
           actions involving certain health care employees to the 
           National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State 
           licensing boards, S. 2131, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
           Affairs to furnish medically necessary transportation 
           for newborn children of certain women veterans, S. 
           2247, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
           for a consistent eligibility date for provision

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           of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones 
           and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children 
           of veterans whose remains are unavailable, S. 2248, to 
           amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
           Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial 
           benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are 
           buried in tribal cemeteries, S. 2294, to amend title 
           38, United States Code, to ensure that individuals may 
           access documentation verifying the monthly housing 
           stipend paid to the individual under the Post-9/11 
           Educational Assistance Program of the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs, S. 2304, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to protect veterans from predatory 
           lending, S. 2341, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to improve the processing of veterans benefits by 
           the Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit the 
           authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
           recover overpayments made by the Department and other 
           amounts owed by veterans to the United States, to 
           improve the due process accorded veterans with respect 
           to such recovery, S. 2357, to require the Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs to review the processes and 
           requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
           scheduling appointments for health care and conducting 
           consultations under the laws administered by the 
           Secretary, an original bill to require the Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs to furnish organ transplant care to 
           veterans at non-Department of Veterans Affairs 
           facilities, an original bill to provide additional 
           protections for our veterans, an original bill to 
           provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in 
           National Parks, and an original bill entitled 
           ``Department of Veterans Affairs Senior Executive 
           Accountability Act of 2017''.
                                                            SR-418
     3:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Airland
         To hold hearings to examine Army modernization.
                                                            SR-222
     4:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2286, to amend the Peace 
           Corps Act to provide greater protection and services 
           for Peace Corps volunteers, S. 2060, to promote 
           democracy and human rights in Burma, S. Res. 92, 
           expressing concern over the disappearance of David 
           Sneddon, H.R. 1625, to amend the State Department Basic 
           Authorities Act of 1956 to include severe forms of 
           trafficking in persons within the definition of 
           transnational organized crime for purposes of the 
           rewards program of the Department of State, H.R. 535, 
           to encourage visits between the United States and 
           Taiwan at all levels, and the nominations of Peter 
           Hendrick Vrooman, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Rwanda, and Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to 
           be an Under Secretary (Management), both of the 
           Department of State.
                                                             S-116
     5 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To receive a closed briefing on Turkey.
                                                           SVC-217

                               FEBRUARY 8
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the evolution of 
           energy infrastructure in the United States and how 
           lessons learned from the past can inform future 
           opportunities.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the opioid crisis, focusing 
           on the impact on children and families.
                                                            SD-430
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Paul C. 
           Ney, Jr., of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, Kevin 
           Fahey, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary, 
           and Thomas E. Ayres, of Pennsylvania, to be General 
           Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, all of the 
           Department of Defense, and Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, of 
           Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1917, to reform 
           sentencing laws and correctional institutions, and the 
           nominations of Kurt D. Engelhardt, of Louisiana, to be 
           United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 
           Michael B. Brennan, of Wisconsin, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Barry W. Ashe, 
           to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
           District of Louisiana, Howard C. Nielson, Jr., to be 
           United States District Judge for the District of Utah, 
           James R. Sweeney II, to be United States District Judge 
           for the Southern District of Indiana, Susan Paradise 
           Baxter, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Western District of Pennsylvania, Daniel Desmond 
           Domenico, to be United States District Judge for the 
           District of Colorado, Adam I. Klein, of the District of 
           Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and 
           Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and John C. Anderson, 
           to be United States Attorney for the District of New 
           Mexico, Brandon J. Fremin, to be United States Attorney 
           for the Middle District of Louisiana, Joseph P. Kelly, 
           to be United States Attorney for the District of 
           Nebraska, Scott W. Murray, to be United States Attorney 
           for the District of New Hampshire, David C. Weiss, to 
           be United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 
           David G. Jolley, to be United States Marshal for the 
           Eastern District of Tennessee, and Thomas M. Griffin, 
           Jr., to be United States Marshal for the District of 
           South Carolina, all of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider subcommittee assignments for 
           the Second Session of the 115th Congress, and the 
           nominations of Jelena McWilliams, of Ohio, to be 
           Chairperson of the Board of Directors, and to be a 
           Member of the Board of Directors, Federal Deposit 
           Insurance Corporation, Marvin Goodfriend, of 
           Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Governors 
           of the Federal Reserve System, and Thomas E. Workman, 
           of New York, to be a Member of the Financial Stability 
           Oversight Council.
                                                            SD-538
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing regarding certain 
           intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              FEBRUARY 13
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine improving animal health, 
           focusing on reauthorization of Food and Drug 
           Administration Animal Drug User Fees.
                                                            SD-430

                              FEBRUARY 14
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
         To hold hearings to examine the current readiness of 
           United States forces.
                                                            SR-222
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Native Americans 
           and the 2020 Census.
                                                            SD-628

                              FEBRUARY 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the Commodity 
           Futures Trading Commission, focusing on pending rules, 
           cryptocurrency regulation, and cross-border agreements.
                                                           SR-328A

                              FEBRUARY 28
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2019 for the Department 
           of State and redesign plans.
                                                            SD-419