[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D240-D241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 8, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United 
States European Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine domestic 
violence and child abuse in the military, 2:15 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 79, to provide for the establishment of a pilot program 
to identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the 
energy sector, S. 186, to amend the Federal Power Act to provide 
that any inaction by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that 
allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order 
by the Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review, S. 
1059, to extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the disposal site in Mesa 
County, Colorado, S. 1160, to include Livingston County, the city of 
Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson 
County, Illinois, to the Lincoln National Heritage Area, S. 1181, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to 
expedite access to certain Federal land under the administrative 
jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-
recovery missions, S. 1260 and H.R. 2615, bills to authorize the 
exchange of certain land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, 
Jackson County, Mississippi, between the National Park Service and 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, S. 1335 and H.R. 2888, bills to 
establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in the State of 
Missouri, S. 1336, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
reauthorize hydroelectric production incentives and hydroelectric 
efficiency improvement incentives, S. 1337, to amend the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 to make certain strategic energy infrastructure 
projects eligible for certain loan guarantees, S. 1446 and H.R. 
1135, bills to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Historic Preservation program, S. 1457, to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry 
out demonstration projects relating to advanced nuclear reactor 
technologies to support domestic energy needs, S. 1563, to authorize 
the Office of Fossil Energy to develop advanced separation 
technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements 
and minerals from coal and coal byproducts, S. 1602, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the 
suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the 
Finger Lakes National Heritage Area, S. 1692, to authorize the 
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish 
a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, 
S. 1799, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to facilitate the 
commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at 
Department of Energy facilities with promising commercial potential, 
S. 1860 and H.R. 1109, bills to amend section 203 of the Federal 
Power Act, S. 1981, to amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite 
approval of exports of small volumes of natural gas, S. 2213 and 
H.R. 4300, bills to authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a 
commemorative display to honor members of the United States Armed 
Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, S. 2325, 
to incentivize the hiring of United States workers in the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, H.R. 589, to establish 
Department of Energy policy for science and energy research and 
development programs, and reform National Laboratory management and 
technology transfer programs, H.R. 648, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee 
Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle 
Reservoir, H.R. 1397, to authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite 
the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, 
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, and H.R. 1500, to redesignate 
the small triangular property located in Washington, DC, and 
designated by the National Park Service as reservation 302 as 
``Robert Emmet Park'', 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2421, to amend the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to 
provide an exemption from certain notice requirements and penalties 
for releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at farms, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of John F. Ring, of the District 
of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, 
Frank T. Brogan, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education, and Mark Schneider, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of the Institute of Education 
Science, both of the Department of Education, Marco M. Rajkovich, 
Jr., of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Review Commission, and other pending nominations, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the opioid crisis, 
focusing on leadership and innovation in the states, 10 a.m., SD-
430.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness; and 
Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, joint hearing 
entitled ``Mobility and Transportation Command Posture'', 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled ``Arlington 
National Cemetery--Preserving the Promise'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Examining U.S. Public Health 
Preparedness for and Response Efforts to Seasonal Influenza'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.