[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 135 (Wednesday, August 15, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1153]
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                       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 Thursday, August 16, 2018 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               AUGUST 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Alan Ray 
           Shaffer, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for 
           Acquisition and Sustainment, Veronica Daigle, of 
           Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Casey 
           Wardynski, of Alabama, and Alex A. Beehler, of 
           Maryland, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
           Army, all of the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Russia sanctions, focusing on 
           current effectiveness and potential for next steps.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the energy efficiency of 
           blockchain and similar technologies and the 
           cybersecurity possibilities of such technologies for 
           energy industry applications.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine United States-Russia 
           relations.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Centers for Medicare and 
           Medicaid Services efforts to fight Medicaid fraud and 
           overpayments.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
         To hold hearings to examine financial literacy, focusing 
           on the starting point for a secure retirement.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
         To hold hearings to examine cyber threats to our nation's 
           critical infrastructure.
                                                            SD-226

                               AUGUST 22
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine S. 483, to designate and 
           expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in 
           the State of Washington, and to designate certain 
           rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National 
           Park as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1572, to amend the 
           Mineral Leasing Act to provide that extraction of 
           helium from gas produced under a Federal mineral lease 
           shall maintain the lease as if the helium were oil and 
           gas, S. 1787, to reauthorize the National Geologic 
           Mapping Act of 1992, S. 1959, to designate certain 
           Federal land in the State of California as wilderness, 
           S. 2078, to maximize land management efficiencies, 
           promote land conservation, generate education funding, 
           S. 2160, to establish a pilot program under the Chief 
           of the Forest Service may use alternative dispute 
           resolution in lieu of judicial review of certain 
           projects, S. 2297, to direct the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System 
           land to Custer County, South Dakota, S. 2721, to 
           designate certain land in San Miguel, Ouray, and San 
           Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, to designate 
           certain special management areas in the State of 
           Colorado, S. 2809, to establish the San Rafael Swell 
           Western Heritage and Historic Mining National 
           Conservation Area in the State of Utah, to designate 
           wilderness areas in the State, to provide for certain 
           land conveyances, S. 2907, to provide for the 
           withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in 
           the State of New Mexico, S. 3245, to require the 
           Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National 
           Forest System land in the State of Texas, S. 3297, to 
           provide for the expansion of the Desert Tortoise 
           Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington County, Utah, S. 
           3325, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management 
           Act of 1976 to provide for the eligibility of national 
           grasslands for grazing leases and permits, and H.R. 
           2075, to adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes 
           Canyon-Steelhead Falls and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness 
           Study Areas in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire 
           prevention and response activities to protect private 
           property.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kevin K. 
           Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Nicaragua, Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, and Karen L. 
           Williams, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Suriname, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of William 
           Bryan, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Science 
           and Technology, and Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to 
           be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management 
           Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Rules and Administration
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Secure Elections Act''.
                                                            SR-301
     2:45 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine cultural 
           sovereignty, focusing on efforts to maintain and 
           revitalize Native languages for future generations.
                                                            SD-628