[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 14959-14960]
[From the U.S. 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

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section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each 
week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, 2017 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 27
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine forest management to mitigate 
           wildfires, focusing on legislative solutions.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Patrick 
           Pizzella, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, 
           Janet Dhillon, of Pennsylvania, and Daniel M. Gade, of 
           North Dakota, both to be a Member of the Equal 
           Employment Opportunity Commission, and Carlos G. Muniz, 
           of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of 
           Education.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine threats to the homeland.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine preventing veteran suicide.
                                                            SR-418
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ann Marie 
           Buerkle, of New York, to be Chairman of the Consumer 
           Product Safety Commission, Howard R. Elliott, of 
           Indiana, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and 
           Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department 
           of Transportation, and Walter G. Copan, of Colorado, to 
           be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and 
           Technology.
                                                            SR-253
     10:45 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kathleen 
           M. Fitzpatrick, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 
           and Daniel J. Kritenbrink, of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, both 
           of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on National Parks
         To hold hearings to examine encouraging the next 
           generation to visit National Parks.
                                                            SD-366
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard 
           Duke Buchan III, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
           Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without 
           additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, 
           Richard Grenell, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
           Federal Republic of Germany, Edward T. McMullen, Jr., 
           of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Swiss 
           Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without 
           additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
           Principality of Liechtenstein, Jamie McCourt, of 
           California, to be Ambassador to the French Republic, 
           and to serve concurrently and without additional 
           compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
           Monaco, and Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be 
           Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, all of 
           the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Government 
           Accountability Office reports on human trafficking of 
           Native Americans in the United States.
                                                            SD-628
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     3 p.m.
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the Small Business 
           Administration's response to the 2017 hurricanes.
                                                           SR-428A

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine rural development and energy 
           programs, focusing on perspectives for the 2018 Farm 
           Bill.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine evaluating sanctions 
           enforcement and policy options on North Korea, focusing 
           on Administration perspectives.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1766, to reauthorize the 
           SAFER Act of 2013, and the nominations of Amy Coney 
           Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Seventh Circuit, Joan Louise Larsen, of 
           Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Sixth Circuit, William L. Campbell, Jr., to be United 
           States District Judge for the Middle District of 
           Tennessee, Thomas Lee Robinson Parker, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Western District of 
           Tennessee, and Eric S. Dreiband, of Maryland, and Brian 
           Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant 
           Attorney General, Halsey B. Frank, to be United States 
           Attorney for the District of Maine, D. Michael Hurst, 
           Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Southern 
           District of Mississippi, Jeffrey B. Jensen, to be 
           United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
           Missouri, Thomas L. Kirsch II, to be United States 
           Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, and 
           William J. Powell, to be United States Attorney for the 
           Northern District of West Virginia, all of the 
           Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing on North Korea.
                                                           SVC-217
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
         To hold hearings to examine Transportation Security 
           Administration modernization, focusing on improvements 
           to aviation security.
                                                            SR-253

                               OCTOBER 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John 
           Marshall Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, 
           Department of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Wells Fargo one year later.
                                                            SD-538

                               OCTOBER 4
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Equifax cybersecurity 
           breach.
                                                            SD-538
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian gaming, 
           focusing on new issues and opportunities for success in 
           the next 30 years.
                                                            SH-216

                               October 5
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal response to the 
           opioid crisis.
                                                            SD-430

                               OCTOBER 18
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SH-216

                               OCTOBER 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on SeaPower
         To receive a closed briefing on the major threats facing 
           naval forces and the Navy's current and planned 
           capabilities to meet those threats.
                                                           SVC-217