[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7777-7779]
[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

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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, May 16, 2017 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine aging with community, 
           focusing on building connections that last a lifetime.
                                                            SD-562
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the growing Russian military 
           threat in Europe, focusing on assessing and addressing 
           the challenge.
                                                           SVC-208
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine current issues in American 
           sports, focusing on protecting the health and safety of 
           American athletes.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine improving America's 
           transportation infrastructure.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 34, to amend chapter 8 of 
           title 5, United States Code, to provide for the en bloc 
           consideration in resolutions of disapproval for 
           ``midnight rules'', S. 829, to reauthorize the 
           Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the Fire 
           Prevention and Safety Grants program, and the Staffing 
           for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program, 
           S. 951, to reform the process by which Federal agencies 
           analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance 
           documents, S. 21, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United 
           States Code, to provide that major rules of the 
           executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a 
           joint resolution of approval is enacted into law, S. 
           577, to require each agency, in providing notice of a 
           rule making, to include a link to a 100 word plain 
           language summary of the proposed rule, S. 584, to amend 
           chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
           known as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure 
           complete analysis of potential impacts on small 
           entities of rules, S. 579, to require agencies to 
           publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for 
           major rules, S. 459, to designate the area between the 
           intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis 
           Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and 
           Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of 
           Columbia, as ``Boris Nemtsov Plaza'', S. 595, to 
           provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with 
           additional flexibility to expedite the hiring process 
           for applicants for law enforcement positions, S. 696, 
           to amend title 5, United States Code, to appropriately 
           limit the authority to award bonuses to Federal 
           employees, S. 504, to permanently authorize the Asia-
           Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card 
           Program, S. 842, to prohibit Federal agencies and 
           Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant 
           for employment disclose criminal history record 
           information before the applicant has received a 
           conditional offer, S. 760, to expand the Government's 
           use and administration of data to facilitate 
           transparency, effective governance, and innovation, S. 
           831, to designate the facility of the United States 
           Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in 
           Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the ``Police Officer Scott 
           Bashioum Post Office Building'', an original bill 
           entitled, ``Department of Homeland Security Blue 
           Campaign Authorization Act of 2017'', an original bill 
           entitled, ``Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 
           2017'', and an original bill entitled, ``Saving Federal 
           Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and 
           Travel Cards Act of 2017''.
                                                            SD-342
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of social capital 
           in America today.
                                                            SD-106
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on the Budget
         To hold hearings to examine running the government for 
           less.
                                                            SD-608
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
         To hold hearings to examine military space organization, 
           policy, and programs.
                                                            SR-222
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Scott P. 
           Brown, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to New 
           Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without 
           additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
           Independent State of Samoa, Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 458, to support the 
           education of Indian children, S. 691, to extend Federal 
           recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the 
           Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper 
           Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the 
           Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe, 
           and S. 1116, to amend the Native American Business 
           Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, 
           the Buy Indian Act, and the Native American Programs 
           Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic 
           development opportunities to Indian communities; to be 
           immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine 
           the Government Accountability Office's high risk list 
           for Indian programs.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 23, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
           Affairs to adopt and implement a standard 
           identification protocol for use in the tracking and 
           procurement of biological implants by the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs, S. 112, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to authorize per diem payments under 
           comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to 
           furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, S. 
           324, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
           the provision of adult day health care services for 
           veterans, S. 543, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
           include in each contract into which the Secretary 
           enters for necessary services authorities and mechanism 
           for appropriate oversight, S. 591, to expand 
           eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance 
           for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs, to expand benefits available to participants 
           under such program, to enhance special compensation for 
           members of the uniformed services who require 
           assistance in everyday life, S. 609, to amend the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs 
           Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States 
           Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and 
           services to veterans at all Department of Veterans 
           Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such 
           care and services, S. 681, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to improve the benefits and services 
           provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women 
           veterans, S. 764, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to improve the enrollment of veterans in certain 
           courses of education, S. 784, to provide for an 
           increase, effective December 1, 2017, in the rates of 
           compensation for veterans with service-connected 
           disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
           compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
           veterans, S. 804, to improve the provision of health 
           care for women veterans by the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs, S. 899, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
           to ensure that the requirements that new Federal 
           employees who are veterans with service-connected 
           disabilities are provided leave for purposes of 
           undergoing medical treatment for such disabilities 
           apply to certain employees of the Veterans Health 
           Administration, S. 1024, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to reform the rights and processes 
           relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for 
           benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary 
           of Veterans Affairs, S. 1094, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to improve the accountability of employees 
           of the Department of Veterans Affairs, an original bill 
           entitled, ``Serving our Rural Veterans Act'', and an 
           original bill entitled, ``Veteran Partners' Efforts to 
           Enhance Reintegration Act''.
                                                            SR-418

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     3:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Airland
         To hold hearings to examine United States military small 
           arms requirements.
                                                           SR-232A

                                 MAY 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kari A. 
           Bingen, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under 
           Secretary, Robert Story Karem, of the District of 
           Columbia, and Kenneth P. Rapuano, of Virginia, both to 
           be an Assistant Secretary, and Ryan Dean Newman, of New 
           Mexico, to be General Counsel of the Department of the 
           Army, all of the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of William 
           Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to 
           Japan, Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine domestic and international 
           policy.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of David 
           Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 867, to provide support 
           for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the 
           mental health and well-being of law enforcement 
           officers, and the nomination of Amul R. Thapar, of 
           Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Sixth Circuit.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                 MAY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine worldwide threats.
                                                            SD-G50

                                 MAY 24
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
         To hold hearings to examine Department of Energy atomic 
           energy defense activities and programs.
                                                            SD-G50

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                 MAY 17
     1 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                 MAY 18
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
         To hold hearings to examine the Balkan Peninsula, 
           focusing on strengthening democracy and countering 
           malign foreign influence.
                                                            SD-419