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In the Committees - Thursday, November 19, 2015
House Hearings:
- POSTPONED ARMED SERVICES - Readiness Subc. On discussing the effects of reduced infrastructure and base operating support investments on readiness. Dept. witnesses. 2212 RHOB. (9:00-Open)
- POSTPONED ARMED SERVICES - Seapower and Projection Forces Subc. On discussing acquisition efficiency and the future Navy force. Dept. witnesses. 2118 RHOB. (9:00-Open)
- Armed Services - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subc. On advancing the science and acceptance of autonomy for future defense systems. Dept. and public witnesses. 2212 RHOB. (10:30-Open)
- Energy - Oversight and Investigations Subc. On discussing the U.S. public health preparedness for seasonal influenza. Dept. witnesses. 2322 RHOB. (10:00-Open); Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subc. On discussing the fast-evolving uses and economic impacts of drones. Public witnesses. 2123 RHOB. (10:15-Open)
- Financial Services - Oversight and Investigations Subc. On oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Public witnesses. 2128 RHOB. (9:15-Open)
- Foreign Affairs - Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subc. On ensuring administration action on implementing the Goldman Act to return abducted American children. Public witnesses. 2172 RHOB. (11:00-Open)
- Judiciary - Immigration and Border Security Subc. On discussing the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on the security of the U.S. refugee admissions program. Dept. and public witnesses. 2141 RHOB. (9:00-Open)
- Small Business - Agriculture, Energy, and Trade Subc. On H.R. 3714 – Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015. MC’s and public witnesses. 2360 RHOB. (10:00-Open)
Senate Hearings:
- Armed Services - Hearings to examine the nominations of Alissa M. Starzak, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, Franklin R. Parker, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, John Conger, of Maryland, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary, and Stephen P. Welby, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense. SD-G50 (09:30 AM)
- Energy - Business meeting to consider S.329, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.556, to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, S.782, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a bison management plan for Grand Canyon National Park, S.1583, to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project, S.1592, to clarify the description of certain Federal land under the Northern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005 to include additional land in the Kaibab National Forest, S.1694, to amend Public Law 103-434 to authorize Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project for the purposes of improving water management in the Yakima River basin, S.1941 and H.R.2223, bills to authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in El Paso and Teller Counties, Colorado, S.1942 and H.R.1554, bills to require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado, S.2046, to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, S.2069, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon, S.2083, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project, H.R.373, 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, H.R.1324, to adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and the nominations of Suzette M. Kimball, of West Virginia, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, and Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of Illinois, to be Under Secretary, John Francis Kotek, of Idaho, to be an Assistant Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Cherry Ann Murray, of Kansas, to be Director of the Office of Science, all of Department of Energy. SD-366 (09:30 AM)
- Foreign Relations - Hearings to examine democratic transitions in southeast Asia. SD-419 (10:00 AM)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Hearings to examine human trafficking. SD-342 (10:00 AM)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Hearings to examine the impact of ISIS on the homeland and refugee resettlement. SD-342 (02:00 PM)
- Intelligence - To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. SH-219 (02:00 PM)
- Joint Conference Committee - Meeting of conferees on S.1177, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves. HVC-201AB (10:00 AM)
- Judiciary - Business meeting to consider S.247, to amend section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, and S.1318, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism. SD-226 (10:00 AM)
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