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In the Committees - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Senate Hearings:
- Energy - 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 (10:00 AM)
- Finance - Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Elizabeth Darling, of Texas, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. SD-215 (09:30 AM)
- Foreign Relations - Business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael A. Hammer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, John Cotton Richmond, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, and Donald R. Tapia, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, all of the Department of State, and a routine list in the Foreign Service; to be immediately followed by a hearing 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 (10:00 AM)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - 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 (10:00 AM)
- Indian Affairs - An oversight hearing to examine cultural sovereignty, focusing on efforts to maintain and revitalize Native languages for future generations. SD-628 (02:15 PM)
- Judiciary - Hearings to examine the nominations of Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Kenneth D. Bell, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, Carl J. Nichols, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Martha Maria Pacold, Mary M. Rowland, and Steven C. Seeger, each to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. SD-226 (10:00 AM)
- Rules - Business meeting to consider S.2593, to protect the administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats. SR-301 (10:30 AM)
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