| Date Time-Room | Committee | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018 9:30 AM – SD-G50 | Armed Services | Hearings to examine the nominations of General Robert B. Abrams, USA, to be General, and to be Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, and Vice Admiral Craig S. Faller, USN, to be Admiral, and to be Commander, United States Southern Command. |
| Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-366 | Energy and Natural Resources | Hearings to examine the Department of Energy's efforts in the field of quantum information science. |
| Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Hearings to examine the Every Student Succeeds Act, focusing on states leading the way. |
| Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018 2:30 PM – SH-219 | Intelligence | To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. |
| Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018 3:00 PM – SD-419 | Foreign Relations | Hearings to examine the nominations of Bonnie Glick, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator, and Michael T. Harvey, of Texas, and Mark Montgomery, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Administrator, all of the United States Agency for International Development. |
| Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018 3:30 PM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security | Hearings to examine health care in rural America, focusing on experiences and costs. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-G50 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Hearings to examine safeguards for consumer data privacy. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-406 | Environment and Public Works | Hearings to examine cleaning up the oceans, focusing on reducing the impact of man-made trash on the environment, wildlife, and human health. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-342 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Business meeting to consider S.3478, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a comprehensive strategy for maintaining situational awareness and operational control of high traffic areas along the borders, to address the protective custody of alien children accompanied by parents, to strengthen accountability for deployment of border security technology at the Department of Homeland Security, to encourage Federal agencies to coordinate on research and the development of technology to combat illicit opioid importation, to establish a narcotic drug screening technology pilot program to combat illicit opioid importation, S.3405, to reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security, S.3137, to provide for reforming agencies of the Federal Government to improve efficiency and effectiveness, S.3208, to provide agencies with discretion in securing information technology and information systems, S.3050, to improve executive agency digital services, S.823, to ensure the digital contents of electronic equipment and online accounts belonging to or in the possession of United States persons entering or exiting the United States are adequately protected at the border, S.3484, to modernize Federal grant reporting, S.278, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for innovative research and development, S.3085, to establish a Federal Acquisition Security Council and to provide executive agencies with authorities relating to mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of information technology, S.3437, to establish a Federal rotational cyber workforce program for the Federal cyber workforce, S.3251, to require executive agencies to consider rental in any analysis for equipment acquisition, S.3309, to authorize cyber incident response teams at the Department of Homeland Security, S.3191, to provide for the expeditious disclosure of records related to civil rights cold cases, S.594, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with cybersecurity consortia for training, S.3209, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 413 Washington Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey, as the "Private Henry Svehla Post Office Building", S.3237, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 12th Street Lobby in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Richard W. Williams Chapter of the Triple Nickles (555th P.I.A.) Post Office", S.3414, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Ferry Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the "Captain Matthew J. August Post Office", S.3442, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 105 Duff Street in Macon, Missouri, as the "Arla W. Harrell Post Office", H.R.50, to provide for additional safeguards with respect to imposing Federal mandates, H.R.2196, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients, H.R.1132, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 2-year prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any former political appointee, H.R.6439, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program, H.R.5206, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of Biometric Identity Management, H.R.606, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the "Harold D. McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building", H.R.1209, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the "Mission Veterans Post Office Building", H.R.2979, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the "Jack H. Brown Post Office Building", H.R.3230, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the "Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building", H.R.4407, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3s101 Rockwell Street in Warrenville, Illinois, as the "Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building", H.R.4890, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the "Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building", H.R.4913, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 816 East Salisbury Parkway in Salisbury, Maryland, as the "Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner Post Office Building", H.R.4946, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the "Specialist Trevor A. Win'E Post Office", H.R.4960, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 Ea |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 10:30 AM – SD-215 | Finance | Hearings to examine the impact of tariffs on the United States automotive industry. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 10:45 AM – LHOB-1100 | Joint Economic Committee | Hearings to examine the rise of American earnings and living standards. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 11:00 AM – S-116 | Foreign Relations | Business meeting to consider S.1862, to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to modify the criteria for determining whether countries are meeting the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, S.2736, to develop a long-term strategic vision and a comprehensive, multifaceted, and principled United States policy for the Indo-Pacific region, S.3233, to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for violence and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, S.3257, to impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for serious violations of international law regarding the protection of civilians during armed conflict, S.3476, to extend certain authorities relating to United States efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria globally, S.Res.435, expressing the sense of the Senate that the 85th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, should serve as a reminder of repressive Soviet policies against the people of Ukraine, S.Res.481, calling upon the leadership of the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to dismantle its labor camp system, S.Res.562, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) continues to make an invaluable contribution to United States and international security, 50 years after it opened for signature on July 1, 1968, S.Res.602, supporting the agreement between Prime Minister Tsipras of Greece and Prime Minister Zaev of Macedonia to resolve longstanding bilateral disputes, S.Res.634, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift and honoring the veterans of Operation Vittles, H.R.2200, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, H.R.600, to promote Internet access in developing countries and update foreign policy toward the Internet, H.R.1677, to halt the wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, encourage a negotiated political settlement, and hold Syrian human rights abusers accountable for their crimes, and the nomination of Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Department of State. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 2:15 PM – SR-253 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness | Hearings to examine the global space race, focusing on ensuring the United States remains the leader in space. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 2:30 PM – SD-628 | Indian Affairs | Business meeting to consider S.465, to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health Service, S.2154, to approve the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and S.2599, to provide for the transfer of certain Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine justice for Native youth, focusing on the Government Accountability Office report on "Native American Youth Involvement in Justice Systems and Information on Grants to Help Address Juvenile Delinquency". |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 2:30 PM – SD-106 | Armed Services Subcommittee on PersonnelSubcommittee on Cybersecurity | Hearings to examine the cyber operational readiness of the Department of Defense; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 2:30 PM – SD-419 | Foreign Relations | Hearings to examine the nominations of Craig Lewis Cloud, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, Michael Peter Pelletier, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, Robert K. Scott, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, Simon Henshaw, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Eric Williams Stromayer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, Lucy Tamlyn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic, and Dennis Walter Hearne, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, all of the Department of State. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 2:30 PM – SD-342 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management | Hearings to examine the Federal role in the toxic PFAS chemical crisis. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 2:30 PM – SR-301 | Rules and Administration | Hearings to examine S.1010 and H.R. 1695, bills to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide additional responsibilities for the Register of Copyrights. |
| Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 3:00 PM – SR-418 | Veterans' Affairs | Hearings to examine the state of the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on a 60 day report. |
| Thursday, Sep 27, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-215 | Finance | Hearings to examine the nominations of Gordon Hartogensis, of Connecticut, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and Gail S. Ennis, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Social Security Administration. |
| Thursday, Sep 27, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-342 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management | Hearings to examine the effect of regulatory policy on the economy and business growth. |
| Thursday, Sep 27, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on improving affordability through innovation. |
| Thursday, Sep 27, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-226 | Judiciary | Hearings to examine the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
| Thursday, Sep 27, 2018 2:00 PM – SH-219 | Intelligence | To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. |
| Thursday, Sep 27, 2018 2:00 PM – RHOB-2261 | Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe | Hearings to examine politically-motivated injustice, focusing on the extradition case of Judge Venckiene. |
| Tuesday, Oct 02, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-538 | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Hearings to examine implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. |
| Tuesday, Oct 02, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-419 | Foreign Relations | Hearings to examine Russia's role in Syria and the broader Middle East; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217. |
| Tuesday, Oct 02, 2018 10:30 AM – SD-215 | Finance | Hearings to examine the nomination of Andrew M. Saul, of New York, to be Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2019. |
| Tuesday, Oct 02, 2018 2:30 PM – SD-226 | Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution | Hearings to examine threats to religious liberty around the world. |
| Wednesday, Oct 03, 2018 2:30 PM – SD-628 | Indian Affairs | An oversight hearing to examine Government Accountability Office reports relating to broadband internet availability on tribal lands. |
| Wednesday, Oct 03, 2018 2:30 PM – SD-226 | Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights | An oversight hearing to examine the enforcement of the antitrust laws. |
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