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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 15, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs efforts to prevent and combat 
opioid over medication, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider, pursuant to H. Con. Res. 71, the Concurrent Resolution on 
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, reconciliation legislation to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer 
a competitive oil and gas program in the non-wilderness portion of 
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known as the ``1002 Area'' or 
Coastal Plain, 9 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine promoting American leadership in reducing air emissions 
through innovation, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to continue consideration 
of an original bill entitled, ``Tax Cuts and Jobs Act'', 9 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine encouraging healthy communities, focusing on 
perspective from the Surgeon General, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Mitchell Zais, of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary, and James 
Blew, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, 
Evaluation, and Policy Development, both of the Department of 
Education, and Kate S. O'Scannlain, of Maryland, to be Solicitor, 
and Preston Rutledge, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Labor, 2:30 p.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James C. Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a 
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 
Claria Horn Boom, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
and Western Districts of Kentucky, John W. Broomes, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Rebecca Grady 
Jennings, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Kentucky, and Robert Earl Wier, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 10 a.m., SD-
226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing 
entitled ``2018 Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record'', 9:30 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. 
Department of Labor'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment, 
markup on H.R. 1917, the ``Blocking Regulatory Interference from 
Closing Kilns Act of 2017''; H.R. 453, the ``Relief from New Source 
Performance Standards Act of 2017''; H.R. 350, the ``Recognizing the 
Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017''; and H.R. 1119, the 
``Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue markup 
on H.R. 1153, the ``Mortgage Choice Act of 2017''; H.R. 1638, the 
``Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act''; H.R. 3093, the 
``Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act''; H.R. 3221, the ``Securing 
Access to Affordable Mortgages Act''; H.R. 3299, the ``Protecting 
Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017''; H.R. 3978, the ``TRID 
Improvement Act of 2017''; H.R. 4015, the ``Corporate Governance 
Reform and Transparency Act of 2017''; H.R. 4247, the ``Restoring 
Financial Market Freedom Act of 2017''; H.R. 4248, to amend the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure 
requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 4258, the ``Family Self-Sufficiency Act''; H.R. 4263, the 
``Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017''; H.R. 4267, the ``Small 
Business Credit Availability Act''; H.R. 4270, the ``Monetary Policy 
Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017''; H.R. 4278, the 
``Independence from Credit Policy Act of 2017''; H.R. 4279, the 
``Expanding Investment Opportunities Act''; H.R. 4281, the 
``Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act''; H.R. 
4289, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to 
coal and mine safety; H.R. 4292, the ``Financial Institution Living 
Will Improvement Act''; H.R. 4293, to reform the Comprehensive 
Capital Analysis and Review process, the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test 
process, and for other purposes; H.R. 4294, the ``Prevention of 
Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017''; H.R. 4296, to place 
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operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations 
established by an appropriate Federal banking agency; H.R. 4302, the 
``Congressional Accountability for Emergency Lending Programs Act of 
2017''; and H.R. 4324, the ``Strengthening Oversight of Iran's 
Access to Finance Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 
336, reaffirming a strong commitment to the United States-Mexico 
Partnership; H. Res. 401, urging China, South Korea, Vietnam, 
Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, India, and all 
nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing 
laws against the trade; H. Res. 407, condemning the persecution of 
Christians around the world; H.R. 1164, the ``Taylor Force Act''; 
H.R. 1415, the ``End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act''; H.R. 2712, 
the ``Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 
2017''; H.R. 3542, the ``Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act''; H.R. 
3776, the ``Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017''; H. Con. Res. 90, 
condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end 
to the attacks in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian 
access to the state of Rakhine in Burma, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Development Finance in Asia: U.S. Economic Strategy Amid China's 
Belt and Road'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``Maximizing the Value 
of Cyber Threat Information Sharing'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 170, 
the ``Protect and Grow American Jobs Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular 
and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on H.R. 212, the ``EFFECT Act'', 
H.R. 2320, the ``Samish Indian Nation Land Conveyance Act of 2017''; 
and H.R. 3225, the ``Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act'', 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 801, the ``Route 66 
National Historic Trail Designation Act''; H.R. 2888, the ``Ste. 
Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act''; H.R. 3979, 
the ``Keep America's Refuges Operational Act''; and H.R. 4266, the 
``Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act'', 10:30 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Recommendations and Reforms from the Inspectors 
General'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Technology; and Subcommittee on 
Government Operations, joint hearing entitled ``The Federal 
Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Scorecard 
5.0'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
markup on legislation on the Department of Energy Research 
Infrastructure Act of 2017; legislation on the Accelerating American 
Leadership in Science Act of 2017; legislation on the Nuclear Energy 
Research Infrastructure Act of 2017; legislation on the STEM 
Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act; H.R. 
4323, the ``Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act''; H.R. 4254, 
the ``Women in Aerospace Education Act''; and H.R. 3397, the 
``Building Blocks of STEM Act'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Federal Government and Small Businesses: Promoting Greater 
Information Sharing for Stronger Cybersecurity'', 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the victims of Turkey's failing rule of law, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-124.