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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 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, March 28, 2023 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
MARCH 29 9:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of the Interior.
SD-124
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
To hold hearings to examine enterprise cybersecurity to protect the Department of Defense Information Networks.
SR-232A 10 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Agriculture.
SD-192
Committee on the Budget
To hold hearings to examine the cost of oil dependence in a low-carbon world.
SD-608/VTC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine advancing next generation aviation technologies.
SR-253
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the EPA Good Neighbor rule, focusing on healthier air for downwind states.
SD-406
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the need to end illegal union busting at Starbucks.
SD-G50 10:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 670, to improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in Homeland
Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain
Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma
Program and the Victim Assistance Program, S. 311, to correct the inequitable denial of enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to certain U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Officers, S. 285, to provide for the perpetuation, administration, and funding of Federal
Executive Boards, S. 264, to amend the Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, S. 211, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to establish an enhanced use lease pilot program, S. 709, to improve performance and accountability in the
Federal Government, S. 717, to improve plain writing and public experience, S. 666, to amend title 31,
United States Code, to require the Chief Operating
Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs, S. 824, to require the Secretary of Homeland
Security to establish a national risk management cycle,
S. 884, to establish a Government-wide approach to improving digital identity, S. 885, to establish a
Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve in the Department of
Homeland Security as a pilot project to address the cybersecurity needs of the United States with respect to national security, S. 479, to modify the fire management assistance cost share, S. 780, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives, S. 108, to require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, S. 111, to require each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, to include a link to a 100-word plain language summary of the proposed rule, S. 349, to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely, S.
243, to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities, S. 310, to establish an advisory group to encourage and foster collaborative efforts among individuals and entities engaged in disaster recovery relating to debris removal, S. 257, to prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime,
S. 206, to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to regularly review and update policies and manuals related to inspections at ports of entry, S. 679, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, to require Federal agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United
States a report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffective, S.
829, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act, S. 794, to require a pilot program on the participation of non-asset-based third-party logistics providers in the Customs-Trade
Partnership Against Terrorism, S. 931, to improve the visibility, accountability, and oversight of agency software asset management practices, S. 917, to establish the duties of the Director of the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency regarding open source software security, S. 945, to provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, S. 932, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the halt in pension payments for Members of Congress sentenced for certain offenses, and S. 933, to amend the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to modify requirements relating to data centers of certain
Federal agencies.
SD-562 1:30 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Homeland Security.
SD-192 2:30 p.m.
Committee on Finance
Subcommittee on Health Care
To hold hearings to examine the oral health crisis, focusing on identifying and addressing health disparities.
SD-215
Committee on Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 460, to amend the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban
Indian organization confer policy for the Department of
Health and Human Services, S. 306, to approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River
Tribe, S. 595, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the
Rio San Jose Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and
Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New
Mexico, and S. 950, to amend the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the future of tribal energy development, focusing on implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
SD-628
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold hearings to examine personnel vetting modernization.
SH-216
MARCH 30 9:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization
Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years
Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.
SD-G50 10 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management,
Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight
To hold hearings to examine petrochemicals to waste, focusing on the lifecycle, environmental, and climate effects of plastic.
SD-406
Committee on Finance
To hold hearings to examine pharmacy benefit managers and the prescription drug supply chain, focusing on the impact on patients and taxpayers.
SD-215
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine guardianship and alternatives, focusing on protection and empowerment.
SD-106 10:30 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and
Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine forestry in the Farm Bill, focusing on the importance of America's forests.
SR-328A
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Nicole D.
Theriot, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Co-
operative Republic of Guyana, and Ann Marie Yastishock, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Independent
State of Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of
Vanuatu, both of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.
SD-419
MAY 3 10 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the 2024 U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers budget and implementation of Water Resources
Development Act of 2022.
SD-406