| Date Time-Room | Committee | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 Time to be announced. – TBA | Finance | Business meeting to consider 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. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 Time to be announced. – TBA | Veterans' Affairs | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Tamara Bonzanto, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary (Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection), and James Paul Gfrerer, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Information and Technology), both of the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 9:55 AM – SD-406 | Environment and Public Works | Business meeting to consider S.1857, to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces, S.2461, to allow for judicial review of certain final rules relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products or for clay ceramics manufacturing before requiring compliance with the rules by existing sources, S.2827, to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act, S.1934, to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices, S.593, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States, S.1537, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act, the nomination of Harold B. Parker, of New Hampshire, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission, and General Services Administration resolutions. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-538 | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Hearings to examine Fintech, focusing on digitization, data, and technology. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-419 | Foreign Relations | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Daniel N. Rosenblum, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Kip Tom, of Indiana, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Karen L. Williams, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, Donald Y. Yamamoto, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Kevin K. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, and Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, all of the Department of State, and Mark Rosen, of Connecticut, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the status of United States-Russia arms control efforts. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-342 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | Hearings to examine the implications of the reinterpretation of the Flores settlement agreement for border security and illegal immigration incentives. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 10:00 AM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on how transparency can lower spending and empower patients. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 10:30 AM – SR-253 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard | Hearings to examine conflicts over ocean resources. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 2:30 PM – SVC-217 | Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity | Closed hearings to examine interagency coordination in the protection of critical infrastructure. |
| Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 2:30 PM – SH-219 | Intelligence | Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. |
| Thursday, Sep 20, 2018 9:30 AM – SH-216 | Judiciary | Business meeting to consider S.2785, to designate foreign persons who improperly interfere in United States elections as inadmissible aliens, S.3178, to amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and the nominations of Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, John M. O'Connor, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, Kenneth D. Bell, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, Stephanie A. Gallagher, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Mary S. McElroy, to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, 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. |
| Monday, Sep 24, 2018 10:00 AM – SH-216 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 2:30 PM – SD-628 | Indian Affairs | 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 – SH-216 | 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-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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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