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Hearings & Meetings


Displayed below are brief descriptions of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified.
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Time-Room
CommitteeTopic
111310:00 AMWednesday, Nov 13, 2024
10:00 AM – SD-226
Judiciary
Hearings to examine the gun violence epidemic, focusing on bump stocks and other conversion devices.
11131430 PMWednesday, Nov 13, 2024
2:30 PM – SD-226
Judiciary
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
An oversight hearing to examine the United States Copyright Office.
11131430 PMWednesday, Nov 13, 2024
2:30 PM – SH-219
Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
111410:00 AMThursday, Nov 14, 2024
10:00 AM – SD-215
Finance
Hearings to examine the nomination of David Samuel Johnson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General for Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury.
111410:00 AMThursday, Nov 14, 2024
10:00 AM – SD-G50
Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S.1306, to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, S.2220, to amend title 35, United States Code, to invest in inventors in the United States, maintain the United States as the leading innovation economy in the world, and protect the property rights of the inventors that grow the economy of the United States, S.2140, to amend title 35, United States Code, to address matters relating to patent subject matter eligibility, S.4713, to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, S.2082, to make technical corrections relating to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, and the nominations of Ryan Young Park, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Anthony J. Brindisi, and Elizabeth C. Coombe, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Sarah Morgan Davenport, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, Sharad Harshad Desai, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Tiffany Rene Johnson, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Keli Marie Neary, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and Miranda L. Holloway-Baggett, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, and Bobby Jack Woods, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky, both of the Department of Justice.
111411:00 AMThursday, Nov 14, 2024
11:00 AM – SD-342
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine the nominations of Martin Joseph Walsh, of Massachusetts, Val Butler Demings, of Florida, William Zollars, of Kansas, and Gordon Hartogensis, of Connecticut, each to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, and James Graham Lake, and Nicholas George Miranda, both to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
111909:30 AMTuesday, Nov 19, 2024
9:30 AM – SD-366
Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider S.254, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, S.373, to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, S.482, to amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, S.620, to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, S.739, to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage development, S.914, to establish an energy threat analysis center in the Department of Energy, S.1553, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing permits and leases, S.1764, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, S.2132, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand density index, S.2151, to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act, S.2156, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to authorize additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.2160, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern, S.2169, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, S.2506, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, S.2620, to establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System, S.2742, to establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System, S.2743, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New York, S.2784, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, S.2867, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, S.2927, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, S.2991, to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, S.3123, to provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, S.3195, to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.3241, to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the Natchez Historical Park, S.3346, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.3474, to redesignate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the "George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center", S.3534, to authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS Memorial, S.3542, to amend the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act to modify the boundary of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, S.3543, to establish the Historic Greenwood District-Black Wall Street National Monument in the State of Oklahoma, S.3544, to designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the "Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center", S.3593, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, S.3596, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite to asphaltite, S.3617, to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, S.3631, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, S.3790, to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, S.3985, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.4016, to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amoun
111910:00 AMTuesday, Nov 19, 2024
10:00 AM – SD-226
Judiciary
Hearings to examine breaking the Visa-Mastercard duopoly, focusing on bringing competition and lower fees to the credit card system.
11191430 PMTuesday, Nov 19, 2024
2:30 PM – SR-253
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security
Hearings to examine protecting consumers from artificial intelligence enabled fraud and scams.
112009:45 AMWednesday, Nov 20, 2024
9:45 AM – SD-406
Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Matthew James Marzano, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Matthew Kaplan, of Maryland, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Great Lakes Authority, and 42 General Services Administration resolutions.

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