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UPDATE: The Week Ahead, May 15-19, 2017

May 16, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced a markup for Thursday, May 18, 2017. Additionally, the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Subcommittee Law hearing has been postponed. Below is the Committee’s schedule for the week of May 15-19, 2017. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1710:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Hearing on: Challenges Facing Law Enforcement in the 21st Century Witnesses:
  • Chuck Canterbury, National President, Fraternal Order of Police
  • Chief Alonzo Thompson, Chief of Police, Spartanburg South Carolina
  • Sheriff Jim McDonnell, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
  • Chief Art Acevedo, Houston Chief of Police
2141 Rayburn House Office BuildingTHURSDAY, MAY 1810:00 a.m.Full Committee MarkupH.R. 1973, the “Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017” H.R. ___, the “Enforcing Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2017” H.R. ___, the “Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act” H.R. 2407, “To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes” H.R. 2406, “To amend section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes” 2141 Rayburn House Office BuildingFRIDAY, MAY 19**POSTPONED** 9:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Hearing on: Recent Trends in International Antitrust Enforcement Witnesses:
  • Deborah A. Garza, Partner and Co-chair, Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Group, Covington & Burling LLP
  • Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Director of the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
  • Alden Abbott, Deputy Director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and the John, Barbara, and Victoria Rumpel Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
  • Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law
2141 Rayburn House Office Building 
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