[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 24, 2017)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D69-D71] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Appropriations: Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies: Senators Hoeven (Chair), Cochran, McConnell, Collins, Blunt, Moran, Rubio, Merkley, Feinstein, Tester, Udall, Leahy, and Baldwin. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Senators Shelby (Chair), Alexander, Murkowski, Collins, Graham, Boozman, Capito, Lankford, Kennedy, Shaheen, Leahy, Feinstein, Reed, Coons, Schatz, Manchin, and Van Hollen. Subcommittee on Department of Defense: Senators Cochran (Chair), McConnell, Shelby, Alexander, Collins, Murkowski, Graham, Blunt, Daines, Moran, Durbin, Leahy, Feinstein, Murray, Reed, Tester, Udall, Schatz, and Baldwin. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Alexander (Chair), Cochran, McConnell, Shelby, Collins, Murkowski, Graham, Hoeven, Kennedy, Feinstein, Murray, Tester, Durbin, Udall, Shaheen, Merkley, and Coons. Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government: Senators Capito (Chair), Moran, Boozman, Lankford, Daines, Coons, Durbin, Manchin, and Van Hollen. Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security: Senators Boozman (Chair), Cochran, Shelby, Murkowski, Hoeven, Lankford, Kennedy, Tester, Shaheen, Leahy, Murray, Baldwin, and Manchin. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Senators Murkowski (Chair), Cochran, Alexander, Blunt, Hoeven, McConnell, Daines, Capito, Udall, Feinstein, Leahy, Reed, Tester, Merkley, and Van Hollen. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies: Senators Blunt (Chair), Cochran, Shelby, Alexander, Graham, Moran, Capito, Lankford, Kennedy, Rubio, Murray, Durbin, Reed, Shaheen, Merkley, Schatz, Baldwin, Murphy, and Manchin. Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Lankford (Chair), Kennedy, Rubio, Murphy, and Van Hollen. Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: Senators Moran (Chair), McConnell, Murkowski, Hoeven, Collins, Boozman, Capito, Rubio, Schatz, Tester, Murray, Reed, Udall, Baldwin, and Murphy. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: Senators Graham (Chair), McConnell, Blunt, Boozman, Moran, Lankford, Daines, Rubio, Leahy, Durbin, Shaheen, Coons, Merkley, Murphy, and Van Hollen. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies: Senators Collins (Chair), Shelby, Alexander, Blunt, Boozman, Capito, Daines, Graham, Hoeven, Reed, Murray, Durbin, Feinstein, Coons, Schatz, Murphy, and Manchin. Senators Cochran and Leahy are ex officio members of each subcommittee. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the defense budget for fiscal year 2018 and onwards, after receiving testimony from [[Page D70]] Dakota L. Wood, The Heritage Foundation; Thomas G. Mahnken, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; and Lawrence J. Korb, Center for American Progress. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: An original resolution (S. Res. 22) authorizing expenditures by the Committee; and adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress; and The nomination of Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments: Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: Senators Scott (Chair), Shelby, Heller, Rounds, Tillis, Kennedy, Menendez, Reed, Heitkamp, Schatz, and Van Hollen. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: Senators Toomey (Chair), Shelby, Corker, Heller, Scott, Sasse, Cotton, Perdue, Kennedy, Warren, Reed, Tester, Warner, Donnelly, Schatz, Van Hollen, and Cortez Masto. Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Heller (Chair), Shelby, Corker, Toomey, Scott, Sasse, Rounds, Tillis, Warner, Reed, Menendez, Tester, Warren, Van Hollen, and Cortez Masto. Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance: Senators Sasse (Chair), Corker, Cotton, Rounds, Perdue, Donnelly, Warner, Heitkamp, and Schatz. Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Cotton (Chair), Toomey, Perdue, Tillis, Kennedy, Heitkamp, Menendez, Warren, and Donnelly. Senators Crapo and Brown are ex-officio members of each subcommittee. NOMINATION Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Mick Mulvaney, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham and Cotton, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 19, to provide opportunities for broadband investment, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 81, to establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors; S. 88, to ensure appropriate spectrum planning and interagency coordination to support the Internet of Things; S. 89, to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials; S. 96, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications; S. 102, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to commence proceedings related to the resiliency of critical communications networks during times of emergency, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 110, to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region; S. 123, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix; S. 129, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act; S. 134, to expand the prohibition on misleading or inaccurate caller identification information, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 141, to improve understanding and forecasting of space weather events, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 168, to amend and enhance certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation; S. 171, to reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 174, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate the reporting obligations of the Federal Communications Commission in order to [[Page D71]] improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens; H.R. 255, to authorize the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs for women; H.R. 321, to inspire women to enter the aerospace field, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, through mentorship and outreach; An original resolution (S. Res. 20) authorizing expenditures by the Committee; and adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress; and The nominations of Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., of Florida, to be Secretary of Commerce. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Thomas Price, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Isakson, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Nikki R. Haley, of South Carolina, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, and to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations. NOMINATION Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Mick Mulvaney, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham and Cotton, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 21) authorizing expenditures by the Committee for the 115th Congress. Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights: Senators Lee (Chair), Grassley, Hatch, Graham, Tillis, Klobuchar, Leahy, Franken, and Blumenthal. Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism: Senators Graham (Chair), Cornyn, Cruz, Sasse, Kennedy, Whitehouse, Durbin, Klobuchar, and Coons. Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration: Senators Cornyn (Chair), Tillis, Kennedy, Grassley, Cruz, Flake, Crapo, Lee, Durbin, Feinstein, Leahy, Klobuchar, Franken, Blumenthal, and Hirono. Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts: Senators Sasse (Chair), Grassley, Crapo, Kennedy, Hatch, Lee, Flake, Tillis, Coons, Leahy, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Franken, Blumenthal, and Hirono. Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law: Senators Flake (Chair), Hatch, Lee, Tillis, Crapo, Kennedy, Franken, Leahy, Whitehouse, Coons, and Hirono. Subcommittee on the Constitution: Senators Cruz (Chair), Cornyn, Crapo, Sasse, Graham, Blumenthal, Durbin, Franken, and Coons. NOMINATION Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Linda E. McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Blumenthal and Murphy, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 24) authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 115th Congress. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Committee recessed subject to the call.