[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 79 (Monday, May 8, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D504-D505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 9 through May 12, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Scott Gottlieb, of Connecticut, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
Department of Health and Human Services, post-cloture.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 11, to hold 
hearings to examine pesticide registration under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentcide Act, focusing on providing 
stakeholders with certainty through the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 9, Subcommittee on State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine United 
States democracy assistance, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
Choice 2.0 veterans program, focusing on what worked, what didn't, 
and what needs to happen next, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 9, to hold hearings to examine 
United States Cyber Command; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217, following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
(Comptroller), Robert Daigle, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost 
Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Elaine McCusker, of Virginia, 
to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary, all of the Department of 
Defense, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
receive a closed briefing on United States special operations 
capabilities to counter Russian influence and unconventional warfare 
operations in the ``Grey Zone'', 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  May 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine cyber policy, 
strategy, and organization, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 10, 
Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and 
Finance, to hold hearings to examine secondary sanctions against 
Chinese institutions, focusing on assessing their utility for 
constraining North Korea, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  May 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status of 
the housing finance system after nine years of conservatorship, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: May 10, to hold hearings to examine 
growth policies for the new Administration, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 9, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold hearings to examine 
maritime transportation, focusing on opportunities and challenges 
for the Maritime Administration and Federal Maritime Commission, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 10, Subcommittee on 
Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 440, to establish a 
procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the 
Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, S. 677, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and 
State permitting processes related to the construction of new 
surface water storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and 
to designate the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit 
processing, S. 685, to authorize the Dry-Redwater Regional Water 
Authority System and the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System in 
the States of Montana and North Dakota, S. 930, to require the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to establish 
a pilot project to provide increased transparency for customers, S. 
1012, to provide for drought preparedness measures in the State of 
New Mexico, S. 1029, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 
Act of 1978 to exempt certain small hydroelectric power projects 
that are applying for relicensing under the Federal Power Act from 
the licensing requirements of that Act, and S. 1030, to require the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report 
on certain hydropower projects, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 9, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine water 
resources, focusing on the role of the public and private sectors, 
2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine state views on 
the need to modernize the Endangered Species Act, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 9, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, Tulinabo Salama 
Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Todd Philip Haskell, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, and routine 
lists in the Foreign Service, all of the Department of State; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of John 
J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, 
Civilian Security, Democracy,

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Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine 
emerging external influences in the Western Hemisphere, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 10, 
business meeting to consider S. 934, to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs 
for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and 
biosimilar biological products, and S. 1028, to provide for the 
establishment and maintenance of a National Family Caregiving 
Strategy, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 10, 
to hold hearings to examine cyber threats facing America, focusing 
on an overview of the cybersecurity threat landscape, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 10, business meeting to consider 
S. 458, to support the education of Indian children, and S. 691, to 
extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi 
Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and 
the Nansemond Indian Tribe; to be immediately followed by a hearing 
to examine S. 772, to amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes 
eligible for AMBER Alert grants, and S. 825, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional 
Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 10, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Steven Andrew Engel, of the District of Columbia, 
and Makan Delrahim, of California, both to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, and Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Solicitor General of the United States, all of the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, to hold hearings to 
examine law enforcement access to data stored across borders, 
focusing on facilitating cooperation and protecting rights, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  May 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 139, to 
implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about 
pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and 
prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, 
to prevent DNA analysis backlogs, S. 534, to prevent the sexual 
abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the prompt 
reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities, S. 583, to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds to hire veterans as 
career law enforcement officers, and S. 867, to provide support for 
law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and 
well-being of law enforcement officers, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 10, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Althea Coetzee, of Virginia, 
to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 3 
p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 10, to hold hearings to 
examine the Veterans Choice Program and the future of care in the 
community, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 9, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine worldwide 
threats, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  May 11, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
worldwide threats, 1:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 10, to hold hearings to examine 
aging with community, focusing on building connections that last a 
lifetime, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.