[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 17, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D544-D545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 18, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kari A. Bingen, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary, Robert Story Karem, of the District of Columbia, 
and Kenneth P. Rapuano, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary, and Ryan Dean Newman, of New Mexico, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of the Army, all of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine domestic and international policy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior, 10:15 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes 
Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of William Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to be 
Ambassador to Japan, Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 867, 
to provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the 
mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers, and the 
nomination of Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Coast Guard Requirements, Priorities 
and Future Acquisition Plans'', 8 a.m., 2007 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Emerging Transportation 
Technologies'', 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the U.S. 
Capitol Police, 10 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the Library 
of Congress, 2:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``Amphibious Warfare in a 
Contested Environment'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Regulatory 
Barriers Facing Workers and Families Saving for Retirement'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, markup 
on H.R. 1222, the ``Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 
2017''; H.R. 2410, the ``Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, 
Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2017''; and the ``FDA 
Reauthorization Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Lessons from the IMF's Bailout of 
Greece'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Interests in Africa'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Disappeared, Jailed, 
and Tortured in China: Wives Petition for Their Husbands' Freedom'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism 
and Intelligence, markup on the ``Transnational Criminal 
Organization Exploitation Threat Assessment Act''; H.R. 2453, the 
``DHS Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program Act of 2017''; H.R. 
2468, the ``Unifying DHS Intelligence Enterprise Act''; H.R. 2471, 
the ``Terrorist Release Announcements to Counter Extremist 
Recidivism Act''; H.R. 2454, the ``Department of Homeland Security 
Data Framework Act of 2017''; H.R. 2470, the ``Homeland Threat 
Assessment Act''; H.R. 2443, the ``Department of Homeland Security 
Classified Facility Inventory Act''; H.R. 2427, the ``Pathways to 
Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act''; H.R. 2433, the 
``Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorist Use of Virtual 
Currencies Act''; and H.R. 2442, the ``Office of State and Local Law 
Enforcement Information Sharing Review Act'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, hearing 
entitled ``From the Border to Disasters and Beyond: Critical Canine 
Contributions to the DHS Mission'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1973, 
the ``Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017''; H.R. 
2473, the ``Enforcing Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 
2017''; H.R. 2431, 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; and 
H.R. 2406, to amend section 442 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
to authorize United

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States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Power and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 2371, to require the Administrator of the 
Western Area Power Administration to establish a pilot project to 
provide increased transparency for customers, and for other 
purposes; and the ``Water Rights Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Federal Employee Compensation: An Update'', 9 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``Building a 21st 
Century Infrastructure for America: Improving Water Quality Through 
Integrated Planning'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Tax Policy, hearing 
entitled ``How Tax Reform Will Grow Our Economy and Create Jobs'', 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Current Status of the 
Medicare Program, Payment Systems, and Extenders'', 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.