[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 95 (Monday, June 5, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D603-D607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 5 through June 9, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 2:15 
p.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Courtney Elwood, Senate 
will begin consideration of S. 1094, Department of Veterans Affairs 
Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, and vote on passage of 
the bill at approximately 6:15 p.m.
  On Wednesday, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 722, Countering Iran's 
Destabilizing Activities Act.
  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 Appropriations: June 6, Subcommittee on Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Education, 
10 a.m., SD-124.
  June 6, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for 
Department of Defense military construction and family housing, 2:30 
p.m., SD-124.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the USDA Forest 
Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2018 for the Army, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2018 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-138.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2018 for the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol, 3 
p.m., SD-124.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Commerce, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 6, to hold hearings to examine 
the posture of the Department of the Air Force in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  June 6, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine Department of Defense nuclear acquisition programs and the 
nuclear doctrine, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the posture of 
the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2018 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 6, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Kevin Allen Hassett, of 
Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 
and Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine fostering 
economic growth, focusing on the role of financial institutions in 
local communities, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: June 7, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 7, to 
hold hearings to examine Federal Aviation Administration 
reauthorization, focusing on administration perspectives, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Derek Kan, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy, David J. Redl, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, 
and Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 6, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Dan R. Brouillette, of Texas, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, Neil Chatterjee, of Kentucky, and 
Robert F. Powelson, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and David Bernhardt, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 7, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine working to improve the National Park Service workplace 
environment, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine cost 
reductions in emerging energy technologies with a specific focus on 
how recent trends may affect today's energy landscape, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Kristine L. Svinicki, of 
Virginia, Annie Caputo, and David Wright, each to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Susan Parker Bodine, of Maryland, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 7, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Eric D. Hargan, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, and David Malpass, of New York, to be 
an Under Secretary, Andrew K. Maloney, of Virginia, to be a Deputy 
Under Secretary, and Brent James McIntosh, of Michigan, to be 
General Counsel, all of the Department of the Treasury, 10:15 a.m., 
SD-215.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2018, 9:45 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 5, to receive a closed 
briefing on beyond Iraq and Syria, focusing on ISIS's global reach, 
5 p.m., SVC-217.
  June 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  June 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine beyond Iraq and Syria, focusing on ISIS's global reach, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 6, 
to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Homeland Security, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  June 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Neomi Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
and Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director, both of the 
Office of Management and Budget, and Brock Long, of North Carolina, 
to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 8, business meeting to consider 
S. 782, to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children 
Task Force Program, and the nominations of Noel J. Francisco, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, 
and Makan Delrahim, of California, Steven Andrew Engel, of the 
District of Columbia, and Stephen Elliott Boyd, of Alabama, each to 
be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice, 
David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Idaho, Scott L. Palk, of Oklahoma, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, Vishal J. Amin, 
of Michigan, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, 
Executive Office of the President, and Lee Francis Cissna, of 
Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 7, 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: June 6, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  June 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 7, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters relating to the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 1 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 7, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Next Farm Bill: The Future of International Food Aid and 
Agricultural Development'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Nutrition, hearing entitled ``The Next 
Farm Bill: SNAP Technology and Modernization'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.

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  Committee on Appropriations, June 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, budget hearing 
on the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on the National Science Foundation, 10:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of the Interior, 9:30 
a.m., 2007 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled 
``Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border 
Protection FY18 Budget Request'', 8 a.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 7, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2018 Priorities and Posture 
of Missile Defeat Programs and Activities'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Combat Aviation Modernization Programs and the Fiscal 
Year 2018 Budget Request'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 7, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Pro-Growth Policies'', 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 8, Subcommittee on Digital 
Commerce and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Disrupter 
Series: Improving Consumer's Financial Options with FinTech'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Role of the Department of Health and Human 
Services in Health Care Cybersecurity'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining H.R. 
772, The Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017'', 9 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Flood Insurance Reform: A Taxpayer's Perspective'', 10:30 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, hearing 
entitled ``Virtual Currency: Financial Innovation and National 
Security Implications'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 7, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``Energy Opportunities in North 
America'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 8, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Attacking Hezbollah's 
Financial Network: Policy Options'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Department of Homeland Security Reauthorization and the 
President's FY 2018 Budget Request'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security, 
hearing entitled ``How Can the United States Secret Service Evolve 
to Meet the Challenges Ahead?'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on House Administration, June 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Library of Congress' Information 
Technology Management'', 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 8, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of Department of Justice Grant Programs'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``A Time to Reform: Oversight of the 
Activities of the Justice Department's Civil, Tax and Environment 
and Natural Resources Divisions and the U.S. Trustee Program'', 1 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 7, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Oversight Hearing on the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's Abandoned 
Mine Lands Program'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native 
Affairs, hearing on H.R. 1074, to repeal the Act entitled ``An Act 
to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed 
by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation''; H.R. 
1901, the ``Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land 
Transfer Act of 2017''; and S. 249, to provide that the pueblo of 
Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for 
other purposes, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 
2083, the ``Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention 
Act''; and legislation to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate 
reclamation projects or facilities, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing entitled 
``Burdensome Litigation and Federal Bureaucratic Roadblocks to 
Manage our Nation's Overgrown, Fire-Prone National Forests'', 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 7, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Fast and Furious, Six Years Later'', 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 8, Subcommittee 
on Science, Space, and Technology, hearing entitled ``An Overview of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget for Fiscal 
Year 2018'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  June 8, Full Committee, markup on the ``American Space Commerce 
Free Enterprise Act of 2017'', 1:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 7, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 2763, the ``Small Business Innovation Research and Small 
Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017''; H.R. 2594, 
the ``Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017''; H.R. 
2333, the ``Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 2364, the ``Investing in Main Street Act of 2017''; and H.R. 
2056, the ``Microloan Modernization Act of 2017'', 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 7, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Coast 
Guard Sea, Land, and Air Capabilities'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 8, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Building a 21st Century 
Infrastructure for America: Federal Aviation Administration 
Authorization'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Overcoming PTSD: Assessing VA's Efforts to Promote 
Wellness and Healing'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 7, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Medicare Advantage Hearing on Promoting 
Integrated and Coordinated Care for Medicare Beneficiaries'', 2 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 8, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Department of Health 
and Human Services' Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request'', 1 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 8, to hold hearings to examine 
economic aspects of the opioid crisis, 10 a.m., 1100, Longworth 
Building.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanyingreport. A total of 87 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 153 reports have been filed in the House.

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