[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D656-D657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 15, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine agricultural research, focusing on perspectives 
on past and future successes for the 2018 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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 Health and Human 
Services, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine fostering economic growth, focusing on midsized, 
regional, and large institution perspective, 9:45 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2018 
for the Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to be 
a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Mark Andrew Green, of Wisconsin, to be Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, 10:15 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine agency approaches to reorganization, focusing on 
the Office of Management and Budget's memorandum on the Federal 
workforce, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1312, 
to prioritize the fight against human trafficking in the United 
States, S. 1311, to provide assistance in abolishing human 
trafficking in the United States, and the nominations of David C. 
Nye, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho, 
Scott L. Palk, 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, Stephen Elliott Boyd, of Alabama, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, and Lee Francis Cissna, of Maryland, to be 
Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 75, 
to provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability 
compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by 
the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to 
assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, S. 111, to 
require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine 
whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines 
during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not 
being on the Missouri List, S. 410, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to authorize the transfer of unused Post-9/11 Educational 
Assistance benefits to additional dependents upon the death of the 
originally designated dependent, S. 473, the amend title 38, United 
States Code, to make qualification requirements for entitlement to 
Post-9/11 Education Assistance more equitable, to improve support of 
veterans receiving such educational assistance, S. 758, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry's review and publication of illness 
and conditions relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North 
Carolina, and their family members, S. 798, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to expand the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education 
Enhancement Program to apply to individuals pursuing programs of 
education while on active duty, to recipients of the Marine Gunnery 
Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and to programs of education 
pursued on half-time basis or less, S. 844, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to consider certain time spent by members of 
reserve components of the Armed Forces while receiving medical care 
from the Secretary of Defense as active duty for purposes of 
eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, S. 882, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the entitlement to 
educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for members of the 
Armed Forces awarded the Purple Heart, S. 1192, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide for pro-rated charges to entitlement 
to educational assistance under Department of Veterans Affairs Post-
9/11 Educational Assistance Program for certain licensure and 
certification tests and national tests, S. 1209, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for 
Medal of Honor recipients, S. 1218, to promote Federal employment 
for veterans, S. 1277, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to carry out a high technology education pilot program, and an 
original bill to authorize a dependent to transfer Post-9/11 
Educational Assistance in cases in which the dependent received 
entitlement from an individual who subsequently died, 11 a.m., SR-
418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 1:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, budget 
hearing on the Department of Defense, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of 
Transportation, 11 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
budget hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency, 11 a.m., 2007 
Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on the FY 2018 Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, and the Interim Suballocation 
of Budget Allocations for FY 2018, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``Helping 
Americans Get Back to Work: Implementation of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment, 
markup on H.R. 806, the ``Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 
2017''; legislation on the Brownfields Enhancement, Economic 
Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017; and legislation on 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
2875, the ``National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform 
Act of 2017''; and H.R. 2874, the ``21st Century Flood Reform Act of 
2917'', 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Foreign Military 
Sales: Process and Policy'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, markup on H.R. 1415, the ``End 
Neglected Tropical Diseases Act'', 11:30 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Africa's Current and 
Potential Famines'', 11:45 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``Russia's Strategic Objectives in the Middle East and North 
Africa'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, markup on H. Res. 311, to 
recognize that for 50 years the Association of South East Asian 
Nations has worked toward stability, prosperity, and peace in 
Southeast Asia; H.R. 535, the ``Taiwan Travel Act''; H.R. 2061, the 
``North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017''; and H.R. 
2397, the ``Distribution and Promotion of Rights and Knowledge Act 
of 2017'', 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``Renewing 
Assurances: Strengthening U.S.-Taiwan Ties'', 2:45 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Data Stored Abroad: Ensuring Lawful Access and Privacy Protection 
in the Digital Era'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 15, Subcommittee on Federal 
Lands, hearing on legislation to expedite under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management 
activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal 
lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, 
and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Oversight; and Subcommittee on Research and Technology, joint 
hearing entitled ``Bolstering the Government's Cybersecurity: 
Lessons Learned from WannaCry'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1551, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for 
production from advanced nuclear power facilities; H.R. 2742, the 
``Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care 
Act''; H.R. 2857, the ``Supporting Families in Substance Abuse 
Treatment Act''; H.R. 2834, the ``Partnership Grants to Strengthen 
Families Affected by Parental Substance Abuse Act''; H.R. 2866, the 
``Reducing Barriers for Relative Foster Parents Act''; H.R. 2847, 
the ``Improving Services for Older Youth in Foster Care Act''; and 
H.R. 2842, the ``Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act'', 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, budget 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities: FY 18 Budget 
Request'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be closed.