[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 115 (Monday, July 10, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D737-D741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 11 through July 14, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Idaho, post-cloture.
  Upon disposition of the nomination of David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Idaho, Senate will 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of William 
Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Japan.
   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: July 13, to 
hold hearings to examine opportunities in global and local markets, 
specialty crops, and organics, focusing on perspectives for the 2018 
Farm Bill, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 12, 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 Indian Health Service, Department of Health and 
Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, business meeting to markup an 
original bill entitled, ``Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  July 13, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill entitled, ``Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  July 13, 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 Transportation, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 11, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Richard V. Spencer, of Wyoming, to be Secretary of 
the Navy, Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of David Joel Trachtenberg, of Virginia, to be a 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Owen West, of Connecticut, to be 
an Assistant Secretary, Ryan McCarthy, of Illinois, to be Under 
Secretary of the Army, and Charles Douglas Stimson, of Virginia, to 
be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, all of the 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the attempted 
coup in Montenegro and malign Russian influence in Europe, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 12, to 
hold hearings to examine force multipliers, focusing on how 
transportation and supply chain stakeholders are combating human 
trafficking, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, to 
hold hearings to examine reopening the American frontier, focusing 
on promoting partnerships between commercial space and the United 
States government to advance exploration and settlement, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 12, business 
meeting to consider S. 822, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify 
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grants, S. 1447, to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction 
program, S. 1359, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to 
authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts, S. 810, to facilitate construction of a bridge on 
certain property in Christian County, Missouri, S. 1395, to revise 
the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
System units in Delaware, General Services Administration 
resolutions, and the nominations of Annie Caputo, of Virginia, and 
David Wright, of South Carolina, 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; 
to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the use of the 
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act and 
innovative financing in improving infrastructure to enhance safety, 
mobility, and economic opportunity, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 13, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kevin K. McAleenan, of Hawaii, to be Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, 
10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 11, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of David Steele Bohigian, of Missouri, to be 
Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, Ray Washburne, of Texas, to be President of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and Kelley Eckels Currie, 
of Georgia, to be an Alternate 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 on the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations, and to be Representative of the United States of 
America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 
with the rank of Ambassador, and Jay Patrick Murray, of Virginia, to 
be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to 
the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during 
his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
Nations, both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Mark Andrew Green, of Wisconsin, to be Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, and 
routine lists in the Foreign Service; to be immediately followed by 
a hearing to examine the Taylor Force Act, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 12, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine American 
leadership in the Asia Pacific, focusing on promoting democracy, 
human rights, and the rule of law, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  July 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 2017 
Trafficking in Persons Report, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 13, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Patrick Pizzella, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, and Marvin Kaplan, of 
Kansas, and William J. Emanuel, of California, both to be a Member 
of the National Labor Relations Board, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 11, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Claire M. Grady, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of 
Homeland Security, and Henry Kerner, of California, to be Special 
Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the nominations of David James Glawe, of Iowa, to 
be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, and David P. 
Pekoske, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 12, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 943, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an 
accurate comprehensive student count for the purposes of calculating 
formula allocations for programs under the Johnson-O'Malley Act, S. 
1223, to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act, and S. 1285, to 
allow the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw 
Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of 
Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, the 
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the Cow Creek Band of 
Umpqua Tribe of Indians to lease or transfer certain lands, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: July 11, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine concurrent Congressional and 
criminal investigations, focusing on lessons from history, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-226.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, to hold 
hearings to examine the problem of visa overstays, focusing on a 
need for better tracking and accountability, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Kevin Christopher Newsom, of 
Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 
and Damien Michael Schiff, of California, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 11, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 115, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a 
live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a 
veteran, S. 426, to increase educational assistance provided by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for education and training of 
physician assistants of the Department, to establish pay grades and 
require competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, 
S. 683, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the 
requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with 
service-connected disabilities, S. 833, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, S. 946, to require 
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to hire additional Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide 
treatment court services to justice-involved veterans, S. 1153, to 
prohibit or suspend certain health care providers from providing 
non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care services to veterans, 
S. 1261, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the reasonable costs of urgent 
care provided to certain veterans, to establish cost-sharing amounts 
for veterans receiving care at an emergency room of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, S. 1266, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations to 
investigate medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
S. 1279, to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish health 
care from the Department of Veterans Affairs through the use of non-
Department health care providers, S. 1325, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve the authorities of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to hire, recruit, and train employees of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and an original bill entitled, ``The Department of 
Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017'', 2:30 p.m., SR-
418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 11, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed 
by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:15 p.m., SH-
219.
  July 13, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 12, to hold hearings to examine 
nourishing our golden years, focusing on how proper and adequate 
nutrition promote healthy aging and positive outcomes, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Next Farm Bill: Technology and Innovation in 
Specialty Crops'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 13, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing entitled ``The Future of Farming: Technological 
Innovations, Opportunities, and Challenges for Producers'', 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 12, Full Committee, markup on 
the Agriculture Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and the Energy and 
Water Appropriations Bill, FY 2018, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, markup on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2018, 3 p.m., 2007 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, markup on the Homeland 
Security Appropriations Bill, FY 2018, 4:30 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  July 13, Full Committee, markup on the Commerce, Justice, Science 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; the Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and the Report on the 
Revised Interim Suballocation of the Budget Allocations, FY 2018, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, markup on the State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Bill, FY 2018, 3 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, markup on the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 
FY 2018, 4:30 p.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 12, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Redefining Joint Employer Standards: Barriers to 
Job Creation and Entrepreneurship'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and 
Secondary Education, hearing entitled ``Opportunities for State 
Leadership of Early Childhood Programs'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 12, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Combating the 
Opioid Crisis: Battles in the States'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Medical Product Manufacturer Communications'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Semi-Annual Testimony on the Federal Reserve's 
Supervision and Regulation of the Financial System'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining Legislative Proposals to 
Provide Targeted Regulatory Relief to Community Financial 
Institutions'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and 
Investment, hearing entitled ``Impact of the DOL Fiduciary Rule on 
the Capital Markets'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and 
Investment, hearing entitled ``A Review of Fixed Income Market 
Structure'', 9:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Beyond Microfinance: Empowering Women in the Developing 
World'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western Hemisphere: The FY 2018 
Budget Request'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Black Flags over Mindanao: Terrorism in Southeast Asia'', 2:30 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, hearing 
entitled ``America's Interests in the Middle East and North Africa: 
The President's FY 2018 Budget Request'', 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Tragic Case of Liu Xiaobo'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 13, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``The Persistent 
Threat: al Qaeda's Evolution and Resilience'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.

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  July 13, Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United 
States, hearing entitled ``The Terrorist Diaspora: After the Fall of 
the Caliphate'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 12, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 469, the ``Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and 
Settlements Act of 2017''; and H.R. 2851, the ``Stop the Importation 
and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Bad Patents on American 
Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 12, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Evaluating Federal 
Offshore Oil and Gas Development on the Outer Continental Shelf '', 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Comparing 21st Century Trust Land 
Acquisition with the Intent of the 73rd Congress in Section 5 of the 
Indian Reorganization Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 873, the 
``Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act''; H.R. 1547, the ``Udall 
Park Land Exchange Completion Act''; H.R. 2582, the ``Confirming 
State Land Grants for Education Act''; and H.R. 3115, the ``Superior 
National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 12, 
Subcommittee on Government Operations; and Subcommittee on 
Information Technology, joint hearing entitled ``General Services 
Administration--Acquisition Oversight and Reform'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 12, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2810, 
the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018'' 
amendment consideration , 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 12, Subcommittee 
on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``U.S. Fire 
Administration and Fire Grant Programs Reauthorization: Examining 
Effectiveness and Priorities'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Help or Hindrance? A Review of SBA's Office of the Chief 
Information Officer'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce; and Economic 
Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, joint hearing entitled ``The Puerto 
Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act: State of 
Small Business Contracting'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 12, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``Implementing the Federal 
Assets Sale and Transfer Act (FASTA): Maximizing Taxpayer Returns 
and Reducing Waste in Real Estate'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Care Where It Counts: Assessing VA's Capital Asset 
Needs'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, markup on 
H.R. 2006, the ``VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act''; 
H.R. 2749, the ``Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act 
of 2017''; H.R. 2781, the ``Ensuring Veteran Enterprise 
Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act''; and H.R. 3169, the ``VA 
Acquisition Workforce Improvement and Streamlining Act'', 1 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, markup on H.R. 282, 
the ``Military Residency Choice Act''; H.R. 1690, the ``Department 
of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act''; and H.R. 2772, the 
``SEA Act'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; and 
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, joint 
hearing entitled ``Examining VA's Processing of Gulf War Illness 
Claims'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Maximizing 
Access and Resources: An Examination of VA Productivity and 
Efficiency'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 13, Subcommittee on Tax Policy, 
hearing on ``How Tax Reform Will Help America's Small Businesses 
Grow and Create New Jobs'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing entitled 
``Social Security's Solvency Challenge: Status of the Social 
Security Trust Funds'', 9 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 13, Full 
Committee, markup on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: July 12, to hold hearings to examine a 
record six million United States job vacancies, focusing on reasons 
and remedies, 10 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 13, to 
receive a briefing on energy insecurity in Russia's periphery, 3:30 
p.m., SD-G11.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 123 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 198 reports have been filed in the House.

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