[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 18, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D795-D797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
THE NEXT FARM BILL: PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS FOR SNAP HOUSEHOLDS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Nutrition held a hearing 
entitled ``The Next Farm Bill: Pathways to Success for SNAP 
Households''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a markup on the 
Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2018. The 
Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2018 were 
ordered reported, as amended.


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  July 18, 2017, page D795, the following appeared: MISCELLANEOUS 
MEASURES COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Full Committee held a markup 
on the Subcommittee on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY 
2018; and the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2018. The Homeland Security 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2018 were ordered 
reported, as amended.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: MISCELLANEOUS 
MEASURES COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Full Committee held a markup 
on the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 
FY 2018. The Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and 
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Bill, FY 2018 were ordered reported, as amended.


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     ESSA IMPLEMENTATION: EXPLORING STATE AND LOCAL REFORM EFFORTS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee held a hearing 
   entitled ``ESSA Implementation: Exploring State and Local Reform 
Efforts''. Testimony was heard from Jacqueline Nowicki, Director, K-12 
      Education, Government Accountability Office; Gail Pletnick, 
  Superintendent, Dysart Unified School District, Surprise, Arizona; 
     Carey Wright, State Superintendent, Mississippi Department of 
                    Education; and a public witness.
            POWERING AMERICA: EXAMINING THE STATE OF THE ELECTRIC 
                  INDUSTRY THROUGH MARKET PARTICIPANT PERSPECTIVES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing 
   entitled ``Powering America: Examining the State of the Electric 
Industry through Market Participant Perspectives''. Testimony was heard 
                         from public witnesses.
       EXAMINING HRSA'S OVERSIGHT OF THE 340B DRUG PRICING PROGRAM
    Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Examining HRSA's Oversight of 
 the 340B Drug Pricing Program''. Testimony was heard from Erin Bliss, 
  Assistant Inspector General, Office of Evaluation and Inspections, 
 Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Debra Draper, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; 
  and Krista M. Pedley, Director, Office of Pharmacy Affairs, Health 
 Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
                               Services.
     THE COST OF BEING A PUBLIC COMPANY IN LIGHT OF SARBANES-OXLEY 
                    AND THE FEDERALIZATION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
   Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Securities, and Investment held a hearing entitled ``The Cost of Being 
 a Public Company in Light of Sarbanes-Oxley and the Federalization of

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   Corporate Governance''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
       MANAGING TERRORISM FINANCING RISK IN REMITTANCES AND MONEY 
                                                         TRANSFERS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit 
Finance held a hearing entitled ``Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in 
  Remittances and Money Transfers''. Testimony was heard from public 
                               witnesses.
                         IMPLEMENTING THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY ACT
   Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee Africa, Global Health, 
  Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
 entitled ``Implementing the Global Food Security Act''. Testimony was 
heard from Theodore Lyng, Acting Special Representative for Global Food 
     Security, Department of State; Beth Dunford, Assistant to the 
Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International 
                   Development; and a public witness.
          TRANSFORMING GPO FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AND BEYOND: PART 2
   Committee on House Administration: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Transforming GPO for the 21st Century and Beyond: Part 2''. 
   Testimony was heard from Davita Vance-Cooks, Director, Government 
                           Publishing Office.
         EXAMINING IMPACTS OF FEDERAL NATURAL RESOURCES LAWS GONE 
                                                   ASTRAY, PART II
     Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
 Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Examining Impacts of Federal 
Natural Resources Laws Gone Astray, Part II''. Testimony was heard from 
                           public witnesses.
               PROMOTING ONSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN ALASKA
  Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
   Resources held a hearing entitled ``Promoting Onshore Oil and Gas 
  Development in Alaska''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
          KING COVE ROAD LAND EXCHANGE ACT; PROMOTING INTERAGENCY 
            COORDINATION FOR REVIEW OF NATURAL GAS PIPELINES ACT; 
                  PROMOTING CROSS-BORDER ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ACT
  Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 218, the 
   ``King Cove Road Land Exchange Act''; H.R. 2910, the ``Promoting 
Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act''; and 
 H.R. 2883, the ``Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act''. 
  The Committee granted, by record vote of 7-3, a structured rule for 
H.R. 2910. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided 
    and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original 
   text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a 
 substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-28 and 
   provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
 points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The rule makes in order only those further amendments printed in part A 
of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only 
  in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
    designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
  debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
 controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
  amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
 question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
   printed in part A of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. In section 2, the rule grants a 
 structured rule for H.R. 2883. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
  member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The rule waives all 
 points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in 
order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
   115-29 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule 
 waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a 
   substitute. The rule makes in order only those further amendments 
 printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment 
may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject 
to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
 question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
   printed in part B of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. In section 3, the rule grants a 
  structured rule for H.R. 218. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
         member of the Committee on Natural Resources. The rule

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waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
    makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
  Committee Print 115-27 and provides that it shall be considered as 
read. The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the 
  nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those further 
 amendments printed in part C of the Rules Committee report. Each such 
 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
    be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
 considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
   for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order 
   against the amendments printed in part C of the report. The rule 
   provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. In 
 section 4, the rule provides that it shall be in order at any time on 
  the legislative day of July 20, 2017, for the Speaker to entertain 
  motions that the House suspend the rules relating to the bill H.R. 
   2825, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain 
  improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security, and for other purposes. Finally, section 5 of the rule 
provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 5 
  p.m. on Friday, July 21, 2017, file privileged reports to accompany 
measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2018. Testimony was heard from Representatives Young of Alaska, Upton, 
                       Rush, Flores, and Mullin.
          PLANETARY FLAGSHIP MISSIONS: MARS ROVER 2020 AND EUROPA 
                                                           CLIPPER
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held 
 a hearing entitled ``Planetary Flagship Missions: Mars Rover 2020 and 
    Europa Clipper''. Testimony was heard from Jim Green, Director, 
   Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, National 
      Aeronautics and Space Administration; and public witnesses.
     FAST ACT IMPLEMENTATION: IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF THE NATION'S 
                                                             ROADS
    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing entitled ``FAST Act Implementation: 
Improving the Safety of the Nation's Roads''. Testimony was heard from 
  Walter Waidelich, Jr., Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway 
 Administration; Jack Danielson, Acting Deputy Administrator, National 
  Highway Traffic Safety Administration; T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, Member, 
      National Transportation Safety Board; and a public witness.
          MODERNIZATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
   Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing 
entitled ``Modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement''. 
               Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
       No joint committee meetings were held.

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