[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 18, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D797-D799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                                                 JULY 19, 2017

     (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                                        Senate

       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
     hearings to examine the nominations of Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of 
     Kansas, Jessica Rosenworcel, of Connecticut, and Brendan 
     Carr, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Federal 
     Communications Commission, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
     National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 257, to 
     clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, S. 312, to 
     redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the 
     ``Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park'', S. 355, to amend 
     the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a 
     lifetime National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a 
     service-connected disability, S. 391, to establish the 
     African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and 
     Educational Center in New York, New York, S. 841, to 
     designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio, 
     as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, S. 926, to 
     authorize the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation to 
     establish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial as a 
     commemorative work in the District of Columbia, S. 1073, to 
     authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain 
     property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National 
     Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to 
     restrictions on use and reconveyance, S. 1202, to modify the 
     boundary of the Little Rock Central High School National 
     Historic Site, S. 1403, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act 
     of 1993 to establish the 21st Century Conservation Service 
     Corps to place youth and veterans in national service 
     positions to conserve, restore, and enhance the great 
     outdoors of the United States, S. 1438, to redesignate the 
     Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the State of 
     Missouri as the ``Gateway Arch National Park'', S. 1459, to 
     establish Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park in the 
     State of South Carolina, and S. 1522, to establish an Every 
     Kid Outdoors program, 10:15 a.m., SD-366.

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       Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings 
     to examine S. 1514, to amend certain Acts to reauthorize 
     those Acts and to increase protections for wildlife, 10 a.m., 
     SD-406.
       Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
     the nominations of Luis E. Arreaga, of Virginia, to be 
     Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, and Sharon Day, of 
     Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, both 
     of the Department of State, 2 p.m., SD-419.
       Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, 
     Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global 
     Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine the collapse of 
     the rule of law in Venezuela, focusing on what the United 
     States and the international community can do to restore 
     democracy, 4:15 p.m., SD-419.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 
     business meeting to consider the nominations of Marvin 
     Kaplan, of Kansas, and William J. Emanuel, of California, 
     both to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, 10 
     a.m., SD-430.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
     business meeting to consider the nomination of David P. 
     Pekoske, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
     Homeland Security; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
     examine the Postal Service's actions during the 2016 campaign 
     season, focusing on implications for the Hatch Act, 10 a.m., 
     SD-342.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
     the nominations of Thomas G. Bowman, of Florida, to be Deputy 
     Secretary, Brooks D. Tucker, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), and James 
     Byrne, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and Michael P. Allen, of 
     Florida, Amanda L. Meredith, of Virginia, and Joseph L. Toth, 
     of Wisconsin, each to be a Judge of the United States Court 
     of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 1:30 p.m., SR-418.
       Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to 
     examine the nominations of Susan M. Gordon, of Virginia, to 
     be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Robert 
     P. Storch, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
     General of the National Security Agency, Department of 
     Defense, and Isabel Marie Keenan Patelunas, of Pennsylvania, 
     to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, 
     Department of the Treasury, 9 a.m., SH-216.
       Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
     intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                                         House

       Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
     ``The State of Infrastructure in Rural America'', 10 a.m., 
     1300 Longworth.
       Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on the 
     State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Bill, FY 2018; and the Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Bill, FY 2018; and Report on the Revised Interim 
     Suballocation of Budget Allocations, FY 2018, 9:30 a.m., 2359 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, markup on the 
     Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, 10 
     a.m., 1334 Longworth.
       Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, 
     markup on H.R. 2823, the ``Affordable Retirement Advice for 
     Savers Act'', 2:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
       Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Digital 
     Commerce and Consumer Protection, markup on legislation on 
     the Highly Automated Vehicle Testing and Deployment Act of 
     2017, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary 
     Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``Restricting North 
     Korea's Access to Finance'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
       Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western 
     Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``Implementing the U.S.-
     Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
     markup on H.R. 425, the ``FTO Passport Revocation Act of 
     2017''; and H.R. 1196, the ``Counterterrorism Screening and 
     Assistance Act of 2017'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, hearing 
     entitled ``Saudi Arabia's Troubling Educational Curriculum'', 
     2:15 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
       Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
     Border Security, hearing entitled ``Agricultural 
     Guestworkers: Meeting the Growing Needs of American 
     Agriculture'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
       Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing on 
     H.R. 424, the ``Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017''; 
     H.R. 717, the ``Listing Reform Act''; H.R. 1274, the ``State, 
     Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act''; 
     H.R. 2603, the ``SAVES Act''; and H.R. 3131, the ``Endangered 
     Species Litigation Reasonableness Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
     Longworth.
       Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing entitled 
     ``Exploring the Successes and Challenges of the Magnuson-
     Stevens Act'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
       Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full 
     Committee, markup on H.R. 378, the ``Bonuses for Cost-Cutters 
     Act of 2017''; H.R. 2897, to authorize the Mayor of the 
     District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park 
     Service to enter into cooperative management agreements for 
     the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the 
     National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for 
     other purposes; H.R. 2989, the ``Frederick Douglass 
     Bicentennial Commission Act''; H.R. 3031, the ``TSP 
     Modernization Act of 2017''; H.R. 3210, the ``Securely 
     Expediting Clearances Through Reporting Transparency Act of 
     2017''; H.R. 3243, the ``FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017''; 
     and H.R. 3244, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for annual surveys of Federal employees, and for 
     other purposes, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
       Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full 
     Committee, hearing on ``Energy Innovation: Letting Technology 
     Lead'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
       Committee On Small Business, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Reversing the Entrepreneurship Decline'', 11 a.m., 
     2360 Rayburn.

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       Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
     Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
     entitled ``Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for 
     America: Implementation of the Water Resources Reform and 
     Development Act of 2014 and the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2016'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, markup on 
     H.R. 95, the ``Veterans' Access to Child Care Act''; H.R. 
     282, the ``Military Residency Choice Act''; H.R. 918, the 
     ``Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act''; H.R. 
     1058, the ``VA Provider Equity Act''; H.R. 1690, the 
     ``Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act''; 
     H.R. 1848, the ``Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 
     2017''; H.R. 2006, the ``VA Procurement Efficiency and 
     Transparency Act''; H.R. 2749, the ``Protecting Business 
     Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2017''; H.R. 2772, the 
     ``SEA Act''; H.R. 2781, the ``Ensuring Veteran Enterprise 
     Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act''; H.R. 3218, the 
     ``Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 
     2017''; and to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance 
     to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education 
     and training as physician assistants of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, to establish pay grades and require 
     competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, 
     and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
       Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
     hearing entitled ``Efforts to Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 
     in the Medicare Program'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
       Subcommittee on Tax Policy, hearing entitled ``How Tax 
     Reform Will Simplify Our Broken Tax Code and Help Individuals 
     and Families'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                                                Joint Meetings

       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold 
     hearings to examine illicit cigarette smuggling in the 
     Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe region, 
     9:30 a.m., SD-106.