[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 124 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D821-D825]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                                   CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                         Week of July 25 through July 28, 2017

                                                Senate Chamber

  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 25, 
     to hold hearings to examine commodities, credit, and crop 
     insurance, focusing on perspectives on risk management tools 
     and trends for the 2018 Farm Bill, 8:30 a.m., SD-106.
       July 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
     nominations of Rostin Behnam, of New Jersey, Brian D. 
     Quintenz, of Ohio, and Dawn DeBerry Stump, of Texas, each to 
     be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
       Committee on Appropriations: July 25, Subcommittee on 
     Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
     Agencies, business meeting to markup an original bill 
     entitled, ``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', 11 a.m., SD-
     192.
       July 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
     Related Agencies, business meeting to markup an original bill 
     entitled, ``Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2018'', 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
       July 26, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
     Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
     estimates and justification for fiscal year 2018 for the 
     Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-138.
       July 27, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an 
     original bill entitled, ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', an original bill 
     entitled, ``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

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     2018'', and an original bill entitled, ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2018'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
       Committee on Armed Services: July 25, Subcommittee on 
     SeaPower, to hold hearings to receive testimony on options 
     and considerations for achieving a 355-ship Navy from naval 
     analysts, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 27, 
     to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph Otting, 
     of Nevada, to be Comptroller of the Currency, Department of 
     the Treasury, and Randal Quarles, of Colorado, to be a Member 
     of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to 
     be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System (Reappointment), and to be Vice Chairman for 
     Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System, 10 a.m., SD-538.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 
     25, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
     Guard, to hold hearings to examine efforts on marine debris 
     in the oceans and Great Lakes, 10 a.m., SR-253.
       July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
     nominations of Karen Dunn Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be 
     Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, and Peter B. Davidson, 
     of Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of 
     Commerce, and Mark H. Buzby, of Virginia, to be Administrator 
     of the Maritime Administration, and Ronald L. Batory, of New 
     Jersey, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, both of the Department of Transportation, 10 
     a.m., SR-253.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 26, 
     Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold 
     hearings to examine S. 32, to provide for conservation, 
     enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of 
     renewable energy in the California Desert Conservation Area, 
     S. 90, to survey the gradient boundary along the Red River in 
     the States of Oklahoma and Texas, S. 357, to direct the 
     Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in 
     San Bernardino County, California, to the San Bernardino 
     Valley Water Conservation District, and to accept in return 
     certain exchanged non-public lands, S. 436, to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right 
     lease applications for which the Secretary has made an 
     affirmative commercial quantities determination, to 
     substitute certain land selections of the Navajo Nation, to 
     designate certain wilderness areas, S. 467, to provide for 
     the disposal of certain Bureau of Land Management land in 
     Mohave County, Arizona, S. 468, to establish a procedure for 
     resolving claims to certain rights-of-way, S. 614, to require 
     the Secretary of the Interior to establish a pilot program 
     for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed 
     by the Bureau of Land Management, S. 785, to amend the Alaska 
     Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable 
     allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans, S. 837, to 
     provide for the conveyance of certain land to Washington 
     County, Utah, to authorize the exchange of Federal land and 
     non-Federal land in the State of Utah, S. 884, to amend the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the 
     Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small 
     miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 
     days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided 
     to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more 
     defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, S. 941, to withdraw 
     certain National Forest System land in the Emigrant Crevice 
     area located in the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Park 
     County, Montana, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of 
     the United States, S. 1149, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act to repeal a provision limiting the export of 
     timber harvested from land conveyed to the Kake Tribal 
     Corporation under that Act, S. 1230, to prohibit the 
     conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on 
     the transfer of any water right to the United States by the 
     Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, S. 1271, to 
     designate certain mountain peaks in the State of Colorado as 
     ``Fowler Peak'' and ``Boskoff Peak'', and S. 1548, to 
     designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
     Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as 
     wilderness and national recreation areas and to make 
     additional wild and scenic river designations in the State of 
     Oregon, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
       July 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
     nominations of Brenda Burman, of Arizona, to be Commissioner 
     of Reclamation, and Susan Combs, of Texas, and Douglas W. 
     Domenech, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all 
     of the Department of the Interior, and Paul Dabbar, of New 
     York, to be Under Secretary for Science, David S. Jonas, of 
     Virginia, to be General Counsel, and Mark Wesley Menezes, of 
     Virginia, to be Under Secretary, all of the Department of 
     Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 25, 
     Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
     hearings to examine developing and deploying advanced clean 
     energy technologies, 10 a.m., SD-406.
       July 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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: July 25, Subcommittee on 
     East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity 
     Policy, to hold hearings to examine assessing the maximum 
     pressure and engagement policy toward North Korea, 2:30 p.m., 
     SD-419.
       July 26, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, 
     to hold hearings to examine South Sudan's conflict and 
     famine; to be immediately followed by a full committee 
     hearing to examine the nominations of Michael Arthur Raynor, 
     of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic 
     Republic of Ethiopia, Maria E. Brewer, of Indiana, to be 
     Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, and John P. 
     Desrocher, of New York, to be Ambassador to the People's 
     Democratic Republic of Algeria, all of the Department of 
     State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
       July 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an 
     original bill entitled, ``Department of State Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Year 2018'', 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
     July 26, business meeting to consider S. 873, to amend 
     section 8433 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
     flexibility in making withdrawals from the Thrift Savings 
     Fund, S. 288, to require notice and comment for

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     certain interpretative rules, S. 886, to amend the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 to establish an Acquisition Review Board 
     in the Department of Homeland Security, S. 906, to amend the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for congressional 
     notification regarding major acquisition program breaches, S. 
     1199, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
     reauthorize the Border Enforcement Security Task Force 
     program within the Department of Homeland Security, S. 938, 
     to require notice of cost-free Federal procurement technical 
     assistance in connection with registration of small business 
     concerns in procurement systems, S. 1208, to direct the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for an option under 
     the Secure Mail Initiative under which a person to whom a 
     document is sent under that initiative may elect to have the 
     United States Postal Service use the Hold for Pickup service 
     or the Signature Confirmation service in delivering the 
     document, S. Con. Res. 15, expressing support for the 
     designation of October 28, 2017, as ``Honoring the Nation's 
     First Responders Day'', H.R. 1293, to amend title 5, United 
     States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel 
     Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to 
     the use of official time by Federal employees, H.R. 1117, to 
     require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding 
     assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to 
     an emergency or disaster, H.R. 1679, to ensure that the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency's current efforts to 
     modernize its grant management system includes applicant 
     accessibility and transparency, H.R. 195, to amend title 44, 
     United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free 
     printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress 
     and other officers and employees of the United States, H.R. 
     194, to ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal 
     agencies, and an original bill to amend the Ethics in 
     Government Act of 1978 to reauthorize the Judicial Conference 
     of the United States to redact sensitive information 
     contained in financial disclosure reports of judicial 
     officers and employees, 10 a.m., SD-342.
       July 26, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
     an oversight hearing to examine Federal infrastructure 
     permitting and the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering 
     Council, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
       Committee on Indian Affairs: July 26, business meeting to 
     consider 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, and H.R. 984, to extend 
     Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the 
     Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper 
     Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan 
     Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe; to be 
     immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the 
     Government Accountability Office reports on human trafficking 
     of American Indian and Alaska Natives in the United States, 
     2:30 p.m., SD-628.
       Committee on the Judiciary: July 25, to hold hearings to 
     examine the nominations of Ralph R. Erickson, of North 
     Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth 
     Circuit, Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of California, to be 
     United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, 
     Stephen S. Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Court of Federal Claims, and Brian Allen Benczkowski, 
     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department 
     of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
       July 26, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
     examine the Foreign Agents Registration Act and attempts to 
     influence United States elections, focusing on lessons 
     learned from current and prior administrations, 10 a.m., SD-
     226.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 26, business meeting 
     to consider S. 1598, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
     to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Time to be announced, Room to 
     be announced.
       Select Committee on Intelligence: July 25, closed business 
     meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be 
     immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain 
     intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
       July 27, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup 
     pending intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.
       Special Committee on Aging: July 26, to hold hearings to 
     examine progress toward a cure for Type I Diabetes, focusing 
     on research and the artificial pancreas, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.


                                              House Committees

       Committee on Agriculture, July 26, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Renegotiating NAFTA: Opportunities for 
     Agriculture'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
       Committee on Armed Services, July 27, Subcommittee on 
     Readiness, hearing entitled ``Continued Oversight of the 
     Transfer of Excess Military Equipment to Civilian Law 
     Enforcement Agencies'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
       Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 26, 
     Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, 
     hearing entitled ``Expanding Options for Employers and 
     Workers Through Earn-and-Learn Opportunities'', 10 a.m., 2175 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 26, Subcommittee on 
     Energy, hearing entitled ``Powering America: A Review of the 
     Operation and Effectiveness of the Nation's Wholesale 
     Electricity Markets'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       July 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
     ``Examining the Extension of Special Needs Plans'', 10:15 
     a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
       Committee on Financial Services, July 27, Full Committee, 
     hearing entitled ``The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of 
     the Treasury on the State of the International Financial 
     System'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
       Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 26, Subcommittee on the 
     Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled ``Assessing 
     the U.S.-Qatar Relationship'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       July 27, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 259, expressing 
     concern and condemnation over the political,

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     economic, social, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela; H. 
     Res. 311, recognizing that for 50 years the Association of 
     South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has worked toward stability, 
     prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia; H.R. 2061, the 
     ``North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017''; 
     and H.R. 2408, the ``Protecting Girls' Access to Education in 
     Vulnerable Settings Act'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       July 27, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, markup on H. 
     Res. 422, urging adherence to the ``one country, two 
     systems'' policy as prescribed in the Joint Declaration 
     between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
     and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the 
     Question of the Hong Kong; H. Res. 445, honoring the life and 
     legacy of Liu Xiaobo for his steadfast commitment to the 
     protection of human rights, political freedoms, free markets, 
     democratic elections, government accountability, and peaceful 
     change in the People's Republic of China; H.R. 2732, the 
     ``North Korea Travel Control Act''; and H.R. 3320, to direct 
     the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain 
     observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, 
     and for other purposes, 2:15 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       July 27, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing 
     entitled ``U.S. Interests in the Asia-Pacific: FY 2018 Budget 
     Hearing'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       Committee on Homeland Security, July 26, Full Committee, 
     markup on H.R. 2626, the ``Strong Visa Integrity Secures 
     America Act''; H.R. 2805, to permanently authorize the Asia-
     Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card Program; 
     H.R. 3202, the ``Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting 
     Act''; H.R. 3284, the ``Joint Counterterrorism Awareness 
     Workshop Series Act of 2017''; H.R. 3328, the ``Cuban Airport 
     Security Act of 2017''; legislation to amend the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Cybersecurity and 
     Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes; and H. Res. 447, directing 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit certain 
     documents to the House of Representatives relating to 
     Department of Homeland Security policies and activities 
     relating to businesses owned or controlled by President 
     Donald J. Trump, 11:30 a.m., HVC-210.
       July 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management 
     Efficiency, hearing entitled ``Employee Misconduct: How Can 
     FEMA Improve the Integrity of its Workforce'', 10 a.m., HVC-
     210.
       Committee on House Administration, July 26, Full Committee, 
     hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Library of Congress' 
     Strategic Plan'', 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
       Committee on the Judiciary, July 26, Full Committee, markup 
     on H.R. 391, the ``Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 
     2017''; and H. Res. 446, resolution of inquiry requesting the 
     President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, 
     respectively, certain documents to the House of 
     Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, 10 a.m., 2141 
     Rayburn.
       July 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Need for 
     the Balanced Budget Amendment'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
       July 27, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
     Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Antitrust Concerns and the 
     FDA Approval Process'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
       Committee on Natural Resources, July 26, Full Committee, 
     continue markup on H.R. 825, the ``Public Land Renewable 
     Energy Development Act''; H.R. 873, the ``Global War on 
     Terrorism War Memorial Act''; H.R. 965, the ``Saint-Gaudens 
     National Historical Park Redesignation Act''; 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. 1418, 
     to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide 
     that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as 
     an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other 
     purposes; H.R. 1491, the ``Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians 
     Land Affirmation Act of 2017''; H.R. 1547, the ``Udall Park 
     Land Exchange Completion Act''; H.R. 2075, the ``Crooked 
     River Ranch Fire Protection Act''; H.R. 2083, the 
     ``Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act''; 
     H.R. 2199, the ``Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 
     2017''; H.R. 2316, the ``Cooperative Management of Mineral 
     Rights Act of 2017''; H.R. 2371, the ``Western Area Power 
     Administration Transparency Act''; H.R. 2374, the ``Eastern 
     Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement 
     Act''; H.R. 2423, the ``Washington County, Utah, Public Lands 
     Management Implementation Act''; H.R. 2582, the ``Confirming 
     State Land Grants for Education Act''; H.R. 2611, the 
     ``Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site 
     Boundary Modification Act''; H.R. 2615, the ``Gulf Islands 
     National Seashore Land Exchange Act of 2017''; H.R. 2768, the 
     ``Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation Act''; H.R. 3115, the 
     ``Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017''; H.R. 
     3279, the ``Helium Extraction Act of 2017''; and H.R. 3281, 
     the ``Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal 
     Infrastructure Incentivization Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
     Longworth.
       July 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
     hearing on H.R. 1778, to provide that an order by the 
     Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal 
     coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution 
     of approval is enacted, and for other purposes; H.R. 3117, 
     the ``Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 
     2017''; and legislation to require congressional approval of 
     any mineral withdrawal or monument designation involving the 
     National Forest System lands in the State of Minnesota, to 
     provide for the renewal of certain mineral leases in such 
     lands, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
       Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 26, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy: Reauthorization in the 115th Congress'', 10 a.m., 
     2154 Rayburn.
       July 27, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and 
     Administrative Rules; and Subcommittee on Intergovernmental 
     Affairs, joint hearing entitled ``Challenges to the Freedom 
     of Speech on College Campuses'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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       July 27, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing 
     entitled ``Combatting Homegrown Terrorism'', 2 p.m., 2154 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 26, 
     Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled 
     ``STEM and Computer Science Education: Preparing the 21st 
     Century Workforce'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
       Committee on Small Business, July 26, Full Committee, 
     hearing entitled ``Protecting Small Businesses from Cyber 
     Attacks: the Cybersecurity Insurance Option'', 11 a.m., 2360 
     Rayburn.