[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D833-D835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 26, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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 
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.
  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: 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: 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., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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, 11 a.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Renegotiating NAFTA: Opportunities for Agriculture'', 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining the Extension 
of Special Needs Plans'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa, hearing entitled ``Assessing the U.S.-Qatar 
Relationship'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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''; 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

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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.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Library of Congress' Strategic Plan'', 
11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Office of National Drug Control Policy: 
Reauthorization in the 115th Congress'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Small Businesses from Cyber Attacks: the Cybersecurity 
Insurance Option'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.