[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 129 (Monday, July 31, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D865-D867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of August 1 through August 4, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Eleventh Circuit, post-cloture.
  Upon disposition of the nomination of Kevin Christopher Newsom, of 
Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 
Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Marvin Kaplan, of 
Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, with a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon.
  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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 1, 
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, focusing on National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Council perspectives, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  August 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 374, to 
enable concrete masonry products manufacturers to establish, 
finance, and carry out a coordinated program of research, education, 
and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete 
masonry products, S. 754, to support meeting our Nation's growing 
cybersecurity workforce needs by expanding the cybersecurity 
education pipeline, S. 1322, to establish the American Fisheries 
Advisory Committee to assist in the awarding of fisheries research 
and development grants, S. 1425, to reauthorize the Integrated 
Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, S. 1532, to 
disqualify from operating a commercial motor vehicle for life an 
individual who uses a commercial motor vehicle in committing a 
felony involving human trafficking, S. 1536, to designate a human 
trafficking prevention coordinator and to expand the scope of 
activities authorized under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration's outreach and education program to include human 
trafficking prevention activities, S. 1586, to require the Under 
Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update periodically the 
environmental sensitivity index products of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration for each coastal area of the Great Lakes, 
S. 1621, to require the Federal Communications Commission to 
establish a methodology for the collection by the Commission of 
information about commercial mobile service and commercial mobile 
data service, and the nominations of Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, 
Jessica Rosenworcel, of Connecticut, and

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Brendan Carr, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission, David J. Redl, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, Peter B. 
Davidson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Karen Dunn Kelley, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, and 
Elizabeth Erin Walsh, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary and Director General of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service, all of the Department of Commerce, Steven Gill 
Bradbury, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, 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, all of the Department of Transportation, 
and Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South Carolina, to be Chairman of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, 
Insurance, and Data Security, to hold hearings to examine insurance 
fraud in America, focusing on current issues facing industry and 
consumers, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 2, Subcommittee 
on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine increasing water 
security and drought preparedness through infrastructure, 
management, and innovation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  August 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Federal and 
nonfederal collaboration, including through the use of technology, 
to reduce wildland fire risk to communities and enhance firefighting 
safety and effectiveness, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 1, Subcommittee 
on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
Superfund program, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  August 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation headquarters consolidation project, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: August 1, to hold hearings to examine 
America's affordable housing crisis, focusing on challenges and 
solutions, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  August 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gilbert B. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Matthew 
Bassett, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 1, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Stephen B. King, of Wisconsin, to be 
Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Department of State, 11 a.m., SD-
419.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, 
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's 
Issues, to hold hearings to examine assessing the Colombia peace 
process, focusing on the way forward in United States-Colombia 
relations; to be immediately followed by a full committee hearing to 
examine the nomination of Doug Manchester, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Department of State, 
10 a.m., SD-419.
  August 2, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on the 
Authorizations for the Use of Military Force, focusing on 
Administration perspectives, 2 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: August 1, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Lance Allen Robertson, 
of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, Brett Giroir, of 
Texas, and Robert P. Kadlec, of New York, both to be a Medical 
Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to 
be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Elinore F. 
McCance-Katz, of Rhode Island, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental 
Health and Substance Use, all of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, and Jerome M. Adams, of Indiana, to be Medical Director in 
the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon 
General of the Public Health Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  August 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Lance Allen Robertson, of Oklahoma, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Aging, Brett Giroir, of Texas, and Robert P. Kadlec, 
of New York, both to be a Medical Director in the Regular Corps of 
the Public Health Service, and to be Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, and Elinore F. McCance-Katz, of Rhode 
Island, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance 
Use, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, Jerome M. 
Adams, of Indiana, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of 
the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public 
Health Service, Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Labor, and Heather L. MacDougall, of Florida, and James 
J. Sullivan, Jr., of Pennsylvania, both to be a Member of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 3, business meeting to consider 
S. 705, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to 
establish a national criminal history background check system and 
criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related 
to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or 
individuals with disabilities, and the nominations of Jeffrey 
Bossert Clark, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Peter E. Deegan, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Iowa, D. Michael Dunavant, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Tennessee, Louis V. Franklin, Sr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, Marc 
Krickbaum, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Iowa, Jessie K. Liu, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Columbia, and Richard W. Moore, to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, all of the Department 
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: August 2, 
business meeting to consider S. 154, to amend the Small Business Act 
to ensure small businesses affected by the onset of transmissible 
diseases are eligible for disaster relief, S. 650, to amend the 
Small Business Act to expand

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tax credit education and training for small businesses that engage 
in research and development, S. 690, to extend the eligibility of 
redesignated areas as HUBZones from 3 years to 7 years, S. 929, to 
improve the HUBZone program, S. 1038, to require the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration to submit to Congress a report 
on the utilization of small businesses with respect to certain 
Federal contracts, and S. 1428, to amend section 21 of the Small 
Business Act to require cyber certification for small business 
development center counselors, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.