[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D916-D919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 6 through September 8, 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 Appropriations: September 6, Subcommittee on 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies, business meeting to markup an original bill 
entitled, ``Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', 11 a.m., 
SD-124.
  September 6, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, business meeting to markup an original bill 
entitled, ``Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2018'', 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  September 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an 
original bill entitled, ``Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018'', and an original 
bill entitled, ``Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018'', 
10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 7, 
business meeting to consider S. 1463, to amend the Financial 
Stability Act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member 
of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and 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; to be immediately 
followed by hearings to examine evaluating sanctions enforcement and 
policy options on North Korea, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 6, 
to hold hearings to examine addressing the risk of waste, fraud, and 
abuse in the Federal Communications Commission's Lifeline Program, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph Balash, of Alaska, to 
be an Assistant Secretary, and Ryan Douglas Nelson, of Idaho, to be 
Solicitor, both of the Department of the Interior, and Richard 
Glick, of Virginia, and Kevin J. McIntyre, of Virginia, both to be a 
Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Finance: September 6, business meeting to consider 
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, and 
Robert Charrow, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  September 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Children's Health Insurance Program, focusing on the path forward, 
10 a.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 6, to hold hearings to 
examine priorities and challenges in the United States-Turkey 
relationship, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 6, 
to hold hearings to examine stabilizing premiums and helping 
individuals on the individual insurance market for 2018, focusing on 
state insurance commissioners, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  September 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
stabilizing premiums and helping individuals in the individual 
insurance market for 2018, focusing on governors, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
6, to hold hearings to examine the history and current reality of 
the United States health care system, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 7, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine Federal infrastructure permitting and 
the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Joan Louise 
Larsen, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
Circuit, William L. Campbell, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, Thomas Lee Robinson 
Parker, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Tennessee, and Eric S. Dreiband, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 7, Full Committee, 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 Kurt G. Alme, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Montana, Donald Q. Cochran, Jr., 
to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 
Russell M. Coleman, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Kentucky, Bart M. Davis, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of Idaho, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., to be United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Brian J. 
Kuester, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Oklahoma, and R. Trent Shores, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma, all of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 7, closed business 
meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately 
followed by a closed briefing to examine certain intelligence 
matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, September 7, Subcommittee on Seapower 
and Projection Forces; and Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing 
entitled ``Navy Readiness--Underlying Problems Associated with the 
USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 7, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Broadcast 
Incentive Auction: Update on Repacking Opportunities and 
Challenges'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 7, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled 
``Legislative Proposals for a More Efficient Federal Financial 
Regulatory Regime'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and 
Investment, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Financial Industry 
Regulatory Authority'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 7, Subcommittee on Asia 
and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``Maintaining U.S. Influence in 
South Asia: The FY 2018 Budget'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Trade, hearing entitled ``U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism 
Bureau: The FY 2018 Budget'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 7, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 2142, the ``International Narcotics Trafficking 
Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology 
Act''; H.R. 3101, the ``Strengthening Cybersecurity Information 
Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017''; H.R. 3551, to 
amend the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 to 
reauthorize the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 3669, the ``Securing General 
Aviation and Commercial Charter Air Carrier Service Act of 2017'', 
10 a.m., HVC-210.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Protection, hearing entitled ``Challenges of Recruiting and 
Retaining a Cybersecurity Workforce'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  September 7, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3229, to protect the safety of judges by extending the 
authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information 
contained in their financial disclosure reports, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 620, the ``ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017''; 
and H. Res. 488, 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 Oversight and Government Reform, September 7, 
Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Examining 
the Shipment of Illicit Drugs in International Mail'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 7, 
Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``Private Sector Lunar 
Exploration'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 7, Subcommittee on Economic 
Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Small Business Labor Market'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, September 7, Full Committee, markup 
on H. Res. 479, of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury 
to provide to the House of Representatives the tax return 
information of President Donald J. Trump as well as the tax returns 
of each business entity disclosed by Donald J. Trump on his Office 
of Government Ethics Form 278e'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 146 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 282 reports have been filed in the House.

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