[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D952-D955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 12 through September 15, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization 
Act, post-cloture.
  At 2:15 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of 
Kevin Allen Hassett, of Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Council of 
Economic Advisers, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 
approximately 2:35 p.m.
  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: September 14, 
to hold hearings to examine nutrition programs, focusing on 
perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 12, to 
hold hearings to examine the Fintech landscape, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-
538.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 12, 
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 oversight of 
fisheries management successes and challenges, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
transportation innovation, focusing on automated trucks and our 
Nation's highways, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 12, 
Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine fostering 
innovation, focusing on contributions of the Department of Energy's 
national laboratories, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  September 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Richard Glick, of Virginia, and Kevin J. McIntyre, of 
Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, and David S. Jonas, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, 
all of the Department of Energy, and 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 13, to hold 
hearings to examine expanding and accelerating the deployment and 
use of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: September 12, to hold hearings to examine 
health care, focusing on issues impacting cost and coverage, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
individual tax reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to be an Under 
Secretary (Management), John R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador 
to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Justin Hicks Siberell, 
of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, all of the 
Department of State, and J. Steven Dowd, of Florida, to be United 
States Director of the African Development Bank, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy options to support democracy in Venezuela, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 12, 
to hold hearings to examine stabilizing premiums and helping 
individuals in the individual insurance market for 2018, focusing on 
state flexibility, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
stabilizing premiums and helping individuals in the individual 
insurance market for 2018, focusing on health care stakeholders, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
12, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel J. 
Kaniewski, of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator for National 
Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, and Jonathan H. Pittman, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 10:15 a.m., SD-
342.
  September 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Daniel J. Kaniewski, of Minnesota, to be Deputy 
Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 9:55 a.m., SD-
342.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management, to hold hearings to examine the Office of Management and 
Budget's memorandum on the Federal workforce, focusing on OMB's 
ongoing government-wide reorganization, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Federal 
Communication Commission's Lifeline Program, focusing on a case 
study of government waste and mismanagement, 10:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 13, business meeting to 
consider 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, 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 S. 1333, to provide 
for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans; to be 
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine high risk 
Indian programs, focusing on progress and efforts in addressing 
Government Accountability Office recommendations, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 14, business meeting to 
consider S. 1766, to reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and the 
nominations of Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Donald C. Coggins, Jr., 
to be United States District Judge for the District of South 
Carolina, 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, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., to be United States Attorney 
for the Eastern District of North Carolina, J. Cody Hiland, to be 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Joshua 
J. Minkler, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District 
of Indiana, Byung J. Pak, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Georgia, and Brian Allen Benczkowski, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 12, to receive a 
closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
September 12, to hold hearings to examine adapting United States 
counternarcotics efforts in Colombia, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 13, 
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections; Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, joint hearing on H.R. 3441, the 
``Save Local Business Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 13, Subcommittee on 
Environment, hearing entitled ``Big Relief for Small Business: 
Legislation Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Small Manufacturers and 
Other Job Creators'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Modernizing FDA's Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drugs'', 10:15 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Supporting Tomorrow's Health Providers: Examining Workforce 
Programs Under the Public Health Service Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 13, Subcommittee on 
Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``A Legislative Proposal 
to Impede North Korea's Access to Finance'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 13, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and North Africa; and Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, joint hearing entitled ``The President's FY 2018 Budget 
Request for Afghanistan and Pakistan'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Future of Democracy and Governance in Liberia'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing 
entitled ``The Venezuela Crisis: The Malicious Influence of State 
and Criminal Actors'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 13, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Sixteen Years 
After 9/11: Assessing Suspicious Activity Reporting Efforts'', 10 
a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 13, Full Committee, 
markup continue on H.R. 210, the ``Native American Energy Act''; 
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''; H.R. 3131, the ``Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness 
Act''; and H.R. 3668, the ``SHARE Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 13, Full 
Committee, markup on legislation on the Secret Service Recruitment 
and Retention Act of 2017; legislation on the Presidential Allowance 
Modernization Act of 2017; H.R. 1701, the ``Eliminating Government-
funded Oil-painting Act''; H.R. 3019, the ``Promoting Value Based 
Procurement Act of 2017''; legislation on the Reporting Use of 
Social Media in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017; H.R. 3071, the 
``Federal Acquisition Savings Act of 2017''; H.R. 2331, the 
``Connected Government Act''; H.R. 294, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 2700 Cullen Boulevard in 
Pearland, Texas, as the ``Endy Ekpanya Post Office Building''; H.R. 
452, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 324 West Saint Louis Street in Pacific, Missouri, as the 
``Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post Office''; H.R. 606, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the ``Harold D. 
McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building''; H.R. 1207, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 River 
Street in Tilden, Texas, as the ``Tilden Veterans Post Office''; 
H.R. 1208, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 9155 Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, as the 
``Converse Veterans Post Office Building''; H.R. 1209, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. 
Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the ``Mission Veterans Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 1210, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 122 W. Goodwin Street, 
Pleasanton, Texas, as the ``Pleasanton Veterans Post Office''; H.R. 
1211, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 400 N. Main Street, Encinal, Texas, as the ``Encinal 
Veterans Post Office''; H.R. 1858, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in 
Liberty, Pennsylvania, as the ``Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom 
Post Office''; H.R. 1950, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 2254, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, 
California, as the ``Janet Capello Post Office Building''; H.R. 
2302, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 259 Nassau Street, Suite 2 in Princeton, New Jersey, as 
the ``Dr. John F. Nash, Jr. Post Office''; H.R. 2464, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 New 
Chardon Street Lobby in Boston, Massachusetts, as the ``John 
Fitzgerald Kennedy Post Office''; H.R. 2815, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30 East 
Somerset Street in Raritan, New Jersey, as the ``Sergeant John 
Basilone Post Office''; H.R. 2873, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 207 Glenside Avenue in 
Wyncote, Pennsylvania, as the ``Staff Sergeant Peter Taub Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 3109, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1114 North 2nd Street in 
Chillicothe, Illinois, as the ``Sr. Chief Ryan Owens Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 3230, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, 
Idaho, as the ``Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building''; and H.R. 
3369, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 225 North Main Street in Spring Lake, North Carolina, as 
the ``Howard B. Pate, Jr. Post Office'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 13, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Serving Small Businesses: Examining the Effectiveness of 
HUBZone Reforms'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  September 14, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Tech Talks: How SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs 
Have Evolved with Technology'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 13, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``Building a 21st Century 
Infrastructure for America: Economic Development Stakeholders' 
Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 13, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on H.R. 1721, to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one 
city in the United States each year as an ``American World War II 
City'', and for other purposes; H.R. 1900, the ``National Veterans 
Memorial and Museum Act''; H.R. 3122, the ``Veterans Care Financial 
Protection Act of 2017''; H.R. 3656, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for 
provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and 
markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans 
whose remains are unavailable; H.R. 3657, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and 
children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries; and 
legislation on the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017; and a 
legislation on the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017, 10:30 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 13, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3729, the ``Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and 
Transport Act of 2017''; H.R. 3727, to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to include additional telehealth services for 
purposes of MA organization bids, and for other purposes; H.R. 3726, 
the ``Stark Administrative Simplification Act of 2017''; H.R. 2824, 
the ``Increasing Opportunity through Evidence-Based Home Visiting 
Act''; and H.R. 2792, the ``Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 
2017'', 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``IRS 
Reform: Resolving Taxpayer Disputes'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: September 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the dynamic gains from free digital trade for the United 
States economy, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 14, to 
hold hearings to examine the scourge of Russian disinformation, 9:30 
a.m., SD-562.