[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D964-D965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AND MONETARY 
POLICY AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit; and Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade held 
a joint hearing entitled ``Examining the Relationship Between 
Prudential Regulation and Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SANCTIONS, DIPLOMACY, AND INFORMATION: PRESSURING NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Sanctions, Diplomacy, and Information: Pressuring North Korea''. 
Testimony was heard from Susan A. Thornton, Acting Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and 
Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary, Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury.

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OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING: REGULATION AND COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law held a hearing entitled ``Occupational 
Licensing: Regulation and Competition''. Testimony was heard from 
Maureen Ohlhausen, Acting Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Sarah 
Allen, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney 
General, Virginia; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a 
hearing on H.R. 3668, the ``SHARE Act''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee began a markup 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''.
CRIMINAL ALIEN GANG MEMBER REMOVAL ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3697, the 
``Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act''. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 7-3, a closed rule for H.R. 3697. The rule provides one 
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be 
considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. In section 2, the rule provides that on any 
legislative day during the period from September 15, 2017, through 
September 22, 2017: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare 
the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the 
Chair in declaring the adjournment. In section 3, the rule provides 
that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair 
for the duration of the period addressed by section 2. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Johnson of Louisiana, Lofgren, and Jackson 
Lee.


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  September 12, 2017, on page D965, the following appeared: 
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a 
hearing on H.R. 3697, the ``Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal 
Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 7-3, a closed rule 
for H.R. 3697. The rule provides one hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that 
the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be 
considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. In section 2, the rule 
provides that on any legislative day during the period from 
September 15, 2017, through September 22, 2017: the Journal of the 
proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; 
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet 
at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the 
adjournment. In section 3, the rule provides that the Speaker may 
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the 
duration of the period addressed by section 2. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Johnson of Louisiana, Lofgren, and Jackson 
Lee.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: CRIMINAL ALIEN 
GANG MEMBER REMOVAL ACT Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a 
hearing on H.R. 3697, the ``Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal 
Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 7-3, a closed rule 
for H.R. 3697. The rule provides one hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that 
the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be 
considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. In section 2, the rule 
provides that on any legislative day during the period from 
September 15, 2017, through September 22, 2017: the Journal of the 
proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; 
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet 
at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the 
adjournment. In section 3, the rule provides that the Speaker may 
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the 
duration of the period addressed by section 2. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Johnson of Louisiana, Lofgren, and Jackson 
Lee.


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VA MAIL MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE $11,257 PACKAGE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``VA Mail Management: The Case 
of the $11,257 Package''. Testimony was heard from John Oswalt, 
Executive Director for Privacy, Office of Information and Technology, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and Lori Rectanus, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.

Joint Meetings
FREE DIGITAL TRADE
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
dynamic gains from free digital trade for the United States economy, 
after receiving testimony from Daniel Griswold, George Mason University 
Mercatus Center, Arlington, Virginia; Sean Heather, United States 
Chamber of Commerce, and Daniel A. Sepulveda, former Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State, both of Washington, D.C.; and Nick Quade, Relay 
Networks Inc., Deephaven, Minnesota.