[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D974-D977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections; and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and 
Pensions held a joint hearing on H.R. 3441, the ``Save Local Business 
Act''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BIG RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESS: LEGISLATION REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS 
ON SMALL MANUFACTURERS AND OTHER JOB CREATORS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment held a 
hearing entitled ``Big Relief for

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Small Business: Legislation Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Small 
Manufacturers and Other Job Creators''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MODERNIZING FDA'S REGULATION OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Modernizing FDA's Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drugs''. 
Testimony was heard from Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a markup 
on H.R. 1148, the ``FAST Act of 2017''; H.R. 2465, the ``Steve Gleason 
Enduring Voices Act of 2017''; H.R. 2557, the ``Prostate Cancer 
Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017''; H.R. 3120, to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic 
health record-related significant hardship requests; H.R. 3245, the 
``Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update Act''; H.R. 3263, to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicare 
independence at home medical practice demonstration program; and H.R. 
3271, the ``Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017''. H.R. 
1148 and H.R. 3271 were forwarded to the full Committee, as amended. 
H.R. 2465, H.R. 2557, H.R. 3120, H.R. 3245, and H.R. 3263, were 
forwarded to the full Committee, without amendment.
A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL TO IMPEDE NORTH KOREA'S ACCESS TO FINANCE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and 
Trade held a hearing entitled ``A Legislative Proposal to Impede North 
Korea's Access to Finance''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN LIBERIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights and International Organizations held a hearing 
entitled ``The Future of Democracy and Governance in Liberia''. 
Testimony was heard from Donald Yamamoto, Acting Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; Cheryl Anderson, Acting 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; and public witnesses.
THE VENEZUELA CRISIS: THE MALICIOUS INFLUENCE OF STATE AND CRIMINAL 
ACTORS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere 
held a hearing entitled ``The Venezuela Crisis: The Malicious Influence 
of State and Criminal Actors''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
SIXTEEN YEARS AFTER 9/11: ASSESSING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTING 
EFFORTS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence held a hearing entitled ``Sixteen Years After 9/11: 
Assessing Suspicious Activity Reporting Efforts''. Testimony was heard 
from Robin Taylor, Acting Deputy Secretary, Intelligence Operations, 
Department of Homeland Security; Rick Fuentes, Superintendent, State 
Police, New Jersey; Bill Evans, Police Commissioner, Boston, 
Massachusetts; and Joseph M. Flynn, Deputy Director, Northern Virginia 
Regional Intelligence Center.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee continued 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''. H.R. 3668 was ordered reported, as amended.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.R. 3731, the ``Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act 
of 2017''; H.R. 3739, 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''; H.R. 3737, 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

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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''. H.R. 3731, H.R. 3739, H.R. 3071, H.R. 3737, H.R. 
294, H.R. 452, H.R. 606, H.R. 1207, H.R. 1208, H.R. 1209, H.R. 1210, 
H.R. 1211, H.R. 1858, H.R. 1950, H.R. 2254, H.R. 2302, H.R. 2464, H.R. 
2815, H.R. 2873, H.R. 3109, H.R. 3230, and H.R. 3369 were ordered 
reported, without amendment. H.R. 1701, H.R. 3019, and H.R. 2331 were 
ordered reported, as amended.
SERVING SMALL BUSINESSES: EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HUBZONE 
REFORMS
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Serving Small Businesses: Examining the Effectiveness of HUBZone 
Reforms''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AMERICA: ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS' PERSPECTIVES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a 
hearing entitled ``Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: 
Economic Development Stakeholders' Perspectives''. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs held a 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 
legislation on the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Rouzer, Stivers, Cartwright, Banks of 
Indiana, Beatty, and Pingree; Matthew T. Sullivan, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Finance and Planning, and Chief Financial Officer, 
National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; 
Elizabeth H. Curda, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security 
Team, Government Accountability Office; and public witnesses.


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  September 13, 2017, on page D976, the following appeared: 
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a 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. Testimony was heard from Representatives Rouzer, Stivers, 
Cartwright, Banks of Indiana, Beatty, and Pingree; Matthew T. 
Sullivan, Deputy Under Secretary for Finance and Planning, and 
Chief Financial Officer, National Cemetery Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Elizabeth H. Curda, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Team, Government 
Accountability Office; and public witnesses.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and 
Memorial Affairs held a 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 legislation on the Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 
2017. Testimony was heard from Representatives Rouzer, Stivers, 
Cartwright, Banks of Indiana, Beatty, and Pingree; Matthew T. 
Sullivan, Deputy Under Secretary for Finance and Planning, and 
Chief Financial Officer, National Cemetery Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Elizabeth H. Curda, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Team, Government 
Accountability Office; and public witnesses.


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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a 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''. H.R. 3726, H.R. 3727, 
H.R. 3729, H.R. 2824, and H.R. 2792 were ordered reported, as amended.
IRS REFORM: RESOLVING TAXPAYER DISPUTES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
entitled ``IRS Reform: Resolving Taxpayer Disputes''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.