[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 19, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D992-D993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Stephen Censky, of Missouri, to 
be Deputy Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Thune, and Ted 
McKinney, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign 
Agricultural Affairs, who was introduced by Senator Donnelly, both of 
the Department of Agriculture, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
RECENT NAVY INCIDENTS AT SEA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
recent Navy incidents at sea, after receiving testimony from Richard V. 
Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, and Admiral John M. Richardson, USN, 
Chief of Naval Operations, both of the Department of Defense; and John 
H. Pendleton, Director, Defense Force Structure and Readiness Issues, 
Government Accountability Office.
STOP ENABLING SEX TRAFFICKERS ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S. 1693, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to clarify that section 230 of that Act does not prohibit the 
enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer 
services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sex 
trafficking, after receiving testimony from California Attorney General 
Xavier Becerra, Sacramento; Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School 
of Law, Santa Clara, California; Yiota G. Souras, The National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia; and Abigail 
Slater, Internet Association, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported 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.
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing a hearing to examine the vegetation management requirements for 
electricity assets located on Federal lands, including Section 2310 of 
S. 1460, to provide for the modernization of the energy and natural 
resources policies of the United States, and H.R. 1873, to amend the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to enhance the 
reliability of the electricity grid and reduce the threat of wildfires 
to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on 
Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management on such lands, 
after receiving testimony from Glenn Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, 
National Forest System, Department of Agriculture; John Ruhs, Acting 
Deputy Director for Operation, Bureau of Land Management, Department of 
the Interior; Mark C. Hayden, Missoula Electric Cooperative, Missoula, 
Montana; Scott Miller, The Wilderness Society, Denver, Colorado; and 
Andrew Rable, Arizona Public Service Company, Phoenix, on behalf of the 
Edison Electric Institute.
BUSINESS TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine business 
tax reform, after receiving testimony from Scott A. Hodge, Tax 
Foundation, Donald B. Marron, Urban Institute and Urban-Brookings Tax 
Policy Center, and Jeffrey D. DeBoer, The Real Estate Roundtable, all 
of Washington, D.C.; and Troy K. Lewis, American Institute of Certified 
Public Accountants, Provo, Utah.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  H.R. 390, to provide emergency relief for victims of genocide, crimes 
against humanity, and war crimes in Iraq and Syria, for accountability 
for perpetrators of these crimes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. Res. 168, supporting respect for human rights and encouraging 
inclusive governance in Ethiopia, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  An original bill entitled, ``Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2017''; and

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  The nominations of Barbara Lee, of California, and Christopher Smith, 
of New Jersey, both to be a Representative to the Seventy-second 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Doug Manchester, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, 
Kathleen Troia McFarland, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Singapore, Stephen B. King, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the 
Czech Republic, and John R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, all of the Department of State, and 
Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be United States Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund, United States Governor of the African 
Development Bank, United States Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank, United States Governor of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, United States Governor of the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States Governor of the 
African Development Fund, and United States Governor of the Asian 
Development Bank.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be 
Ambassador to the Russian Federation, who was introduced by Senators 
Manchin and Lee, and A. Wess Mitchell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (European and Eurasian Affairs), who was introduced by 
Senator Cornyn, both of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Carlos G. Muniz, of 
Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, who was 
introduced by Senator Rubio, and Janet Dhillon, of Pennsylvania, and 
Daniel M. Gade, of North Dakota, who was introduced by Senator Isakson, 
both to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.