[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 153 (Monday, September 25, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1003-D1005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 26 through September 29, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 1519, National Defense Authorization 
Act.
  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 28, 
to hold hearings to examine rural development and energy programs, 
focusing on perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 26, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, for 
reappointment to the grade of general and reappointment to be 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  September 28, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
North Korea, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 26, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
evaluating sanctions enforcement and policy options on North Korea, 
focusing on Administration perspectives, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 26, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security, to hold hearings to examine Federal Trade Commission 
stakeholder perspectives, focusing on reform proposals to improve 
fairness, innovation, and consumer welfare, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  September 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ann Marie Buerkle, of New York, to be Chairman of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, Howard R. Elliott, of Indiana, 
to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation, and Walter G. Copan, 
of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and 
Technology, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine Transportation Security 
Administration modernization, focusing on improvements to aviation 
security, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 26, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Bruce J. Walker, of New York, 
to be an Assistant Secretary (Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability), and Steven E. Winberg, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Fossil Energy), both of the Department of 
Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  September 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine encouraging the next generation to visit National Parks, 2 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 27, to hold 
hearings to examine forest management to mitigate wildfires, 
focusing on legislative solutions, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 26, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be 
Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Justin Hicks Siberell, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and A. Wess 
Mitchell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (European and 
Eurasian Affairs), all of the Department of State, and J. Steven 
Dowd, of Florida, to be United States Director of the African 
Development Bank; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine 
managing security assistance to support foreign policy, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  September 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and 
Daniel J. Kritenbrink, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, both of the Department of State, 
10:45 a.m., SD-419.

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  September 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Richard Duke Buchan III, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, Richard Grenell, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 
Edward T. McMullen, Jr., of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the 
Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
Liechtenstein, Jamie McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, and Peter 
Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands, all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 27, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Patrick Pizzella, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, Janet Dhillon, of 
Pennsylvania, and Daniel M. Gade, of North Dakota, both to be a 
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Carlos G. 
Muniz, of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
27, to hold hearings to examine threats to the homeland, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 27, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Government Accountability Office reports on 
human trafficking of Native Americans in the United States, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 26, to hold hearings to 
examine special counsels and the separation of powers, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  September 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
1766, to reauthorize the SAFER Act of 2013, and 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, and Brian Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia, both to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Halsey B. Frank, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Maine, D. Michael Hurst, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 
Jeffrey B. Jensen, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Missouri, Thomas L. Kirsch II, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, and William J. 
Powell, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
West Virginia, all of the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: September 27, to 
hold hearings to examine the Small Business Administration's 
response to the 2017 hurricanes, 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 27, to hold hearings to 
examine preventing veteran suicide, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 26, to receive a 
closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 27, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled ``The Army's Tactical 
Network Modernization Strategy'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled ``Overview of the Family 
Self-Sufficiency Program'', 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Insurance for Nonprofit Organizations'', 9:30 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International 
Organizations, hearing entitled ``Rwanda: Democracy Thwarted'', 3 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing 
entitled ``Burma's Brutal Campaign Against the Rohingya'', 2:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 28, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 422, urging the 
adherence to the ``one country, two systems'' policy as prescribed 
in the Joint Declaration between the Government of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and the Government of the People's Republic 
of China on the Question of Hong Kong; H.R. 425, the ``FTO Passport 
Revocation Act of 2017''; H.R. 1196, the ``Counterterrorism 
Screening and Assistance Act of 2017''; H.R. 2658, the ``Venezuela 
Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic Governance Act of 
2017''; H.R. 3320, to direct the Secretary of State to develop a 
strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health 
Organization, and for other purposes; H.R. 3342, the ``Sanctioning 
Hizballah's Illicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act''; 
H.R. 3445, the ``AGOA and MCA Modernization Act''; and H.R. 3329, 
the ``Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 
2017'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 28, Subcommittee on 
Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing entitled 
``Rulemakers Must Follow the Rules, Too: Oversight of Agency 
Compliance with the Congressional Review Act'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Exploring Solutions 
to Reduce Risks of Catastrophic Wildfire and Improve Resiliency of 
National Forests'', 3 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 28, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 1159, the ``United States and Israel Space 
Cooperation Act'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  September 28, Subcommittee on Research and Technology; and 
Subcommittee on Space, joint hearing entitled ``The Great American 
Eclipse: To Totality and Beyond'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``How to Improve Access to GI 
Bill Approved Apprenticeship Programs and How These Programs Benefit 
Veterans'', 3 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 28, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Document Production'', 9 a.m., HVC-
210.