[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 158 (Tuesday, October 3, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1045-D1047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 4, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the Equifax cybersecurity breach, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to markup the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 1872, to authorize the programs of the 
Transportation Security Administration relating to transportation 
security, S. 1015, to require the Federal Communications Commission 
to study the feasibility of designating a simple, easy-to-remember 
dialing code to be used for a national suicide prevention and mental 
health crisis hotline system, S. 1534, to direct the Federal 
Communications Commission to amend its rules so as to prohibit the 
application to amateur stations of certain private land use 
restrictions, an original bill entitled, ``American Vision for Safer 
Transportation through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV 
START) Act'', and the nominations of Ann Marie Buerkle, of New York, 
to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and to be 
a Commissioner 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 for Standards and Technology, Timothy Gallaudet, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, and 
David J. Redl, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Communications and Information, all of the Department of Commerce, 
10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Bruce J. Walker, of New York, to be an 
Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, 
and Steven E. Winberg, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary 
for Fossil Energy, both of the Department of Energy, time to be 
announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael Dourson, of Ohio, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Toxic Substances, and Matthew Z. Leopold, of 
Florida, David Ross, of Wisconsin, and William L. Wehrum, of 
Delaware, each to be an Assistant Administrator, all of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and Jeffery Martin Baran, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``Keep Kids' Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) 
Act of 2017'', 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding ordered departure of personnel from the U.S. Embassy in 
Havana, Cuba, 9:15 a.m., SVC-217.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Samuel Dale Brownback, of Kansas, to be Ambassador at Large for 
International Religious Freedom, and Michele Jeanne Sison, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, both of the 
Department of State; to be immediately followed by a Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues hearing to 
examine the future of Iraq's minorities, focusing on what's next 
after ISIS, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Cheryl Marie Stanton, of 
South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, 
and David G. Zatezalo, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Mine Safety and Health, both of the Department of Labor, and 
Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National 
Labor Relations Board, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 146, to strengthen accountability for 
deployment of border security technology at the Department of 
Homeland Security, S. 1847, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to ensure that the needs of children are considered in homeland 
security, trafficking, and disaster recovery planning, S. 1281, to 
establish a bug bounty pilot program within the Department of 
Homeland Security, S. 1769, to require a new or updated Federal 
website that is intended for use by the public to be mobile 
friendly, S. 1305, to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
with adequate flexibility in its employment authorities, S. 1791, to 
amend the Act of August 25, 1958, commonly known as the ``Former 
Presidents Act of 1958'', with respect to the monetary allowance 
payable to a former President, S. 708, to improve the ability of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to interdict fentanyl, other 
synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances 
that are illegally imported into the United States, H.R. 3210, to 
require the Director of the National Background Investigations 
Bureau to submit a report on the backlog of personnel security 
clearance investigations, H.R. 70, to amend the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act to increase the transparency of Federal advisory 
committees, an original bill entitled, ``TSA LEAP Pay Reform Act of 
2017'', an original bill entitled, ``Direct Hire of Students and 
Recent Graduates Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled, 
``Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017'', an original bill 
entitled, ``Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 
2017'', an original bill entitled, ``FITARA Enhancement Act of 
2017'', an original bill entitled, ``Reporting Efficiently to Proper 
Officials in Response to

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Terrorism Act of 2017'', an original bill entitled, ``Whistleblower 
Protection Coordination Act'', and the nomination of John Marshall 
Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 943, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an accurate 
comprehensive student count for the purposes of calculating formula 
allocations for programs under the Johnson-O'Malley Act; to be 
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine Indian 
gaming, focusing on new issues and opportunities for success in the 
next 30 years, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stephanos Bibas, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Liles Clifton Burke, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
Michael Joseph Juneau, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Louisiana, A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, 
Tilman Eugene Self III, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Georgia, and John C. Demers, of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, to hold hearings 
to examine Equifax, focusing on continuing to monitor data-broker 
cybersecurity, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Melissa Sue Glynn, of the District of Columbia, to be 
an Assistant Secretary (Enterprise Integration), Cheryl L. Mason, of 
Virginia, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, and 
Randy Reeves, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary for Memorial 
Affairs, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SR-
418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine efforts to 
combat robocalls, 9 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2936, the 
``Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017''; H.R. 2521, the ``South 
Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017''; H.R. 2921, the ``National 
Forest System Vegetation Management Pilot Program Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 2941, the ``Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act''; 
and H.R. 3567, to authorize the purchase of a small parcel of 
Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, 
California, by the Riverside Corona Resource Conservation District, 
and for other purposes, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3441, the ``Save Local Business Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires: Perspectives of 
Key Stakeholders'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on legislation on the HEALTHY KIDS Act of 
2017; legislation on the CHAMPION Act; H.R. 849, the ``Protecting 
Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017''; H.R. 1148, the 
``Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine 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 reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related 
significant hardship requests; H.R. 3245, the ``Medicare Civil and 
Criminal Penalties Act''; H.R. 3263, to extend the Medicare 
Independence at home Medical Practice Demonstration program; and 
H.R. 3271, the ``Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 
2017'', 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the SEC's Agenda, Operations, and Budget'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa, hearing entitled ``State Department's Antiterrorism 
Assistance Program: The GAO Review'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Iranian Backed Militias: Destabilizing the Middle East'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
3548, the ``Border Security for America Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., HVC-
210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3711, 
the ``Legal Workforce Act''; and legislation on the Agricultural 
Guestworker Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, continue 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. 1488, the ``Indiana Dunes National Park 
Act''; H.R. 2600, to provide for the conveyance to the State of Iowa 
of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain 
land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2603, the ``SAVES Act''; H.R. 2897, to authorize the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service 
to enter into cooperative management agreements for the operation, 
maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in 
the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3131, the 
``Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing 
on H.R. 146, the ``Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands 
Reacquisition Act''; H.R. 2402, the ``San Juan County Settlement 
Implementation Act''; and H.R. 2606, the ``Stigler Act Amendments of 
2017'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Space, hearing entitled ``Powering Exploration: An Update on 
Radioisotope Production and Lessons Learned from Cassini'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Small Business Tax Reform: Modernizing the

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Code for the Nation's Job Creators'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled 
``Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Rail 
Stakeholders' Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``IRS Reform: Challenges to Modernizing IT 
Infrastructure'', 9 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 849, the ``Protecting Seniors' 
Access to Medicare Act of 2017'', 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.