[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1049-D1052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EQUIFAX CYBERSECURITY BREACH
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Equifax cybersecurity breach, after receiving 
testimony from Richard F. Smith, formerly of Equifax, Inc., Atlanta, 
Georgia.

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2018 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee began consideration of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again at 11 a.m., on Thursday, 
October 5, 2017.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
   S. 1885, to support the development of highly automated vehicle 
safety technologies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. 1872, to authorize the programs of the Transportation Security 
Administration relating to transportation security, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported 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.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Michael Dourson, of Ohio, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, who was introduced by 
Representative Chabot, and Matthew Z. Leopold, of Florida, who was 
introduced by Representative Dunn, David Ross, of Wisconsin, who was 
introduced by Senator Barrasso, and William L. Wehrum, of Delaware, who 
was introduced by Senator Inhofe, 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, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled, ``Keep Kids' Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act 
of 2017''.
PERSONNEL DEPARTURE FROM THE U.S. EMBASSY IN CUBA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing 
regarding the ordered departure of personnel from the United States 
Embassy in Havana, Cuba from Christian J. Schurman, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary and Assistant Director for International Programs, Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security, John S. Creamer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Charles Rosenfarb, Medical 
Director, Bureau of Medical Services, all of the Department of State; 
and an official of the intelligence community.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Samuel Dale Brownback, of Kansas, to be 
Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, who was 
introduced by former Representative Frank R. Wolf, and Michele Jeanne 
Sison, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, both of 
the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
FUTURE OF IRAQ'S MINORITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine the future of 
Iraq's minorities, focusing on what's next after ISIS, after receiving 
testimony from former Representative Frank R. Wolf, 21st Century 
Wilberforce Initiative, Falls Church, Virginia; and Denise Natali, 
National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies, 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 146, to strengthen accountability for deployment of border 
security technology at the Department of Homeland Security;

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  S. 1887, to grant expedited hiring authority to the head of an agency 
to appoint college graduates and post-secondary students, with an 
amendment;
  S. 1886, to amend subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 5, United 
States Code, to authorize agencies to make noncompetitive temporary and 
term appointments in the competitive service, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1888, to amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the 
maximum amount of a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment and to 
include an annual adjustment in accordance with the Consumer Price 
Index, with an amendment;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1867, to amend title 40, United States Code, to eliminate the 
sunset of certain provisions relating to information technology, to 
amend the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to extend the sunset relating to 
the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative;
  S. 1884, to provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to 
Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1281, to establish a bug bounty pilot program within the 
Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1769, to require a new or updated Federal website that is intended 
for use by the public to be mobile friendly, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1869, to reauthorize and rename the position of Whistleblower 
Ombudsman to be the Whistleblower Protection Coordinator;
  S. 1305, to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with adequate 
flexibility in its employment authorities, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  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;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 70, to amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to increase the 
transparency of Federal advisory committees; and
  The nomination of John Marshall Mitnick, of Virginia, to be General 
Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Cheryl Marie Stanton, 
of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, 
who was introduced by Senator Scott, 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, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
INDIAN GAMING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian gaming, focusing on new issues and opportunities for 
success in the next 30 years, after receiving testimony from Jonodev 
Osceola Chaudhuri, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, and 
John Tahsuda III, Acting Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, both of 
the Department of the Interior; Keeny Escalanti, Sr., Quechan Tribe of 
the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, Yuma, Arizona; Harold Frank, Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Crandon, Wisconsin; Leonard Forsman, 
Suquamish Tribe, Suquamish, Washington; and Ernest Stevens, Jr., 
National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Stephanos Bibas, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senator Toomey, Liles Clifton Burke, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Alabama, who was introduced by Senators 
Shelby and Strange, Michael Joseph Juneau, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, who was introduced by 
Senator Cassidy, A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the District of South Carolina, who was introduced 
by Senator Scott, Tilman Eugene Self III, to be United States District 
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the Middle District of Georgia, who was introduced by Senators Isakson 
and Perdue, and John C. Demers, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
EQUIFAX
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the 
Law concluded a hearing to examine Equifax, focusing on continuing to 
monitor data-broker cybersecurity, after receiving testimony from 
Richard F. Smith, formerly of Equifax, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Jamie 
Winterton, Arizona State University Global Security Initiative, Tempe; 
and Tyler Moore, The University of Tulsa Tandy School of Computer 
Science, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing 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, 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.
ROBOCALLS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
efforts to combat robocalls, after receiving testimony from Lois 
Greisman, Associate Director, Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau 
of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Pennsylvania Attorney 
General Josh Shapiro, Harrisburg; Kevin Rupy, USTelecom, Washington, 
D.C.; and Genie Barton, BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust, Arlington, 
Virginia.