[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 180 (Monday, November 6, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1177-D1179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 7 through November 10, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, After the transaction of any morning business (not to 
extend beyond 11 a.m.), Senate will begin consideration of the 
nomination of John H. Gibson II, of Texas, to be Deputy Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of Defense, and vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at approximately 12 noon.
  Following disposition of the nomination of John H. Gibson II, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Steven 
Andrew Engel, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Steven Andrew Engel, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National Labor 
Relations Board.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Peter B. Robb, Senate will 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of William L. 
Wehrum, of Delaware, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Following disposition of the nomination of William L. Wehrum, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Derek 
Kan, of California, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.
  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: November 9, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Glen R. Smith, of Iowa, 
to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, and Stephen 
Alexander Vaden, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: November 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Robert Behler, of

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Pennsylvania, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, 
Dean L. Winslow, of Delaware, to be an Assistant Secretary, Thomas 
B. Modly, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, and James 
F. Geurts, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy, all of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  November 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert H. McMahon, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, R. D. James, of Missouri, and Bruce D. Jette, of 
Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Shon J. 
Manasco, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 
all of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 7, 
business meeting to consider S. 1591, to impose sanctions with 
respect to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 7, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet, to hold hearings to examine advancing the Internet of 
Things in rural America, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  November 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 1668, to rename a 
waterway in the State of New York as the ``Joseph Sanford Jr. 
Channel'', and the nominations of Dana Baiocco, of Ohio, to be a 
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, James 
Bridenstine, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Neil Jacobs, of North 
Carolina, and Nazakhtar Nikakhtar, of Maryland, both to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Bruce Landsberg, of South Carolina, 
to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Raymond 
Martinez, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of 
Transportation, and Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, to be a 
Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine protecting consumers in the era of 
major data breaches, 9:45 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Kathleen Hartnett White, of 
Texas, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, and 
Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 7, Subcommittee on East 
Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, to 
receive a closed briefing on North Korea's cyber capabilities and 
United States policy response, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to 
receive a closed briefing on a readout of Ambassador Haley's recent 
trip to Africa, 3 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
7, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ernest W. 
Dubester, of Virginia, Colleen Kiko, of North Dakota, and James 
Thomas Abbott, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  November 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Secretary of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  November 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Secretary of 
Homeland Security, Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, Colleen Kiko, of 
North Dakota, and James Thomas Abbott, of Virginia, each to be a 
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Jonathan H. 
Pittman, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 8, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1400, to amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance 
protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, and S. 
465, to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian 
Health Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 8, to hold hearings to 
examine the impact of lawsuit abuse on American small businesses and 
job creators, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2070, 
to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 
to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert 
Program, and to promote initiatives that will reduce the risk of 
injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some 
children with autism, and the nominations of Gregory G. Katsas, of 
Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of 
Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, Emily Coody 
Marks, and Brett Joseph Talley, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, Holly Lou Teeter, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, and Bobby 
L. Christine, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District 
of Georgia, and David J. Freed, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania, both of the Department of Justice, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 7, closed business 
meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately 
followed by a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence 
matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, November 9, Subcommittee on 
Readiness, hearing entitled ``Aviation Readiness: What's the Flight 
Plan?'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, November 8, Subcommittee 
on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and 
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, joint 
hearing entitled ``Close to Home: How Opioids are Impacting 
Communities'', 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 8, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``MACRA and Alternative Payment Models: 
Developing Options for Value-based Care'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer 
Protection, hearing entitled ``Perspectives on Mixed Martial Arts'', 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing on legislation on 
the Farm Regulatory Certainty Act, 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 8, Subcommittee on 
Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``Administration 
Priorities for the International Financial Institutions'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, hearing 
entitled ``Financial Intelligence and Enforcement: Treasury's Role 
in Safeguarding the American Financial System'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 8, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and North Africa; and Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, joint hearing entitled ``The President's Plan for 
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Objectives and Resources'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Effectiveness of the Kingpin Designation 
Act in the Western Hemisphere'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled 
``Resolving the Political Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo'', 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 8, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Preventing the Next Attack: TSA's Role in Keeping 
Our Transportation Systems Secure'', 10:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 8, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 3989, the ``USA Liberty Act of 2017''; and H.R. 170, the 
``Protect and Grow American Jobs Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 8, Full Committee, 
continue markup on H.R. 995, the ``21st Century Respect Act''; H.R. 
1532, the ``Poarch Band of Creek Indians Land Reaffirmation Act''; 
H.R. 180, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain 
Federal land to facilitate scientific research supporting Federal 
space and defense programs; H.R. 2504, to ensure fair treatment in 
licensing requirements for the export of certain echinoderms; H.R. 
2907, the ``Planning for American Energy Act of 2017''; H.R. 3469, 
to designate the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the 
Foothills Parkway (commonly known as ``Bridge 2'') as the ``Dean 
Stone Bridge''; H.R. 3905, the ``Minnesota's Economic Rights in the 
Superior National Forest Act''; H.R. 4239, the ``SECURE American 
Energy Act''; and S. 140, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe 
Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of 
amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 8, 
Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Moving the 
American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem: Challenges and 
Opportunities'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, November 8, 
Subcommittee on Environment; and Subcommittee on Energy, joint 
hearing entitled ``Geoengineering: Innovation, Research, and 
Technology'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``An Update on 
NASA Exploration Systems Development'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, November 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Hiring More Heroes: A Review of SBA's Office of Veterans 
Business Development'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 8, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 4242, the ``VA Care in the Community Act'', and H.R. 4243, 
the ``VA Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``A Review of the Interagency Transition Assistance Program and the 
Need for Enhanced Outcome Measurements'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.